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• SONY CYBERSHOT H10

  10Aug
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  The new Sony Cybershot H10 uses a great Carl Zeiss 10x optical zoom lens with great SteadyShot optical image stabilization to capture action. The lens yields sharp, high-contrast images and reduces color fringing, even when shooting in telephoto ranges.

  It has 8.1 Megapixels, 10X Optical zoom, 2X Digital Zoom, 3 inches LCD, and it uses Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick Duo, or Memory Stick PRO Duo to store images.

  Its improved shooting mode now employ a system to apply higher shutter speeds, up to 1/4000 of a second, more frequently than on previous models. This mode combine high shutter speeds with predictive continuous auto-focusing so you can quickly focus and capture fast-moving subjects with minimal shutter lag - fundamentally the time it takes for the camera to focus and shoot.

  The large, bright 3.0″ Clear Photo LCD Plus display, and an anti-reflective coating provides for brilliant visibility to help you create, view, and share photos with outstanding clarity and color reproduction, even in bright sunlight.

• AutoMode

  04Jul
  Categories: Information, digicam Comments: 0

  

  Automatic Mode–a feature of all digital cameras.� It sets the focus and exposure. All you need to do is frame the image then push the shutter button. This is a great feature, as it lets you relax, focus on your subject and not on your camera. Find below a brief guide.

  - Get ready. Turn ON the camera and set it in the automatic mode. To conserve batteries, turn the monitor of. Compose the images using the optical viewfinder if your camera has this feature. Turn the camera on and set it to automatic mode�usually spelled out or indicated by a camera icon. To conserve your batteries, turn off the monitor and compose your image through the optical viewfinder if your camera has one.� Most digital SLR cameras will not let you do this. Remove the lens cap, if your camera has one.

  - Frame the image. You will find the scenes that you will capture through your viewfinder. Use the zoom buttons when needed. If you are using an SLR, you zoom by turning a ring on the lens.

  - Autofocus. Digital cameras have one or more focus zones, indicated in the viewfinder with boxes, cross hairs, or brackets. How close you can focus depends on the camera and lens.

  - Autoexposure. The exposure system measures the light reflection from the scene you are shooting. Use these readings to set the best possible exposure.

  -� Autoflash. The autoexposure system will cause the camera to flash automatically if the ligth is very dim.

  - Automatic white balance. Your camera will automatically adjust white balance so that the white objects in a scene are white in the photo. Other colors are free of a color cast.

• Kodak Digicam 1975

  07May
  Categories: Information, digicam Comments: 0

  

  We always seem to be looking for the newest, coolest, and feature-filled digicam we can find, but let’s take a break and look to the past. Yes, folks it’s retro time here and thanks to Wired Magazine, we look at one of the oldest digicams in the world the Kodak Digital Still Camera from circa-1975.

  Here’s how the old thing works:

  Dubbed “Film-less Photography”, the prototype camera records images and plays them back on a television set. Sasson hacked together the camera from spare parts: the lens is from a Super 8 movie camera, the image is captured by a CCD (Charged Coupled Device, an array of capacitors which convert light into an electrical signal) and the resulting image is recorded onto a cassette tape. The whole thing is powered by 16 nickel cadmium batteries.

  The portable electronic still camera takes 23 seconds to record a 100 line image to tape. To view the picture, you pop out the cassette and slip it into the custom-built playback device. This uses another cassette player and a frame store to boost the image to 400 lines and outputs a standard NTSC signal for use on any television.

  Ahh, there’s nothing more than looking into past gadgets to appreciate the one you have now.

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• DESIGNER CASES FOR YOUR DESIGNER CAMERA

  01May
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  The best and most functional camera accessory is the carrying case. Unlike in the past when carrying cases came mostly in black and unflattering designs, today there is a variety of carrying cases to choose from.The carrying cases today come in different designs, colors, textures, and sizes. There is always one suited for a designer camera. Some designers even have exclusive patterns to fit a camera model, make or brand.Try checking out the new wave of case designers Golla, Case Logic and Maloparro. They are durable, padded well and fun. More importantly the cases are reasonably priced to suit everyone’s budget.

• NIKON COOLPIX S510, HIGH PRECISION IN A SMALL PACKAGE

  30Apr
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  The Nikon brand has always been a symbol of reliability and precision photography. It is a frontrunner among camera brands. Its top designs and trendsetting technology make both professionals and eager amateurs happy.
  The Coolpix S510, a new offering of Nikon for its point-and-shoot digital camera line, is another reason to be happy with the brand. It is small enough to fit into your pocket and yet strong enough to capture those exciting moments. It comes in new exciting colors that make it even more a perfect little camera that anyone will enjoy.

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• A – Z Digicam Terminologies(6)

  01Apr
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  USB – Universal Serial Bus; a popular interface for connecting all sorts of external devices, including digital cameras, to most PC and Apple Macintosh computers. This can be plugged in and used without restarting a computer.

  Video print technology – Select HP digital cameras allow you to shoot video and print still photos right from same footage.

  Wide-angle lens – A lens with a shorter focal length and a larger field of view than a standard primary camera lens. Wide-angle lenses are used for shooting scenic photographs.

  Zoom, digital – A feature that enlarges the subject within an image to fill more of the frame; but this reduces the resolution of an image.

• A – Z Digicam Terminologies(3)

  10Mar
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  Image editor – A program that enables you to edit and modify digital images. With this, you can add special effects and fix certain composition problems, and also add new elements to the image

  JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group; the most common image compression format used by digital cameras.

  LCD – A liquid crystal display is one of the most prevalent technologies used on digital cameras to view and preview digital photos.

  Memories Disc Creator – Digital photography software that allows you to create image archives, photo slideshows, picture CDs.

  My Mode – An HP Real Life technology that defines the way a camera operates based on a user’s specific needs

• A – Z Digicam Terminologies(2)

  05Mar
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  Eight-ink printing – HP’s new generation of photo quality color inkjet printers gives you a versatile printing system with options for eight-ink printing. This type allows you to optimize print quality based on your specific printing task.

  Fish-eye lens – An extremely wide-angle lens that can take in a huge panoramic view but distorts the edges of the image.

  GIF – Graphics Interchange Format; a compressed image format. GIF was the first commonly used image format on the Web, but it has been largely replaced by JPEG

  Hard drive – A computer’s permanent storage device; you can both read data from and write data to a hard drive

• GETTING THE RIGHT CAMERA

  03Mar
  Categories: Information, Tips, digicam Comments: 0

  

  Are you planning to get a new digital camera? Are you confused about the different models out in the market? You are not alone. Manufacturers are always trying to outdo one another. It can easily confuse even the most savvy of shutterbugs. So how do you know which one is right for you?Know how you are to use the camera. Set a price ceiling that is good for you. Do research on your choice. Go to a store and try it out, the feel and the grip are equally important to design and technology. Remember even the high-end models could be a worthwhile investment if you make the most of your purchase.

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• A – Z Digicam Terminologies

  01Mar
  Categories: Information Comments: 0

  

  Automatic white balance – Adaptive color balance: an HP Real Life technology that automatically adjusts white balance (the color of light) to create an image as you would see it

  Bracketing – A trick used by photographers to ensure proper exposure without a meter, or to ensure a more precise exposure when a meter is used. A series of images is taken, one at the estimated or metered exposure, one slightly over, and one slightly under.

  CCD – Charge-coupled device is the most common form of photosensitive cells used to convert incoming light into electrical signals in digital cameras.

  Demosaic, Adaptive – An HP Real Life technology that intelligently estimates missing color information to produce a high-quality image.