Are Your Photos Yours?
You know that photo of your child youd like to put on uage was inserted by Senator Arlen Specter to a T shirt as a gift? Or the picture of your pet youd protect our textile industry. like to put or a mug? Just order it and enjoy it. This legislation needs to have a safe harbor NOT! amendment to protect you (and us) from risk of lawsuits and nes regarding what you choose to At least thats what legislation in front of Congress do with your images. Please call your senators imwould say. For over a decade lobbyists have been mediately as this Bill should be voted on in the next trying to run legislation through the House and few days. This is a chance to defeat the lobbyists Senate for some good causes, such as the Screen and stand up for our rights. As most newsletter Actors Guild to ght copyright infringements on readers reside in New Jersey, heres how to contact pirate versions of movies, DVDs, etc. In their rush, NJ senators: however, your rights are again being repressed. Lautenberg, Frank R.- (D - NJ) Class II New laws being proposed would force you (and 324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHwhoever you order the item through) to apply for and INGTON DC 20510 le a notice of use with the United States Copyright (202) 224-3224 Ofce. Besides the nancial cost you would have to bear, imagine low long this would take. Menendez, Robert- (D - NJ) Class I 317 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHThis course of events is built upon the laws that INGTON DC 20510 state that even though you own a photo, you dont (202) 224-4744 own the rights to reproduce it for any reason whatsoever. The laws say that only the photographer The House of Representatives has a similar bill, that took the picture (or the studio he works for, if HR.5889, with similar language inserted into secso contracted) owns those rights. Without a written tion 514(b)(3) by Rep. Coble. Once again, please copyright release no one is permitted to reproduce contact your representative to vote against the any image or face a major ne and extensive legal language regarding creating an archive at the defense costs. Copyright Ofce each and every time you want do something with your images. You now have an opportunity to tell Congress and their lobbyists that youve had enough of their To get your local Representatives contact informameddling into your personal rights. Both houses tion, please visit the following URL: of Congress have bills in front of them which, if https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml passed as is, will impinge your rights regarding your photos. Again, please do this immediately. Senate bill S.2913, introduced regarding orphan works, has had a new section 514(f) regarding the transfer of images to useful articles. This lang1
A Change from Film Cameras
Looking back over several issues of this newsletter, there have been several discussions teaching why you should use a card reader instead of the inferior download cable supplied with cameras. Heres yet another reason. Unlike lm cameras, digital cameras can continue to evolve. The read only memory, or rmware, in your camera can be changed or updated at any time without having to be returned to the factory. As a camera owner, you may update your camera by yourself if you so choose. On subsequent pages is a list of camera updates available. Your camera may well be on the list. Sometimes the updates are to improve the cameras capabilities, but more frequently they are to correct inadequacies in the original workings of the cameras. Camera companies will not upgrade your camera for you, no matter the reason for the update. In most updates, you download the new software from the camera makers web site, transfer it to a memory card which you then insert in your camera. Turn the camera on, and either the camera updates itself or gives you instructions on the LCD panel. There is no way this can be done with the download USB cable. The process is not very difcult to do, but is time consuming and can be unnerving. If the update is not done correctly, you cannot go back to the original rmware version - its gone. If you go to your camera makers web site and see how the update will improve your camera, you may decide to do the update or have us do it for you. One customer recently commented that he had been dissatised with the autofocus delay and shutter lag of his camera. After being updated, he is very pleased with how much faster his camera 2

performs. He had considered replacing it, but now is happy keeping it. So far, our stores have performed updates for our customers. If you are interested, contact us. (Sorry, but we will not perform updates on Kodak or Polaroid cameras which were sold elsewhere.)

School is Out

This includes our photo school. Classes will resume in the fall. Please contact us soon if there is a topic youd like to see covered as our syllabus has yet to be nalized.
Thats it for this issue. Congratulation to any graduates among you and Happy Fathers Day to all you dads. Have a great June, and enjoy taking pictures!
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LUMIX DMC-FS3 : Digital AV | Products & Solutions | Panasonic

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LUMIX DMC-FS3
Easy-to-use stylish and slim compact camera with Innovative Intelligent Auto function
Bright F2.8 33mm Intelligent Auto mode 1/2.5 8.1 megapixels 2.5 (230k dots) Intelligent LCD Venus Engine IV Slide show with Background Music Colours Silver Pink Black

Features

Specifications
Image Sensor Camera Effective Pixels Sensor Size Total Pixel Primary Color Filter Optic Zoom Factor Optical Zoom Extra Optical Zoom 3x 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 3.8x for 5Mega, 4.8x for 3Mega, 2Mega, 0.3Mega 3:2 Aspect Ratio: 3.8x for 4.5Mega, 4.8x for 2.5Mega 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 3.8x for 3.5Mega, 4.8x for 2Mega 4x ( Max. 12.0 x combined with Optical Zoom without Extra Optical Zoom ) (Max. 19.1x combined with Extra Optical Zoom) f=5.5-16.5mm (35mm Equiv.: 33-100mm) LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT 6 elements in 5 groups (3 Aspherical Lenses / 4 Aspherical surfaces) Aperture Optical Image Stabilizer Focusing Area Wide: F2.8 / F8 (2 steps) Tele: F5.1 / F14 (2 steps) MEGA O.I.S. (Mode1/ Mode2) Normal: 50cm - infinity 8.1 Mega pixels 1/2.5 inch 8.32 Mega Pixels yes
Digital Zoom Focal Distance Lens
http://www.panasonic.com.sg/web/Products/ProdPrint.asp?ProdId=5340&Mode=Spec&FI. 20/4/2008

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Macro Intelligent AUTO Wide 5cm / Tele 50cm - infinity AF Metering FourThirds System Focus/Exposure Focus Mode Normal / Macro Quick AF On/Off AF Assist Lamp ISO Sensitivity White Balance Yes Auto /100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 (High Sensitivity Mode : Auto (1600 - 6400) ) Auto Daylight Cloudy Shade Halogen White Set White Balance Adjustment (only in underwater mode) Exposure Exposure Compensation Backlight Compensation Auto (AE) Bracketing Light Metering Rec Mode[Mode Dial] Program AE 1/3 EV step, +/-2 EV Yes (at Intelligent AUTO mode) +/- 1/3 EV ~1EV step, 3 frames Intelligent Multiple Intelligent AUTO Normal Picture Motion Picture Scene1 Scene2 Scene Mode Portrait Soft Skin Self-Portrait Scenery Sports Night Portrait Night Scenery Food Party Candle Light Baby1 Face / 1-point/ 1-point high speed/ 9-point n/a

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Baby2 Pet Sunset High sensitivity Hi-Speed Burst Starry Sky Fireworks Beach Snow Aerial photo Underwater Shutter Speed Flash System Built-in-Flash Auto Auto/Red-eye Reduction Forced On Forced Off (Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction only in Night Portrait/Party/Candle Light mode only) Flash Distance External Flash Feature Self Timer Auto Review Color Mode Recording Format 2sec / 10sec 1sec, 2sec, Zoom, Hold Standard, Natural, Vivid, Black & White, Sepia, Cool, Warm Still Image: JPEG(Design rule for Camera File system, based on Exif 2.21 standard) DPOF corresponding Motion picture: QuickTime Motion JPEG Recording Image Size Still Image: 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 3264 x 2448 pixels, 2560 x 920pixels, 2048 x 1536 pixels, 1600 x 1200 pixels, 640 x 480 pixels 3:2 Aspect Ratio: 3264 x 2176 pixels, 2560 x 1712 pixels, 2048 x 1360 pixels 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 3264 x 1840 pixels, 2560 x 1440 pixels,1920 x 1080 pixels Image Quality Fine Standard Motion Picture 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 640 x 480 pixels, 320 x 240 pixels 30 fps, 10 fps 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 848 x 480 pixels 30 fps, 10 fps Burst Shooting Mode Full-Resolution Image 0.3 - 6.3m (Wide/ISO Auto), 0.3 - 3.4m (Tele/ISO Auto) n/a 8-1/2000 sec Starry Sky Mode : 15, 30, 60sec.

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3 frames/sec Max. 7 images (Standard mode) Max 4 images (Fine Mode) High-speed Burst Mode: approx. 7 frames/sec (recorded in 2M for 4:3, 2.5M for 3:2, 2M for 16:9) Unlimited consecutive shooting Digital Red Eye Correction Intelligent Exposure Easy Zoom Zoom Resume Motion Zoom Real-time histogram Composition Guide line Built-in-Memory Built-in-Memory [Capacity] Scene Mode Help Screen Auto Angle Detection Flip Animation Travel Date World Time Title Edit Date Stamp Text Stamp Economy mode LCD Monitor yes n/a n/a yes n/a n/a n/a yes yes approx. 50MB yes yes n/a yes yes yes n/a yes n/a 2.5" TFT LCD Display (230K dots) Field of View : approx. 100% AUTO Power LCD mode Power LCD mode High angle mode Supersonic Wave Filter for Dust Reduction Playback mode n/a [REC]/[Play] Selector switch 30-thumbnail display 12-thumbnail display calendar display zoomed playback (16x max.) playback of favorite pictures image rotation Resizing (selectable number of pixels) trimming protection

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aspect conv. DPOF print setting Category Playback Slideshow Mode OSD language Recording Media Yes (in slideshow mode and normal playback) Yes (duration & effect with music adjustable) English, German, French, Italian, Spain, Chinese Traditional, Thai, Arabian, Persian Built-in Memory SD Memory Card SDHC Memory Card MultiMediaCard(Still image only) Microphone Speaker Interface Direct Print General Data Power Battery AC Adaptor Battery life (approx.) Dimensions [mm] Width Height Depth Weight [g] Body Including Battery and SD Memory Card Included Software 118.0 140.0 PHOTOfunSTUDIO -viewerArcSoft (MediaImpression / Panorama Maker) USB Driver Battery Charger Battery Pack Battery carrying case AV Cable USB Connection Cable AC Cable Strap CD-ROM Print Copyright (C) 2006 Panasonic Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Close 94.9 53.4 22.5 Li-ion Battery Pack (3.6V, 1000mAh) (Included) AC Adaptor (Input: 110-240V AC) (Optional) 330 pictures (CIPA Standard) yes yes DC Input, AV Output (NTSC/PAL), USB2.0 Full Speed PictBridge