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Professional landscape and nature photographer Ian Plant discusses his favorite equipment for making landscape photos, including lens selection, techniques for leveling your camera, using a tripod for making sharp photos, using a remote switch, and the benefits of using your camera’s live view feature for composition, focus, and exposure preview.

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