Canon PowerShot S3 IS Digital Camera Review
January 19, 2008
Canon is the company that has introduced only quality products to the souk 
and has got a new model of digital camera for you and it has been named as the Canon PowerShot S3 IS Digital Camera. This unit is featured with lots of features that an advanced camera must posses. The image sensor type of this camera is CCD. This is the latest technology in the digital cameras that allows you to take clear pictures. The resolution of this unit is 6.2 mega pixels. These units come under the type of standard point and shoot cameras.
ZOOMING
Zooming option in this digital camera comes as optical zoom and digital zoom, the optical zooming capacity of this Canon PowerShot S3 IS Digital Camera is 12x and the digital zoom is 4x. The focal length of this unit is 6 to 72 mm. The image quality of this camera is rated under its resolutions. The resolutions that this digi cam could support are 640 x 480 pixels, 2816 x 2112 pixels, 2272 x 1704 pixels and 1600 x 1200 pixels.
VIDEO
The video resolutions of this camera are 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA) and 640 x 480 pixels (VGA). The video speed supported is 30 frames per second. The maximum movie length depends on the memory of the camera. The video format of this camera is AVI and motion JPEG. The exposure control of this camera comes as,
• Aperture: f2.7/f3.5 (w/t)
• Shutter speed: 15 - 1/3200 sec
White balance in a main concept while taking photographs or videos and the white balance options supported by the device are:
• Auto
• Manual
• Daylight / Sunny (Preset)
• Cloudy (Preset)
• Fluorescent (Preset)
• Tungsten (Preset)
• Halogen (Preset)
The memory storage type is done through the multimedia card and SD card. The compression modes are fine, super fine and normal. The compression types supported are JPEG, EXIF 2.2, DPOF 1.1.
A flash unit is made built-in in this Canon Digital Camera. The flash functions supported are,
• Flash Off
• Auto Flash
• Red-eye Reduction Flash
For view finder, this has got an optical view finder and also an LCD panel. The LCD panel size is 2 inches. The interfaces that this unit has got are universal serial bus and video out interface. The power supply of this unit is through batteries 4 x AA Batteries. The battery life is 110 images.
OTHER FEATURES
• In built microphone
• In built speaker
• Tripod mount
DIMENSIONS
The dimensions of this Canon Power Shot S3 IS Digital Camera are,
• Height : 7.8 cm
• Width : 11.3 cm
• Depth : 7.5 cm
• Weight : 410 grams
Minolta DiMAGE Z1 Digital Camera
January 15, 2008
Digital cameras may cost huge amounts but with the uncountable features it provides, the amount is worth a fortune saved! Minolta DiMAGE Z1 Digital
Camera is the new entrant in this series with 3.2 mega pixels, and 4x digital zoom to capture pictures with ease. The shooting modes comprise of frame movie mode, sunset and moon, landscape, portrait mode, night portrait and sports mode. Special effects of black and white, Sepia and vivid ensures familiar pictures with surprise elements.
This digital camera has dimensions of (H) 7.8 cm x (D) 8 cm x (W) 11 cm with a weight of 0.3 kg. Easily portable and the sleek design captivate the attention of the consumer as the photo does, of the viewer! The CCD Optical Sensor with optical Sensor Size of 1/2 .7 inches and maximum shutter speed of 1/1000 seconds creates pictures in movement with maximum clarity, unshaken perfect pictures!
Exposure modes comprise of programme, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, and shutter priority techniques, while the white balance of custom, white, automatic and presets gives crystal-clear pictures with equal clarity at the back ground also.
White balance presets comprise of Fluorescent, cloudy, tungsten light, daylight and flash features. Digital Video Format is MJPEG and digital still format is of JPEG permitting continuous shooting speed of 1.5 frames per second, capturing the deer in full speed or the Derby poses no problem! Flash memory has 16 MB flash-SD memory card and the supported flash Memory has Multimedia Card and SD memory card.
Minolta DiMAGE Z1 Digital Camera has pop-up camera flash with flash modes of Fill-in mode, slow synchro, auto mode and flash OFF mode. Built-in red-eye reduction avoids the images with red-eyes common to ordinary photo prints, and the effective flash range is 0.16m to 6.1 metres. Zoom lens of 5.8 mm to 58 mm with lens aperture of f/2.8 –3.5 gives images the extra clarity when in distant areas, and the focus adjustments of manual and automatic ensures the required images be seen in perfect clarity. With motorised drive zoom adjustment and 10x optical zoom, the spherical lens feature of this unique photography gadget is worth noting.
Viewfinder type is LCD monitor, and the display type consists of LCD display-TFT active matrix-1.5” colour feature. The built-in microphone with mono operation mode can easily be operated and the connector type is 1 x USB, 1 x video/audio output, 1 x DC power output and 1 x SD memory card expansion slot. The system requirements for PC connections in operating system are MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows ME and the battery supports required are 4 x AA Alkaline battery which is not included in package.
Pentax Optio S7 Digital Camera
January 13, 2008
Take impressive snaps with the new Pentax Optio S7 Digital Camera that comes in a compact size. Sleek looks and compact dimensions make the use of 
this device very easy. Though you are a professional photographer or an amateur photographer, this new digi cam allow you to click to brilliant snaps. The features and the specifications of this digital camera are also worth a note.
The new Pentax Optio S7 Digital Camera is a 7 mega pixels digital camera that has a CCD optical sensor of size 1/2.5". This new digital camera features a lot of advanced imaging options that include 4x digital zoom and 3x optical zoom facility and it also features motorized rive zoom adjustment too. The camera also has an integrated flash that supports arioso flash modes like Fill-in mode, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction and Soft mode. The effective flash range supported by the device ranges from 0.15 m to 5.1 m.
The built in display of the camera is an LCD TFT active matrix display that has a size of 2.5 inches. This colour display shows you how your images look like. The lens system of this new digital camera supports TTL contrast detection auto focus feature. The lens used is an aspherical lens and it also comes with a lens shield. Focus adjustments can be done both automatically and manually.
This colour supported digital camera supports MPEG-4 digital video format and various shooting modes. The shooting modes supported include Landscape, portrait mode, text, surf & snow, PET, food, flower, night scene, sports mode, frame composition and kids. The special effects that this camera supports are Soft, Black & White, Sepia, Slim, Colour, Black & White Red filter, Black & White Blue filter, illustration and Black & White Green filter. The white balance modes are custom, automatic and presets and the white balance presets are fluorescent, tungsten light, daylight and shade. The still images are stores as JPEG files in the camera.
Additional Features:
• Audio recording
• Direct print
• USB 2.0 compatibility
• RGB primary colour filter
• Auto power save
• Digital noise reduction
• Date/time stamp
• DPOF support
• Digital image rotation
• PRINT Image Matching,
• PictBridge support
• Histogram display
• AF lock
• In-camera red-eye fix
• Face-priority AF function
• Brightness control
• In-camera film editing
The new Pentax Optio S7 Digital Camera supports a self timer delay up to 10 seconds. The device supports an integrated memory of 23 MB and also supports SD Memory Card and SDHC Memory Cards. The camera also supports a SD Memory Card expansion slot for more memory. The connector types supported by the camera are one USB port, one composite video/audio output and one DC power input. The camera comes included with a Li-ion rechargeable battery that has a capacity of 710 mAh. The total weight of the camera is 100 grams. Its depth is 2 cm, height is 5.4 cm and its width is 8.6 cm.
Panasonic Lumix DMC LX2 Digital Camera
January 11, 2008
Panasonic is one of the most popular brands in the category of electronic devices. Now this well reputed brand introduces Panasonic Lumix DMC LX2 Digital
Camera to the UK people which will bring you stunning outputs using features like 4x optical zoom, CCD image sensor, 10.4 MP resolution, 4x digital zoom, auto focus, 15 fps video speed, motion JPEG, exposure control, shutter speed from 60 to 1/2000 seconds, 2 frames per second and 13 MB built-in memory.
The quality of image will be fabulous as the device offers image resolution up to 10.2 MP. A CCD image sensor has been equipped to enhance the outputs. Users can zoom up to 4x digitally and optically. Maximum focus length has been limited up to 6.3 to 25.2 mm.
Users can get distinct image resolutions like:
• 2304 x 1728
• 2048 x 1536
• 2048 x 1360
• 1600 x 1200
• 1280 x 960
• 3072 x 1728
• 2560 x 1712
Like the same way users can shoot videos with video resolutions like:
• 320 x 240 (QVGA)
• 640 x 480 (VGA)
• 1280 x 720
• 848 x 480
Users can shoot a maximum of 15 frames per second. Panasonic Lumix DMC LX2 Digital Camera has the stuff to cope up with certain file formats like JPEG and QuickTime. The aperture range of the device has measured as f2.8/f4.9 (w/t). The shutter speed ranges from 60 to 1/2000 seconds. The following are the some essential white balance modes:
• Auto
• Daylight or Sunny (Preset)
• Cloudy (Preset)
• Shade (Preset)
• Halogen (Preset)
• Flash (Preset)
Manufacturer offers a built-in SD card and users can utilize internal memory of 13 MB. The three compression modes supported are basic, fine and uncompressed. It can perform distinct type of compressions like DPOF, EXIF 2.2, raw range and JPEG. You can use of various flash functions like:
• Flash Off
• Auto Flash
• Red-eye Reduction Flash
• Slow Sync
• Forced On
Panasonic Lumix DMC LX2 Digital Camera has come with a viewfinder in LCD panel and USB interface, Video Out, Li-Ion battery power supply. With the support of the battery 300 images can be captured. Manufacturer offers built-in microphone and built-in speaker. It has been made with the dimensions as 5.6 x 10.6 x 2.6 cm as height, width and depth. Panasonic has been marketed the unit with 0.19 kilo grams of weight.
Olympus FE-250 Compact Digital Camera
January 10, 2008
Digital cameras are available at affordable prices nowadays and therefore you can invest some amount to buy an ideal digital camera. Olympus FE-250
Compact Digital Camera comes from well known brand called ‘Olympus’. The camera is designed with unique features to offer wonderful results.
You can expect photographs with the maximum resolution up to 8 Mega Pixels. Users can get Olympus Master CD software in addition to AV cable and a battery charger. Get remarkable advantage of 16 MB internal memory to store the images. You can zoom up to 4x digitally and 3x optically. Two exposure modes are automatic and program. It has an LCD display which is designed with 2.5 inches in size. It supports video recording with sound.
Manufacturer has uniquely designed the device with the compact dimensions as 1.67 (D) x 9.1 (H) x 5.9 (W) cm. The optimum focal length of Olympus FE-250 Compact Digital Camera is measured as 35 to 105. Standard lens are quipped to offer stunning outputs. Self timer option allows the user to take snaps by setting time. You can choose any one of the flash mode from the below list:
• Auto
• Fill in
• Red eye reduction
VARIOUS SHOOTING MODES
• Fireworks
• Indoor
• Night scene portrait
• Scenery
• Sports
LIST OF ACCESSORIES OFFERED BY OLYMPUS
• Strap
• LI-42B lithium ion battery
• LI-40C lithium Ion battery charger
• USB cable
• AV cable
• Instruction manuals
• Warranty card
• Software CD-ROM
