Fujifilm FinePix F50fd Click photo for images of the Fujifilm FinePix F50fd, A920 and F480. Fujifilm has introduced three new ultracompact cameras. The advanced 12-megapixel FinePix F50fd and the more basic 9-megapixel FinePix A920 and 8.2-megapixel FinePix F480 all sport 2.7-inch LCDs. The F50fd and F480 provide higher-resolution 230,000-pixel screens, while the A920 gets by with a low 115,000 pixels. The most advanced model among the new releases, the F50fd uses Fuji’s Super CCD HR sensor, its RP Processor II, and an f/2.8-5.1, 35mm-105mm (35mm camera equivalent) 3x zoom lens.
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Megapixel.net have reviewed the Samsung L74 Wide digital camera, which features a 3.0 inch touch screen LCD, 7 megapixels, 3.6x optical zoom and 28mm wide-angle lens. “Yet, used with natural light, the L74 Wide is able to yield low-noise images up to 200 ISO, and even 400 ISO when both subject and light lend themselves to it. The upper sensitivities, however, are much as they are on current compact cameras. 800 ISO is noisy, and 1600 ISO produced images that look a tad pointillist.” Website: Megapixel.net – Samsung L74 Wide Review

What happens to your average starting-out photographer is that by the time you have spent money on all of your camera, lenses, tripod, Photoshop, Lightroom and other camera gear, there is not much money left over for the other stuff that you may need such as backgrounds, imaging tables, backdrops, light tents, reflectors and soft boxes. Well thanks to Cyrill Harnishchmacher and his new book Low Budget Shooting, some relief is on the way.Low Budget Shooting is the latest in no-nonsense books from the people at Rocky Nook. Filled with full color images and very easy to follow instructions, Low
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