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Basics of a Digital Camera

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As the craze in digital photography grows the technology grows with it. The cameras have gotten better; there is less shutter lag than when they first came out. There are all kinds of built in features to help you take the picture you want.
The first thing you need to do when you buy your new camera is read your manual. Find out what your camera is capable of doing. Experiment and try out all the features available this will help you familiarize yourself with your new gadget.
Check online with the manufacture and see if there are any new tips available.
With a digital camera you can use the disk over and over again so check out your images and find out the best way to copy them to your computer. Once copied erase them from the media disk. This will help eliminate duplicate pictures on your computer.
Some basic feature of almost every digital camera
• Focus lock – you will be able to lock the focus of your picture by pressing the shutter halfway before you snap the photo.
• LCD monitor – this will let you view your images and erase the ones you don’t want before you copy them to your computer.
• Auto Exposure – Your camera has sensors that help determine the correct exposure of your picture.
• Media Cards – this is basically the film of the camera, and it is reusable.
• Auto Flash
• Built in scenes – This helps with exposure by letting you tell the camera what type of picture you are taking

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