March 2008
Beginner
230 pages
7h 45m
English
Content preview from The Digital Photography Companion
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COLOR SPACE
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Another thing to keep an eye out for with lithiums is how you charge the battery. I rec-
ommend using a separate charger (the more compact the better), instead of having to
recharge the battery by plugging a power adapter into the camera. Obviously, you can’t
pop in a spare battery and go out and take pictures if you need to plug your camera into
a wall socket to recharge.
Color Space
If you stumble across a menu option that requires you to choose between sRGB and
Adobe RGB for color space, what do you do? e short answer is, if you’re going to be
sharing your pictures via a computer (web pages, email, etc.) or sending your images to
an online photo service for printing, choose sRGB.
ose of you planning to make fine-art prints on your home printer may consider
capturing in Adobe RGB. is color space is a little bigger (with slightly more color
variations).
e good news is that no matter what you pick, you can always convert later to the
other option.
Computer Connection
e computer connection is used for transferring pictures from camera to computer.
Most cameras provide a USB cable to make this connection. USB 2.0 connectors transfer
pictures much faster than older USB 1.1 protocols, and are much preferred.
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Connecting your camera directly to the computer is fine, but a better way to go is
to use a memory card reader ...
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