Basic of Photography Tutorial - Introduction
[size=6]Introduction[/size][size=3]Tuesday, August 19, 2008[/size][align=left][color=Black][/color][/align][align=left][color=Black][img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZG48atZFvw/SPx0YjKGYzI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ply5es1zE7Q/S220/0029.jpg[/img]
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[/color][/align][align=left][color=Black]I have been doing some research on DSLRsand basic photography knowledge on the Internet for 1-2 years now. Why?(my boss always say this word, which make me crazy...) Because I amlooking for something to release my tension :P.
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Photographingis what I like since I am still a boy in secondary school time, but nochance to go into it (If I get the question WHY? again, then I willsay, I have no money for it by that time...). But now, the situationstill not looks good. Because Photography is never a cheap hobby.Believe me!) .[/color][/align][align=left][color=Black]
[/color][/align][align=left][color=Black]OK, let's not putting to much rubbish, we need "Green" on Earth now.[/color][/align][align=left][color=Black]
[/color][/align][align=left][color=Black]This tutorial is getting from my PowerPointslides. I did it for my company's SIG (Special Interest Group) forPhotography. Well, I did quite a good job in convincing my friends andcolleagues to join the group.
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[/color][/align][align=left][color=Black]So, hope all of you get what you need from here.[/color][/align][align=left][color=Black]
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[color=Black]Aswe know, there are many types of cameras in the market, how do wecategories these cameras? To make things easier to understand, I choosethe most popular types of camera for explanation:[/color]
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[color=Black][b] Basic Campact Camera (低级消费机)[/b][/color]
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[color=Black] For cameras that DO NOT has any manual control over aperture andshutter, we call it Basic Compact Cameras. The advantage of thesecameras is, you don't need to worry anything about HOW to take a photo,it did all the necessary things for you. All you need is just point tosomewhere, and then press the shutter (This is the power of technology:-). It is also the most compact type of cameras in the market, youwill not feel it is a burden to bring around. The disadvantages are, itis not controllable. Everything AUTO means you lost the control of it.It does everything for you including exposure adjustment and evenfocusing, but it doesn't really know what you actually like. So,sometimes (or most of the time for some users) it will disappointed youbecause the photos it took is not what you expected.[/color]
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[color=Black][b] Advance Campact Camera (高级消费机)[/b]
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[color=Black] For cameras that have limited manual control over aperture andshutter, but have no feature to change lens, we call it an AdvanceCompact Cameras. The advantage of these cameras is, you can choose tolet it does everything for you, or you can change some of the settingsto make it take the photo the way you want. It has the features tomanually adjust Aperture and/or Shutter (at a limited range). Most ofthe time, these kinds of cameras will come with higher zoom range (4X,6X, 10X, 12X, 15X…), so it has the ability to capture something faraway into your camera that looks like you are taking beside the object.The disadvantages are, it is bigger size compare to Basic CompactCameras. It will be a problem for those that don’t like to carry a bigcamera when outing (size does matter). Further more, it actually not as“advance” as SLR on all the available features, limited shutter speed,limited aperture range, lower focus speed. If you expect it to workslike SLR, you will get disappointed very soon.[/color]
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[color=Black][b] Single Lens Reflex Camera - SLR (单眼机)[/b][/color]
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[color=Black] What is SLR (or nowadays, DSLR, D for Digital, means it use memorycard instead of film)? Single Lens Reflex Camera, or normally we callit SLR, is a type of camera that can change lenses, have flexibility totune shutter and aperture to a very high extend, faster processingspeed (means faster focusing speed), larger cache (means fastercontinuous shooting speed), larger image sensor (means more details andbetter quality in image). It support fully manual operation, or you mayalso use it like a compact camera. I mean, AUTO mode is supported too(but normally people don’t use it, or at least me, not using it atall). The advantage of SLR? I guess I already mention most of them inthe message above. More to be mention in the following chapters.Disadvantage? Yes, size is really matter. It is biggest in the threetypes of cameras I mentioned above. Even the smallest DSLR camera islarger and heavier then a Advance Compact Camera. We will talk more onSLR in the following chapters. Instead, I will actually going throughthe tutorial with the use of SLR.[/color]
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[color=Black]WHY? [/color]
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[color=Black]Tolearn how to be a better photography, or, at least take better photos,you must know the theories behind the camera. SLR is the best platformto show and explain these theories, because it has all the featuresthat we can play on manually. Just like, if you want to know how carswork, you will have to understand the theories behind a manual carfirst. Am I dragging too far?[/color]
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[color=Black]Thereare a lot more cameras that we seldom see in the normal consumermarket, like Viewfinder, Twin Lens Reflex, bla bla bla... (If you wantto know more, you may find more information in [url=http://www.ted.photographer.org.uk/camera_types.htm]http://www.ted.photographer.org.uk/camera_types.htm[/url])[/color]
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[color=#cccccc][color=Black]We will talk more on these in following [/color][url=http://basicofphotographytutorial2.blogspot.com/]chapters[/url][color=Black].[/color]
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[color=Black][b]Tounderstand how a camera works, you must know what is the structure of acamera. A camera, no matter it is a campact camera or SLR, it hasfollowing four portions:
[i] - Len (镜头)[/i]
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[i] - Shutter （快门）[/i]
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[i] - Aperture （光圈）[/i]
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[i] - Sensor （感光器）[/i]
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We will talk more on these in chapters below.
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[url=http://basicofphotographytutorial2.blogspot.com/2008/10/2-what-is-len.html]2 What is Len (镜头)[/url]
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Doyou see the len in front of your camera? Actually, it is a lot morecomplex then just one piece of len, infact, it actually is a len systemthat combine with multiple lenses. It allow you to zoom to an objectwhich is far away or near by. Normally, it has two function, to zoomTele (far) or zoom Wide (near). The zoom ability is depence by thecameras, in digital camera world, we look at how many times. Somecamera can go for 3X, some can go for 4X, 6X, 10X, 12X, or even 15X.the more number of X, the more Tele zoom you get. While Wide is notmentioned in the X. Actually this is not a very accurate value to lookfor. We will talk more in the following [url=http://basicofphotographytutorial3.blogspot.com/]chapter[/url] that talks about SLR lenses.
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[/color] [size=6][url=http://basicofphotographytutorial3.blogspot.com/2008/10/3-what-is-shutter.html]3 What is Shutter （快门）[/url][/size]
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[color=Black]Shutter,is a device that act as a door in front of the sensor. It determineshow long the sensor can expose to lights. When the camera shutterrelease button is pressed, this "door" will open and close. The speedbetween the open until close, is what we call "Shutter Speed"in photography term. The unit of Shutter speed we use in photographyterm is in second. Like, 40, is actually 1/40 sec. 400, is 1/400sec. 4000, is 1/4000 sec. By controlling this speed, we are able to getphotos like, capture a jumping boy stopping in the middle of air.Or, waterfall that smooth like silk. We will talk about how to use itin following chapters.[/color]
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[color=Black]BasicCompact Cameras will adjust shutter speed automatically base on theexposure detection result. So, you are not able to get anything out ofthe "normally" photos. For Advance Compact Camera, it has the manualfunction that allows you to take over the control of the shutter speed.You can do some creativity shooting up to certain extend. Well SLR cando much more because of the flexibility, for sure.. [/color]
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[/color] [size=6][url=http://basicofphotographytutorial4.blogspot.com/2008/10/4-what-is-aperture.html]4 What is Aperture （光圈）[/url][/size]
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[color=Black]Apertureis a mechanism that controls lights getting in through the lens system.It makes up by a few pieces of metal plate in round shape and has ahole at the middle of it. The size of the hole at the middle willdetermine the amount of lights pass through the lens system before itreaches the shutter. The size of the hole is control by Aperture. Theunit for Aperture we use in photography is the f value you can see onyour camera. The smaller f value, the bigger the hole open, means morelights can pass over. The other way around, the bigger the f value, thesmaller the hole open, means lesser lights can pass over. Bycontrolling the Aperture, you can get photos like a very wide open anddetail scenery photo. Or you can get photos that only clear on theobject you focus and every other thing is blur (control of Depth offield).[/color]
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[color=Black]Again,for Basic Compact Cameras, you are not allowed to do any changes onthis, since it is fully “Automatic” (the power of Technology. haha).For Advance Compact Camera, you are able to tune the Aperture setting,but normally the range of Aperture in these cameras is very limits,most often it doesn’t give enough effect for the result you are lookingfor even you had tune it to the Max.[/color]
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This is f/32, the smallest aperture on my len.
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This is f/16, good to use when taking scenery.
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This is f/8, taking scenery or people portrait also fine.
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This is f/4, you will get quite narrow DOF. Normally use for portrait shooting.
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This is f/2.8, the largest aperture on my len. You will get VERY narrow DOF.
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[/color] [size=6][url=http://basicofphotographytutorial5.blogspot.com/2008/10/5-about-image-sensor.html]5 About Image Sensor （感光器）[/url][/size]
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[color=Black]Otherthen the types, sensors actually categorized into difference range byit ability to produce image in specific size. We call it Pixels.Nowadays, cameras’ sensors are already reaching 12MP – 14MP(Megapixels). This “Pixel” is actually the size of image it canproduce on a computer. The larger the value, the bigger the image canproduce by the sensor. But, does bigger size of the image means it getmore details? The answer is No.[/color]
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[/color] [size=6][url=http://basicofphotographytutorial6.blogspot.com/2008/10/6-camera-usage-in-practical.html]6 Camera Usage in Practical[/url][/size]
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[color=Black]Takingphotos are capturing lights and record them down. We call this process“Exposure”. There are many ways to control the Exposure of a shoot, butall of the ways are related back to the Shutter, Aperture, Sensor, andsometimes Lens. Those are the Exposure Control systems we can find onevery camera.[/color]
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[color=Black]Thisis all about exposure in cameras. I mean the mechanical portion. Thesensor ability is also a way to control exposure. There is a setting inthe cameras, which called ISO. ISO is the sensitivity of the sensor, itrepresent by a number, for example ISO100, ISO200, ISO400, ISO800,ISO1600. Higher ISO is to tune up the sensitivity of the sensor, tomake it able to get brighter image at the low lights environment. Butthis setting has disadvantage. When the image sensor becomes highsensitive, it is capturing not only lights, but also some level ofdifference wave signals. These signals will appear on the image as"noise" (showing dark or colorful dots all over the imagewhich decrease the image quality). Difference range of cameras, likeBasic Compact cameras normally has ISO which is not very high (MaxISO400-ISO800), Advance Compact cameras can go higher, where SLR canget even higher. Cameras normally come with Noise Reduction functionbuilt-in, this also difference on the range of the cameras, SLR havingthe best noise reduction function compare to others cameras.[/color]
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This photo taken with Aperture Priority, f/16, notice the background is considerable clear.
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This photo taken with Aperture Priority, f/8, the background is getting blur.
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Thisphoto taken with Aperture Priority, f/4, the background is getting moreblur, this is the power of DOF usage in Photography.
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Thisphoto taken with Aperture Priority, f/2.8, the background is totallyblur out, and do you notice the doll's nose also blur because of theVERY narrow DOF.
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This photo taken with Shutter Priority, 1/5 Sec.
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This photo taken with Shutter Priority, 1/50 Sec.
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This photo taken with Shutter Priority, 1/250 Sec.
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This photo taken with Shutter Priority, 1/500 Sec.
Now you see th difference effects on using Shutter. Getting more sense on what I said in above?
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[color=Black]Fromthe chapters above, all of you may notice I am actually "selling" DSLR.Well, I am not. I just give you the correct information about cameras.If you are thinking of buying a DSLR after reading my blog, it's justshow that you are agreeing with me on what I wrote above. :P[/color]
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[color=Black]Ok, now clear your mind. To buy cameras, you need to figure out a few things first.[/color]
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[color=Black][b][i]1) Purpose of the camera[/i][/b][/color]
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[color=Black]Asshowing above, the first thing you need to consider is the purpose ofthe camera you are getting. Are you going to make it a hobby, like Idid? Or just as a tools to do daily jobs or daily shooting (not concerntoo much on quality, creativity, art)? If you are at the secondcategory, just go for basic compact cameras. If you are at the firstcategory, you may answer this question before continue: Do you havebudget for a start? Do you willing to spend for this hobby in thefuture?[/color]
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[color=Black]Ifyou are new to photography, if you think you are going to go deep intoit, if you think you are a fast learner, if you think you always lackof a tool to get better photos and you know how to use the tool, youshould go for DSLR. Nowadays DSLR is getting cheaper and cheap, thebeginner range of DSLR is actually having the same price tag as theAdvance Compact Cameras. So why not go for DSLR if you really thinkingof go into it. Since, you will regret very soon if you are not gettingthe right camera at the beginning. You will find you actually spendingmore to get the wrong camera. But if you are not thinking too much onphotography, not thinking about how to take better photos, not thinkinghow others take such nice photos and you are to take one yourself too,not thinking about spending into this hobby, then, go for AdvanceCompact Cameras. Since you will not going to use the features of thecamera, then it is a waste of money to get such a gear.[/color]
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[color=Black][b]Warning![/b]When you go deep into photography, you will find you are spending a lotinto it. Lenses, Camera body upgrade, accessories, bags, filters...Photography is NEVER a cheap hobby! But you can stop at a pointanytime, to rest. :)[/color]
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[color=Black]Nowyou get a nice DSLR camera and lenses (at least one, the kit lens). Youhappily take it in and out to take photos. No matter where you go, youare bringing it with you all the time, vacation on an island, islandhopping, adventure into jungle, clamping mountain, city tour, businesstrips, etc. You always make sure the camera body and lenses are cleanproperly every time after use. But soon or later, you will find dustspot on your photos, or your sharp lens starting taking blur photos, ormaking strange sound when focusing, then out of sudden it is notworking anymore. You start wondering why it spoiled so easily. Well,there is something you need to know in heart about your camera(s).
Cameras,no matter are Basic Compact Cameras, Advance Compact Cameras or DSLR,scare water. Even wet weather can make them sick. Only a few modelsthat is designed dedicated for water proof, which can safely get wetwithout hurting itself. DSLR is not one of those models.
Itscare water a lot, a small drop of water that get into your DSLR willcause it malfunction. So, you need to make sure it doesn’t get wet atanytime. Else you will have to look for new gear.
Furthermore, cameras scare of fall. It will sure break off if you drop it onthe floor or hit it onto something that is hard. Unless your camera isdesign to handle free fall (there are a few models out there do so,normally they come with water proof feature).
[b]Very important! DO NOT[/b]clear your lens with water and wipe with clothes. This action willdamage the coating layer on the lens. If this coating layer isscratched, your photos will be affected when using this lens. There isway to repair the coating layer as I know, called lens recoat, but Ihave no idea how much it will cost you, and how is the recoated resultaffect your image quality.
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[color=Black]InSLR world, we have a few categories for lenses. By mechanically, wehave Prism lens and Zoom lens. By functionally, we have Tele, WideAngle, Macro, Fish-eye, and something else that I might not know yet.[/color]
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[color=Black]Whatis Prism lens? Prism lens, is the lens that can not zoom. It has thefixed focus distance. For example, Nikon or Canon 50mm f/1.8. You mayfind only one mm value on the lenses themselves. These lenses can notzoom, not even 1 cm. To use these lenses, you have to exercise a lot,to move near and far with your legs when you want to get a proper photolayout. This type of lenses was designed for the first generation ofSLR many years back. It was the kit lenses for SLR before zoom lensesappeared in the market. You might ask, since this is such an oldtechnology, why we still want to use it? Well, if talking about imagequality, sharpness, and fast (the term “fast” in lenses means fasterexposure time, which controlled by the f value on the lenses. So thesmaller f value the lens support, the faster it is.), zoom lenses cannot fight with prisms. Therefore a lot of photographers that have highexpectation on image quality and f value, they will go for Prism lens.Please note that less function (can not zoom) doesn’t mean it is cheap.[/color]
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[color=Black]Whatis Zoom lens? As what we see on its name, it is capable to zoom for arange of focus distance. For example, Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6. 18mm to55mm is the focus distance that you can zoom with this lens. Theselenses allow you to zoom with in a limited range which is supported bythe lenses. Nowadays kit lenses are all zoom lenses. May be is becausepeople is become more and more lazy. Sorry, it’s a joke. [/color]
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[color=Black]Zoomlenses are so much easy to use and convenient compare to Prism lenses.Almost all cameras, no matter it is a Basic Compact Cameras, or AdvanceCompact Cameras, come with build-in zoom lens, the basic zoom can gofor X3, the highest zoom can go for 18X (18 times enlarge). Now, youmight ask, what does this X related to the mm we mention above. Goodquestion. Say, you have a Basic Compact Camera that said it has 3Xzoom. You can see on the front of the lens, it shows something like“35mm-105mm f/4 – f/6.3”, to get its zoom range, just do asimple calculation: 105mm/35mm, so you get 3. This is where the 3Xcomes. Please note that this X value doesn’t provide any information onthe actual zoom range of your lens, why? A 18mm-55mm lens is a 3X lens;24mm-70mm is a 3X lens; 36mm-105mm is also a 3X lens; 100mm-300mmis also a 3X lens, 200mm-600mm is also another 3X lens (sorry, I don’tthink market have this lens, just as an example only). You get whatI mean? So, in DSLR world, we don’t read this X value as an importantvalue. But we do read the mm value. Since this value will tell youwhat is your lens capability on the actual zoom.[/color]
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[color=Black]Anothervalue that you have to look on the lens is the aperture value, whichshown as f value. Normally prism lenses are having one f value, say,Nikon 50mm f/1.8, Nikon 105mm f/2.8. When we look at zoom lenses, wewill see two values on it, like the Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, Nikon55mm-200mm f/4-f/5.6. The first f value is the lowest aperture settingyou can go for this lens at the widest zoom, the second f value is thelowest aperture setting you can go for the lens at its’ most far zoom.Aperture setting normally is the most important features that aphotographer looks for, at the same range of zoom lenses. A loweraperture setting is also a way to determine the price of a lens. Say,Nikon 50mm f/1.8, Nikon 50mm f/1.4, Nikon 50mm f/1.2. They have thesame zoom range which is 50mm, but aperture is one lower one grade ofanother. The price goes like this: f/1.8 version you can get it by RM350-400 (~USD 120-150); f/1.4 version is at RM 1200-1300 (~USD 400-430,Amazon selling at ~USD 320); f/1.2 version? I found it at one of theonline store tagged at price USD 550 (RM 1700-1900 with markup?).[/color]
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[color=Black]OK,we talk a lot on lenses, but not yet touching the lens functionality:Tele, Wide Angle, Macro, and Fish-eye. Tele, by name, it is for you toshoot a very far (from where you stand) object. Normally lensesstarting from 90mm to 600mm, I categories them as Tele lenses. WideAngle, a kind of lens for you to get a very wide feeling, normally theview angle is larger then normal lens. These lenses normally used inscenery shooting or in door design shooting. For lenses that having22mm or below, I consider it as wide angle lenses.[/color]
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[color=Black]I’llshow you Macro and Fish-eye photos, since that’s easier to understandwhat it is for, it will be better then I write thousand words. But, youmight need to wait for sometime, since I am not having these lensesyet. Let me keep some money for it first :P[/color]
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[color=Black]Thanksfor reading my tutorial pages, this tutorial end here. I'll startanother blog to post some nice photos and how I shoot it. That will beanother new Chapter...
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[/color] Hi, good info. Thanks for sharing hi!it is good to understand more about the function of different type of cameras.it is great,thanks. good job bro.
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