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Last week I talked about the relationship between aperture, shutter speed and film speed and in previous weeks, some of the reasons why you would want to adjust any of those settings. This week I will build on that by telling you how you can optimize your shooting by using some of your camera’s features. …
I’ve mentioned the LangaList before. It’s an informative newsletter put out by Fred Langa. There is a free newsletter, and an extended pay newsletter. Monday’s free portion of the newsletter had a good tip I wanted to pass on: 5) Linksys Gem Fred — On the Liinksys issue mentioned in your most recent issue: There …
From Ed Bott’s Blog: I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this resource, but it sure does look comprehensive. Definitely a good starting point if you’re stumped by what one of those obscure BIOS options really means. Consider this and similar sites as reference tools, not as a bible. For what it’s worth, I don’t …
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One of the keys to a good photographic image is proper exposure. Proper exposure is made up a couple of elements, all working together; shutter speed, aperture and film speed. However, there is never one proper exposure, but many that will provide a good print. I will explain why. Film, whether traditional or digital, requires …
PC Magazine has hundreds of tips that are searchable on their site. If you visit the main tips page, you’ll see the most current tip. If you scroll almost to the bottom, you’ll see categories (operating systems, applications, browsers, hardware) that you can browse. You can also search by keywords. For instance, I did a …
Microsoft Knowledgebase article 294933 explains how to use the Microsoft Office Application Recovery. This tool provides you with a way to potentially recover data from an Office program that stops responding (hangs). If an Office program stops responding during your work session, you are no longer forced to terminate the program in Windows Task Manager …
The Microsoft Office Assistance web site had some nice tips called Customize how Excel starts. One of the tips is starting Excel is Safe Mode. You may be familiar with Safe Mode for Windows. All versions of Windows since Windows 95 have had a way to start Windows with only basic drivers and software loaded. …
While working in a Microsoft program, to quickly select the current word, double click on it. Triple clicking on a word (or section of a paragraph) will select the entire paragraph. And if you need to erase a selection, simply select the text and start to type, you will overwrite any existing text; no need …
Anyone who has ever had to buy film for a camera will know that film is rated by its sensitivity to light, or it’s speed. As the film speed (ASA or ISO) increases, two things happen, less time is needed to expose the film and the appearance of grain (noise) becomes greater. These principles also …