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Chapter 3: "Photographing Children, Pets and Social Events"

Additional Resources & References

There are several ways to overcome the dreaded shutter release lag common to many digital cameras. First you need to know how much lag your digital camera actually has. The following tests will help.

Fred Shippey's Quicktime movie test

Ed Schwartz's Flash test

Tips & Tricks

If you've got a tip or trick relevant to this chapter, send it to me. If it sounds good -- but not too good to be true -- I'll post it here.

Tools

Downloadable utilites useful for retrieving files from damaged or formatted memory cards.

• ImageRecall Digital Image Recovery software & services
• Lexar Image Rescue Software
• PhotoRescue Wizard
  
• Sue Chastain's Guide to Digital Photo Rescue & Recovery Software (A resourse site.)

Contributors

Doug Salin
Doug Clark
Helmi Flick
Peter Figen
Carol Steele
Bitsy Fitzsimmons

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