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Reverie: Just in case you needed more convincing…

...on the whole DSLR + video thing: Click to watch: Sample Video: EOS 5D Mark II This video was shot with a pre-production Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR. The files used to create this video were not manipulated in any way, only re-compressed for 1/4 resolution display on our website. [...]

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Reader Photo: I Compose In-Frame

I Compose In-Frame, originally uploaded by CreativeCampus. Photos posted in this category are selected from the contributions of members of the Photodoto discussion group at Flickr.com.

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Microsoft Image Composite Editor: Easy to use, good results

Image Composite Editor is Microsoft's over-engineered way of saying "panorama stitcher." This software takes multiple images and stitches them together automatically, blending seams, cropping, the works. It's extremely simple to use: just drag and drop a batch of images onto the interface and it gets to work immediately finding overlapping [...]

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And the winner is…

Last week we held a lens rental giveaway sponsored by BorrowLenses.com. You left a comment describing which lens you'd like to rent and why and BorrowLenses.com chose one lucky recipient to receive a free 2-week lens rental. And that lucky photographer is... Bryan Villarin who wrote: "I think I’d want to [...]

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Hey! You got video in my DSLR!

Personally, I'm really excited about the Nikon D90, not only because it looks like a great camera and a nice upgrade to my trusty old original D70 (I must like odd numbers), but because it's got this great high-def video feature. I've always liked video but I've always hated video [...]

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