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HD Hero

Russ Juskalian

This one tip will make your videos better: Move the camera to meet your subject. If you're shooting children, get low. If you're shooting skyscrapers, try an aerial view. And if you're shooting a surf sequence, find the nearest point break and get into the barrel of the wave.

The only problem with the latter scenario is budgeting for an HD camera, underwater camera housing, and an expensive insurance policy since underwater housings fail with surprising frequency. Or, you could pick up a GoPro HD Hero ($259 to $299 depending on configuration).

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Sigma DP1 and DP2

Russ Juskalian

One of the grand annoyances with digital photography--a problem that was much less severe in the days of film photography--is that when it comes to image quality, tiny, portable point-and-shoot cameras can't touch the quality from their bigger, harder-to-carry digital SLR (single-lens reflex) brethren. Some people spend a lot of money on an incredible digital SLR that because of its bulk never leaves the house.

Could there be another way? The camera and optics company Sigma has designed two point-and-shoot cameras with large image sensors to fill the breach, the DP1 and DP2.

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