Canon Powershot SD30 Digital Elph - 5 Megapixel - Purse Camera

Canon-powershot-sd30The Canon Powershot SD30 Digital Elph was reviewed today in PC Magazine. They said “Small, sleek and stylish, the Canon PowerShot SD30 Digital Elph ($399.95 list) comes in four bold colors—gold, red, purple, and black. It’s easy to slip into a shirt pocket or handbag. But the slick packaging doesn’t quite make up for this ultracompact’s mediocre performance. It’s not the cheapest ultracompact on the market, and on our tests, we found it to be just an average camera in slick clothing.

The SD30 is a 5-megapixel camera with a 2.4X optical zoom—less than the 3X most ultracompacts have. Maximum apertures on its 6.3 to 14.9mm zoom (the 35mm equivalent of 38 to 90mm) go from f/3.2 to f/5.4 across the zoom range. It comes with a small, not particularly sturdy cradle, like that of the Kodak EasyShare V530 or V550. We like the cute little remote control that comes with it. The SD30 also has the My Colors feature, which we reviewed in the SD500 Digital Elph and found as much fun and easy to use as on the other Canon cameras. But we were disappointed at the small size of the 1.8-inch LCD, especially since the camera has no optical viewfinder. It’s hard to choose a camera with a small LCD when Casio, Kodak, and Sony are offering much larger displays. “

The camera is very sexy, but this review does not inspire me to run out and buy one.

Posted on January 14, 2006 by Administrator

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT / 350D

Canon_DigitalRebeXTThe Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT / 350D is an 8 megapixel digital SLR that is one of the lightest cameras in it’s class. Photography Review’s Laurence Chen has this review on the Rebel.

The Rebel XT is a solid performer at a bargain price (for digital photography). Matched with quality EF-S lenses, such as the 17-85mm or the 10-22mm, the XT covers the focal-length gamut and brings true wide angle back within the financial reach of most photographers.

Who Should Buy The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT / 350D

  • Those who may need a quiet shutter: wedding, wildlife, documentary photographers.
  • Budget, beginning, and casual photographers who want control and lens selection.
  • Photographers looking for a small, lightweight camera system to use while traveling/hiking.
  • Pros who don’t like most point-and-shoots (me)!

Why not buy an XT?

  • Physically too small for large hands.
  • Menu navigation awkward, inefficient.
  • Lack of weatherproofing.
  • Consumer build-quality is high, but not built for rigorous use or extreme environmental conditions.
  • Slow continuous shooting inadequate for sports.
  • Small image sensor results in 1.6x focal length multiplier; L-series lenses slightly compromised.
  • Lack of special-purpose, high-end features such as 45 AF points or flash exposure lock.

For more information on the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT / 350D .

Posted on December 15, 2005 by Administrator

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Canon EF 100mm f2/8 MacroUSM Lens Reviewed

A great first person review of the Canon EF 100mm f2/8 MacroUSM Lens by Darren at Digital Photography Blog. He captures some great shots of bugs in his lawn to show the quality of the zoom lens that Canon has come out with for the Canon EOS 20D.

100mm gives plenty of working length and allows you to get in nice and close. Focusing is fast (although it takes some practice to get a bug in front of a distant background). Contrast and sharpness seem good although I’m looking forward to using it on the weekend with my tripod attached.

The lens is a little bigger than I was expecting but not as heavy as some of my other lenses. I’ve heard it’s a very good portrait lens also so this one might be regular feature on my 20D. Digital Photography Blog

Posted on December 14, 2005 by Administrator

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The Best Camera’s to Give For Christmas 2005

Nikon_coolpix_s4CNET recommends these cameras for  the coming Christmas season.

Posted on December 14, 2005 by Administrator

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Canon Powershot SD200 Review

Canon-powershot-200-sizeThe Canon Powershot SD200 micro digital camera takes a great picture for a camera its size. Bob Atkins at Photo.net has a good review of the camera. “You don’t buy an SD200 (or SD300/400) for advanced photography. You can get cameras with more capability (aperture priority, shutter priority and manual exposure for example) for the same price or maybe less (e.g. Powershot A510 or Powershot A520) However they are larger and the major reason you’d buy an SD200 is because it’s small. Despite the lack of full manual control, I still like the SD200. In fact I bought one myself so I’d have a camera that I can carry with me at all times. Image quality is quite good and you do have manual control over almost everything except for exposure (and even there you do have exposure compensation). You also get some remarkably good video modes (with audio) including 640×480 at 30fps. The 3.2MP is enough for excellent 4×6 and 5×7 prints and even 8×10 doesn’t look too bad. The price (currently under $180) is pretty low too. If you want more pixels, the SD300 has 4MP  and the SD400 (around $265) has 5MP   in essentially the same camera body with the same camera features. The step up from 3.2MP to 4MP is pretty insignificant, so if you want more pixels than the SD200, I’d go to the 5MP SD400.”

For more information on the Canon Powershot SD200.

Posted on December 14, 2005 by Administrator

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Office Depot Digital Cameras For Christmas

Here is the selection of Digital Camera offered by Office Depot for Christmas this year with links to the cameras on their website.

From $100 to $200

From $200 to $300

From $300 to $400

Over $400

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Administrator

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Staples Camera Selection

Here is the Christmas Collection of Digital Cameras Staples is offering this year, and links to the site. Some of these cameras have an extra 10% off their listed price.

Under $200

$200 to $400

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Posted on December 5, 2005 by Administrator

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