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" But they were -- about it before it really serious camera -- in true X and look we ought favorite accessories like netbooks cellphones music players. What if you should we just randomly picks them up or restart like with tripod or something I like iPods and that and -- these days. Look to yourself I actually don't stop -- that -- The number one thing you do especially if you just digital camera. RTM and read that bracket. Because there's nothing worse. Likely you've you've seen that parent on the side of the soccer field like furiously like you know bouncing through menus before they fling camera upside risk UV. Know how it works through settings and editor of flash on and off to basically force the flash on the force flash off. -- your camera before you find yourself like. I'm taking pictures of what western port which you really shouldn't do but you don't -- have a camera finished. At this week Veronica -- finally. Could put actually read the manual before you basically spend time learning all the -- and out your camera before it outs of where it bits that. The number of."

" I have to say the number one thing that ever tell people not using their digital cameras how to trim the flash off. How does have the -- of setting higher so they can take like -- relatively good indoor shots without having it be extra burden for flash right it's basis. Big -- haven't ambient light going around and then it's not too hard to get good pictures and you hold the camera steady and -- an extra -- or have a track except."

" That was also when that if you don't have spare batteries. What to do cameras this is the batteries run out turning to paper weights don't like magic especially if you have like classic. Rechargeable battery -- it looks something like -- This one of the 3000. Variations on this -- gave me -- to define what these of the sentinel and battery -- behind the local drugstore counters that the spare. Rechargeable battery that charges like Trojan matters as you back the house through my favorite things boys can reasonably batteries and a picture a couple of years. Which -- the backed codes like the battery user. -- or something but basically brings up a bit its head here my second only to 75 for one of -- and they hold. They hold actually four double A batteries each."

" Sony's just compartments for holding batteries. It just keeps them in unsafe place yet but if you put it handful of loose batteries in your purse where they end up."

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" And everything just this the core in the crowd in the keeping my in my juncture or because it's something that just floating around that story now would be nice to have an all in one place I could find and you know they're new and charts yes and not dead batteries and accessed through very -- and it."

" not charge batteries were getting old and Flash Memory. School Flash Memory got ridiculously cheap you can never too big of memory card especially if you're. Working with. DSL hard working with raw files stick up for is not the space. Thirteen feet -- SD cards as well as it 200 bucks 48 gigabytes a really nice jump from two gigabyte cards are like 2530 bucks for -- like that. CF cards for DS LR's -- gigabytes for 35 bucks is pretty I speak to it yesterday lens cleaners and another important -- like this but the rockets. That is mr."

" This is mister chase favorite is basically usually begin to blowing away the dust. And you'll notice because of mr. chains fervent enthusiasm for doing the right thing there is an ultraviolet. Filtering UV filter on the -- to buy a digital camera ones diesel -- and the like extra bucks and it's UV filter that that's what Richard from permanently scratching. That you scrapped it each dollar filter instead of you know multi hundred case. -- it lands but basically right you wanna blow up all the dust and I actually would stand up and like micro fiber is great if -- There's the micro -- pretty much what -- means you know is great for cleaning them. But with the list and it's this crazy little thing in one side. You -- basic brush for removing dust in the other side it opens up and it's basically sort of portable newsprint. And what it does is it -- and carbon into the foam on that every -- it closes. And the carbon helps it. Absorbs -- oil from fingerprints pledges -- which can be really useful when you have two year old it will not cut through peanut butter. That we go back to the use."

" Okay I don't think you -- local hole through fiber into one picture with water. Put in your micro fiber -- told the longer droplets are coming on to your voice microphone ever read rub against the list."

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" Or you like -- 24 pack local Costco or whatever and everything and not just good for lens cleaning and you can clean gadgets with them all different. Try -- odds."

" time again like you know floating head ones with the investment university nine dollar special from good well. Nine dollar and take pictures of the stars and you might gigantic -- of course you have to analysts at the timer these pictures so."

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" That's kind of since the flash that if you get if you -- I don't know I just trying to show how what accessory can also be. United and for photography. These are great because if you if you have like again weirdly angled. Platform or some kind table. We're just wanna take an interesting angle or you -- wrap around these furniture. Or anything you've got going on these are great little things to -- to carry around with you."

" This appeared to Alter part -- other portable tripod it's basically you know expands out it's really easy to hold your camera steady and then. You can actually close it right up and the felker and it will actually work if you -- tied to some sort of really are so if I'll be careful if you you you don't end up the robbers pretty good --"

" Does an amazing amount moments and you tied to some kind of railing like you said. And you go about ten feet back and all the sudden you start seeing its flag -- the."

" It's like this there's a -- the drop. Another one actually the the particular -- is the ultra clip and culturally slick because it's designed to clamp onto a car window. There's a much better job of clamp it onto a real interest of your camera goes up here you've got. Some pretty good just billion here and -- clamp -- to I don't wanna say about an inch and a quarter on this one."

" This does not present when viewers it's not minds of it Rogers is bus drivers to approach but -- case is a great thing to have especially if you're carrying around your camera on a trip you want to stick it in your backpack -- in Q birds. A lot of people don't end up getting case is just -- kind of funny I don't have one right now actually my camera companies to have on the screen actually sold it. But this is great for felonies lewd guys prepared. For -- and any got a bigger until."

" This is actually. Usually my camera lives inside of my patted her case it's -- pretty well. This actually is designed to look to you to make this would he choose to -- the will be taking an Acre DJ headphones but I discovered it will hold. Hole I hit inside of it and it gives me nice clean draw of the camera from the hip. That's a good but I have -- to a 300 millimeter lens on it but for regular use. Actually allows it you know -- pack and I really like a -- packet that is true -- vendors -- hard cases right otter box -- both make great cases -- sequence what I want to have the separate compartments they can keep all your different lenses and pelican would be this one's. If you -- yeah those are hardcore. Yes if they're not cheap but if you if you're crazy enough to check your expensive cameras into the hold the airplane pelican case we'll survive ever to it."

" Yeah I'd love to hear what's coming your favorite digital camera. Accessories and devices aren't you carry around with you so email -- Tekzilla at revision through tough times it's really don't think it."

" still to come. We're gonna talk about digital cameras what are the best buys you can get for inexpensive pocket camera stuffed full blown DS LR -- you right now though let's talk about one of our spot."

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" What this week's freebie download pick. A free program we find useful fun or incredibly interesting. This week it's an obsession for our producers serafina Microsoft image composite editor AK Microsoft ice. Sometimes a single photo doesn't capture the whole C. -- to stitch together multiple photos into one seamless panorama -- photo stitching boring right no way this one is easy just like your series of photos -- and the application. Specify what you're standing still working camera like a tripod or movement side to side like -- them hallway -- the Chester Beatty you've in the top toolbar. If you results -- working so what you can adjust the curvature in if you panoramic is a full 360 degrees you can choose the center point when -- finished tweaking just hit apply. And because your photos are never going to be perfect it'll even automatically -- a result the largest possible rectangle cool. When you're done choose your desired size format and quality include export -- rock your very own panoramic shot and it just about perfect. So next and you can't fit the whole thing into a single frame don't you just -- it up with Microsoft image composite editor."

" No digital photography edition of Tekzilla would be complete without -- digital camera buying advice my usual advice just go buy Canon PowerShot sort of my mom's or my wife or for mobile they're ready else. I've told to go buy power shot or I get smart and I don't Lori Grunin over cnet's their favorite reviewer of still cameras she won't. -- a whole -- people -- reviews over there gore actually couldn't be with us today because scheduling conflicts could put together a list of our favorite -- some of the best reviewed cameras out there and we have seven. Digital cameras that are worth your money starting -- Our right to Kennedy DOS five. The thing about 2700 bucks with out the lands it is probably one of the more drool worthy cameras available on the market only because it's a great -- for still camera. Because it also does HD video and and it's gorgeous each devious even when you do with low light that light or complicated lighting situations. Looks great. Little bit less money Nikon. 1200 bucks for the 18205 dollar kit lens you can save a couple hundred bucks if you buy it without the kit lens. Solid as in -- as it beat an alligator to death. It is a good solid all around twelve megapixel digital camera and by the way megapixels just don't pay attention to me anymore this point it's really a about the winds in the processing because until we get like. 48 megapixels is not gonna be huge visual difference. 04 -- can't."

" Four thirds one of the more popular ones is the Panasonic -- one scheme up beginning here 1500 bucks if you can find it because it's such a hot item it's really really scares. Now it's the micro four thirds which means it is a four thirds based sensors same size. Only difference between a micro four thirds of reporters is that he remove the reflects lands action. Out of it making it lap the flattening it making it possible to shrink the size of the cameras so set having a normal sized DS LR you have much smaller camera in the."

" Very tweet in it -- very nice pictures speaking of which lot of people think even is that 85 he can't the US rebel T one I had a -- Liz. A little bit less without the kit lens why do you care -- there's no stereo recording of audio on it. And there's no microphone input you know as we talk about -- dvd on that's what yeah that's basically the BB five. Good video capture in good light great still cameras and it's gonna work Canon lenses yes now let's talk about stuff that's a lot less money under 300 bucks Panasonic Lumix DMZ dash ZR one's the mega -- cameras and long EX -- That's why didn't work it's focused -- point shooters not gonna be pros of the no aperture shutter speed controls. But if your mom -- people take pictures of birds in the distance and mom it's not practical is a great camera just make sure you get your tripod though that won't lands. Fuji film is fine -- at 200 EXR 250 bucks. Basically on the street. No what it does not like this camera especially if you if you like take pictures in -- it a bar or in your office or with your kids in the lighting sucks. This is awesome did you feel super CC VE XR sensors in new technology. Has better dynamic range and great low light performance and it also takes great pictures twelve megapixels five X optical. The movie but kind of sucks but this is a great. Camera for low light situations now probably the best -- can't wrap their Kodak's easy share and 103340. Bucks to that on the street. His simple it is an expensive it is a point and shoot the delivers quote solid photo quality quarter of the reviewers over at CNET. And still -- at three Chelsea flat panel on the back it's pretty speedy cnet's they're like -- in the shutter and waiting this it's having very quick speed on a point and -- great because typically there and they lag behind that's a large it's nice to be able to take a shot that have blurred because. You clicked on it didn't hear it go all the way -- and just do yourself a favor always research before you buy we're gonna links to reviews of all these cameras up on the show notes and hey you know what. There are amazing cameras right now they are cheap -- about one for Christmas and I could go wrong you pick from this list."

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" Oft asked questions we get about digital photography is how to make my low light or night shots better. Here to help answer that question is a man his wrestled with that issue more isn't a few times barbarian producer Roger and me hey thanks to -- I'm sure. This -- everything I know. I'm happy -- have somebody -- a low light shots I mean that's coming until all the time that bright flash overexposed picture at nighttime so what are ways that they couldn't keep that from happening."

" Believe or not this of this thing you can use type your subject stand in available light as bright enough. -- different apart there might be Atlanta. And your door meeting here restaurant that you can shoot. If you have a flash the flash nothing wrong using a flash. Get the label it. -- party if you're gonna go out and you're shooting night night are you gonna be in an it was just don't like humans when the flash or maybe you portable light source with. Now what about situations where you can take -- with there's like these things you can change for cities to shutter speed probably more applicable to those with us dollars. Shutter speed. Essentially how quickly he shutter opens and closes. Thieves over the shutter season opens or closes the more like -- the -- quicker exit -- makes it more -- put the shutter. Let's light. Let's -- but not as bright in fact in most cases it's very dark even just get a tripod or something to help. Yeah angler you you can use you can use to try but what you want to do typically is basically said with a very long shutter speed not too long. Com and typically you can adjust that to -- shutter speed setting in your camera depending what kind of can you had being a different location. Set it to -- relate to 251 -- this and use a tripod. And then and that case to the tripod look through the way the camera keep it steady and you'll have a nice. Good looking photo and generally. If you're shooting things like architecture like the building. Not an issue if you're shooting people want an extra and don't move to. Another thing you can actually adjusts aperture typically is created in that's stops. There -- the F stop the higher the opening that typically the most most consumer grade cameras like the when we have right there. You're not gonna be able to just it too much because they did you -- a lot in the statement. -- over what to notice in the front is that -- have variable. After sending. As you move in the aperture actually gets smaller and that's because there's more glass of more space between the front of the -- when uses human. So if you wanna share the night with with a good aperture setting with point shoot zoom out. Basic set it on the side and then literally zoom with their feet walk closer to deceptive name one issue they'll give you maybe one or two stops. Advantage. And if you're running an SLR you can do the same thing there's a setting that allows you to tweak that as well. Or you can invest in more expensive price -- and this is a two week plans all the way through and no matter what part of this month. Does give you big leg up in shooting in low light without using a flash. Right final thing is -- speak now about the film days as a speed was a reading of the film how sensitive it was to light. Now because we're all digital now this crisis since a lot like thinking function on a video camera or media. It it basically boost up the sensitivity. At the -- the expensive noise and does get a lot green hair and down. You know what you can do is yet you can boosted -- up to typically like an economic thinking goes up to 200 and that's it with the sellers. Because of censorship so much larger typically you can bump this when it goes it's like 3200 page 163230. -- okay. And you know if you really need to get that China not to worry about -- You can take that job and they use an aftermarket products like -- his managers of the kind of clean up image. Afterwards but there's there's a limitation again. If you said that all the way up on one of putting sheet oftentimes your image will come out close -- it unusable -- speculate. Party photo our FaceBook you know -- But it's it's one of those things where you know if you need to shoot in a low light situation and you know you got most things taking care of for example you can brace yourself. Against your friends like I was at a convention and I wanted to take a shot at the stage. Kate is a flash because there's two for a way to get flash and I can tell that the guys in the auditorium to crank up only it's just me. So what I did was. I said it myself and they've boosted the eyes and it is managed to get a shot that was would otherwise have been blurry is songs and ask him initiative yet and want things -- all these all these elements are. Independent they all work together. So you can tweak one you can tweak the other and you can got to get a good balance. So you can get the best possible. Shooting situation. Architects and other song got play with -- camera you never know what you can do unless you play with it so experiment you know if you are not doing any thing. Commanders on -- go home you asking me out of -- accidentally appointment. -- know just play around with it check out opposite is Patrick said earlier in the show read the manual understand the capabilities and the limitations -- camera. And you should be around long anyway at least you know 60% to either -- taking good photos and --"

" Our -- found it yes our -- I coming up next it got more viewer questions but first it's time to thank one of our sponsors didn't. Extended his easy free web conferencing it's super easy T is built on open source and 100% browser based. It's so easy just start a meeting and I -- or email your dimmed in your -- Your friends or clients click that link and second there in the same web conference room with you change your computer screen documents white board and they can even see -- you I would camp. You can host attend even record your -- with no download required just -- browser. Best of all pinned him as frank that's right three white paper web conferencing when -- in his brain. Ever -- and dot com slash Tekzilla to senate could then inform free to support our ship and join the more than three million people who loved and him. It takes less than fifteen seconds to sign -- is free this does didn't respond to super hosting its second line didn't didn't meet up as part of the taping of this very episode of Tekzilla. Planet watching over there we've figured that we take this opportunity to ask the chat directly for any photo related questions. But first comes from Christine has a question about free image."

" Editing tools. Okay we talking like we we we -- a good place to start is your favorite site for alternative application that's alternative to dot net which has saved me. And more than one occasion. And thinking on -- and look up Photoshop you can go look up again you can go and look up. Up pixel meters woman -- on Mac and by all sorts of different alternatives to. To those various editing tools and there are a ton of them of all different licenses in all different platforms. -- just had to take the time to look around the movement in the searching aren't you like."

" On windows my favorite is -- paint dot net which is at example dot. Paint dot not paint the app does not pay -- it until it's as a college project through building replacement. It's it's it's it's slick it's easy as. More tools that I really know how to use or need to use -- I get paid to that great application. I would be remiss -- it will get a million emails and if I don't mention they get which is available when those analysts and then of course. The Unix uses -- X. And he. I bet you you've recently on windows but I have had people say everything from it's awesome to your god that -- that's why did you send me there."

" I did not last year's open source it is free it is open source which makes me happy. But I did not love its usability. But maybe I just don't have the patience for -- I think what amounts -- a big fan of paint. Highest pixel -- It's not free not free lovely tools yet but it's really -- if you want just some basic image editing and probably take it and accept if you fiddle around with a little bit it's no Photoshop. But it gets the job done."

" And most of us are not serious Photoshop there's a pixel bit about the is an analyst -- Yes that's -- hopefully this gives you lots of ideas what you can use as an alternative to vote or I should say free photo editing tool that we can every always go back to Photoshop."

" Now put up topic and in some countries that. Our next question comes from tent out Daly City he writes. I'm looking to make the leap from -- clean -- could DSL art what should I be concerned with price megapixels company reputation. Another couple of 35 millimeter film icons and I've loved every one -- There's a short answer here -- Yeah like that I got that make great DSL our goal by one. Yeah the only problem I've seen with new -- nine kinds. Is that they're not backwards compatible with a lot of the lenses and icons makes it -- older and I -- it may not work with your new word icon DS are. We can't you're on the right track on those of the things that I would definitely look into and picking DS LR though there's no reason to get a sense of megapixels. A beginning cancel are probably gonna be you know twelve megapixels ten megapixels and you're not gonna be able to see -- it's not make much of a different and honestly unless you're blowing things up to giant poster size you don't need any more than that if you're just using it to take pictures of your family. For going on photo -- that kind of thing. Twelve is probably the most are going to and I'm honestly the first in any guess a large shopping should start off with -- what you want to do almost all DSR cameras are good it just takes family photos that you want something that you can go -- currently Canon icon into a smaller extent Pentax. The widest selection accessory is lens isn't here both first and third party. I'm next thing of course to consider is price and how much you want to or are you willing to spend. Many camera makers have a full range DS -- ranging from. Entry level models to super expensive pro units -- full frame sensors we're talkin' like 6000 dollars."

" You know if you're going -- seriously and if you're serious photographer for -- about thousand dollars for a decent lens won't lower models Canon rebel again my favorites. Entry level yes so are the smaller ones there much cheaper than they've ever been. And it's actually amazing you can probably more pro level features that you'll ever be able to use even on the lowest end cameras. So products in it the of these or else do Digital's C balloons reflect so the idea that you're looking and seeing what's coming through the lands. And that's really nice."

" Have a -- a lot of different brands out there between you know we mentioned Canon nighttime Olympus. -- What else so we need Vista comes out there. I like we said most people think of tend to think of -- an icon on the missile lenses at the into the data calling me the biggest difference in your shots."

" Yeah I -- put like joining a mob here in that format brandish the -- now for the long hole unless you have a bite of buying a camera when you want to you. And as you invested lenses and accessories are probably gonna stay with that because. If you're serious photographer you can rapidly -- the with a -- thousand dollars -- just change actually working on this likelihood so is card buys excellence. -- and indeed keep you that you basically what -- that. You know the resale value despite what you might see people try to get the lenses on on on Craig's list this is not as high as you might like to be just just be aware that when you purchase something you -- allowances for. You're pretty much stuck with that company for life so if you're happy I think I would like that if you're happy with -- I think -- Last question comes from top right -- the market for new compact digital camera but I also like to shoot video and video capabilities of digital cameras and help time -- the performance can mean its -- pocket video cam -- like the flip. What are the advantages and limitations of having a dedicated video camera compared to an all in one. Finally which compact digital cameras do you recommend for both its point and shoot in video capabilities tied in Virginia hey look I love. Pure Digital's flip cameras will pocket -- dedicated video cameras. One ratio or whenever there's broke things appreciated and loved you. But they're they're really can be for occasional video of the video quality isn't that hard especially if you're talking about hundred dollar flip and the 170 dollar -- HD. Basic hundred dollar -- sixty minutes of 640 by four yes -- video. The 170 dollar with each theme just pull leading by 720 video at 720. HD -- you 120 minutes the regular food -- BUQ sixty minutes. I think I've always been pleased I haven't really seen a lot of bad video from it TV cameras again were partially Canon PowerShot -- about forty video. Your digital still camera will have a speaker lands probably isn't batters he should be capturing light maybe more powerful processor and you put it being. That memory card into it to store video. So camera actually else to -- still pictures."

" I'm good at getting ST video on a pocket camera means spending at least 200 dollars the PowerShot SD 780 I -- two dollars good entry level 720. On the Canon PowerShot SX 200 IS -- 300 dollars. And Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS three K which -- around 320. To 350 does ABC HD which means extend."

" Recording time that's a nice little compression hacks so basically that this had twenty video captures takes up less space all of these big four. Huge. Memory cards hear about forty minutes of HD video of it you -- each card."

" Get a Panasonic DMC GF want to actually has a dedicated video button on it takes full HD video. You just push a little video button right here at the top so you know switch in the video -- people you don't I don't worry about at the kind of mean it -- got all sorts of interesting video features -- interesting back focus stuff that because the human the micro four thirds replaceable lenses exactly of course that's gonna run you around 80900. Bucks depending on that configuration -- way to look -- that. I don't know a little more expensive they might typically want to spend for something that does video and stills if if you don't want to link to high."

" It's quite this -- this is essentially competing with McCain's -- micro four thirds kind of a new format lenses on that one. The Olympus likes pocket -- can't is that also ruble is a micro four thirds and it's."

" As well again these are kind of the two competing models out there right now because Olympus and Panasonic both developed a micro four thirds format now I as far as the master wanna. But yet that's that's visas the T ones out there right now they'd both do video all of this when does have the dedicated video fun."

" Are paid to get more money to spend the from the Canon US -- mark -- is ridiculously averages. 2500 dollar yes alarm. US rebel T yeah -- should -- he won -- this holiday the to the audio isn't so hot you can do an external microphone has support for all of these cameras with a grateful backs. You need small tiny hand held video camera is if they don't -- micro properly. Anytime you move your fingers and -- you can pick up the noise that sensitive pickup a lot of weird ambient sound. They're not is -- and differences aren't up to congress template I can't corner yet so little tiny like you know it's all. We do video. What are those microphones. Some of the guys in the audio division right and it punches little tiny hole in the plastic and they put a microphone line in most of them will not accept an external microphone so. You know not that the microphone and the flip cameras is anything to write home about you know record your next album. Alright we are I figure out a digital photography questions for now right now -- we wanna tell you about -- your mystery -- judgment people to mobile phone application -- show for the iPhone and Android Blackberry and Paul Clinton. After it as he passionate reviewers had about David Prager and occasionally you make appearances. We need your advice tips and more importantly we'll find -- the best applications for your mobile device it up some of them Monday Wednesday and Friday on revision3.com slash -- judgment."

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" But they were -- about it before it really serious camera -- in true X and look we ought favorite accessories like netbooks cellphones music players. What if you should we just randomly picks them up or restart like with tripod or something I like iPods and that and -- these days. Look to yourself I actually don't stop -- that -- The number one thing you do especially if you just digital camera. RTM and read that bracket. Because there's nothing worse. Likely you've you've seen that parent on the side of the soccer field like furiously like you know bouncing through menus before they fling camera upside risk UV. Know how it works through settings and editor of flash on and off to basically force the flash on the force flash off. -- your camera before you find yourself like. I'm taking pictures of what western port which you really shouldn't do but you don't -- have a camera finished. At this week Veronica -- finally. Could put actually read the manual before you basically spend time learning all the -- and out your camera before it outs of where it bits that. The number of."

" I have to say the number one thing that ever tell people not using their digital cameras how to trim the flash off. How does have the -- of setting higher so they can take like -- relatively good indoor shots without having it be extra burden for flash right it's basis. Big -- haven't ambient light going around and then it's not too hard to get good pictures and you hold the camera steady and -- an extra -- or have a track except."

" That was also when that if you don't have spare batteries. What to do cameras this is the batteries run out turning to paper weights don't like magic especially if you have like classic. Rechargeable battery -- it looks something like -- This one of the 3000. Variations on this -- gave me -- to define what these of the sentinel and battery -- behind the local drugstore counters that the spare. Rechargeable battery that charges like Trojan matters as you back the house through my favorite things boys can reasonably batteries and a picture a couple of years. Which -- the backed codes like the battery user. -- or something but basically brings up a bit its head here my second only to 75 for one of -- and they hold. They hold actually four double A batteries each."

" Sony's just compartments for holding batteries. It just keeps them in unsafe place yet but if you put it handful of loose batteries in your purse where they end up."

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" And everything just this the core in the crowd in the keeping my in my juncture or because it's something that just floating around that story now would be nice to have an all in one place I could find and you know they're new and charts yes and not dead batteries and accessed through very -- and it."

" not charge batteries were getting old and Flash Memory. School Flash Memory got ridiculously cheap you can never too big of memory card especially if you're. Working with. DSL hard working with raw files stick up for is not the space. Thirteen feet -- SD cards as well as it 200 bucks 48 gigabytes a really nice jump from two gigabyte cards are like 2530 bucks for -- like that. CF cards for DS LR's -- gigabytes for 35 bucks is pretty I speak to it yesterday lens cleaners and another important -- like this but the rockets. That is mr."

" This is mister chase favorite is basically usually begin to blowing away the dust. And you'll notice because of mr. chains fervent enthusiasm for doing the right thing there is an ultraviolet. Filtering UV filter on the -- to buy a digital camera ones diesel -- and the like extra bucks and it's UV filter that that's what Richard from permanently scratching. That you scrapped it each dollar filter instead of you know multi hundred case. -- it lands but basically right you wanna blow up all the dust and I actually would stand up and like micro fiber is great if -- There's the micro -- pretty much what -- means you know is great for cleaning them. But with the list and it's this crazy little thing in one side. You -- basic brush for removing dust in the other side it opens up and it's basically sort of portable newsprint. And what it does is it -- and carbon into the foam on that every -- it closes. And the carbon helps it. Absorbs -- oil from fingerprints pledges -- which can be really useful when you have two year old it will not cut through peanut butter. That we go back to the use."

" Okay I don't think you -- local hole through fiber into one picture with water. Put in your micro fiber -- told the longer droplets are coming on to your voice microphone ever read rub against the list."

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" Or you like -- 24 pack local Costco or whatever and everything and not just good for lens cleaning and you can clean gadgets with them all different. Try -- odds."

" time again like you know floating head ones with the investment university nine dollar special from good well. Nine dollar and take pictures of the stars and you might gigantic -- of course you have to analysts at the timer these pictures so."

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" Yeah joke you know these these people for years to because it wraps around things have a bigger when that works better with yes or cameras one's better personal health care outside cameras."

" That's kind of since the flash that if you get if you -- I don't know I just trying to show how what accessory can also be. United and for photography. These are great because if you if you have like again weirdly angled. Platform or some kind table. We're just wanna take an interesting angle or you -- wrap around these furniture. Or anything you've got going on these are great little things to -- to carry around with you."

" This appeared to Alter part -- other portable tripod it's basically you know expands out it's really easy to hold your camera steady and then. You can actually close it right up and the felker and it will actually work if you -- tied to some sort of really are so if I'll be careful if you you you don't end up the robbers pretty good --"

" Does an amazing amount moments and you tied to some kind of railing like you said. And you go about ten feet back and all the sudden you start seeing its flag -- the."

" It's like this there's a -- the drop. Another one actually the the particular -- is the ultra clip and culturally slick because it's designed to clamp onto a car window. There's a much better job of clamp it onto a real interest of your camera goes up here you've got. Some pretty good just billion here and -- clamp -- to I don't wanna say about an inch and a quarter on this one."

" This does not present when viewers it's not minds of it Rogers is bus drivers to approach but -- case is a great thing to have especially if you're carrying around your camera on a trip you want to stick it in your backpack -- in Q birds. A lot of people don't end up getting case is just -- kind of funny I don't have one right now actually my camera companies to have on the screen actually sold it. But this is great for felonies lewd guys prepared. For -- and any got a bigger until."

" This is actually. Usually my camera lives inside of my patted her case it's -- pretty well. This actually is designed to look to you to make this would he choose to -- the will be taking an Acre DJ headphones but I discovered it will hold. Hole I hit inside of it and it gives me nice clean draw of the camera from the hip. That's a good but I have -- to a 300 millimeter lens on it but for regular use. Actually allows it you know -- pack and I really like a -- packet that is true -- vendors -- hard cases right otter box -- both make great cases -- sequence what I want to have the separate compartments they can keep all your different lenses and pelican would be this one's. If you -- yeah those are hardcore. Yes if they're not cheap but if you if you're crazy enough to check your expensive cameras into the hold the airplane pelican case we'll survive ever to it."

" Yeah I'd love to hear what's coming your favorite digital camera. Accessories and devices aren't you carry around with you so email -- Tekzilla at revision through tough times it's really don't think it."

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" No digital photography edition of Tekzilla would be complete without -- digital camera buying advice my usual advice just go buy Canon PowerShot sort of my mom's or my wife or for mobile they're ready else. I've told to go buy power shot or I get smart and I don't Lori Grunin over cnet's their favorite reviewer of still cameras she won't. -- a whole -- people -- reviews over there gore actually couldn't be with us today because scheduling conflicts could put together a list of our favorite -- some of the best reviewed cameras out there and we have seven. Digital cameras that are worth your money starting -- Our right to Kennedy DOS five. The thing about 2700 bucks with out the lands it is probably one of the more drool worthy cameras available on the market only because it's a great -- for still camera. Because it also does HD video and and it's gorgeous each devious even when you do with low light that light or complicated lighting situations. Looks great. Little bit less money Nikon. 1200 bucks for the 18205 dollar kit lens you can save a couple hundred bucks if you buy it without the kit lens. Solid as in -- as it beat an alligator to death. It is a good solid all around twelve megapixel digital camera and by the way megapixels just don't pay attention to me anymore this point it's really a about the winds in the processing because until we get like. 48 megapixels is not gonna be huge visual difference. 04 -- can't."

" Four thirds one of the more popular ones is the Panasonic -- one scheme up beginning here 1500 bucks if you can find it because it's such a hot item it's really really scares. Now it's the micro four thirds which means it is a four thirds based sensors same size. Only difference between a micro four thirds of reporters is that he remove the reflects lands action. Out of it making it lap the flattening it making it possible to shrink the size of the cameras so set having a normal sized DS LR you have much smaller camera in the."

" Very tweet in it -- very nice pictures speaking of which lot of people think even is that 85 he can't the US rebel T one I had a -- Liz. A little bit less without the kit lens why do you care -- there's no stereo recording of audio on it. And there's no microphone input you know as we talk about -- dvd on that's what yeah that's basically the BB five. Good video capture in good light great still cameras and it's gonna work Canon lenses yes now let's talk about stuff that's a lot less money under 300 bucks Panasonic Lumix DMZ dash ZR one's the mega -- cameras and long EX -- That's why didn't work it's focused -- point shooters not gonna be pros of the no aperture shutter speed controls. But if your mom -- people take pictures of birds in the distance and mom it's not practical is a great camera just make sure you get your tripod though that won't lands. Fuji film is fine -- at 200 EXR 250 bucks. Basically on the street. No what it does not like this camera especially if you if you like take pictures in -- it a bar or in your office or with your kids in the lighting sucks. This is awesome did you feel super CC VE XR sensors in new technology. Has better dynamic range and great low light performance and it also takes great pictures twelve megapixels five X optical. The movie but kind of sucks but this is a great. Camera for low light situations now probably the best -- can't wrap their Kodak's easy share and 103340. Bucks to that on the street. His simple it is an expensive it is a point and shoot the delivers quote solid photo quality quarter of the reviewers over at CNET. And still -- at three Chelsea flat panel on the back it's pretty speedy cnet's they're like -- in the shutter and waiting this it's having very quick speed on a point and -- great because typically there and they lag behind that's a large it's nice to be able to take a shot that have blurred because. You clicked on it didn't hear it go all the way -- and just do yourself a favor always research before you buy we're gonna links to reviews of all these cameras up on the show notes and hey you know what. There are amazing cameras right now they are cheap -- about one for Christmas and I could go wrong you pick from this list."

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" Oft asked questions we get about digital photography is how to make my low light or night shots better. Here to help answer that question is a man his wrestled with that issue more isn't a few times barbarian producer Roger and me hey thanks to -- I'm sure. This -- everything I know. I'm happy -- have somebody -- a low light shots I mean that's coming until all the time that bright flash overexposed picture at nighttime so what are ways that they couldn't keep that from happening."

" Believe or not this of this thing you can use type your subject stand in available light as bright enough. -- different apart there might be Atlanta. And your door meeting here restaurant that you can shoot. If you have a flash the flash nothing wrong using a flash. Get the label it. -- party if you're gonna go out and you're shooting night night are you gonna be in an it was just don't like humans when the flash or maybe you portable light source with. Now what about situations where you can take -- with there's like these things you can change for cities to shutter speed probably more applicable to those with us dollars. Shutter speed. Essentially how quickly he shutter opens and closes. Thieves over the shutter season opens or closes the more like -- the -- quicker exit -- makes it more -- put the shutter. Let's light. Let's -- but not as bright in fact in most cases it's very dark even just get a tripod or something to help. Yeah angler you you can use you can use to try but what you want to do typically is basically said with a very long shutter speed not too long. Com and typically you can adjust that to -- shutter speed setting in your camera depending what kind of can you had being a different location. Set it to -- relate to 251 -- this and use a tripod. And then and that case to the tripod look through the way the camera keep it steady and you'll have a nice. Good looking photo and generally. If you're shooting things like architecture like the building. Not an issue if you're shooting people want an extra and don't move to. Another thing you can actually adjusts aperture typically is created in that's stops. There -- the F stop the higher the opening that typically the most most consumer grade cameras like the when we have right there. You're not gonna be able to just it too much because they did you -- a lot in the statement. -- over what to notice in the front is that -- have variable. After sending. As you move in the aperture actually gets smaller and that's because there's more glass of more space between the front of the -- when uses human. So if you wanna share the night with with a good aperture setting with point shoot zoom out. Basic set it on the side and then literally zoom with their feet walk closer to deceptive name one issue they'll give you maybe one or two stops. Advantage. And if you're running an SLR you can do the same thing there's a setting that allows you to tweak that as well. Or you can invest in more expensive price -- and this is a two week plans all the way through and no matter what part of this month. Does give you big leg up in shooting in low light without using a flash. Right final thing is -- speak now about the film days as a speed was a reading of the film how sensitive it was to light. Now because we're all digital now this crisis since a lot like thinking function on a video camera or media. It it basically boost up the sensitivity. At the -- the expensive noise and does get a lot green hair and down. You know what you can do is yet you can boosted -- up to typically like an economic thinking goes up to 200 and that's it with the sellers. Because of censorship so much larger typically you can bump this when it goes it's like 3200 page 163230. -- okay. And you know if you really need to get that China not to worry about -- You can take that job and they use an aftermarket products like -- his managers of the kind of clean up image. Afterwards but there's there's a limitation again. If you said that all the way up on one of putting sheet oftentimes your image will come out close -- it unusable -- speculate. Party photo our FaceBook you know -- But it's it's one of those things where you know if you need to shoot in a low light situation and you know you got most things taking care of for example you can brace yourself. Against your friends like I was at a convention and I wanted to take a shot at the stage. Kate is a flash because there's two for a way to get flash and I can tell that the guys in the auditorium to crank up only it's just me. So what I did was. I said it myself and they've boosted the eyes and it is managed to get a shot that was would otherwise have been blurry is songs and ask him initiative yet and want things -- all these all these elements are. Independent they all work together. So you can tweak one you can tweak the other and you can got to get a good balance. So you can get the best possible. Shooting situation. Architects and other song got play with -- camera you never know what you can do unless you play with it so experiment you know if you are not doing any thing. Commanders on -- go home you asking me out of -- accidentally appointment. -- know just play around with it check out opposite is Patrick said earlier in the show read the manual understand the capabilities and the limitations -- camera. And you should be around long anyway at least you know 60% to either -- taking good photos and --"

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" Editing tools. Okay we talking like we we we -- a good place to start is your favorite site for alternative application that's alternative to dot net which has saved me. And more than one occasion. And thinking on -- and look up Photoshop you can go look up again you can go and look up. Up pixel meters woman -- on Mac and by all sorts of different alternatives to. To those various editing tools and there are a ton of them of all different licenses in all different platforms. -- just had to take the time to look around the movement in the searching aren't you like."

" On windows my favorite is -- paint dot net which is at example dot. Paint dot not paint the app does not pay -- it until it's as a college project through building replacement. It's it's it's it's slick it's easy as. More tools that I really know how to use or need to use -- I get paid to that great application. I would be remiss -- it will get a million emails and if I don't mention they get which is available when those analysts and then of course. The Unix uses -- X. And he. I bet you you've recently on windows but I have had people say everything from it's awesome to your god that -- that's why did you send me there."

" I did not last year's open source it is free it is open source which makes me happy. But I did not love its usability. But maybe I just don't have the patience for -- I think what amounts -- a big fan of paint. Highest pixel -- It's not free not free lovely tools yet but it's really -- if you want just some basic image editing and probably take it and accept if you fiddle around with a little bit it's no Photoshop. But it gets the job done."

" And most of us are not serious Photoshop there's a pixel bit about the is an analyst -- Yes that's -- hopefully this gives you lots of ideas what you can use as an alternative to vote or I should say free photo editing tool that we can every always go back to Photoshop."

" Now put up topic and in some countries that. Our next question comes from tent out Daly City he writes. I'm looking to make the leap from -- clean -- could DSL art what should I be concerned with price megapixels company reputation. Another couple of 35 millimeter film icons and I've loved every one -- There's a short answer here -- Yeah like that I got that make great DSL our goal by one. Yeah the only problem I've seen with new -- nine kinds. Is that they're not backwards compatible with a lot of the lenses and icons makes it -- older and I -- it may not work with your new word icon DS are. We can't you're on the right track on those of the things that I would definitely look into and picking DS LR though there's no reason to get a sense of megapixels. A beginning cancel are probably gonna be you know twelve megapixels ten megapixels and you're not gonna be able to see -- it's not make much of a different and honestly unless you're blowing things up to giant poster size you don't need any more than that if you're just using it to take pictures of your family. For going on photo -- that kind of thing. Twelve is probably the most are going to and I'm honestly the first in any guess a large shopping should start off with -- what you want to do almost all DSR cameras are good it just takes family photos that you want something that you can go -- currently Canon icon into a smaller extent Pentax. The widest selection accessory is lens isn't here both first and third party. I'm next thing of course to consider is price and how much you want to or are you willing to spend. Many camera makers have a full range DS -- ranging from. Entry level models to super expensive pro units -- full frame sensors we're talkin' like 6000 dollars."

" You know if you're going -- seriously and if you're serious photographer for -- about thousand dollars for a decent lens won't lower models Canon rebel again my favorites. Entry level yes so are the smaller ones there much cheaper than they've ever been. And it's actually amazing you can probably more pro level features that you'll ever be able to use even on the lowest end cameras. So products in it the of these or else do Digital's C balloons reflect so the idea that you're looking and seeing what's coming through the lands. And that's really nice."

" Have a -- a lot of different brands out there between you know we mentioned Canon nighttime Olympus. -- What else so we need Vista comes out there. I like we said most people think of tend to think of -- an icon on the missile lenses at the into the data calling me the biggest difference in your shots."

" Yeah I -- put like joining a mob here in that format brandish the -- now for the long hole unless you have a bite of buying a camera when you want to you. And as you invested lenses and accessories are probably gonna stay with that because. If you're serious photographer you can rapidly -- the with a -- thousand dollars -- just change actually working on this likelihood so is card buys excellence. -- and indeed keep you that you basically what -- that. You know the resale value despite what you might see people try to get the lenses on on on Craig's list this is not as high as you might like to be just just be aware that when you purchase something you -- allowances for. You're pretty much stuck with that company for life so if you're happy I think I would like that if you're happy with -- I think -- Last question comes from top right -- the market for new compact digital camera but I also like to shoot video and video capabilities of digital cameras and help time -- the performance can mean its -- pocket video cam -- like the flip. What are the advantages and limitations of having a dedicated video camera compared to an all in one. Finally which compact digital cameras do you recommend for both its point and shoot in video capabilities tied in Virginia hey look I love. Pure Digital's flip cameras will pocket -- dedicated video cameras. One ratio or whenever there's broke things appreciated and loved you. But they're they're really can be for occasional video of the video quality isn't that hard especially if you're talking about hundred dollar flip and the 170 dollar -- HD. Basic hundred dollar -- sixty minutes of 640 by four yes -- video. The 170 dollar with each theme just pull leading by 720 video at 720. HD -- you 120 minutes the regular food -- BUQ sixty minutes. I think I've always been pleased I haven't really seen a lot of bad video from it TV cameras again were partially Canon PowerShot -- about forty video. Your digital still camera will have a speaker lands probably isn't batters he should be capturing light maybe more powerful processor and you put it being. That memory card into it to store video. So camera actually else to -- still pictures."

" I'm good at getting ST video on a pocket camera means spending at least 200 dollars the PowerShot SD 780 I -- two dollars good entry level 720. On the Canon PowerShot SX 200 IS -- 300 dollars. And Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS three K which -- around 320. To 350 does ABC HD which means extend."

" Recording time that's a nice little compression hacks so basically that this had twenty video captures takes up less space all of these big four. Huge. Memory cards hear about forty minutes of HD video of it you -- each card."

" Get a Panasonic DMC GF want to actually has a dedicated video button on it takes full HD video. You just push a little video button right here at the top so you know switch in the video -- people you don't I don't worry about at the kind of mean it -- got all sorts of interesting video features -- interesting back focus stuff that because the human the micro four thirds replaceable lenses exactly of course that's gonna run you around 80900. Bucks depending on that configuration -- way to look -- that. I don't know a little more expensive they might typically want to spend for something that does video and stills if if you don't want to link to high."

" It's quite this -- this is essentially competing with McCain's -- micro four thirds kind of a new format lenses on that one. The Olympus likes pocket -- can't is that also ruble is a micro four thirds and it's."

" As well again these are kind of the two competing models out there right now because Olympus and Panasonic both developed a micro four thirds format now I as far as the master wanna. But yet that's that's visas the T ones out there right now they'd both do video all of this when does have the dedicated video fun."

" Are paid to get more money to spend the from the Canon US -- mark -- is ridiculously averages. 2500 dollar yes alarm. US rebel T yeah -- should -- he won -- this holiday the to the audio isn't so hot you can do an external microphone has support for all of these cameras with a grateful backs. You need small tiny hand held video camera is if they don't -- micro properly. Anytime you move your fingers and -- you can pick up the noise that sensitive pickup a lot of weird ambient sound. They're not is -- and differences aren't up to congress template I can't corner yet so little tiny like you know it's all. We do video. What are those microphones. Some of the guys in the audio division right and it punches little tiny hole in the plastic and they put a microphone line in most of them will not accept an external microphone so. You know not that the microphone and the flip cameras is anything to write home about you know record your next album. Alright we are I figure out a digital photography questions for now right now -- we wanna tell you about -- your mystery -- judgment people to mobile phone application -- show for the iPhone and Android Blackberry and Paul Clinton. After it as he passionate reviewers had about David Prager and occasionally you make appearances. We need your advice tips and more importantly we'll find -- the best applications for your mobile device it up some of them Monday Wednesday and Friday on revision3.com slash -- judgment."

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