
3
anymore?
Smaller compact digicams have, overall, improved
tremendously in a very short period. They now enter-
tain more features with dozens of automatic setups
for various situations. These gimmicky, compromis-
ing auto-format features are ne for some people,
but inhibit one’s ability to advance into improved
techniques with controlled shooting when automatic
operations are not covered. Many are lacking ne
tools such as:
• Hot shoe
• Full manual operation
• Adequate viewer for brightly lit environ-
ment
For those wishing more versatility but without ad-
ditional weight, larger size, and higher costs, different
camera types like these provide solutions:
• Rangender cameras
• Compact digicam with interchangeable lens
capability
• Full featured compacts as with SLRs but not
having mirror and pentaprism.
With this dynamic industry turning out so many
camera models with too frequent upgrades, it is a
major task for consumers to gauge which camera
to buy when an upgrade is necessary. Is there an
outstanding feature or cost-cutting efciency in op-
eration that warrant the expense?
Digital Photo Editing Software — 11:00 am
Spike Smith, NCE
Most of us love to read about new
products. I enjoy following up on those
technical and engineering marvels and efciencies.
Following this, I attempt to judge the marketing blurbs
for accuracy and wonder if the added features are
really benecial. If so, how much time and money
can be saved?
What we look for in photo editing packages in-
cludes:
• Adequate instructions for quick learning
• Efciency for improving cost savings per sale
• Enjoying the editing and creative processes
• Infrequent obsolescence
We can do quick and easy, albeit simplied, edit-
ing using free packages, up thru those costing over
a thousand dollars and having incremental charges.
However, high-end, high-cost packages may not
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) ...
Sessions with presentations, discussion, and exchanges of information
These meetings occur at the Microsoft facility at 7000 State
Hwy 161, Building 1. See map at http://www.ntpcug.org/
LocationMapsMicrosoft.html.
.NET Developers – 9:00 am
Tuc Goodwin
Ongoing Series – Learning C# 2010
The book we are using is Teach Your-
self Visual C# 2010 in 24 hours by Scott Dorman,
ISBN: 0672331012, SAMS Publishing.
Join us in November as we go into Chapter
4 - Object Oriented Programming - Inheritance,
Interaces, and Abstract Classes.
SharePoint – 11:30 am
Ram Yadav
The SharePoint 2010 subject to be
determined.
3rd Saturday
All meetings at King of Glory Lutheran Church, 6411 LBJ Fwy
in Dallas (between Preston & Hillcrest, north side of LBJ).
Alphabetically
Building Web Sites — 8:00 am
Bill Parker, SIG Leader
presented by Alan Lummus
November will focus on trafc and how to get it to
your website, regardless of how you built it.
Digital Photography — 10:00 am
Spike Smith, NCE
Point and shoot cameras have in-
creased their image quality, making
portrait and travel pictures something
to look forward to. Does this mean that we do not
need the more expensive single lens reex (SLR)
2nd Saturday
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