March 27th, 2007

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Nikkor 18-200mm VR zoom lens review

A four minute video tour around the Nikkor 18-200mm VR zoom lens by Gordon Laing, Editor of www.cameralabs.com.

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The Timeless Look of Black and White Photography

Camera settings for black-and-white photos

With digital cameras, you have three choices for getting black-and-white shots:

Shoot in black-and-white: Check your camera's manual to see if you can shoot directly in monochrome. This lets you view the photo on your camera's LCD screen in black and white, so you can see exactly what you're shooting.

Convert color photos into black and white in your camera: For many cameras, you can do this in the camera menu. Select "Modify Color," then "black and white." This creates a copy of an existing photo, so you'll have both versions.

Print in black and white: You can print black and white photos from those taken in color by using the Grayscale setting, available in your printer preferences menu.

All of these methods work well. However, if your goal is to create larger black-and-white prints, shooting in black and white will yield the best results.

Explore contrast

Contrast—the difference between the light and dark areas in a photo—is an essential part of black-and-white photography. There are three levels of contrast that you can experiment with when you shoot:

High contrast means striking white and black tones, with minimal gray. It can heighten tension or add drama to photos. Look for bright light and shadows to shoot in high contrast.

Normal contrast provides the most "realistic" presentation of an image, where some things in the photo are light or

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Free Lens Hoods

Need some lens hoods? Paul Mutton has provided free lens hoods at his website. The site offers PDF documents that can be printed and cut out to make lens hoods for a variety of 35mm and digital SLR camera lenses. These hoods are not just free but they even fold back up to make them easier to carry around.

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What you need to do is just look up your Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sigma, Tamron, or Tokina lens, then download and open the PDF documents available, print it out at 100% size, cut and curled it up to form a circular hood shape and slap it on.

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Pic of the day - Monday 26th March 2007

Description: Villagers survey the wreckage of a cargo plane shot down on 23 March 2007 over Mogadishu in Somalia. It is thought that unknown groups opposed to the Somali government and the presence of Ethiopian troops and the African Union Peacekeepers are responsible. All of the crew were killed.

Photographer: Abdurrahman Warsameh

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Think Tank Photo Announces New Range of Camera Bags

Think Tank Photo announces The Urban Disguise™, new range of camera shoulder bags designed for DSLRs which allow you to travel in style and protect your valuable equipment without attracting attention to yourself as a photographer. It comes in five sizes, so that you can carry anything from a small DSLR (e.g., a Canon Rebel XTI, XT or a Nikon D40, 50, 80) in the Digital Holster 10 to a pro-size DSLR (e.g., a Canon 1D Mark II, III or a Nikon D2Xs, D2Hs) in the Digital Holster 50.