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Gedget: Eye-Fi - Transfer photos directly to Computer/Web from your camera

Eye-Fi SD Card automatically uploads pictures from the camera to Mac or PC (as well as on-line photo sharing site such as Flickr). The photos are transmitted wireless from your camera through home Wi-Fi network. Basically this eliminates the need to hook up your camera or memory card to a USB port to upload the images. There is also an adapter to use the Eye-Fi SC card on some CF digital camera.

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10 Photography Tips

Tips from pros and from Nikon School of Photography (worth the investment, it’s about $90 or so.)

1. Hold the camera still — use view-finder instead of LCD screen if possible (to minimize arms movement). Locked your elbows. Brace yourself against the wall (or tree).

2. Focus carefully - treat “auto focus” as more of an “instant focus”, make sure your subject is clearly in focus.

3. Three Golden rules: 1) Get up close –eliminate clutter by going as close to the subject as possible, 2) Use the sidelight and not flash; 3) Take lots of pictures.

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