Digital cameras add some new twists to the holiday light photography challenge. In fact, most consumer-level digital models struggle in low light situations. Here’s why – the cost to manufacture a CCD or CMOS chip that is super-sensitive to a wide range of tonal (light) values is expensive. You’ll find these expensive chips in professional-level [...]

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Digital-camera review spots offer in-depth evals
The last time I bought an expensive camera, a Konica 35mm SLR, was in 1978, and I chose the camera because my friend Scott had a Konica and he liked his a lot.
Recommendations from friends still matter to me now, as I’m planning to buy a camera in the $500 [...]

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Sony Cybershot DSC-S650 : According to our friends at Engadget Sony is going to launch two new digital camera models; the Sony Cybershot S650 and the Sony Cybershot DSC-S700. At this moment the information is not official, but the image Engadget has published with their article is said to be one of the new Sony [...]

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Ricoh releases yet another firmware update for their Caplio R5 digital camera. This latest firmware update, version 1.55, provides “improved stability at the USB connection to a computer” or in plain English it will correct some USB connectivity problems. It seems that Ricoh is releasing a firmware update for the R5 each month. As we [...]

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Digital camera sales look like reaching record levels this Christmas so with millions of new cameras in the hands of their new owners I thought it might be helpful to put together a series of tutorials that help new digital camera owners to get the most of their cameras.

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To Customers Who Use the PowerShot A530 / PowerShot A540 Digital Camera:
Thank you for using Canon products.
We have discovered that, in a very small number of PowerShot A530 and PowerShot A540 digital cameras, the area around the battery cover on the bottom of the camera may become hot. We would like to convey the details [...]

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The Nikon D40 is an all new affordable, compact, point-and-shoot digital SLR from Nikon, it follows on from the D50 but at a significantly lower price point and with a subtly different feature set. The biggest news however is probably fact that Nikon resisted the temptation to keep chasing megapixels (hooray for that) and instead [...]

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CameraBright, Inc. is making its CameraBright! Xacti Edition available through its photo-retail distributor Brandess Kalt Aetna Group, Inc. The CameraBright! X1-ER+ Xacti Edition light connects to any of the popular Sanyo Xacti Digital Media Video Cameras to improve picture and video quality in low and no light situations.
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By SCOTT A. MAY
Published Tuesday, December 26, 2006
It’s the day after Christmas, and you’ve got a new electronic toy and a gift card burning a hole in your pocket. Time to accessorize.

For those lucky enough to get a digital camera or camcorder, there’s plenty of add-ons and extras to consider. You can never have [...]

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Now that you have a great digital camera, you can enhance or improve the experience with many different digital camera accessories. Some (such as a decent camera bag to protect your investment or extra memory cards) are crucial, some (like a good photo printer or tripod) are simply handy. Here is a list of the [...]

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Santa brought you a new camera for Christmas?
Cool!
SooToday.com recommends you refrain from snapping pictures from the gargoyles at the Chrysler Building.
At least for now.
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Merry Christmas!
Photo News Today is going to take a break until December 26th. May all your Christmas dreams come true.
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Gizmodo’s top 10 photo galleries of 2006:
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Do not confuse the Sony Cyber-shot S700 with the Sony Ericsson S700i cameraphone, the Sony Network Walkman S700, Sharp S700 carabiner player, or even Samsung’s S700 digital camera, and to a lesser extent, Canon’s SD700 — this thing is different. Different we say! Actually, it’s just Sony’s latest digital camera, a 7 megapixel number that [...]

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As 2006 draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the intriguing developments taking place in the digital camera industry this year. One in particular was the fact that although cameras continue to increase in megapixels, what manufacturers have been really promoting in their marketing campaigns has been new features, formats and functions. So, in [...]

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As I ran alongside the coastline of Key West listening to The Bends and watched the changing colors along the horizon as a storm system blew in, changing the ocean from pale green along the horizon to milky blue to an angry grey break against the shore I wished, for the thousandth time, that my [...]

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One of the very best investments I made last year was getting up real early on the day after Thanksgiving to buy a brand new digital camera. Although my Kodak Z760 Easyshare Digital Camera is over a year old, I still LOVE it as much as I did on the day I bought it. For [...]

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20 December 2006 – About 2 weeks ago I finished the test of Ricoh’s 500G Wide, a ruggedised digital compact; it espoused design finesse for practicality and provided a great package as a family snapper the kids could use and yet remain the workman’s tool it is designed to be.
Enter the armour-plated Mju 725, [...]

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced the world’s first 3-megapixel (M-pixel) CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a 1/4-inch lens aperture that is well suited for ultra slim camera phones. Samsung’s 1.75um-pixel, 1/4-inch lens aperture 3M-pixel CIS is a unique combination of Samsung’s high resolution sensor technology and high speed serial interface that brings digital still camera-level [...]

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Photographer Robert Dougal from Kilsyth in Scotland has gained a prestigious national Master Craftsman award this month (December).
Robert, who has been working as a professional wedding photographer for two years, achieved The Guild of Photographers Master Craftsman qualification for demonstrating excellent customer service and a high level of wedding portraiture skills.
He said: “My interest in [...]

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Price: $1100

Highly recommended

The low-down: This printer is the top of Canon’s domestic range. It produces prints up to A3+ (329×483mm) and uses Chromalife 100 inks in eight separate cartridges.

It prints labels onto printable CD/DVD blanks using the supplied software and disc tray. Setup and USB connection is simple and there is a Pictbridge port for [...]

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DPEXPERT WAS ASKED THE OTHER DAY FOR ADVICE on buying a lens for a digital single lens reflex camera. The inquirer has a choice when buying a Pentax K100D — a Sigma 18-125mm zoom or, for $50 more, an 18-200 lens. It looks like a bargain.

Zoom lenses are a wonderful invention but, as with just [...]

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More than four in every five camcorders sold in Europe in 2005 recorded footage to digital tape. However, according to a new industry report from Understanding & Solutions (U&S), digital tape will only account for 14% of the European camcorder market by 2010.

"Over the course of 2006 we’ve seen a format war develop between Digital [...]

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December 20, 2006 – An increasing number of consumers are printing digital photos at retail locations, according to a study released yesterday by market research firm InfoTrends. In the study, 2006 U.S. Photo Kiosk and Retail Dial Photofinishing End-User Study Analysis, InfoTrends found that retail printing rose by 20 percent since last year.
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December 20, 2006 – Norris Family Industry launched this month SimpleSlideShow, a Windows-enabled software that automatically sends photos from a person’s PC directly to another PC. SimpleSlideShow packages range from $24.95 for the starter pack to $99.95 for the unlimited package.
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