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There is one little detail that is noticeably missing from the Think Tank Rotation 360º, which is a dedicated memory card pouch or pocket. But don't despair.
Think Tank makes a super-cool memory card carrying case, the Think Tank Pixel Pocket Rocket. This looks just like a typical nylon fold-up wallet, but it is specifically designed to hold up to 10 CF cards snugly and securely. There's a see-through window to slide in a business card, should it get lost, but the odds of that happening diminish greatly when the Pocket Rocket is clipped securely to a belt loop or bag.

There are only a handful of useful cross-platform high dynamic range (HDR) programs available, and we're happy to report that after our testing, we'll gladly add FDRTools (www.fdrtools.com) to this short list. This program has a serious-looking Graphical User Interface (GUI), and a workflow that is quite different from its main cross-platform competitors, Photomatix Pro and Adobe Photoshop CS2. But the bottom line is that it works, and it offers some powerful features and functions behind that intimidating interface.

When a magician friend called recently to ask if I would shoot a promotional image for his marketing efforts, I quickly researched other shots of magicians and found the majority to be poorly lit and frankly a little boring. So to set ourselves apart from the rest, we decided to do something a little different.
Our first idea was to incorporate one of any magician's best tools, fire. My friend wanted a casual look for his show, so he dressed down in his on-stage attire and I set up my lights.

If each of your cameras take different kinds of memory cards, here's the reader for you.
Q: I have a DSLR that uses CF cards, a point-and-shoot that takes SD cards, and a camera phone that uses MicroSD cards. My laptop has FireWire and USB 2.0 connectors, but I don't want to attach my cameras directly and waste their batteries. What's the best card reader for me?