Google's Picasa -- Google's free photo editing software. It doesn't have pixel editing capability, like Adobe's Photoshop, but it does a whole lot of useful stuff! Check out my post here. Or download it here [www.google.com/picasa].
Jeffrey's Exif viewer -- Jeffrey Friedl's webpage that displays the Exif data (such as camera, lens, focal length, exposure mode, aperture, shutter, etc.) from a picture you supply it (either on your computer or somewhere on the web.) [http://regex.info/exif.cgi]
Focus Magic -- Focus Magic is a program that helps rescue pictures with slight blur (caused by motion or focus problems). [http://www.focusmagic.com/].
Recuva -- Recuva is a program that will "undelete" files (such as pictures and videos) from memory cards and your computer, if you should accidentally erase them and want them back. The trick is to already have this program installed, and run it immediately after you accidentally delete those files. Download it here. [http://www.piriform.com/recuva]
CAMERA REVIEWS and SPECS
http://www.dpreview.com/ -- Get the latest breaking news along with reviews and specs for digicams past and present. Also the home of a lively collection of forums covering a wide range of digicams and photography topics.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/ -- Another great site for the latest breaking news along with reviews and specs for digicams past and present. Also the home of a lively collection of forums covering a wide range of digicams and photography topics.
http://www.DxOMark.com -- This site, sponsored by DxO Labs, publishing the results of image quality tests on the different sensors (ie. cameras) and lenses. And it has a neat feature that lets you compare three different cameras side by side from its reviews. (Pretty cool!)
TAKING BETTER PICTURES
Nikon Photography Tips & Tutorials -- Here's a great page on the Nikon USA website with tips and tricks on taking better pictures! [http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/index.page]http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech.htm -- Ken Rockwell's website is one of my favourites. He gets right to the point. Here is a link to his page of tips-and-tricks on "How to Take Better Pictures". [http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech.htm]
Kodak's "Learn" (Tips-and-Tricks) -- Kodak's website has a great section on helpful tips, tricks and primers to understand how to take better picture. [http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=38/13915&pq-locale=en_US]
REFERENCE SITES
Strobe Trigger Voltages -- Before you attach an older external flash unit to your digital camera, you may want to visit this site. Some of the older external flash units will pump a huge amount of voltage through your camera and fry (ie. kill) your camera. You don't want to be doing that, so check this site out first for more details! [http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html]Favorite Classics -- A site devoted to fixing / restoring classic cameras. I know, this is a site about digital cameras, but this site is really interesting, and there is a lot of useful stuff here to help fix your digicam, should it fall victim to a nasty fall. [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/]
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