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Archive for February, 2009

Create personalized flash cards with Goosie Cards

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

goosiecardsRemember working with flash cards while you were in school? What if those flash cards actually had pictures of “real” things you encountered in your everyday life on them? Goosie Cards is a company that takes your pictures and turns them into flash cards your children can use to learn with.

Epson R-D1x: true love for the true enthusiast

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Epson R-D1x: true love for the true enthusiastThe Epson R-D1x has a rangefinder and good lenses.
If you seriously take pictures you use a rangefinder and good lens. It is as simple as that. Yes, you can take great pictures with all sorts of cameras. Happens all the time. But the Epson R-D1x is the sort of camera serious users drool over.

Samsung CL5: a 9-megapixel camera with built-in MP3 player

Friday, February 27th, 2009

samsungc5This week Samsung introduced a new compact digital camera with a twist. In addition to taking photos and shooting video, the Samsung CL5 also has a built-in MP3 player.

Canon Powershot IXUS SD790 and SD1200: the slimmest Canon cameras ever

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

ixusCanon has announced the PowerShot SD780 IS and PowerShot SD1200 IS. The two cameras are part of the companies IXUS line, and  feature ultra-smart technology and the slimmest design ever in a Canon camera.

Olympus E-620 — big money, small camera

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Olympus E-620 digital camera — big money for small cameraThe Olympus E-620 digital SLR, due out in late April, is claimed to be the smallest DSLR with built in image stabilisation. The 12.3Mp SLR, according to Olympus, weighs only 475g (without the battery) and has compact dimensions. It has a maximum ISO sensitivity of 3,200 and is based on the four thirds standard.

Canon PowerShot G10: high end and compact and very, very good

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

canon-zoomCanon PowerShot G10 is on sale at assorted prices but something around US$500-plus would be a good price. So it is affordable but not at the disposable end of the market.

Canon Powershot SX200 IS: a lot of zoom for a compact camera

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

canonsx200isCanon is showing off a new compact camera that packs quite a punch in the zoom department. The Canon Powershot SX200 IS takes pictures at a 12.1-megapixel resolution, and has a 12x optical zoom, much higher than the 3 and 4x zooms that cameras this size typically have.

Fujifilm’s FinePix Z33WP: A waterproof camera designed to handle the elements

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

fujifilmz33wpIf you’re someone who like to take your digital camera with you underwater, or you wish you could — then the Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP is just the camera for you. Fujifilm announced the camera officially today, and we have to say we’re pretty impressed with it, at least from a waterproof standpoint.

Some digital models disappear, prices drop

Monday, February 16th, 2009

sony-dsc-w90-digital-cameraTwo years ago for a story for a Chinese company I counted all the models of digital cameras in existence at the time. The answer was 6,386. Nobody ever quite believes that number and, of course, it is not quite true. A camera company adds a different color to the casing and that it a new number. And change gets a new number.

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