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Published: Thu, 08/28/08

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Digital Photography School Newsletter

Welcome this week's Digital Photography School newsletter.

This week we have a great competition, news of 2 great new DSLRs from Canon and Nikon and some wonderful photography tutorials. Enjoy the update below!

Darren Rowse
Digital Photography School

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Moving Toward Manual Settings: Understanding ISO

Continuing her popular series of posts exploring basic concepts of manual settings on most digital cameras - this week Natalie took a look at the concept of ISO.

As usual, Natalie's explanation is simple, practical and delivered in her own unmistakable style.

Discover more about ISO

Win a 2 Week DSLR Lens Rental [US Reader Competition]

If you're living in the US and have a DSLR - this is a competition you'll want to check out. Our friends at Borrowlenses.com have generously agreed to give one of our lucky readers a free 2 week lens rental. All you need to do is read this post to make sure you are elible and leave a comment telling us which lens you'd like to rent.

How to Use Your Flatbed Scanner as Digital Camera

This is another of those fun DIY experiments for the weekend - using your flatbed scanner to photograph everyday objects around the house and to get some great results like the image to the right.

OK - they are a bit abstract - but eye catching images. Learn how to do them here.

Slow Shutter Shoot-Out - 3 Slow Shutter Speed Techniques

There's been a few slow shutter speed type tutorials lately - here's another with three slow shutter speed techniques to try to get shots with the 'wow factor'.

15 Spectacular Lightning Images

There's nothing like a lightning shot to turn a few heads. In this post we've got 15 of them!

Check them out here

How to Take an Outdoor Portrait [VIDEO]

Are you someone who learns by watching others do their thing? This video tutorial could be for you as it shows you how one photographer goes about setting up a portrait shoot.

Watch it here


»Two New DSLRs
We don't announce too many new cameras on DPS - but this week both Nikon and Canon announced new DSLRs. Both are classed by the manufacturers as semi-professional (medium level).

Canon EOS 50D DSLR

  • 15.1 megapixels
  • 3 inch LCD
  • Live View (LCD framing of shots)
  • ISO up to 12800
  • Digic IV processor
  • 6.3 frames per second
  • Integrated Sensor Cleaning
Learn more about the Canon EOS 50D

Check out the Canon EOS 50D at Amazon

Nikon D90 DSLR

  • 12.3 megapixels
  • 3 inch LCD
  • Live View framing
  • HD Movie mode
Learn more about the Nikon D90

Check out the Nikon D90 on Amazon

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This week's assignment:
Product Photography