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Filmed on my sony camera, back in Toronto, June 11th 2005

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RAW image files are proprieties of the cameras manufacturer their file extensions are unique to its own and do not exchange well over other programs they consist of “.RAF” for Fuji “.PEF” for Pentax, “.NEF” for Nikon and “.CRW”, “CR2″ for Canon, just to name a few. Adobe has also developed a RAW image file extension, “.DNG” meaning digital negative in 2004, Abodes DNG was created with the intention of unifying the individual RAW camera file formats.

Your RAW image is at its most pure, but there is no guarantee that your cameras RAW image will be recognized by available software applications sometime in the future. You may have the most up to date software to read your Nikon RAW images today, but long-term archival of your RAW files do present some concerns. Perhaps 10 years later when you want to access your archived photographs, of your family are looking for that special photo of “Aunty Jan” as a kid, or another photo that might have some historical significance that your photographs many not be accessible. This was a great concern to Photographers at the beginning of the Digital photography explosion, and even the reason why many today still shoot with film despite the advancements in digital photograph quality.

DNG file format is the answer to this concern.

DNG files also have the added security advantage of saving all of the photo information supplied with the RAW files, i.e. keywords, copyright notices and descriptions. Basically you can have your RAW file completely intact after converting to DNG.

DNG files have the ability to store full sized files or JPEG previews making it possible to preview your photographs in your selected photo viewer.

Using RoboImport (http://www.roboimport.com) as your selected digital photo management program gives photographers the ability to convert your RAW files to DNG files by including the specially developed Adobe DNG converter and enabling the option.

Most impressive is RoboImports ability to embed the original RAW file into the DNG file. Certainly this does produce a much larger DNG file, but it does allow for those occasions when you want access to your pure RAW image file. This really is having the best of both worlds.

With so much to be said of the benefits of RAW and DNG files many new digital photographers might be wondering why in the world all the other image formats may be necessary. Below is quick explanation of some other image formats. This short list is not intended as a comprehensive compilation, but just a presentation of a few of the most common.

JPEG- A common image file format that supports 8-bit color, and produces smaller files with less available information. JPEG is a compressed image format and images to suffer some degradation on conversion.

TIFF- Tagged image format is a flexible format that supports 16 bit color, or less. The flexibility of the TIFF has unfortunately created its own problems with many different variations both lossy, and lossless, some photo viewers are unable to recognize the variations. TIFF although is still supported by many printers as standard for its ability to handle device-specific color spaces such as CMYK.

GIF- Graphic interchange format is limited to a small 8-bit color palette. Gif files are very small making them ideal for internet webpages and animations.

When you hold a new SLR (single lens reflex) model digital camera, whether its a purchase or if its a gift, you hold an well crafted instrument that is designed to deliver very crisp, sharp, brilliantly colored photos. If you acquaint with the cameras technical aspects, there is a whole new world of photography that opens to you. The typical manual for the digital cameras can be quite intimidating. Personally, I have a couple of manuals for a small digital camera which I bought about two years ago. This camera can be used either in manual mode or automatic (point-and-shoot), and its basic guide has 32 pages, while the advanced one 144 pages. Luckily, camera manufacturers have now instructions in DVD format which is helpful. However, sometimes the technical terms discourage the new owners on getting close and personal to their new cameras. Its really easy to search on Wikipedia, and investigate a lot of technical terms, like mega pixels. If you see that while the more mega pixels your camera has, (like 12.1mp or 10.1mp), the sharper your image will be because of the more pixel information that is being recorded when you photograph, which means that you can have your photos magnified to, mural or poster size, as there is greater density of the pixel information and because the image will maintain its clarity if you magnify it at large sizes. The photos that are taken with not so much mega pixel data do appear grainy, and that is because there arent a lot of recorded dots of the color information. Some basic things you should learn about your camera: how to control the amount of light that is perceived in a scene. Simply, the aperture (opening) of the camera lens resembles the iris, enlarging to let light in the low light situations, while narrowing in for brightly lit scenes. You can control the amount of light while adjusting the f-stops for your camera lens. Basic stops range within f-1.2 to f-22. A lower number indicates low light situation. The high number shows extremely brightly situation, and the aperture has to be closed down, to let in less light so the image wont be over-exposed and also washed out. Other thing you should know is the ISO, the speed (ISO) at which the shutter of the camera closes and opens. You can control this speed. You simply switch by choosing the speed that you want. This thing is important if you are, shooting sports where your shutter is open just a tiny fraction from a second and you can capture the action without blurring. But, you may need the shutter to be open for longer periods that is if you are shooting some night scenes or some fireworks. How to select focal distance: This is the part of the camera governing how far from your subject is the lens. The SLR model is extremely versatile, and that is because only with the flip in a button, you could change the lenses quickly and with ease. You can change from panoramic shots to portraits or macro mode of ECUs (means extreme close-ups). Even if you want to start out using a basic lens that has a focal lenght of 18-55mm, learning about these effects will reward you with knowledge to take excellent photos. Your digital camera can take memorable and stunning photos if you reserve some time to get acquainted.

In metal gear solid, Psycho mantis proves to you that he can read your mind by telling you what games you have played on your gamecube. he also proves his powers by telling you to put your controller on the floor, then he’ll ‘make’ the controller vibrate.

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