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		<title>April Showers Bring the Need for Camera Rain Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/30/april-showers-bring-the-need-for-camera-rain-protection.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/30/april-showers-bring-the-need-for-camera-rain-protection.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.dptips.com/author/Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light">Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rain can surprise you most any time of year of course, but when the seasons are changing your odds of being caught by a passing shower are all too real. Precipitation during the winter months is a given, and summers here in the northwest can be gorgeous, but spring and fall can be a bit iffy. Not only do you need to keep yourself dry, but your camera gear will thank you for keeping it dry as well....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rain can surprise you most any time of year of course, but when the seasons are changing your odds of being caught by a passing shower are all too real. Precipitation during the winter months is a given, and summers here in the northwest can be gorgeous, but spring and fall can be a bit iffy. Not only do you need to keep yourself dry, but your camera gear will thank you for keeping it dry as well....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Adding or Replacing a Tripod Quick Release Clamp, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/23/adding-or-replacing-a-tripod-quick-release-clamp-part-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/23/adding-or-replacing-a-tripod-quick-release-clamp-part-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.dptips.com/author/Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light">Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we looked at how to remove the quick release clamp from a ball head to allow you to customize your tripod to best meet your needs. I'm assuming you have either already removed the clamp from yours or have bought a head without the clamp attached. If your ball head still has a clamp, stop now and read part one of this article, published lasts week. If you do now have a ball head without a clamp, it's time to find out how to add a new one....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last week, we looked at how to remove the quick release clamp from a ball head to allow you to customize your tripod to best meet your needs. I'm assuming you have either already removed the clamp from yours or have bought a head without the clamp attached. If your ball head still has a clamp, stop now and read part one of this article, published lasts week. If you do now have a ball head without a clamp, it's time to find out how to add a new one....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Adding or Replacing a Tripod Quick Release Clamp, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/16/adding-or-replacing-a-tripod-quick-release-clamp-part-1.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/16/adding-or-replacing-a-tripod-quick-release-clamp-part-1.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.dptips.com/author/Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light">Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/16/adding-or-replacing-a-tripod-quick-release-clamp-part-1.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than likely, if you own a Markins, Arca Swiss, Kirk Enterprises or compatible tripod ball head, it came with a quick release clamp fastened on top. These days though, several companies sell replacement clamps in various styles, and Markins even sells ball heads with no clamp at all for the do-it-yourselfer. If this gets you thinking about customizing your setup, you may find some helpful tips in this, the first of a two-part article on adding or replacing your quick release clamp. This week, I'll look at how to get your old clamp off, and next week I'll discuss how to attach the new one....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[More than likely, if you own a Markins, Arca Swiss, Kirk Enterprises or compatible tripod ball head, it came with a quick release clamp fastened on top. These days though, several companies sell replacement clamps in various styles, and Markins even sells ball heads with no clamp at all for the do-it-yourselfer. If this gets you thinking about customizing your setup, you may find some helpful tips in this, the first of a two-part article on adding or replacing your quick release clamp. This week, I'll look at how to get your old clamp off, and next week I'll discuss how to attach the new one....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Diffraction: When Smaller Apertures No Longer Mean Sharper Pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/09/diffraction-when-smaller-apertures-no-longer-mean-sharper-pictures.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/09/diffraction-when-smaller-apertures-no-longer-mean-sharper-pictures.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.dptips.com/author/Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light">Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/09/diffraction-when-smaller-apertures-no-longer-mean-sharper-pictures.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom is that one can achieve a sharper image by stopping down to a smaller aperture, but this misses the mark in two fundamental ways. First, the image will always be sharp at the point of focus. What a smaller aperture gives you is an apparent sense of greater sharpness by extending depth of field over a wider range of distances in front of and behind that focus point. Second, a phenomenon known as diffraction can cause you to actually get progressively less sharp images beyond a certain aperture, even at your focus distance. And it is this second point that is the subject of this week's PhotoTip article....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom is that one can achieve a sharper image by stopping down to a smaller aperture, but this misses the mark in two fundamental ways. First, the image will always be sharp at the point of focus. What a smaller aperture gives you is an apparent sense of greater sharpness by extending depth of field over a wider range of distances in front of and behind that focus point. Second, a phenomenon known as diffraction can cause you to actually get progressively less sharp images beyond a certain aperture, even at your focus distance. And it is this second point that is the subject of this week's PhotoTip article....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>SpinRite Saves the Day (and my Hard Drive)</title>
		<link>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/02/spinrite-saves-the-day-and-my-hard-drive.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dptips.com/2006/04/02/spinrite-saves-the-day-and-my-hard-drive.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.dptips.com/author/Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light">Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I hoped it was just a bad April Fools joke, but it wasn't. While down in Portland, Oregon yesterday for a meeting of the Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest, my laptop flaked out. It didn't die completely, but the hard drive turned out to have a bad block, and that block turned out to be used by the System Registry. On the scale of important parts on a Windows system, this is right up near the top. I was pretty well out of commission. But rather than being forced to reinstall everything, the problem was fixed in just over an hour, thanks to a remarkable program known as SpinRite....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I hoped it was just a bad April Fools joke, but it wasn't. While down in Portland, Oregon yesterday for a meeting of the Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest, my laptop flaked out. It didn't die completely, but the hard drive turned out to have a bad block, and that block turned out to be used by the System Registry. On the scale of important parts on a Windows system, this is right up near the top. I was pretty well out of commission. But rather than being forced to reinstall everything, the problem was fixed in just over an hour, thanks to a remarkable program known as SpinRite....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Curvemeister 2 is Curves on Steroids</title>
		<link>http://www.dptips.com/2006/03/26/curvemeister-2-is-curves-on-steroids.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dptips.com/2006/03/26/curvemeister-2-is-curves-on-steroids.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.dptips.com/author/Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light">Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://www.dptips.com/2006/03/26/curvemeister-2-is-curves-on-steroids.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I introduced the Earthbound Light Solution for Curves (and other goodies) in Photoshop Elements just over a year ago, I also wrote briefly about a nice plug-in known as Curvemeister that I've been meaning to take a more detailed look at ever since. By now, Curvemeister is up to version 2.1. Mike Russell, the program's author has indeed been busy, and the thoughtful features found throughout the program are the obvious  result....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When I introduced the Earthbound Light Solution for Curves (and other goodies) in Photoshop Elements just over a year ago, I also wrote briefly about a nice plug-in known as Curvemeister that I've been meaning to take a more detailed look at ever since. By now, Curvemeister is up to version 2.1. Mike Russell, the program's author has indeed been busy, and the thoughtful features found throughout the program are the obvious  result....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>More on Factoring In the Crop Factor: Hand Holding</title>
		<link>http://www.dptips.com/2006/03/19/more-on-factoring-in-the-crop-factor-hand-holding.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dptips.com/2006/03/19/more-on-factoring-in-the-crop-factor-hand-holding.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.dptips.com/author/Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light">Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://www.dptips.com/2006/03/19/more-on-factoring-in-the-crop-factor-hand-holding.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The generic rule of thumb is that you can expect to successfully hand hold your camera down to a shutter speed of one over the focal length. For example, if you are shooting with a 200mm lens, hand held shots should generally be sharp if your shutter speed is at least 1/200 second. The rule was devised back in the film days though, so it's worth taking a look at whether digital has changed things <strike>  </strike> especially after spending the past two weeks looking at other effects of the digital crop factor....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The generic rule of thumb is that you can expect to successfully hand hold your camera down to a shutter speed of one over the focal length. For example, if you are shooting with a 200mm lens, hand held shots should generally be sharp if your shutter speed is at least 1/200 second. The rule was devised back in the film days though, so it's worth taking a look at whether digital has changed things <strike>  </strike> especially after spending the past two weeks looking at other effects of the digital crop factor....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>More on Factoring In the Crop Factor: Depth of Field</title>
		<link>http://www.dptips.com/2006/03/12/more-on-factoring-in-the-crop-factor-depth-of-field.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dptips.com/2006/03/12/more-on-factoring-in-the-crop-factor-depth-of-field.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.dptips.com/author/Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light">Bob Johnson, Earthbound Light</a></dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://www.dptips.com/2006/03/12/more-on-factoring-in-the-crop-factor-depth-of-field.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with our exploration of the effects of sensor size and digital crop factor, it's time to consider depth of field. Normally, DOF changes when focal length does, but since digital doesn't really alter focal length, it might be tempting to think that sensor size won't affect depth of field. In reality though, it does, but by how much, and even whether it decreases or increases, depends on how we compare things....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Continuing with our exploration of the effects of sensor size and digital crop factor, it's time to consider depth of field. Normally, DOF changes when focal length does, but since digital doesn't really alter focal length, it might be tempting to think that sensor size won't affect depth of field. In reality though, it does, but by how much, and even whether it decreases or increases, depends on how we compare things....]]></content:encoded>
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