Kodak Easyshare CX7430 Digital Camera ReviewWritten by Gary Hendricks
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Storage and Transfer In terms of storage, Kodak CX7430 comes with internal memory of 16MB. You’ll certainly want to purchase a SD or MMC memory card to add on to amount of memory available. In terms of image transfer, camera supports USB 1.1 ports. This is enough for fast image transfers between camera and your computer. Battery Life The Kodak CX7430 uses AA batteries. The ones that come in box are alkaline batteries – I’d recommend that you get some NiMH rechargables. They will pay for themselves very quickly. The support for AA batteries is a great bonus because AA batteries are easily found in any convenience store, even when you’re overseas. Shortcomings The bad points about Kodak EasyShare CX7430? Well, here’s a few shortcomings I’d point out – Kodak would sell many more units if they were corrected: * Videos taken by camera are at very low frame rate * The door covering memory card slot doesn’t latch strongly * The bundled software isn’t very impressive Conclusion Despite its shortcomings, Kodak EasyShare CX7430 is one heck of a good camera. If you’re just starting out in digital photography, this it camera to buy. Take it with you anywhere you like, snap many photos and immerse yourself in world of photography. You can always upgrade to a better camera when you grow in your skills.
Gary Hendricks runs a hobby site at www.basic-digital-photography.com. Read his tips on digital photography and learn to shoot better photos with your digicam.
| | A Guide to Touching Up Your Digital PhotosWritten by Gary Hendricks
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Step 5: Blurring Effects Sometimes I like to add a blurring effect to my photos. What you can do here is to select areas of photo which are unimportant and blur them out. This will bring more attention to main subject of your photo. For example, if I had a picture of a flower and I wanted to play down details in leaves in background, I might add a blurring effect to background. Step 6: Sharpen Up Sharpening image is next step in photo touch up process. Contrary to popular belief, you can't actually sharpen an out of focus image. What I typically do when sharpening an image is to selectively sharpen. That is, I select a part of image, maybe a person's eyes and sharpen only that area. Leave unimportant areas unsharpened. Step 7: Resize Depending on your needs, you may want to resize your photo. If you're emailing a picture to a friend, you'll want to resize picture down to a much smaller size. If you're printing photo on a greeting card, you can scale down image to size of a 4x6 print. Step 8: Save Your Work Ok, you're pretty much done. Remember to save your work in appropriate image format. Use large TIFF image format if you want to retain all details for subsequent image editing. On other hand, you can use JPEG image format if you want to just send picture via email or upload them to your website. Conclusion Alrighty then! Now you know secret to touching up and preparing your raw digital photos for output. I'd say that not all above steps are truly necessary in a given situation. Remember to use your discretion to see which is necessary. Don't be afraid to experiment and learn - practice makes perfect when it comes to touching up your photos.
Gary Hendricks runs a hobby site at www.basic-digital-photography.com. Read his tips on digital photography and learn to shoot better photos with your digicam.
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