Digital Cameras
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Make the World's Cheapest Tripod
(How To) Here's how to make a string tripod, a simple do-it-yourself stabilizer that wins you sharper photos.
(How To) Here's how to make a string tripod, a simple do-it-yourself stabilizer that wins you sharper photos.
Four Handy Photo Rules
(How To) Follow these rules of thumb to take better pictures and get more reliable results.
(How To) Follow these rules of thumb to take better pictures and get more reliable results.
Panning for Action Gold
(How To) Capture fast-moving subjects like cars, cheetahs, and kids with a simple camera technique.
(How To) Capture fast-moving subjects like cars, cheetahs, and kids with a simple camera technique.
Fix Common Photo Problems With a Polarizer
(How To) Use a simple lens filter to improve contrast and eliminate reflections in your pictures.
(How To) Use a simple lens filter to improve contrast and eliminate reflections in your pictures.
Take Better Flash Photos
(How To) Make your flash photos come alive, and eliminate that "taken in a cave" effect.
(How To) Make your flash photos come alive, and eliminate that "taken in a cave" effect.
Add a Photo to Your Letterhead
(How To) Make distinctive letterhead using Microsoft Word and your own digital photograph.
(How To) Make distinctive letterhead using Microsoft Word and your own digital photograph.
Treasure Trove of Photo Tutorials
(How To) Get the most out of your digital camera with this roundup of online hints, tips, and tutorials.
(How To) Get the most out of your digital camera with this roundup of online hints, tips, and tutorials.
Fix Your Exposure Before You Take the Photo
(How To) Get perfectly exposed photos every time with your digital camera's exposure compensation control.
(How To) Get perfectly exposed photos every time with your digital camera's exposure compensation control.
New Year's Resolutions
(How To) Get the most from your digital camera with these tips about tripods, photo tagging, camera classes, and more.
(How To) Get the most from your digital camera with these tips about tripods, photo tagging, camera classes, and more.
Use the Best Light for Awesome Photos
(How To) Seize the day: Make the most of natural lighting to get the best from your digital camera.
(How To) Seize the day: Make the most of natural lighting to get the best from your digital camera.
Frequently Asked Photo Questions for October
(How To) RAW explained, shooting in infrared, sharpening close-ups, and more.
(How To) RAW explained, shooting in infrared, sharpening close-ups, and more.
Take Better Portraits
(How To) Follow these tips to put your photo subjects at ease and take compelling portraits.
(How To) Follow these tips to put your photo subjects at ease and take compelling portraits.
Stabilize Your Camera for Razor-Sharp Photos
(How To) Here's the lowdown on tripods and other supports for your digital camera.
(How To) Here's the lowdown on tripods and other supports for your digital camera.
Take Pictures With Unlimited Depth of Field
(How To) Solve focus problems with a great tool and some tips for using it.
(How To) Solve focus problems with a great tool and some tips for using it.
Answers to Your Digital Photo Questions
(How To) Your questions on indoor action shots, claymation movies, prints and dpi, digital zoom.
(How To) Your questions on indoor action shots, claymation movies, prints and dpi, digital zoom.
Photographing Your Pets
(How To) Five great tips that cover everything from shutter speeds to posing your animals.
(How To) Five great tips that cover everything from shutter speeds to posing your animals.
Digital Photo Goodies
(How To) I've rounded up a bunch of interesting digital photo toys. Want to play along?
(How To) I've rounded up a bunch of interesting digital photo toys. Want to play along?
Make Poster-Sized Photo Prints
(How To) The typical photo print is only 5 by 7 inches. Learn to print your photos bigger.
(How To) The typical photo print is only 5 by 7 inches. Learn to print your photos bigger.
Determining Your Camera's Largest Print Size
(How To) You've got a digital photo. How big should you print it?
(How To) You've got a digital photo. How big should you print it?
Do It Yourself Photography Projects
(How To) Two novel ways to get more out of photography without spending a fortune.
(How To) Two novel ways to get more out of photography without spending a fortune.
Organize Your Photos
(How To) For avid photographers, finding photos on a stuffed hard drive can be a daunting task. Learn how to get organized.
(How To) For avid photographers, finding photos on a stuffed hard drive can be a daunting task. Learn how to get organized.
More on Mastering Your Photo Editor's Selection Tools
(How To) How to better control selection tools for improved editing.
(How To) How to better control selection tools for improved editing.
Master Your Photo Editor's Selection Tools
(How To) Check out these real-world examples of how selection tools can be used.
(How To) Check out these real-world examples of how selection tools can be used.
Special Effects With Your Zoom Lens
(How To) Use your camera lens or image editing program to juice up dull photos.
(How To) Use your camera lens or image editing program to juice up dull photos.
Demystifying Lenses
(How To) Focal length, zoom, f-stops--if you've wondered about it, we discuss it.
(How To) Focal length, zoom, f-stops--if you've wondered about it, we discuss it.
Holiday Shopping Guide, Part 2
(How To) A photo morpher, the Lightsphere, and some shameless self-promotion.
(How To) A photo morpher, the Lightsphere, and some shameless self-promotion.
Holiday Shopping Guide, Part 1
(How To) Great gifts for yourself and the other photographers in your life.
(How To) Great gifts for yourself and the other photographers in your life.
Cleaning Your Camera Sensor
(How To) How to remove dust that builds up inside your digital SLR camera.
(How To) How to remove dust that builds up inside your digital SLR camera.
Digital Photography Goodies in Vista, Part 2
(How To) Dave digs deeper into upcoming Vista features and applets.
(How To) Dave digs deeper into upcoming Vista features and applets.
Digital Photography Goodies in Vista, Part 1
(How To) A sneak peek at Vista features that cater to photographers.
(How To) A sneak peek at Vista features that cater to photographers.
Latest Frequently Asked Photo Questions
(How To) Photo contest questions, camera shopping tips, the rule of thirds, and ISO in digital and film photography.
(How To) Photo contest questions, camera shopping tips, the rule of thirds, and ISO in digital and film photography.
Photograph Some Ghosts on Halloween
(How To) Tricks of the trade, plus a shot of the elusive Eiffel Tower ghost.
(How To) Tricks of the trade, plus a shot of the elusive Eiffel Tower ghost.
Selectively Improve Exposure
(How To) Learn how to make adjustments to only the underexposed section of a photo.
(How To) Learn how to make adjustments to only the underexposed section of a photo.
New Year's Resolutions for Digital Photographers
(How To) Take more photos, get organized, pay attention to histograms, and more.
(How To) Take more photos, get organized, pay attention to histograms, and more.
More Frequently Asked Photo Questions
(How To) Resize photos, remove red-eye in pets, cheapo SLR lenses.
(How To) Resize photos, remove red-eye in pets, cheapo SLR lenses.
Mobile Computing: Digital Camera Tips
(howto) Use a camera to give presentations, save meeting notes.
(howto) Use a camera to give presentations, save meeting notes.
Digital Focus: Action Photos, Part 1
(howto) Manage the special challenges presented by digital cameras.
(howto) Manage the special challenges presented by digital cameras.
Digital Focus: Unique Shots of Common Subjects
(howto) Visting an often-photographed place? Here's how to take novel photos of it.
(howto) Visting an often-photographed place? Here's how to take novel photos of it.
Digital Focus: Reveal Hidden Details in Photos
(howto) A slick trick for working with shadows, reflections, and other problem situations.
(howto) A slick trick for working with shadows, reflections, and other problem situations.
Digital Focus: Capture the Magic of a Waterfall
(howto) More tricks of the trade, including how to practice shooting waterfalls at home.
(howto) More tricks of the trade, including how to practice shooting waterfalls at home.
Digital Focus: Digital Photo Myths Dispelled
(howto) Megapixels, Web accelerators, batteries, memory cards, and more.
(howto) Megapixels, Web accelerators, batteries, memory cards, and more.
Digital Focus: Shooting Inside Museums and Cathedrals
(howto) Flash, no flash; tripod, no tripod: We cover all the angles.
(howto) Flash, no flash; tripod, no tripod: We cover all the angles.
Digital Focus: Turn Day Into Night
(howto) Convert a bright daylight photo into a moody nighttime scene.
(howto) Convert a bright daylight photo into a moody nighttime scene.
Digital Focus: Digital Zoom's Ugly Little Secret
(howto) We uncover the secret and offer tips and workarounds.
(howto) We uncover the secret and offer tips and workarounds.
Digital Focus: Photo Composition Tips
(howto) Use the Rule of Thirds to compose better photos. Plus: Upgrades for photo editing.
(howto) Use the Rule of Thirds to compose better photos. Plus: Upgrades for photo editing.
Digital Focus: Low-Res Lomography
(howto) Quick and dirty, slick and arty: Check out the latest photo trend.
(howto) Quick and dirty, slick and arty: Check out the latest photo trend.
Digital Focus: Editing Magic for Water Photos
(howto) Manage tricky lighting with improvisation and clever editing.
(howto) Manage tricky lighting with improvisation and clever editing.
Digital Focus: Take Your Camera Under Water, Part II
(howto) Tricks of the underwater trade: managing color, avoiding backscatter spotting, and more.
(howto) Tricks of the underwater trade: managing color, avoiding backscatter spotting, and more.
Digital Focus: Take Your Camera Under Water, Part I
(howto) The first column of our two-part series discusses waterproof housings.
(howto) The first column of our two-part series discusses waterproof housings.
Digital Focus: Fake a Soft Background
(howto) A favorite image editing trick, plus how to rename pictures easily.
(howto) A favorite image editing trick, plus how to rename pictures easily.
Digital Focus: Everything You Didn't Know About JPEG
(howto) Though it's nearly universal, the JPEG format is still confusing.
(howto) Though it's nearly universal, the JPEG format is still confusing.
Digital Focus: More Exposure Tricks
(howto) Master the exposure lock to ensure pictures come out right.
(howto) Master the exposure lock to ensure pictures come out right.
Digital Focus: Shooting Spring Flowers, Part II
(howto) Beyond the basics: Advanced tips for taking great flower photos.
(howto) Beyond the basics: Advanced tips for taking great flower photos.
Digital Focus: Shooting Spring Flowers, Part I
(howto) Photographing flowers can be tricky; here's how to avoid problems.
(howto) Photographing flowers can be tricky; here's how to avoid problems.
Digital Focus: Fix Perspective in Architectural Photos
(howto) Shooting buildings can be tricky; here's how to avoid and fix problems.
(howto) Shooting buildings can be tricky; here's how to avoid and fix problems.
Digital Focus: More Photo Printing Tips
(howto) We demystify the relationship between resolution, sharpness, and print quality.
(howto) We demystify the relationship between resolution, sharpness, and print quality.
Digital Focus: Tweak the Colors in Digital Pics
(howto) Use an image editor to improve the richness of your photos.
(howto) Use an image editor to improve the richness of your photos.
Digital Focus: Double-Exposure Tricks
(howto) Use your image editor to create exotic double-exposure photos.
(howto) Use your image editor to create exotic double-exposure photos.
Digital Focus: Better Night Photos
(howto) A key drawback to digital photography becomes obvious at night. Learn to deal with it.
(howto) A key drawback to digital photography becomes obvious at night. Learn to deal with it.
Digital Focus: Last Chance for Snow Portraits
(howto) Exposure and image editing tricks to make the most of the last of winter.
(howto) Exposure and image editing tricks to make the most of the last of winter.
Digital Focus: Photo Backup Tips and Tricks
(howto) Your photos are precious--don't lose any more to technical glitches.
(howto) Your photos are precious--don't lose any more to technical glitches.
Digital Focus: Master Exposure Metering Modes
(howto) We demystify this underused feature and help you take better shots.
(howto) We demystify this underused feature and help you take better shots.
Digital Focus: Turn Pictures Into Text
(howto) A great effect to use on greeting cards, T-shirts, and other slick stuff.
(howto) A great effect to use on greeting cards, T-shirts, and other slick stuff.
Digital Focus: Indoor Photo Tricks
(howto) How to shoot in a room that has a brightly lit window--no mean feat.
(howto) How to shoot in a room that has a brightly lit window--no mean feat.
Digital Focus: Salvage Bad Pictures
(howto) Use filters to turn bad photos into good ones; plus, a zoom problem cleared up.
(howto) Use filters to turn bad photos into good ones; plus, a zoom problem cleared up.
Digital Focus: E-Mail Your Digital Photos
(howto) Best ways to resize images and avoid problems; plus how to recover lost photos.
(howto) Best ways to resize images and avoid problems; plus how to recover lost photos.
Digital Focus: Combat Red Eye
(howto) Sure-fire tricks for removing the red-eye effect from your photos.
(howto) Sure-fire tricks for removing the red-eye effect from your photos.
Digital Focus: Create a Transparent Background
(howto) How to insert a free-floating object into a Web page or a slide.
(howto) How to insert a free-floating object into a Web page or a slide.
Digital Focus: Picture-Perfect Photo Editing
(howto) Using adjustment layers makes editing foolproof.
(howto) Using adjustment layers makes editing foolproof.
Digital Focus: Lots of Photos to Edit? Save Time
(howto) Use the batch processing features in your image editor.
(howto) Use the batch processing features in your image editor.
Digital Focus: More Goodies for the Holidays
(howto) More battery power, more memory, more ways to repair photos, more, more, more.
(howto) More battery power, more memory, more ways to repair photos, more, more, more.
Digital Focus: Camera Shopping for the Holidays
(howto) What to give, what to ask for, and what to buy for yourself.
(howto) What to give, what to ask for, and what to buy for yourself.
Digital Focus: Master Your Camera's Flash Modes
(howto) Auto flash, fill flash, red-eye reduction, and more--all explained.
(howto) Auto flash, fill flash, red-eye reduction, and more--all explained.
Digital Focus: Punch Up Photos With the Histogram
(howto) Use this software tool to adjust exposure and brighten pictures.
(howto) Use this software tool to adjust exposure and brighten pictures.
Digital Focus: Quick Fixes for Bad Pictures
(howto) Brightening, whitening, and straightening are just a few of the tricks in our bag.
(howto) Brightening, whitening, and straightening are just a few of the tricks in our bag.
Digital Focus: Create Digital Contact Sheets
(howto) A better way to manage your photos; plus, a tiny photo printer.
(howto) A better way to manage your photos; plus, a tiny photo printer.
Digital Focus: Take Great Close-Ups
(howto) Learn all about the macro filters that make this possible.
(howto) Learn all about the macro filters that make this possible.
Digital Focus: Shoot Moving Subjects With Ease
(howto) Take real action shots by panning the right way.
(howto) Take real action shots by panning the right way.
Digital Focus: Fix Perspective in Your Photos
(howto) Shooting tall buildings can be tricky. Here's a slick fix.
(howto) Shooting tall buildings can be tricky. Here's a slick fix.
Digital Focus: Caring for Your Digital Camera
(howto) Some do's and don'ts for storing and maintaining your camera.
(howto) Some do's and don'ts for storing and maintaining your camera.
Digital Focus: Polarizing Lenses
(howto) Block out distortion and take better photos with this common lense.
(howto) Block out distortion and take better photos with this common lense.
Digital Focus: Exposure Tricks
(howto) All about program modes, bracketing, and best exposure practices.
(howto) All about program modes, bracketing, and best exposure practices.
Digital Focus: Getting the Most From Your Camera
(howto) The finer points of digital camera resolution, in plain English.
(howto) The finer points of digital camera resolution, in plain English.
Digital Focus: Traveling With Your Digital Camera
(howto) Packing it, protecting it, letting security guards have their way with it.
(howto) Packing it, protecting it, letting security guards have their way with it.
Digital Focus: Experiment With Black and White
(howto) Convert photos from color to black and white for dramatic effects.
(howto) Convert photos from color to black and white for dramatic effects.
Digital Focus: Wildlife Photography at the Zoo
(howto) Take great animal shots without risking life, limb, or poison ivy.
(howto) Take great animal shots without risking life, limb, or poison ivy.
Digital Focus: Ultimate Panoramic Photos
(howto) These 360-degree photos make you feel like you're part of the scene.
(howto) These 360-degree photos make you feel like you're part of the scene.
Digital Focus: Simple Bird Photography
(howto) Become a wildlife photographer without going into the wild.
(howto) Become a wildlife photographer without going into the wild.
Digital Focus: Taking Silhouettes
(howto) Feeling artsy? Want to take a photo with mood? Learn to shoot silhouettes.
(howto) Feeling artsy? Want to take a photo with mood? Learn to shoot silhouettes.
Digital Focus: Taking Pictures in the Dark
(howto) More strategies for taking photos after dark, plus printing tricks.
(howto) More strategies for taking photos after dark, plus printing tricks.
Digital Focus: Digital Darkroom Essentials, Part 2
(howto) Critical software: image editors, photo albums, and more.
(howto) Critical software: image editors, photo albums, and more.
Digital Focus: Digital Darkroom Essentials
(howto) Everything digital photographers need to know to outfit a PC.
(howto) Everything digital photographers need to know to outfit a PC.
Digital Focus: Even More on Tricky Lighting
(howto) Take action shots in a gym or at a convention center.
(howto) Take action shots in a gym or at a convention center.
Digital Focus: More on Tricky Lighting
(howto) Tips for photographing your kids' karate class and other tricky situations.
(howto) Tips for photographing your kids' karate class and other tricky situations.
Digital Focus: Turn Photos Into Drawings
(howto) Use editing software and tracing features to convert photos to sketches.
(howto) Use editing software and tracing features to convert photos to sketches.
Digital Focus: Put Your Loved One on a Magazine Cover
(howto) Use a photo and image editing software to create a neat gift.
(howto) Use a photo and image editing software to create a neat gift.
Digital Focus: Make Your Batteries Last
(howto) Strategies for saving power; plus, how to take low-light photos.
(howto) Strategies for saving power; plus, how to take low-light photos.
Digital Focus: More Tricks for Putting Motion in Photos
(howto) More ways to add motion to your photos; put photos on DVD.
(howto) More ways to add motion to your photos; put photos on DVD.
Digital Focus: Frequently Asked Questions
(howto) Picture size, resolution, JPEG vs. TIFF, displaying photos on TV, and more.
(howto) Picture size, resolution, JPEG vs. TIFF, displaying photos on TV, and more.
Digital Focus: All About Pixels and Resolution
(howto) Photo quality and jaggies, plus how many pixels is enough?
(howto) Photo quality and jaggies, plus how many pixels is enough?
All About Exposure Control
(howto) Learn about shutter speed and f/stop settings. Plus: Are digital photos fakes?
(howto) Learn about shutter speed and f/stop settings. Plus: Are digital photos fakes?
Digital Focus: How to Buy a Digital Camcorder
(howto) Tips, specs, tricks, gotchas, and product recommedations.
(howto) Tips, specs, tricks, gotchas, and product recommedations.
Digital Focus: Take Great Holiday Photos
(howto) Tips for using the flash, ISO settings, and tripods, plus capturing candles and lights.
(howto) Tips for using the flash, ISO settings, and tripods, plus capturing candles and lights.
Digital Focus: Gifts for the Holidays
(howto) Small cameras, clever storage, filters and lenses, monopods.
(howto) Small cameras, clever storage, filters and lenses, monopods.
Digital Focus: Edit Images and Create Composite Photos
(howto) Use software to turn two bad photos into one great one.
(howto) Use software to turn two bad photos into one great one.
Digital Focus: Special Effects With Color
(howto) Use an image editing program to add slick color effects.
(howto) Use an image editing program to add slick color effects.
Digital Focus: Focus Tips, Moving Pictures Between PCs
(howto) We demystify a focusing tool called "Unsharp Mask."
(howto) We demystify a focusing tool called "Unsharp Mask."
Digital Focus: Create Eye-Catching Color Effects
(howto) Spice up your photos and make them distinctive.
(howto) Spice up your photos and make them distinctive.
Digital Focus: Foolproof Photo Printing
(howto) Printing great photos is not always easy--but we're here to help.
(howto) Printing great photos is not always easy--but we're here to help.
Digital Focus: Scanners for Photographers
(howto) We demystify scanner specs and explain what matters most.
(howto) We demystify scanner specs and explain what matters most.
Digital Focus: Essential Tools and Accessories
(howto) Memory cards and readers, lenses, batteries, and editing software.
(howto) Memory cards and readers, lenses, batteries, and editing software.
Digital Focus: Take Great Portraits
(howto) Focusing, lighting, and shooting portraits, plus editing the background; saving JPEGs as TIFFs.
(howto) Focusing, lighting, and shooting portraits, plus editing the background; saving JPEGs as TIFFs.
Digital Focus: How to Shoot Small Objects Up Close
(howto) All about macrophotography; how to unclog a ink jet printer.
(howto) All about macrophotography; how to unclog a ink jet printer.
Digital Focus: Make Your Photo Prints Last
(howto) How to preserve your ink jet prints; protect cameras from the heat.
(howto) How to preserve your ink jet prints; protect cameras from the heat.
Digital Focus: Troubleshooting USB Camera Connections
(howto) How to fix port problems and watch movies on a PDA, plus a great bird photo.
(howto) How to fix port problems and watch movies on a PDA, plus a great bird photo.
Digital Focus: Clean Up Your Portraits
(howto) Create better backgrounds with gradients; plus resizing tips.
(howto) Create better backgrounds with gradients; plus resizing tips.
Digital Focus: Use White Balance for Special Effects
(howto) Use this obscure feature to add warmth and mood to photos.
(howto) Use this obscure feature to add warmth and mood to photos.
Digital Focus: Make a Panoramic Photo
(howto) Use imaging software to create panoramic shots; photograph the sun.
(howto) Use imaging software to create panoramic shots; photograph the sun.
Digital Focus: Compose Great Photos
(howto) Isolate the focal point, fill the frame, learn the rule of thirds.
(howto) Isolate the focal point, fill the frame, learn the rule of thirds.
Digital Focus: Manage Mounds of Photo Files
(howto) Is your hard drive crammed with photos? Organize and clean it up.
(howto) Is your hard drive crammed with photos? Organize and clean it up.
Digital Focus: Turn Photos Into Digital Wallpaper
(howto) Wallpaper your PC or PDA; Format Wars: TIFF vs. bitmap.
(howto) Wallpaper your PC or PDA; Format Wars: TIFF vs. bitmap.
Digital Focus: Take Your Camera on Vacation
(howto) How to avoid theft and hassle when traveling, a top tool for managing images, fixing agents.
(howto) How to avoid theft and hassle when traveling, a top tool for managing images, fixing agents.
Digital Focus: Double-Exposure Special Effects
(howto) Create professional-caliber special effects with your image editor.
(howto) Create professional-caliber special effects with your image editor.
Digital Focus: Remove Red Eye, All About Enlarging
(howto) Use an image editor to get the red out, plus the bad news on enlarging photos.
(howto) Use an image editor to get the red out, plus the bad news on enlarging photos.
Digital Focus: Choose the Right Exposure Mode
(howto) All about exposure, aperture, shutter priority, and flash memory.
(howto) All about exposure, aperture, shutter priority, and flash memory.
Digital Focus: Add Wild Special Effects
(howto) Use image-editing tricks to shrink the kids and put them in a jar.
(howto) Use image-editing tricks to shrink the kids and put them in a jar.
Digital Focus: Digital Photo FAQ
(howto) Answers to the most nagging questions about editing, printing, and hardware.
(howto) Answers to the most nagging questions about editing, printing, and hardware.
Digital Focus: Colorize Your Photos
(howto) Colorizing made easier, plus close-up and telephoto photo tips.
(howto) Colorizing made easier, plus close-up and telephoto photo tips.
Digital Focus: Take Wild, Weird Infrared Photos
(howto) Take infrared shots with your digital camera, learn all about megapixels.
(howto) Take infrared shots with your digital camera, learn all about megapixels.
Digital Focus: Convert VHS Tapes to DVDs
(howto) Turn analog video into digital, fix a thorny printer problem.
(howto) Turn analog video into digital, fix a thorny printer problem.
Digital Focus: Resize Photos; All About Zoom
(howto) Tools and tips that help you shrink and enlarge your pictures.
(howto) Tools and tips that help you shrink and enlarge your pictures.
Digital Focus: How to Correct Colors
(howto) One tool, many tricks. Plus: bean bags to help with difficult shots.
(howto) One tool, many tricks. Plus: bean bags to help with difficult shots.
Digital Focus: Photograph Products
(howto) Here's a great skill for selling stuff off a Web site. Plus, carrying digital cameras through airport check-in.
(howto) Here's a great skill for selling stuff off a Web site. Plus, carrying digital cameras through airport check-in.
Digital Focus: Dress Up Portraits, Slow Down Shutter Speeds
(howto) Add a matte to your portraits with image-editing software.
(howto) Add a matte to your portraits with image-editing software.
Digital Focus: Photograph Your Pets
(howto) For animal lovers only... plus, caring for digital images and making posters.
(howto) For animal lovers only... plus, caring for digital images and making posters.
Digital Focus: All About Tripods, Best Camera Settings
(howto) The best tripods for digital cameras, optimal settings for photos, soundtracks for home videos.
(howto) The best tripods for digital cameras, optimal settings for photos, soundtracks for home videos.
Digital Focus: Improve the Background in Your Photos, Part II
(howto) More image editing tricks. Plus: digital zoom demystified.
(howto) More image editing tricks. Plus: digital zoom demystified.
Digital Focus: Improve the Background in Your Photos
(howto) Use an image editor to enhance the skies. Plus: E-mail pictures faster.
(howto) Use an image editor to enhance the skies. Plus: E-mail pictures faster.
Digital Focus: Turn Photos Into Black-and-White Art
(howto) Add an antique look to photos; learn all about digital camera lens sizes.
(howto) Add an antique look to photos; learn all about digital camera lens sizes.
Digital Focus: Make Your Own DVDs
(howto) Create your own home movies on DVD: software, hardware, tips.
(howto) Create your own home movies on DVD: software, hardware, tips.
Digital Focus: Special Effects With Text and Photos
(howto) Paint with text, add borders, connect a camera and telescope.
(howto) Paint with text, add borders, connect a camera and telescope.
Digital Focus: Wide-Angle Tips and Tricks
(howto) Eliminate distortion, remove fisheye effects, capture video from a VCR.
(howto) Eliminate distortion, remove fisheye effects, capture video from a VCR.
Digital Focus: Take Great Winter Photos
(howto) Snow scenes, cold-weather caveats, other tricks of the trade.
(howto) Snow scenes, cold-weather caveats, other tricks of the trade.
Digital Focus: Photo Flash Tricks
(howto) Dave shares his best flash tricks, advice on memory cards, and a hidden present on a PDA.
(howto) Dave shares his best flash tricks, advice on memory cards, and a hidden present on a PDA.
Digital Focus: Take Photos at Night
(howto) Learn the secrets of night photography and how to print a contact sheet.
(howto) Learn the secrets of night photography and how to print a contact sheet.
Digital Focus: Save Money on Photography
(howto) Dave shares tips for penny pinchers and explains how to choose a camera for Web publishing.
(howto) Dave shares tips for penny pinchers and explains how to choose a camera for Web publishing.
Digital Focus: Photo Presentation Tricks
(howto) Find out how to show photos on a TV and add captions to photos.
(howto) Find out how to show photos on a TV and add captions to photos.
Digital Focus: Shoot in Tricky Light Conditions
(howto) ISO controls and white balance demystified; plus, a fix for map junkies.
(howto) ISO controls and white balance demystified; plus, a fix for map junkies.
Digital Focus: Last-Minute Camera Gifts, E-Mail Photos
(howto) Digital camera accessories make great last-minute gifts; plus, find out how to resize photos for e-mailing.
(howto) Digital camera accessories make great last-minute gifts; plus, find out how to resize photos for e-mailing.
Digital Focus: Gifts for Camera Buffs
(howto) Great camera gift ideas, must-have add-ons, and a creepy Praying Mantis.
(howto) Great camera gift ideas, must-have add-ons, and a creepy Praying Mantis.
Digital Focus: Photo Printer Secrets for the Holidays
(howto) Turn your ink jet printer into a holiday gift-making machine; connect your camera to a serial port.
(howto) Turn your ink jet printer into a holiday gift-making machine; connect your camera to a serial port.
Digital Focus: Accessory Lenses, CompactFlash Cards
(howto) Three kinds of accessory lenses and how to use them; plus, how to choose memory cards.
(howto) Three kinds of accessory lenses and how to use them; plus, how to choose memory cards.
Digital Focus: Punch Up Your Photos
(howto) Create 'action photo' effects; share photos online or via e-mail.
(howto) Create 'action photo' effects; share photos online or via e-mail.
Digital Focus: How to Clear Up Red-Eye
(howto) Imaging tips for removing red eyes, plus how to download photos while on vacation.
(howto) Imaging tips for removing red eyes, plus how to download photos while on vacation.
Digital Focus: Time for Win XP? Why JPGs Shrink
(howto) The new OS offers some slick features for digital photographers.
(howto) The new OS offers some slick features for digital photographers.
Digital Focus: Punch Up Contrast, Make Slides
(howto) These little-known image editing tricks can make marginal photos great.
(howto) These little-known image editing tricks can make marginal photos great.
Digital Focus: Archive Old Photos, Video on a Notebook
(howto) Find storage strategies for photographers, a tiny memory card reader, and how to transfer video to a notebook PC.
(howto) Find storage strategies for photographers, a tiny memory card reader, and how to transfer video to a notebook PC.
Digital Focus: Airbrushing, Transferring Video to DVD
(howto) Here's how to clean up your photos and transfer your videotape to DVD.
(howto) Here's how to clean up your photos and transfer your videotape to DVD.
Digital Focus: Take Action Shots
(howto) Sure, action shots are tricky, but we explain how. Plus, low-price printouts.
(howto) Sure, action shots are tricky, but we explain how. Plus, low-price printouts.
Digital Focus: How to Buy a Video Camera
(howto) Which specs matter? Plus, making the most of your flash.
(howto) Which specs matter? Plus, making the most of your flash.
Digital Focus: Make Your Own Enlargements
(howto) Tips and strategies; the trade-off between resolution and image quality.
(howto) Tips and strategies; the trade-off between resolution and image quality.
Digital Focus: Punch Up the Color
(howto) Exposure control, all about zooms, a cool free program, and our first weekly photo contest winner.
(howto) Exposure control, all about zooms, a cool free program, and our first weekly photo contest winner.
PC World's Digital Focus: Camera Tips and More
(howto) Take pictures underwater, make sense of CompactFlash, and more.
(howto) Take pictures underwater, make sense of CompactFlash, and more.