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1/17/2009

PAINTER ANDREW WYETH DIES

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Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Newell Wyeth died January 16, 2009 at the age of 91. Wyeth was one of the best know American painters in the mid-20th century. Much of his realistic work reflected the land and people around his home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and his summer home in Cushing, Maine. Christina’s World is one of his most famous paintings.

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1/11/2009

HOW GOOD IS THE VIDEO WITH A CANON 5D MARK II?

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Pretty amazing! Check out the Vincent Laforet video at the end of this article. This video is causing a lot of buzz among videographers.

The new Canon EOS 5D Mark II is the first Digital SLR to include 1080 high definition video. What is exciting about this is the size of the sensor and what it makes possible in terms of lenses choices and depth of field. It can do things that are impossible with video cameras.

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1/9/2009

MEMORY CARDS PART 1 – THE BEST WAY TO USE MEMORY CARDS TO AVOID LOST IMAGES

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Since downloading problems and lost photos are such common problems (based on the emails I receive) I am writing two articles about memory cards and lost photos. In the first article I dealt with the recovery of lost photos.  In this article I will deal with the best ways to use memory cards to minimize the chances of lost images.

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MEMORY CARDS PART 2 – LOST PHOTOS

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AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE WITH REVISED LINKS IS HERE .
I received a question today from a person who is having problems downloading photos from his camera body (a Canon 5D Mark II) directly to his computer and using Canon software.

Since downloading problems and lost photos are such a common problem (based on the emails I receive) I am writing two articles about memory cards and lost images. I will deal with lost photos in the article, and how to use memory cards to minimize the chances of lost images in the second article.

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