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Specifications: The Canon VIXIA HF200 camcorder is currently one of the top video cameras in its class. It has a 3.89MP image sensor and when in still-image mode, can take images with up to 3.31MP in resolution. This model comes with a built-in flash and 32GB of removable flash storage. It uses a 4.1mm - 61.5mm zoom lens, with up to 15x in optical zoom and 300x in digital zoom. This camcorder fares well in terms of connectivity too, with a built in component video output, composite audio/video output, USB, HDMI, microphone and headphone ports. It ships with a battery pack, power adapter, component cable, wrist strap, wireless controller, USB cable, stereo video cable, a manual and photo/video editing software.Design: The Canon VIXIA HF200 camcorder measures at 2.8 x 4.9 x 2.4 inches and weights at 12 ounces. It has a rotating display (with 211'000 pixels). This model looks pretty good (with a silver, gray and black external casing), but one can help but to notice that some of the cheaper Canon camcorders looks a little more classy and expensive that this one.Features & Performance: The Canon VIXIA HF200 camcorder is very portable and can easily fit into your jacket's .. more »

Here are 12 ideas to get your creative juices flowing and increase your skills and value as a photographer.TIP 1 - Time Lapse photos. I showed my niece how to do this with clay figures and stitch the resulting frames together into a video file, and she was busy for days. If you control the exposure consistently to keep the images consistent with one another, you can do some really fun stop-motion animation. Or, you can set up your camera to capture other slow motion effects such as flowers opening and seedlings growing.TIP 2 - Night Lights. Things look very different at night. Shooting city scenes with available light creates some interesting images. And shooting outdoor images under moonlight or with "light painting", where you open up the camera shutter for an extended exposure, and "paint" your targets with colored or plain light, can create some truly bizarre images.TIP 3 - Astrophotography. Hook that SLR up to a telescope, and you are ready to peer into the depths of space and time. You'll need some adapters, and ability to compensate for the earth's rotation for really long shots. Start with the moon and move on from there.TIP 4 - Macro .. more »

Many photographers who are new to this hobby are not comfortable with using flash, especially under broad daylight. They thought that flash photography is complicated and will create unwanted harsh shadows behind their subjects.Actually with DSLR technologies today, flash photography can never be any simpler. Most DSLR cameras have built-in flash which are very handy and convenient. Since it is there, why not make full use of it and produce creative results to impress your friends?First of all, we need to understand what "Flash Sync Speed" is. This is the fastest shutter speed you can use, when the whole sensor is exposed to the flash's pulse. If your camera shutter speed is higher, you will see an uninvited black line running across your shots.Fill-in-flash will be a useful technique when you are outdoor taking portraits under the late afternoon sun. Without fill-in-flash, we will likely see in your photographs that the background is bright, while your subject appears dark or underexposed.Under this condition, fill-in-flash will able to overcome this problem. Not only can you clearly see the subject's face, you can also observe sparkles in their eyes!You can start by popping your built-in-flash and start firing, making sure that your .. more »