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Is the Point and Shoot Camera Dead?

With the increasing quality of photos taken on camera phones, is there still a place in the market for point and shoot cameras?

About 10 years ago, I bought a Canon PowerShot digital camera. It was heavy, it took up my entire pocket and the 32MB memory card it came with meant it did not have the capacity for many pictures. The performance was slow, the flash was awful and the zoom was even worse. I loved it. I carried that camera with me everywhere for years. Sure, it was only two megapixels, but that was basically cutting edge for point and shoot cameras at the time, and leaps and bounds better than any cell phone. Things have changed since then. As iPhones and phones like it become more commonplace, and the cameras on those phones become increasingly higher quality, the consumer's need for the additional weight of a digital camera continues to diminish. The New …

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How to Photograph Fireworks

A Patch photographer gives advice on capturing the sparkle in the sky.

How to Photograph Fireworks

A Patch photographer gives advice on capturing the sparkle in the sky.

Capturing fireworks on camera is a challenge that can be mastered easily with the right equipment and settings on your camera. Here is a short tutorial to help you  capture the rockets' red glare this 4th of July.   Equipment needed:

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