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It could successfully be argued that the whole point of owning a Leica is that you are then able to use the (deservedly) legendary Leica M lenses. The cameras themselves are, like any other camera, just boxes. Exquisitely engineered, wonderful to use boxes, but boxes nonetheless.

So, Novoflex's new lens adapter, which will let you put a Leica lens onto a Micro Four Thirds camera, has us rather excited.

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Film might not be dead, but it has been relegated to a niche category. In its place has risen the digital camera, a product  so successful that it has set the popularity of amateur photography on fire in a way not seen since George Eastman launched his mass-market Brownie.

It's not hard to see why. While it can be argued (and I have tried) that film cameras still have some advantages, the modern digicam is better in so many ways that the demise of film is no surprise at all. Here's a list of five ways the digicam wins.

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In the first of our Mythbusting series we are going to look at a common myth that you should always use the lowest ISO number possible to get the best results This is based on the knowledge that the higher the ISO number you use, the more noise (digital artifacts) will be created in your image While this is certainly true, what we are going to examine in this article is wether or not you should always shoot in the lowest ISO number your camera can handle in order to get the best images Will this myth be confirmed or busted? Continue reading to find out
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What’s new on the D3X?

• 24.5MP CMOS FX format sensor
• Ultra low noise ISO 100-1600 (expandable to 50-6400)
• 5 fps burst speed at full resolution
• RAW image files topping 138MB
• Users have the creative option to shoot in the 5:4 crop mode with 20.4-megapixel resolution, the ideal format for creating 8×10-inch portraits

What’s shared with the D3?

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Fantasea Line announces the release of the FS-710 housing, specifically designed for the Nikon Coolpix S710 digital camera. The FS-710 housing is fully functional providing photographers with access to all camera functions. Fantasea’s new housing design with its improved construction, together with with a depth rating to 60 meters/200 feet, makes the FS-710 ideal for outdoor and underwater photographers. The Fantasea FS-710 housing has a double O-ring seal on all controls, anti-glare hood over LCD screen, and built-in diffuser. The FS-710 also features a 46mm port ring thread for easy attachment of accessory lenses and filters.

Underwater photographers can dive or snorkel and capture all the excitement of this fascinating world, while outdoor photographers also have the option of capturing the action of such activities as white water and paddle sports, sailing and boating, surfing, fishing, hunting, backpacking and camping. The FS-710 protects the Coolpix camera from water, sand, dust, and other damaging elements.

The first thing we need to do is to connect the lights to your camera, for this we are going to need what is called a PC Sync port. On most Canon DSLR’s the PC Sync port is on the left side of the camera under a rubber flap. In the image here you can see the PC Sync port and the end of a PC Sync cable. In my typical setup I will have the main light plugged into the PC Sync port to fire it and the other lights will automatically fire at the same time because they have a built-in optical slave that will fire the flash when another flash is detected. Since this happens far faster then the mechanical shutter, the effect is that all of the lights fire at exactly the same. There is a limit of how fast the lights will sync to the camera but we will address that in a moment.

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# Use a wide angle lens, but get close. A wide angle lens will help you expand your viewpoint, but at the same time, you don’t want your photos to be too impersonal to the subject. Get close to the important aspects of the scene and make them the primary focus of the shot. Then, try to include other objects or people that are important to the situation. Place the primary subjects at different spots around the image to create a more dynamic photo with tension. A wide angle lens will also give the viewer a perspective of being in the middle of the action.

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Inside each lens is a diaphragm that can open and close, the size of the opening at any given setting is what we refer to as the aperture setting. On our cameras we refer to specific size settings as f-stops such as f/2.8, f/5.6, f/11, etc. While the obvious value of adjusting the aperture is to control how much light enters the camera, there is a secret hidden world beneath the hood that we will need to get a grasp of as well, but let’s start at the basics first.

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Selections from our flickr photo pool :

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