Category Archives: Digital Camera

2011 Camera Market Predictions

If you haven’t seen my 2010 predictions and results, you can click hereand get to that page. I suggest you do so before reading on. 2010 turned out to be a better year than everyone expected in camera sales. Many … Continue reading

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Canon introduces ELPH 310 HS/IXUS 230 HS compact camera

Canon has launched the ELPH 310 HS (IXUS 230 HS in Europe), a surprisingly long zoom style compact. The squeezes an 8x zoom into the sort of tiny, colorful body we expect of the ELPH/IXUS series. The extra zoom (out … Continue reading

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Canon Rebel T3i EOS 600D Compared to Nikon D5100

Nikon D5100 vs Canon Rebel T3i / EOS 600D Side by Side May 8th, 2011 Nikon recently released the Nikon D5100 SLR, which serves an update to the Nikon D5000. The Nikon D5100 is designed to appeal to both novice … Continue reading

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Photography technical terms

Technical terms Angle of view · Aperture · Chromatic Aberration · Circle of confusion · Color temperature  · Depth of field · Depth of focus · Exposure · Exposure compensation · Exposure value · F-number · Film format · Film speed · Focal length · Guide number  · Hyperfocal distance · Metering mode · Perspective … Continue reading

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Canon announces Japan-only IXY 32S touch-shutter variant

Canon Japan has announced the IXY 32S, a variant of the IXY 31S (IXUS 310 HS/ELPH 500 HS) with touch-shutter control. As with the existing model, it features a 12.1MP back-lit CMOS sensor, 24-105mm equivalent, F2.0-5.8 lens and 3.2″ 16:9 … Continue reading

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ソニー「ハンディカム HDR-CX560V」 vs パナソニック「HDC-TM90」 vs キヤノン「iVIS HF M43」

Part1 カメラまかせでどこまでキレイに撮れる? 画質比較 3機種の基本的な撮影性能・機能を紹介したうえで、「人物」「風景」「夜景」というシーン別に、撮影シーン自動認識機能を使ってフルオート撮影したサンプル動画を掲載する。 Contents 3機種の基本的な撮影性能・機能をチェック 画質比較1 人物(順光・斜光) 画質比較2 人物(半逆光・逆光) 画質比較3 風景(斜光) 画質比較4 夜景 3機種の基本的な撮影性能・機能をチェック 各機種の基本的な撮影性能・機能 機種 価格.com 最安価格(※) 撮像素子 ズームレンズ 内蔵メモリー ソニー「ハンディカム HDR-CX560V」 69,876円 裏面照射型CMOSセンサー(1/2.88型、総画素数665万画素) 光学10倍(26.3~263mm/F1.8-3.4) 64GB パナソニック「HDC-TM90」 64,490円 MOSセンサー(1/4.1型、総画素数332万画素) 光学21倍(28~729mm/F1.8-3.5) 64GB キヤノン「iVIS HF M43」 58,400円 CMOSセンサー(1/3型、総画素237万画素) 光学10倍(43.6~436mm /F1.8-3.0) 64GB ※価格.com最安価格は2011年4月5日現在のものです ソニー「ハンディカム HDR-CX560V」 「ハンディカム HDR-CX560V」のボディサイズは62(幅)×67(高さ)×133.5(奥行)mm)で、重量は約435g(いずれも付属バッテリー装着時)。今 … Continue reading

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Optical zoom digital camera

Short Description Large SLR Lens Collection If you own an SLR and you’re serious about photography you’ll start a lens collection. Håkan Dahlström’s lens collection, via Flickr. The easiest way to think about zoom is in terms of magnification, for … Continue reading

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Wide angle lenses

Short Description Widest Angle Compact Digital Camera The Casio Exilim TRYX has the widest lens of all compact digital cameras rated at 21 mm. Wide angle refers to the minimum focal length offered by the cameras lens. A short focal … Continue reading

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Nikon D7000 Review

November 2010 | Lars Rehm and Barnaby Britton Review based on a production Nikon D7000 with firmware V1.00, 1.00, 1.002 When it was announced in September the D7000 took a lot of people by surprise. Although a D90 successor had … Continue reading

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Canon Rebel T3i / EOS 600D Review

March 2011 | Richard Butler and Andy Westlake (with additional material by Barnaby Britton) Review based on a production Canon EOS 600D with Firmware 1.0.0 Ever since Canon introduced its original ‘Digital Rebel’ back in August 2003 – famously the … Continue reading

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