digital photos

Better digital photos

Digital Living Unless you really have a lot of time on your hands, it's unlikely you'll want to go through the massive folder that contains your European holiday photos and rename them Europe_1.jpg, Europe_2.jpg and so on down the line.

3 August 2006, 15:09

Living with infinite digital choice

Digital Living They have digital radios, PCs and laptops that contain peer-to-peer film collections, and huge quantities of music, digital photos and home movies. In a connected, digital world, the joke's on us. Now look at the existing technologies we can use to...

26 October 2005, 11:48

Camcorder or digiscope for bird photography?

Digital Living I think you'll get better results by digiscoping (using a digital camera to take photos through a spotting scope). This feature is commonly offered by more expensive models and makes it much easier to transfer the photos onto your computer.

1 November 2006, 14:01

Bluff it as a fashion photographer

Digital Living Regardless of whether you're going for a moody, dark tone to your photos -- like a shoot for Dazed -- or a happy, carefree look -- for a mag such as Cosmo -- you need the model to be relaxed. You could be the best photographer in the world, but if...

10 November 2006, 15:23

How to perfect your pictures

Digital Living Maybe it's time to extricate him from some family photos; you can always save the original if you kiss and make up later. Photoshop Elements 3.0 has all the tools an enthusiast needs for organising, editing, and sharing photos.

9 May 2005, 14:51

Camera phones

Digital Living While camera phones are now pretty ubiquitous, sharing the digital photos from a phone isn't yet the smoothest process. In detecting details, film cameras and digital cameras are more limited than the human eye, and camera phones, in turn, are more...

11 May 2005, 11:43

How can I take pictures without flash?

Digital Living If turning off the red-eye reduction doesn't help, you need to find a camera that can cope with low light, so you can take photos without using the flash. I have a Nikon Coolpix digital camera. The sensitivity of the sensor is measured using the...

13 December 2006, 11:58

Looking for an underwater camera

Digital Living Aim to take most of your photos at depths of 10m or less. I spent most of 2004 working as an underwater videographer and photographer on the Great Barrier Reef, so I would certainly encourage you to get a digital camera that you can use underwater.

14 October 2005, 8:28

How to stream MP3s wirelessly

Digital Living Digital media receivers are also capable of streaming photos and video (though not high-def) to a television. But it sounds like you are specifically looking for a simple digital audio receiver (DAR).

9 May 2005, 14:48

The Cloud, the Screen and the Hand

Digital Living The third is that there is some information we want to have in our hand when we're on the go: phone numbers, diary, some email, the odd map or address, and some photos, videos and music. It's getting there with photos: there's nice synchronisation...

Tags: jobs, care, flow, address book

20 May 2006, 7:58

Should I buy a camera or a camera phone? review

Digital Living The result is that if you directly compare the photos from today's best camera phones with those of the top compact cameras then there's little doubt that the cameras will come out on top. I've got an old compact digital camera that has just given...

Tags: compact, digital camera, lens, cameras

26 November 2007, 8:00

Microsoft's Media Center mansion

Digital Living The whole point of Media Center is that it eats up so many of the things you might want to do in a digital home (music, TV, movies, games and photos) that it makes for a dull demo -- there are only so many ways you can put a PC in the corner of a...

2 June 2005, 17:10

Which camera for family snapshots?

Digital Living You can even put them into some modern televisions and DVD players, making it easy to see your photos on the big screen. I would like to buy a digital camera. This is the most common format, so the cards tend to be cheaper and more widely available...

3 August 2006, 11:47

Is a 46-inch TV too big for my living room?

Digital Living There are some useful convergent options that allow you to access digital photos or MP3 music from memory cards and portable players. I am currently looking to replace my old Toshiba 32-inch CRT TV. In my new house the screen is too small, as the...

15 November 2006, 16:02

What's the best LCD TV for under £1,000?

Digital Living USB and memory card slots for viewing digital photos have become more common, and some will let you watch video. I have a budget of around £1,000 to spend on an LCD TV. My requirements are: two HDMI inputs, two Scart terminals, a PC connection and...

24 January 2007, 11:40