Kodak Easyshare CX7430 Digital Camera Review

Written by Gary Hendricks


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Storage and Transfer In terms of storage,repparttar Kodak CX7430 comes with internal memory of 16MB. You’ll certainly want to purchase a SD or MMC memory card to add on torepparttar 116002 amount of memory available. In terms of image transfer,repparttar 116003 camera supports USB 1.1 ports. This is enough for fast image transfers betweenrepparttar 116004 camera and your computer. Battery Life The Kodak CX7430 uses AA batteries. The ones that come inrepparttar 116005 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 aboutrepparttar 116006 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 byrepparttar 116007 camera are at very low frame rate * The door coveringrepparttar 116008 memory card slot doesn’t latch strongly * The bundled software isn’t very impressive

Conclusion Despite its shortcomings,repparttar 116009 Kodak EasyShare CX7430 is one heck of a good camera. If you’re just starting out in digital photography, this itrepparttar 116010 camera to buy. Take it with you anywhere you like, snap many photos and immerse yourself inrepparttar 116011 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 Photos

Written 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 ofrepparttar photo which are unimportant and blur them out. This will bring more attention torepparttar 116001 main subject of your photo. For example, if I had a picture of a flower and I wanted to play downrepparttar 116002 details inrepparttar 116003 leaves in background, I might add a blurring effect torepparttar 116004 background. Step 6: Sharpen Up Sharpeningrepparttar 116005 image isrepparttar 116006 next step inrepparttar 116007 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 ofrepparttar 116008 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 resizerepparttar 116009 picture down to a much smaller size. If you're printingrepparttar 116010 photo on a greeting card, you can scale downrepparttar 116011 image torepparttar 116012 size of a 4x6 print. Step 8: Save Your Work Ok, you're pretty much done. Remember to save your work inrepparttar 116013 appropriate image format. Userepparttar 116014 large TIFF image format if you want to retain all details for subsequent image editing. Onrepparttar 116015 other hand, you can userepparttar 116016 JPEG image format if you want to just sendrepparttar 116017 picture via email or upload them to your website. Conclusion Alrighty then! Now you knowrepparttar 116018 secret to touching up and preparing your raw digital photos for output. I'd say that not allrepparttar 116019 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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