dark side

Become a camcorder pro

Digital Living The problem with shooting in sunlight is that, as with any strong single-source light, it often results in a high contrast across your actor's faces -- one side of the face is well lit, but the the side facing away from the sun has a dark shadow.

29 June 2006, 16:02

How to build your own home theatre

Digital Living Watching a large TV in a dark room can cause a lot of eyestrain. Some nice side effectsIn addition to reducing eyestrain, good backlighting often increases the perceived picture quality. In fact, this is why colours seem so bright when you walk out...

Tags: depth, paint, wall, benefits

27 June 2005, 11:18

How to clean your digital SLR camera

Digital Living This alters the contrast so dark bits show up even darker, making flaws easy to spot. Place the swab at one side of the sensor and gently wipe all the way across in one smooth motion. Ensure that each stroke across the surface of the sensor uses a...

17 September 2007, 10:55

Wi-Fi horrors

Digital Living If your computer has been acting funny lately, working fine at times while slowing to a crawl at others, it may have crossed over to the dark side and could be spamming your friends and scamming your parents.

9 May 2005, 14:49

Home cinema: understanding the risks

Digital Living Eventually you'll have balanced the numerous satellite speakers on various occasional side tables, copies of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and a vase from Heals you've never liked. A remote control that glows in the dark.

2 March 2006, 16:29

Build the ultimate quiet PC

Digital Living We like the Aero Flower Cooler's striking design (it glows green in the dark) and it has a manually adjustable fan-rotation speed of between 1,350 and 2,650rpm. As you can see in picture 1, there's sound-deadening foam already installed in the side...

7 September 2006, 15:49