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- Panasonic announces G2 and G10 Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens compact cameras
- Though the photos slipped out earlier, Panasonic has now officially announced its two newest Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens compact cameras, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 and DMC-G10. Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 This successor to the G1 offers...
- Blog posts 2010-03-07
- Nikon Coolpix P100
- The Nikon Coolpix P100 is capable of doing some extraordinary things. It's chock-full of shooting options centered on a high-speed CMOS sensor married with a 26x megazoom lens. Things like high-speed photo and video shooting, fun modes and settings for near endless experimentation, and 1080p HD-quality movie recording are all...
- Product reviews 2010-02-12
- Build your own high-performance video/photo editing PC ... for under $1,500
- Blu-RayI'm wondering... How is Blu-Ray on the PC? Decent? Any noticeable differences than DVD?You missed somethingIf you're looking to edit video (and I don't mean Youtube clips strung together in Windows Movie Maker or Pinnacle Studio), there are graphics cards specifically built for this purpose. Additionally, most third party plugins...
- Discussion threads 2010-02-08
- Business Card Composer 5.0.2 (Mac)
- Business Card Composer is a complete kit to create and print business cards, calling cards and badges. The package contains 1,000+ high-quality clipart images (24,000 in retail edition), 500+ ready-made designs (740 in retail edition) and advanced editing tools. Business Card Composer video tour. The program conveniently uses personal data...
- Software downloads 2009-12-07
- Ricoh GXR system details and photos officially released
- A day after details were leaked to the web, an official announcement and photos of the new Ricoh GXR system have been released. It's self-proclaimed as the "world's smallest and lightest digital camera," but its not the GXR's weight or size that's really...
- Blog posts 2009-11-10
- Answering your digital camera and camcorder questions
- QuestionHi,Could you please inform us about the meanings and functions of some of the values that are mentioned with point and shoot cameras like aperture range F value, focal length, the ISO value and so on. ? am sure it would be very useful for me and maybe others. ...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Sony DCR-DVD650
- DVDs were never a perfect solution for directly recording video to with a camcorder. The medium makes even less sense now with hard-disk-drive and flash-memory models reasonably priced and able to store much more video in far smaller packages. About the only advantage camcorders like the Sony Handycam DCR-DVD650 have...
- Product reviews 2009-10-13
- Canon PowerShot SX120 IS
- Canon seems to have an "if it ain't broke" attitude when it comes to its PowerShot SX series. The SX120 IS is the latest version of the company's 10x pocket megazoom and is nearly identical to its predecessors, the SX110 IS and SX100 IS. The SX120 IS gets a resolution...
- Product reviews 2009-09-11
- Poll: Has your camera phone replaced your regular pocket camera?
- As stated in the blog camera phones are OK in a pinch.I don't regularly carry my P&S camera with me. If I know I'm going somewhere where I might want to take pictures than I grab the P&S. And if I have something I'm specifically going out to shoot then...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Disc Cover 2.3.2 (Mac)
- Disc Cover is slick and intuitive Mac OS X software to create CD and DVD labels, covers, tray inserts, folding booklets, slim cases, super jewel boxes as well as mini-CD labels, business card CDs, VHS wraps and more. Over 250 professionally made designs provide a great help for a...
- Software downloads 2009-08-31
- Fujifilm FinePix S1500
- Occasionally, a camera that is good becomes better when a low price is part of the overall package. That is sadly not the case with the 10-megapixel Fujifilm FinePix S1500, which is merely a good megazoom, but stays that way despite a street price of less than $200. It does...
- Product reviews 2009-08-19
- Samsung debuts retro-styled WB1000 digital camera with AMOLED
- Striking a balance between digital cameras of the 21st century and film cameras of the 20th, Samsung has introduced its WB1000 compact camera, a 12.2-megapixel shooter with an ultra-wide angle lens, 3-in. 480x260 AMOLED display and retro dials. The WB1000, which comes in...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Apple: Next Mac OS X unlocks chip power
- Apple: Next Mac OS X unlocks chip powerOne question ...... never mind the marketing crap ... does it speed things up a lot, or not?Until developers use APIs, minimal speed up.Better internal handling of threads will make a minimal difference for existing applications. When applications start using the specialized APIs,...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Kodak EasyShare Z980
- Announced at CES 2009, the Kodak EasyShare Z980 was the first megazoom camera to boast a wide-angle 24x zoom lens. It seemed a bit bulky, but we were forgiving as it was a first of its kind and that is a big lens. Of course shortly after Kodak's announcement came...
- Product reviews 2009-06-05
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1
- Photo gallery:Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1More than any other camera I've reviewed lately, my opinion formation about the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 inevitably comes back to price. It's fast, but not as fast as other cameras that cost a lot less. It has great photo quality, but its high ISO sensitivity photos don't...
- Product reviews 2009-05-15
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1
- Photos:Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1Camera manufacturers seem to have chosen megazooms as their latest battlefield--and thankfully, the fight isn't just about who's got the biggest lens. In this case, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 incorporates several technologies from the Alpha DSLR products, including a 1/2.4-inch 10-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor (for 9-megapixel images) and...
- Product reviews 2009-04-30
- Canon Vixia HF200
- Photo gallery:Canon Vixia HF20Canon's acquitted itself quite well with a nearly identical trio of flash-based AVCHD camcorders, the HF10/HF11/HF100, and follow-up models HF20 and HF200 manage to improve upon their legacy. The only difference between the two models is color and memory configuration: the HF20 has 32GB built in, while...
- Product reviews 2009-04-20
- Canon Vixia HF20
- Photo gallery:Canon Vixia HF20Canon's acquitted itself quite well with a nearly identical trio of flash-based AVCHD camcorders, the HF10/HF11/HF100, and follow-up models HF20 and HF200 manage to improve upon their legacy. The only difference between the two models is color and memory configuration: the HF20 has 32GB built in, while...
- Product reviews 2009-04-20
- Panasonic announces 1080p HD pro camcorder under 2.2 lbs.
- Panasonic has announced a new member of its professional AVCCAM line with the introduction of a more compact, lighter handheld camcorder: the AG-HMC40. Weighing less than 2.2 pounds, the AVCHD format AG-HMC40 boasts pro features such as full HD 3MOS imagers, high-resolution...
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Canon Vixia HF S100
- Photos:Canon Vixia HF S10Many companies turn out SD-based camcorders in compact designs, simply because the flash-based technologies allow for much smaller models than those based on tape, hard disks, and mini DVDs. While Canon continues to offer compact AVCHD models, the Vixia HF20 and the HF200, the company's branching out...
- Product reviews 2009-04-07
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