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Creating Vibrant Portraits with Catchlights
Create vibrant portraits with catchlights. Beautiful white reflections in your model's eyes make a portrait more lively.
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8 mins
Practice & insight
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Practical tips, techniques and clear explanations about cameras, light, composition and editing — always with the newest article first.
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Taking Better Smartphone Photos – Part 2
Taking better photos with your smartphone (part 2) - by Bob Timroff, Photographing and filming with your smartphone (Chapter 6), suitable for people over 60
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15 mins
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Taking Better Smartphone Photos – Part 1
Taking better photos with your smartphone - by Bob Timroff, Photographing and filming with your smartphone (Chapter 6), suitable for people over 60
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15 mins
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12 tips for zoo photography
12 tips for zoo photography: practical advice for photographing animals at the zoo.
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12 min
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Luminar Neo & AI Tutorial
Luminar Neo and AI tutorial: Work with catalog, presets, layers and masks to manage and edit photos non-destructively.
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10 minutes
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Landscape photography at dusk
Discover how to take impressive landscape photos during civil, nautical and astronomical twilight with the most beautiful light of the day.
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8 min
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Why You Should (or Shouldn't) Buy a Drone
When is buying a drone really worth it? A drone offers wonderful new perspectives, but also requires time, rules and post-processing.
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7 min
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Insuring Your Photography Equipment
A photographer can easily carry thousands of euros’ worth of camera gear. Should you rely on caution alone, or insure your equipment?
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4 min
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A Handy Free App for Restoring Old Photos
Restore old photos with AI and bring more detail and sharpness to faded portraits. See how GFP-GAN breathes new life into old family photos.
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1 min
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6 Things to Consider When Photographing Books
What should you consider when photographing books? Here are six practical tips for reflections, distortion, focus, settings, flash, and backgrounds.
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7 min
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A Workflow for Editing RAW Photos
Editing RAW photos? Follow this practical 9-step workflow for lens correction, white balance, exposure, color, contrast, and sharpening.
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7 min
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4 Tips for Taking Photos in the Sun
Four practical ways to improve photos in bright sunlight: use fill flash, seek shade, attach a lens hood, and work creatively with the sun.
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6 min
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From Amateur to Professional Photographer
How do you get noticed as a photographer? Learn how to make your work stand out and attract potential clients.
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8 min
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3 Basic Rules for Better Composition in Photography
Learn how the rule of thirds, leading lines, and moving closer can strengthen your photos. Practical composition tips for better photography.
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6 min
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Underwater Photography: Waterproof Camera or Underwater Housing?
Taking photos underwater? Find out when to choose a waterproof camera, action camera, smartphone housing, or underwater housing for your mirrorless camera.
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7 min
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Photographing in the Rain: 10 Tips for Atmospheric Photos
Photographing in the rain? These tips will help you protect your camera and create atmospheric photos of droplets, reflections, and dramatic light.
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8 min
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The Five Important Values of Light in Photography
Five important values of light in photography: light has color and direction, and it can be hard or soft.
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7 min
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Edit Your Photos Online in No Time
A fast internet connection makes it easier to back up and edit your photos online.
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4 min
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Why Does the Maximum Aperture Get Smaller as You Zoom In?
Why does the maximum aperture get smaller as you zoom in? Learn how variable-aperture zoom lenses work and when a constant aperture helps.
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6 min
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3 Tips for Using Color in a Photographic Composition
Color largely determines the mood of a photograph. Discover how to use color contrast, the color wheel, and saturation for a strong composition.
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6 min
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Displaying Your Photos on a Website
Displaying your photos on a website: The best way for amateur and professional photographers to showcase their photos online.
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3 min
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How to Take a Self-Portrait: Tips for Better Results
Want to take a great self-portrait? Explore tips on equipment, lighting, composition, depth of field, posing, and styling for stronger portraits.
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6 min
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6 Tips for Recovering Overexposed and Underexposed Photos
Six tips for bringing overly bright and dark areas in photos closer together, both while shooting and in post-processing.
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3 min
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Aspect Ratio: Does Image Proportion Matter?
Cropping a photo: aspect ratio in photography is the ratio between the width and height of an image. Why is it important?
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7 min
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Drone Photography: What Makes It So Enjoyable?
Drone photography: creative aerial perspectives, abstract compositions, videography, and the importance of sound photographic technique.
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5 min
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Smartphone Photography: The Pros and Cons
Smartphone photography: the pros and cons: When smartphones first appeared on the scene, their built-in cameras were little more than novelties.
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6 min
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10 Tips for Photographing Parties
Photographing parties takes timing, preparation, and a feel for the atmosphere. Here are 10 tips for better party photos of groups, details, and candid moments.
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7 min
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8 Essential Accessories Every Photographer Needs
Eight essential photography accessories every photographer needs on the road, on location, or in the studio.
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4 min
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6 Tips for Taking Better Photos Through a Window
Reflections can make photographing through glass difficult. These six practical tips will help you take better photos through a window.
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4 min
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Workshop: Mudflat Hiking Photography
A mudflat hiking photography workshop weekend near the Dutch Wadden Islands, led by photographer Tom van der Leij.
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3 min
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Giving New Photos a Vintage Look
Want to make a photo look old? These tips and tricks will give your images a vintage look and make them seem as if they came from an old photo album.
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4 min
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Tips for Baby Photography
Tips for creating timeless photographs of newborn babies, from planning and timing to patience, safety, and direction.
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4 min
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Using Soft Light in Portrait Photography
Soft light is often the key to beautiful portraits. These tips cover outdoor light, reflectors and diffusers, window light, and bounce flash.
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4 min
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Should I Use Photos or Video for My Business?
How do you create an effective corporate video? Should you use photos or video to promote your business? Video is photography in motion—and twice the fun.
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3 min
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Why Photographers Need a VPN
Learn why a VPN can be valuable for photographers who travel, use public Wi-Fi, or need to transfer large files more securely.
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4 min
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6 Benefits of Shooting in RAW
What are the benefits of shooting in RAW, and when should you use it? Six benefits of RAW for amateur photographers.
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4 min
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Tips for Taking Better Black-and-White Photos
Learn to take better black-and-white photos with practical tips on RAW, contrast, gray tones, composition, post-processing, and Photoshop conversion.
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8 min
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Tips for Photographing Along the Dutch Coast
Photographing along the Dutch coast? Tips for a nice car route to photograph along the coast in the Netherlands
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3 min
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Tips for Using Contrast in Photos
Discover how color, depth of field, composition, and theme can direct attention and make your subject stand out.
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3 min
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Tips for Photographing Spiderwebs
Practical tips on focus, light, wind, tripods, and composition when photographing delicate spiderwebs.
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4 min
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Light Painting Photography: Painting with Light
What is light painting, and how do you do it? Discover tips for photographing with light and create imaginative images without expensive equipment.
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4 min
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Photographing Beautiful Locations in the Netherlands
Whether you are an amateur or a professional photographer, you are always looking for the most beautiful location.
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2 min
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Photographing in the Sun: 5 Practical Tips
Take better photos in bright sunlight with tips on overexposure, fill flash, diffusers, and choosing the right time of day.
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4 min
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Architecture Photography for Beginners
Architecture photography for beginners, with architecture photographer Jaap Lotstra.
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Tips for Indoor Photography
Tips for taking beautiful indoor photographs of loved ones and meaningful places.
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4 min
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6 Tips for Beginner Photographers
6 tips for beginner photographers, advice for amateur photographers, and tips for getting started with a new camera.
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4 min
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3 Tips to Make Your Photos Look Professional
Discover three practical ways to make your photos look more professional, from filling the frame to making deliberate choices about style and composition.
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3 min
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Ten Top Tips for Fashion Photography
Ten practical tips for aspiring fashion photographers, covering common pitfalls, on-set choices, and lessons from the field.
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2 min
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Photographing Large Mammals: Wildlife Photography Tips
Practical tips for photographing deer, wild boar, badgers, and other large mammals, covering behavior, camouflage, wind direction, and gear.
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3 min
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Straighten a Crooked Horizon in Photoshop
Learn how to use Photoshop's Ruler tool to straighten a crooked horizon or slanted lines quickly and easily.
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2 min
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Adding a Watermark to Photos in Photoshop
Learn how to add a watermark to photos in Photoshop and automate the process with Actions without distracting from your image.
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2 min
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Digital Camera Inventor Honored
How Kodak engineer Steve Sasson built the first digital camera in 1975, laying the foundation for modern digital photography.
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1 min
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Setting White Balance for Better Photos
Learn how white balance works and how to set it for better color. Tips for daylight, artificial light, Kelvin, and custom white balance.
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5 min
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Kodak Recycled 1.5 Billion Disposable Cameras in 19 Years
Kodak has recycled disposable cameras for 19 years and has now reused 1.5 billion of them. Here is how its unique single-use camera recycling process works.
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2 min
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Flash in Nature Photography: Uses and Tips
How do you use flash in nature photography? Practical tips for birds, macro, and close-up photography, including the Better Beamer and diffusers.
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6 min
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Super-Telephoto Lenses: How Do You Use Them?
How do you use super-telephoto lenses? Practical tips on wide maximum apertures, stabilization and teleconverters.
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4 min
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Photographing Birds in Your Garden
Want to photograph birds in your own garden? Read practical tips on feeding stations, backgrounds, lenses and camera settings.
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5 min
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The Histogram: Your Exposure Ally
Learn what a histogram shows and how to use it to determine the right exposure in this practical guide.
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5 min
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Exposure: Better in M Mode?
Learn how to choose aperture and shutter speed in M mode for creative exposure, and when it offers an advantage over automatic modes.
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4 min
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Spot Metering: Measure What You Want
Most SLR cameras offer spot metering. How can you use it to take better photos?
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3 min
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Kit Lens or Something Better?
Modern DSLR cameras can deliver excellent image quality. Which lens will help you get the most out of them?
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2 min
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Can We All Use Photoshop?
Photoshop has become commonplace. Half the Netherlands says without hesitation, ‘We’ll just Photoshop that in.’ It sounds pretty cool—a piece of cake.
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6 min
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Macro Accessories
An overview of macro accessories such as extension tubes, close-up lenses, and bellows. What do you need to photograph subjects at extremely close range?
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5 min
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Digital Post-Production
Still-life specialist Feddo van Gogh explains how digital photography and image editing radically changed his creative process and workflow.
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3 min
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Documentary Photographer Robert Knoth
Which photograph had stayed with documentary photographer Robert Knoth when this interview was published? Discover why this particular image resonated with him.
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2 min
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Bird Photography, Part 3
Join us in the field for practical bird photography. Learn about observation, camouflage, composition, patience, and photographing birds in the wild.
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6 min
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Bird Photography, Part 2
Which camera and lens should you use for bird photography? Explore practical tips on autofocus, telephoto lenses, exposure, tripods, and teleconverters.
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6 min
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Creating Shadows in Photoshop
Creating shadows in Photoshop: You can, of course, easily create a standard shadow in Photoshop.
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6 min
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External Flash: What Are the Advantages?
Lars Polder explains how an external flash provides more light and control, with softer bounced light and more flexible lighting than a built-in flash.
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6 min
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Bird Photography, Part 1
Want to take better bird photographs? Discover practical tips on composition, behavior, observation, viewpoints, and equipment.
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6 min
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Color Management: Sense and Nonsense
What does color management really offer photographers? This article cuts through the jargon and explains when it is useful—and when it is not.
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4 min
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AF Tips: Make the Most of Your DSLR’s Focusing Options
Digital SLR cameras offer several AF options. What are they, and when should you use them?
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3 min
