Everyone likes to be able to zoom in as close as possible with their digital camera. For that reason super zooms are popular with travelers and just about everyone else who does not want to miss those distant shots. Digital camera makers are producing cameras with incredible pulling power and along with increased zoom capability these new breeds are coming stock with image stabilization to insure steady in focus pictures.
Recently Popular Photography ran three of the markets top 18x superzooms in a head-to-head shootout to find out which camera was left standing after the dust settled.
The competitors were:
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18
- Olympus SP-560UZ
- Fujifilm Finepix S8000fd
Curious about the winner?
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Here is a great way to make your pictures pop, literally! In this Photoshop tutorial you’ll learn how to give your images a unique 3D effect where your image looks as though it’s coming right out of the frame.
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Seems like many of the photo related sites on the Internet make reference to the photographic “rule of thirds.” At first it can seem a little intimidating trying to wrap your brain around the concept, after all, all you wanted to do was take a picture of your grandmother and grandfather. By watching this easy-to-follow video you can quickly get a handle on this basic photographic shooting concept and be guaranteed to have a huge improvement in the quality of your pictures.
This video will help all levels of digital camera owners.