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Hard Drive Camcorders to Capture the Holidays

Katie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:23:48 +0000

Some of my favorite family home videos from my childhood are from this time of year. Whether we watch ourselves obsess over opening THE toy of the season or cry hysterically while sitting on Santa’s lap, the holidays bring some of the best memories that I love to look back on. Personally I think videos are the best way to relive the good old days, so every family should own a video camera to capture all of the precious moments. The only problem comes when sorting through countless tapes and mini discs, as well as worrying about them losing quality. Solution: a hard drive camcorder. These have internal memory storage so your videos will be saved to the device itself, which you can then load onto your computer and create plenty of backup copies. Amazing? Yes.

I think the Flip UltraHD is my favorite because it is so compact and easy to use. It’s tiny and thin, basically the size of a regular digital camera. The design of the camera is a little unconventional so it might not be the best for long term usage, but it’s perfect for on-the-go use since you can easily throw it in your bag. It also has a built in USB connector so you can plug it into your computer and instantly upload it without spending time searching for the cord.

The JVC GZMG630 Everio Digital Camcorder series is another compact hard drive option that weighs less than a pound and comes in silver, red and blue. It has 60GB of video storage and records in high definition so it can play back vividly with 1920×1080 pixel resolution. This one is built more like a regular video camera so it might be more comfortable for long-term use, and has some fancier features like 20x optical zoom and Auto Illumi Light for low-light areas.

If you’re already set with a video camcorder for your family, I guarantee that someone on your holiday shopping list would love to unwrap one on Christmas morning!

-Katie

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A Kodak C190 Digital Camera for the Festive Season

Nina Ghosh Konar — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:00:10 +0000

Your full-swing preparation for the upcoming Halloween, X’mas, or the New Year’s Day celebration would be incomplete without a digital camera in your must-have list. But what digital camera will fit you needs and your budget? This year Sony, Canon an Nikon all released new version of their slim compact point and shoots. But don’t forget about the photo company that started it all. When you think of a quality digital camera, you may like to ‘say cheese’ with a Kodak C190 Digital Camera. Wherever you find plenty of smiles, the perfect Kodak C190 camera spreads happiness with its complete user-friendly features and fantastic picture taking quality.

Spread smile throughout the festive season with the Kodak EasyShare C190 Digital Camera. With the amazing digital camera at your service, you don’t need to be a pro to capture perfect pictures. Its Smart Capture feature along with face detection, color correction, blur reduction, flash control, 5x optical zoom and such other features make it all easy for you. With the click of a button, its Smart feature automatically starts analyzing the scene and adjusts its settings for you to shoot amazing HD-quality digital photos. You also get the option to crop or enlarge the pictures at your will, without compromising with the picture quality. The smart C190 Kodak digital camera also comes loaded with 32 MB internal memory and SD card slot.

You can get the Kodak EasyShare C190 in three attractive colors – red, blue and silver. All the more reason to go full throttle and enjoy the true colors of festivity with the Kodak C190 Digital camera!

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Go on Vacation with the Canon SX110 IS 9.0-Megapixel Digital Camera

Katie — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:33:32 +0000

My friend just returned home from a trip to Hawaii and has spent the last week making a scrapbook of her photos. While sharing some of her favorite shots, I couldn’t help but comment on the quality and clarity of the pictures. She proudly showed me the new camera she purchased before her vacation, which was the Canon SX110 IS 9.0-Megapixel Digital Camera from the popular PowerShot line. She isn’t much of a professional photographer, but she assured me it was the easiest camera to use, and her pictures look amazing, so she instantly had me interested.

I normally love Canon digital cameras for their usability and quality, and the SX110 is no exception. It has a 10x optical zoom lens that still creates a clear picture from afar, which helped my friend get some great shots of the views from her hotel room. It has the usual Canon technologies such as Advanced Face Detection which automatically identifies and optimizes for faces, and the Optical Image Stabilizer which senses and accounts for a shaky camera, creating a steadier image. I was surprised at how well these made the pictures of her family on a moving boat turn out.

The camera was easy to travel with too, as it has a slim design and uses AA batteries which are easy to find anywhere. It comes in both black and silver, both providing a professional appearance that looks just as great as the photos it takes! The 3 inch LCD screen is large and bright, so she could even show me a few pictures directly on the camera. I played with a few of the controls and found them easy to use, and also discovered the many shooting modes that allow you to choose the right exposure for your situation.

Next time I go on a vacation, I don’t want to leave home without the Canon SX110 IS 9.0-Megapixel Digital Camera. My friend was only gone a week, but she gets to relive her trip with vivid quality for years to come!

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Canon Memory Card: Your Ultimate Memory Aid

Nina Ghosh Konar — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:00:27 +0000

There is hardly anything more annoying than to be run out of hard-drive memory space when you are about to record the most memorable moment of your life. To prevent such unpleasant incidents, it always makes sense to be ready with a spare Canon memory card along with your digital camera. Having memory cards not only saves unnecessary last minute hassles but also keep shutter-happy people, like you and me, always ready to capture beautiful landscapes, places or interesting happenings forever.

Out of the many memory cards available in the market, here are two Canon memory cards that you might be interested to know about:

The SanDisk 1 GB SD Card not only works with your phone, but is a perfect solution for your digital camera and digital video camcorder too. With its 1 GB memory capacity, you can now record and manage more memorable moments. Because of its stamp-sized flash memory card, it is easy to take along wherever you go. The SanDisk 1 GB SD card is fast, long lasting and is always ready whenever you are. It is retailed at $6.95.

If you want more memory space and more enhanced performance, you may go for the Lexar 8 GB Professional SDHC memory card. The SDHC memory card is particularly useful for professionals who expect optimal performance and high speed from their memory card and as well as from their Canon or other SDHC-enabled digital cameras. Its outstanding read/write speed increases the high-speed processor of your camera, which in turn, improves image download times. The 3-pack memory card is available at $208.99.

Before buying a Canon memory card, you may want to confirm that it works with your particular model. This is because while some digital cameras are compatible with various types of memory cards, some can work only with specific type. Save unnecessary disappointment and select the right one!

For more info on Canon Memory Cards, check out this informative article by Takeshi on all the different Canon Memory Card Types!

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Pentax 12 mm Lens

Will — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:44:17 +0000

Now is a great season for photography. The sunny days, brilliant sunsets, and even the occasional foggy morning to add contrast to your pictures. A lot of camera buffs who have been holding out on digital cameras and using film are finally switching over to Digital SLR cameras, or DSLRs. When you make the switch, DSLRs can be tuned for a variety of situations, and have good depth focus, but even a DSLR isn’t perfect for every shot on its own. DSLR’s are being wildy popular outside of the professional photography realm as more and more people simply want better looking photos. ANd who can argue with that when the price of DSLR’s are becoming more and more reasonable?

For the best shots you often need a camera lens. Different lenses can give you different focal lengths, which allow you to get a drastically different level of detail from the same camera. Pentax, a company that has been been making cameras and lenses since 1938, has a very popular and widely used series of lenses, for almost any focal length, from 10mm to 600mm. The Pentax 12mm Lens is part of the DA lens series, designed to work at optimum efficiency with the amazingly sharp Pentax Digital SLR Cameras to give your photographs great depth perception.

For more on the history and uses of different Pentax cameras and lenses, check out Mark Roberts digital photography site which features great tips and advice (from an ehtusiaist) on shopping for digital SLR cameras.

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Will

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Picture Perfect: The Canon PowerShot SD790

Takeshi — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:14:14 +0000

If you’re like me, you love taking pictures, and with summer vacation coming up, you’re probably looking to get a new digital camera to capture all your summer memories with. However, with all the different cameras available these days, it might be difficult to decide which camera is the right one for you.

Personally, when it comes to point and shoot digital cameras, Canon’s PowerShot series has been my favorite, with its ease-of-use and high picture quality, and their latest model, the Canon PowerShot SD790 is no exception. Featuring the compact size and great quality features that Canon’s cameras are known for, the SD790 takes things a step further, and ups the image quality to a whopping 10 megapixels.

Canon SD790 Digital Camera

In addition to the fantastic image quality, the Canon PowerShot SD 790 now features image stabilization technology, so that your pictures come out crisp even if you don’t have the steadiest hand, and the enhanced facial recognition technology automatically focuses the camera on what you want it to, so all you have to worry about is pushing the button.

For those of you who want more control over your pictures, the Canon PowerShot offers those features too, with advanced tools like color correction, exposure lock, shutter speed, and stitch assistance, all just a button-press away with Canon’s easy to use navigation system.

Of course, like most digital cameras these days, the Canon PowerShot SD790 also double as a digital video camera, which allows you to take high quality video– perfect for sharing with your friends on the computer or over YouTube. The PowerShot also features one of the loudest speakers that I’ve come across in a digital camera, which is great for sharing video right from the camera itself.

If you’re looking for a easy-to-use camera that provides great quality photos and videos, that’s small enough to stuff in your pocket, look no further than the Canon PowerShot SD 790. There’s a reason why the PowerShot has been rated one of the most popular cameras by photography fans the world over, and the SD790 is fine successor to the line-up.

-Takeshi, shopping blogger and canon power shooter

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The Coolpix 550 Digital Camera Review

Will — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:22:37 +0000

The end of the school year is coming up soon, and that means graduations. If you have a son or daughter, niece or nephew, brother or sister, or anyone else you know is graduating soon, make sure you can capture the memories of that special moment for years to come. If you don’t already have one, you should get a digital camera to capture to joy, the laughter, and the tears. A slim compact point and shoot digital camera is portable and affordable. Prices have been dropping while the technology is still improving and the features are still being added.

What kind of digital camera is best for this situation? Well, at a graduation, it will usually be sunny and out of doors, and a lot of the pictures are taken in a couple of moments when everyone is jostling onto the field, after the ceremony but before the graduate is off to a party or a class trip. So it’s a good idea to get a camera that can be activated quickly, is simple to use, and can be replaced relatively cheaply if it gets dropped and/or trampled. A good fit is a Point and Shoot Digital Camera, a term used to reference cameras that usually have automatic focus and automatic exposure. They can be distinguished from SLR Digital Cameras because the image can be previewed before the picture is taken, and Point and Shoots are usually cheaper.

The Coolpix 550 Digital Camera Review: I recommend the Nikon Coolpix 550 Digital Camera. With 10 megapixels and 5x optical zoom, it has the power to take great pictures, and with Face Auto Focus, Distortion control, and smile mode, it’s very easy to handle for a new photographer. It smart compact and portable design means that you can take this camera with you on all your adventures. The large LCD screen helps preview your photography skills. The optical lens is great for shaky hands–after passing hands through several nervous amateurphotographers, all the pictures came out crystal clear with no blur in sight. Soon you’ll be taking great pictures fast. This camera scores a hefty 4 out of 5.

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Sony Camcorder

Shenissel — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:48:46 +0000

Are you preparing yourself for some vacations anytime soon? If that’s the case, don’t forget to bring with you a Sony Camcorder to capture your memories. This Sony handycam HDR-XR100 80GB Camcorder has everything you need for your vacation. You can record the most exotic scenes with its stunning high definition video. But if you’re more adventurous try the pocket-sized Webbie HD MHS-CM1 Camcorder. This camcorder will be your perfect companion ready to record every single moment, detail, and hard scenes to get in your adventurous trip.

Some people prefer simple digital cameras over camcorders since they don’t like to be filmed in the video. They feel shy or uncomfortable to see themselves later on when they play the video. However, recording a video full of special moments it’s better than having those moments captured in a solid picture. With a video later in life you can show these videos to your children, family or friends and you will enjoy reviving those moments again.So don’t forget your camcorder for your next vacation! Look out for more deals at Become.com.

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Canon Powershot vs. Panasonic Lumix

Isabelle — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:18:48 +0000

canon powershot-sx200

It’s been a while now that I have been using my old but trusty Canon Powershot SD500, so the other day I decided to buy I new one!

I always like to have my camera with me, to be able to take spontaneous pictures whenever I am wandering around the city or whenever I might be having a night out partying with friends, so it has to be a compact size that I can carry everywhere.

With all the choices out there, I certainly did my homework and I can tell you that Canon and Panasonic are the best on the market for compact camera sizes coupled with high quality picture capability.

The PowerShot SX200 has a compact body, a powerful 12x zoom lens, beginning at a wide 28mm, tackles landscape shots or distant subjects with equal effectiveness and 12.1 megapixel resolution.

Canon’s, 4-stop optical Image Stabilizer technology, combats the blur caused by camera shake - even at the telephoto end of the zoom range and in low-light situations.

I also tried the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35K which also has compact body, 12x zoom, 10 megapixel and is simply an amazing product as well.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35K

However, it was he 25-300 mm wide angle that won my heart! Panasonic pushed the concept a little further with a zoom which goes down to the very wide-angle position of 25mm, and increases even more the range of the Leica Vairo-Elmar 12x zoom to offer a stunning 25-300mm!

Since the summer is coming up and I’m planning on taking some scuba diving lessons while on holiday. I also bought a waterproof camera case to be able to take pictures underwater.

So rather than being indecisive, I decided to take both and plan to give the Canon powershot to my mom for Mother Day’s.

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Will — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:46:50 +0000

Canon PowerShot SD790

Yesterday I talked about how you can use a digital camera to record great memories on St. Patrick’s day. But you can also do so much more…

Digital Camera

Whether you are on a fun outing with your friends or planning a family gathering, you need some sort of camera to record your memories. These days, everyone is on sites like Facebook, including Become. A good profile picture is an important part of your online page, and a cell-phone with a camera, while useful in some circumstances, just won’t cut it. You need a snazzy thin camera with a silver gleam like the canon sd-790. This baby has a wide angle-zoom lens, advanced face detection technology, and motion detection technology to automatically reduce blur. In other words, the SD-790 is perfect for taking pictures of faces. So get an SD-790 and take some great new profile shots of yourself!

Get a digital camera and get on facebook!

Will

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