(NAPSA)—There are many benefits to incorporating digital photography into your everyday life—from being able to instantly view your photograph to being able to quickly e-mail important pictures to family and friends. To make it easier to get these benefits, here are sometips from the digital photography experts at Minolta (www.minoltausa.com): Before you start taking pictures with a new digital camera, carefully read your camera’s manual. The better you know your camera, the better your pictures will be. With most digital cameras, you can instantly view your pic- tures on the camera’s LCD screen on the back. This allows you to see if you got the desired shot and if not, you can try again. * Don’t leave home without extra rechargeable batteries and always make sure you have a fresh set charged and ready to go. Also, make sure you have extra removable storage media (film for digital cameras). A 32MB megabyte memory card is sufficient for a day trip for most snapshooters. But you'll probably want a couple of extra memory cardsif you’re heading out on a two-week vacation. * Most digital cameras come with a USB orserial cable that directly connects your camera to the computer. Once connected, you can download your images for use in numerous image editing software programs, or e-mail to friends and family. * Once your pictures are in the Taking—and sharing—pictures is a snap, with the latest digital cameras. computer, they can be used in everything from word processing, image editing, and other specialty software programs. Somespecialty programslet you create calendars and greeting cards with your digital pictures. You can also crop, enhance colors or completely alter your photograph. If you’ve already downloaded pictures to your computer, but want a print, you can still print your pictures on a home color printer using photo-quality paper, bring yourdigital files to your local photofinisher or upload them to an online photofinisher. Keep your camera handy. Compact digital cameras like Minolta’s easy to use DiMAGE F100 fit perfect in a pocket or purse so you'll never miss a momentlike bath time with baby. Using a digital camera makes it easier to capture the moment and shareit.
