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adapter, I suggest that you buy one from the camera vendor??™s accessories store so you
can power the camera when you??™re transferring images to the PC or displaying images
on a TV. No matter what kind of battery your camera takes, have at least one spare that
can be fully charged all the time.
?– Memory Buy the biggest memory card you can afford, or a combination of two cards
each with reasonable capacity. The measly 16MB memory card that came with your
camera won??™t last a day when you??™re on vacation, so having a 512MB, 1GB, or even a
2GB card is almost essential. A spare card, if it??™s in the budget, can keep you going when
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you fill up your main card far away from your PC. (And if you??™re on a budget, remember
that two 1GB cards are usually cheaper than a single 2GB card.)
?– Image editing software Your camera probably came with some rudimentary image
editor, but it may not be up to the task. Try a few out, and buy the image editor that you
like the best. I like Paint Shop Pro (from www.jasc.com), Adobe Photoshop Elements
(www.adobe.com), and Digital Image Suite (www.microsoft.com).
?– Tripod If you want to extend your photography into the world of close-ups or longrange
telephoto images, a tripod is a necessity.
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