Digital Camera World Issue 26 November 2004 (pdf document) download at fliiby.com

"EX P 1 PE AG 48 RT ES AD OF VI CE ! MASTERCLASS DISCOVER ZOOM BURST EFFECTS NOVEMBER 2004 www.dcmag.co.uk THE WORLD’S BIGGEST DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE SHOOT HIGH-IMPACT 8 How to Take your best-ever light trails and ﬁrework shots 8 Technique Get exposure right with our free scene guide 8 Expert tips Capture vivid colour in the dark NIGHT PHOTOS IMAGE EDITING WHERE TO GO... MA KE TH ER IG HT 8 NORTHERN LIGHTS Fake this incredible sky 8 PHOTO LOCATIONS TOP Take great shots on the move 10 RA 0 C TE A DM IN ER SID A E! S 9 771477 172002 11 CH OI CE Printed in the UK November 2004 £4.99 Don't miss the moment New high speed secure digital range performance when you need it most! Delivering write speeds 40% faster than a standard card* PNY's New Secure Digital 66X cards considerably reduce the delay between shots. Result: You'll never miss the moment again! Professional or amateur, everything is possible, even continuous shots. PNY's High Speed cards are also available in Compact Flash 40X. *Results measured by comparing with a standard card. Results may vary depending on the subject and device used. w w w. p n y - e u r o p e . c o m Get a clean cover every month by subscribing! Call 0870 444 8680 Welcome Three new budget SLRs in one month? What on earth is going on? his month’s packed news section has information on no fewer than three new budget digital SLRs. Ranging approximately from £600 to £799, this second wave of affordable SLR action is aimed squarely at the enthusiast-hobbyist. In other words, people like you and me. One of the most pleasing things about the recent announcements is the increase in the number of companies putting out budget SLRs. Konica Minolta, Olympus and Pentax have all joined Canon and Nikon in the race for your hard earned wad, both now and in the future, with lenses, ﬂashguns and other accessories. The Olympus is the only model to break through the 6-megapixel barrier, with resolution coming in at the 8-megapixel mark. Will this and the fact that it looks set to be one of the cheapest of the lot help to offset the fact that the four-thirds standard has not yet taken off? It’s going to be an interesting few months… Last month, I wrote about the dilemma between choosing a proper digital SLR and a high-end ‘pseudo’ SLR with a ﬁxed lens, for the hobbyist photographer. Opinion so far seems mixed: equal numbers of you have written in to extol the virtues of both formats. Thinking of it from the camera manufacturers’ viewpoint for a moment, I’d be surprised if they really want the compact format cameras to win, over the SLR. Think of all the money they make from lenses, ﬂashguns, battery grips and other equipment. I ﬁnd it impossible to believe that the big manufacturers want to reduce the digital SLR to professional photographers and a few die-hard hobbyists. This, combined with the fact that there are plenty of SLR enthusiasts (and I count myself among them) out there who really value the ability to change lenses to ﬁt the picture they want to take, will ensure that the digital SLR becomes the dominant format over the next few years. At least until the next wave of technological advance gives us something even better… Best wishes T “This second wave of affordable SLR action is aimed squarely at the enthusiasthobbyist” TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS AND OTHER ISSUES ON OUR FORUMS WWW.DCMAG.CO.UK Everything you ever wanted to know about scanning... 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Adam Evans Editor editor.dcm@futurenet.co.uk Andrea Thompson Deputy Editor andrea.thompson@futurenet.co.uk Rob Bowen Art Editor rob.bowen@futurenet.co.uk Christy Walters Designer christy.walters@futurenet.co.uk SUBSCRIPTIONS & BACK ISSUES If you have a query regarding a subscription or back issue, or would like to place an order, please contact our customer services team: Telephone: +44 (0)870 4448680 Email: customerservice@futurenet.co.uk EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Steve Bavister, George Cairns, Mark Harris, Rod Lawton, Pete Martin, Aidan O’Rourke, Derek Lea, Tim Shelbourne, Mark Sparrow, Rachel Spooner, Mark Wheatley, Mark Wilson. Elizabeth Raderecht PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTRIBUTORS (Where not credited inside) Future Network Photo Studio, Photolibrary.com, Getty Images STEVE BAVISTER Professional photographer and magazine editor Steve Bavister is one of the UK’s best-known photographic writers, with decades of experience in ﬁlm and digital. He has edited photographing magazines in the past and now writes for us every month. AIDAN O’ROURKE Professional photographer and technical expert Aidan O’Rourke is a freelance photographer and contributor to the Manchester Evening News. He lectures on digital photography around the UK and is the mainstay of our indepth support section, Hotline. Advertising Jacquie Duckworth Sales Director 0207 317 2679 jacquie.duckworth@futurenet.co.uk Chris Thomas Ad Manager 020 7317 2600 chris.thomas@futurenet.co.uk Jim Cohen Sales Executive 0207 317 2635 jim.cohen@futurenet.co.uk Advertisement typesetting J Jays Ltd GEORGE CAIRNS Image-editing professional George Cairns is an expert in producing amazing artwork using Photoshop. He welcomes your suggestions for future creative projects. He also produces many of the video lessons on our discs, bringing the art of image editing to life. ROD LAWTON Camera expert Rod Lawton has reviewed virtually every digital camera ever released. A selfconfessed technical nut, he reviews ﬁve cameras each month for us, giving him an unparalleled wealth of experience with which to compare and contrast. TIM SHELBOURNE Professional digital artist and writer Tim Shelbourne, now a digital convert and formally a traditional illustrator, made the switch to digital after his ﬁrst encounter with Photoshop. His in-depth knowledge of the intricacies of image editing is second to none. New media Ali Jennings New Media Editor ali.jennings@futurenet.co.uk Jennifer Wagner Online Editor jennifer.wagner@futurenet.co.uk Sarah Williams Software Copyright Co-Ordinator sarah.williams@futurenet.co.uk Circulation and marketing Fiona Tully Clare Tovey Katty Pigott Mike Thorne Marketing Manager Production Manager Production Co-ordinator Team Buyer International licensing Simon Wear International Licensing Director HELEN BRADLEY Photographer and digital artist Helen Bradley is a photographer and multimedia collage artist. Equally at home behind a camera or computer, her knowledge of Paint Shop Pro, coupled with a no-nonsense Plain English approach, is extraordinarily impressive. MARK HARRIS Photographer and technical journalist Mark Harris has been a photography writer for over 10 years – and has performed product testing duties on both Which? and T3 magazines. Your Lab Test expert each month, his technical knowledge will guide you past the pitfalls. DEREK LEA Professional digital artist and writer Derek Lea is famous around the world for his Photoshop art work. The creator of innumerable magazine covers, his work incorporates disciplines as diverse as digital imaging, photography, illustration, 3D modelling and writing. Senior management Nick Merritt Managing Editor Lynda Burgess Assistant Publisher James Binns Publisher FULL DETAILS ON PAGE 145 8 Next month Thursday 4th Nov ON SALE Future Publishing Ltd is part of The Future Network plc. 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Master macro photography with our jargon-free guide 004 Contents DCM#26 SHOOT HIGH-IMPACT 8 How to Take your best-ever light trails and ﬁrework shots 8 Technique Get exposure right with our free scene guide 8 Expert tips Capture vivid colour in the dark NIGHT PHOTOS COVER FEATURE STARTS PAGE 38 EXTRA p103 Buyers’ Guide THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SHOPPING AROUND PAGE 107 Some features and functions are musthaves for the creative digital photographer, and so we’ve trawled our review pages to give you the most comprehensive buyers’ guide to digital cameras on the market Getup&go All the best places to go and things to shoot Getup&go p66 Top ten outdoor events p70 Trailblazers p74 myCumulus Catalogue, categorise, locate and manage all your digital photos with ease using this PAGE powerful software Bonus plug-ins 104 You’ll ﬁnd a superb selection of third-party image enhancement plug-ins on your PAGE disc this month 105 006 REGULARS Hotshots The best photos we’ve seen this month Eyewitness The latest breaking news Viewﬁnder Reader letters Subscribe Save money and don’t miss an issue! Back issues Complete your collection Trailblazers Travel shots from around the world Next month The lowdown on issue 26 Back page The big picture p10 p16 p26 p34 p73 p74 p145 p146 REVIEWS p49 Independent testing IMAGE EDITING Creative scans Discover everything you need to know about scanning equipment and techniques with Derek Lea’s comprehensive ﬁve-page guide p89 PAGE PAGE 90 100 Canon’s PowerShot A85 gets a thorough test from our digital camera experts p50 Your photos This month’s batch of reader shots are scrutinised by Andrea Thompson PAGE and Adam Evans Perfect exposure Fix overexposed images using the powerful tools in Photoshop Elements. Tim Shelbourne reveals how in this full tutorial 96 SHOOT p77 MEMORY CARD READERS TESTED p62 EPSON’S LATEST SCANNER RATED p60 REVIEWED THIS MONTH… Canon PowerShot A85 Panasonic Lumix FZ3 Casio Exilim EX-Z4 Ricoh Caplio R1 Samsung U-CA 4 CyberLink Medi@Show 3.0 Epson Perfection 2580 Photo NetObjects Fusion 8 PNY Flash Reader 2.0 Jessops Multi 9 in 1 Card Reader Lexar Multi-Card Reader SanDisk ImageMate 8 in 1 Belkin Hi-Speed 15-in-1 Media Reader Fujiﬁlm DCR-71 Memory Card Reader p50 p52 p54 p56 p58 p60 p60 p61 p63 p63 p63 p64 p64 p64 PAGE 95 Discover zoom burst effects Bring static or slow-moving subjects to life by using your camera’s zoom burst mode. Andrea Thompson reveals all about this stunning technique Expert exposure Seamlessly blending images can give you the perfect exposure, as Tim Daly reveals in this look at bracketing shots PAGE 78 Q&A Aidan O’Rourke answers all your photography questions and provides essential hints, PAGE tips and advice Your photos Adam Evans and Andrea Thompson give their expert analysis of your PAGE reader photos 80 86 IN THE NEWS THIS MONTH… Canon’s upcoming 20D revealed Photoshop Elements 3 details Pentax releases new budget SLR Kodak launches ﬂagship DX750 p16 p17 p18 p20 PAGE 98 TURN OVER FOR FULL DISC CONTENTS 007 UK’s best discs £40 FULL SOFTWARE WORTH More videos, full software, project ﬁles and plug-ins than any other magazine! PREVIOUS RE TAIL VALUE Plug-in collection Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop plug-ins 14 sets of awesome ﬁlters that will give your images the wow factor, including this amazing lightning plug-in! p105 VIDEO TUTORIALS XENOFEX 2 This superb package of tools enables you to add a range of effects to your images, including this fantastic lightning! 01 01 My Cumulus 6 p104 Image management Organise your photo collection with myCumulus PLUS! Camera test shots Check out our test shots, taken with the cameras we reviewed this month MYCUMULUS 6 Follow our video tutorial and learn how to get started with this powerful cataloguing software 02 02 SILVERFAST AI Make the most of this scanning enhancement plug-in with our easyto-follow video tutorial www.dcmag.co.uk ince its launch in 2002, dcmag.co.uk has turned into one of the UK’s biggest and most dynamic digital photography communities, and we really hope you’ll pop along to the site and join in! 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POWER RETOUCHE Master PowerRetouche, and correct over- or underexposure issues 008 04 04 Hotshots Outstanding reader images SHOT OF THE MONTH YELLOW CROCUS Gordon Murray “I took this shot of the yellow crocus at home by backlighting it using a window. It was shot on a Canon EOS 10D with a Canon 100mm macro lens.” [e] Gmurr@yahoo.com POST YOUR COMMENTS ONLINE! www.dcmag.co.uk/hotshots 010 02 STREET GIRL AND BABY Simon Poote “They say that the eyes are the window of the soul, and I think that it’s particularly true with this picture – the girl was begging for money. It was shot with a Fuji S2 Pro.” [e] sipoote@hotmail.com 03 SUNSET Gordon Murray “The glare was so great from the sun I could only see the ferry with the polariser in place.” [e] Gmurr@yahoo.com 011 04 CROWD SCENE Simon Poote “I shot the photograph in colour and then converted it to black and white. I wanted to emphasise one expression in a sea of faces and, by converting the image to monotone, it eliminated the distraction of the surrounding colours. Shot with a Fuji S2 Pro.” [e] sipoote@hotmail.com 05 CUTLERY ABSTRACT Maria Murray “This photo was taken with an Canon EOS 10D on a white card background. It was shot in daylight, using a lamp with a large softbox on it.” [e] maria@minxphoto.co.uk 04 05 012 06 06 BALD EAGLE Anthony Mathews “This a bald eagle taken on a visit to The Hawk Conservancy in Hampshire. It was taken with a Canon EOS 300D with a Tamron AF28-300mm XR lens.” [e] aqup27@dsl.pipex.com 07 SUMMERTIME Steve Clements “I took this photo of a sunﬂower grown from seed in my garden using a Nikon 5700.” [e] www.steveclements.co.uk 07 013 “ 09 08 BOATHOUSE Bob Foster “This shot was taken at Loch Ard on the edge of The Trossachs, early in the morning. I used a Dry Brush ﬁlter to help accentuate the blurring of the water.” [e] Gmurr@yahoo.com 09 WINDMILL Andrew Protherough “This handheld shot was taken at 1/15th sec, using my Canon 300 with a Canon 28-135mm IS USM lens.” [e] Freelander9@aol.com 08 10 SWAN Keith Hammond “This is my ﬁrst picture straight out of the camera with no changes in Photoshop or any image-editing program. It was taken at St Albans lake with my Nikon D70 and a 70-300ED lens.” [e] keith.hammond3@ntlworld.com NOW SEND US YOURS! Email us a JPEG (max 500K) of your best shot! Include your name, the title of the image and the digital camera you used. The best photo each month wins a 128MB Crucial memory card (all types available) and Crucial USB card reader! @ gallery.dcm@futurenet.co.uk 10 014 Eyewitness Got a news story? Email editor.dcm@futurenet.co.uk New Canon 20D Canon reckons its successor to the popular EOS 10D will be able to rival ﬁlm SLRs in terms of quality and usability Behind the image The anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center is captured in this poignant photograph Latest Kodak kit Along with its ﬂagship DX750, Kodak is launching a new wireless printer and dedicated photo paper Canon releases new EOS 20D SLR Canon comes out ﬁring with the successor to the EOS 10D QUICK SHOTS CASIO SHATTERS TECHNOLOGY WITH NEW CERAMIC LENS Casio has developed a new transparent ceramic lens to be used on digital cameras. Using a lens like this in zooms means a reduction in proﬁle by about 20%, the company claims. Transparent ceramic has the same light-transmitting qualities as the more conventional optical glass but it’s much stronger and has a much greater refractive index. Casio claims that as well as lowering the proﬁle of lenses, this also means higher levels of precision in your photographic results. Find out more at www.casio.com More ways to share shots Your camera phone pics can now be stored online A company called fotopic.net is launching the UK’s ﬁrst online MMS gallery. The service is PHOTO compatible with all mobile LIBRARY phones and enables you to upload, share and store your camera-phone shots online. You don’t have to be a member to use the service, although members get 250MB of free storage while non-members are charged 25p per picture stored. It’s a simple service: all you have to do is send your picture from your phone to the Fotopic number (07746 387230) and it will automatically be stored in your photo album. www.fotopic.net “Canon is claiming that the 20D can rival any high-end ﬁlm SLR camera” Information supplied by www.dabs.com Best sellers Top camera in the market 3 PENTAX RELEASES TWO NEW MACRO SLR LENSES Pentax has launched two macro lenses for its digital SLRs, which are both compact and lightweight. The new Pentax D FA Series range kicks off with two launches, both of which aim to reduce problematic areas like ﬂare and ghost..."

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