Fujifilm FinePix E900 Review
DigitalCameraReview.com has posted a review of the FinePix E900 by Fujifilm.
The A620 is in virtually every area of consideration other than native resolution (the difference between 7 and 9 megapixels is much less obvious than the difference between 4 and 5 megapixels), a better imaging tool than the E900. So, unless you need the few extra millimeters of wide-angle coverage or plan to enlarge lots of your images to poster size, my recommendation is to buy the A620.
The best things about this camera are the controls, zoom, format, and photo quality. The camera suffers, however, due to poor low light focusing and chromatic abberation.
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Nikon D200 Review
DC Resource has reviewd Nikon’s D200 digital camera.
Their verdict:
What I liked:
- Excellent photo quality, redeye not a problem (though see issue below)
- Built like a tank
- Large, bright, and sharp 2.5″ LCD
- Full manual controls, and then some
- Super fast performance, amazing continuous shooting mode
- Tons of custom settings; camera can store four sets worth
- Handy “recent menu”
- In-camera help system
- AF-assist lamp
- Superb battery life
- USB 2.0 High Speed supported
- All the expandability you’d expect from a D-SLR
What I didn’t care for:
- Images a bit noisy at higher ISO settings
- Expensive
- Included software doesn’t allow for RAW image manipulation; Nikon Capture should be included, and not $100
- Suffers a bit from button clutter; can be difficult to use
- Zoom and scroll feature harder to use than it should be
Panasonic DMC-LZ5 Review
Photography Blog has posted a review of the Panasonix DMC-LZ5.
“The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 is a versatile, fairly compact camera that is positioned between the ultra-compact, 3x zoom cameras and the bigger, SLR-like ultra-zoom models. The DMC-LZ5 is designed to be a take-everywhere, do almost everything well kind of camera, and for the most part it succeeds in this aim.”
and
“Unfortunately there is an even bigger image quality problem, namely noise, which was also a problem for the 8 megapixel DMC-LX1 that I reviewed recently.“
The Camera still got 5/5 stars and a highly recommended rating.
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Canon PowerShot SD30 Digital ELPH Review
Photoxels has reviewed the PowerShot SD30.
The Canon PowerShot SD30 Digital ELPH is a beautiful ultra compact digital camera that gives great looking pictures. If you take a lot of flash pictures, the results come out very good as long as your subject is portrait distance away (i.e. waist shot). It looks really good in black (with silver/chrome accents), but if you fancy something in another colour, it also comes in red, gold or violet.
Reinacker Compares 3 Photo-Sharing Sites.
Greg Reinacker of NewsGator has written up reviews for Flickr, Zoto and Smugmug.
He compares each of these to his personal basic requirements:
- Lots of storage space and bandwidth (I wanted to upload high-quality original images, from 2-4MB each)
- Galleries, where I could group my own photos together (by trip, subject, etc)
- Ability to password-protect certain galleries
- Ability to customize interface if I want to
- Relatively professional appearance (in case I happen to shoot a Pulitzer prize winner
- Reasonable cost
He says that Flickr did not look professional enough because of its non unique URLs
He found Zoto too slow and lack of customer support.
He found Smugmug to be just right.
Check out his Smugmug site by clicking here.
Canon EOS 20D Initial Impressions
The blogger at http://ilikecameras.com/ has posted his initial impressions about his new Canon EOS 20D.
So far the article is pretty inconclusive because the writer has not spent a lot of time with his new camera. He says that it’s a good upgrade from his 10D because he noticed a nice bit of performance increase. Everything else seems almost the same as his old 10D.
He concludes:
Overall I am pleased with the Canon EOS 20D. It fixes most of the areas the Canon EOS 10D struggled in. At first you might think you want the Canon EOS 20D to be more, to be more different, but once you get past that market driven thinking you will find yourself using and moving with the camera in short order without having to re-learn very much at all.
Canon SD550 / IXUS 750 review
Now this is a nicee review with PLENTY of amazing sample photographs.
This 7.1 megapixel camera seems to be another great quality consumer compact point and click camera by canon. Looks great to me from this review. Costs around $450.
The reviewers conclusion is:
Apart from our minor qualms about the tiny optical viewfinder, which is a bit awkward to use and only shows about 80% of the image area, the Canon SD550 is a welcome addition to the range of Digital Elphs. Its ultra compact size ensures you can take it with you wherever you go. Canon’s famed durability and robustness will guarantee years of picture taking pleasure and its stylish appearance and good performance make it an excellent choice for the photographer who wants an easy to use point-and-shoot camera. Add to this that apart from excellent photo quality it has got a very good movie mode and there is no doubt that you get a lot of camera for your money.
EDIT: It would be useful if I posted the URL eh? hehe sorry about that. Here is the URL for the review:
http://www.dcviews.com/reviews/Canon-SD550/Canon-SD550-review.htm
Steves Digicams - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-N1 Review
Steves Digicams - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-N1 - User Review
From the article:
The Sony Cyber-shot N1 is a nice digital package that offers great image quality, speedy performance, and a very cool touchscreen LCD. Its 8M Fine images have more than enough resolution to create stunning 13×19-inch borderless prints. We feel it will make a great choice for anyone who wants an extremely pocketable digicam with loads of high-end features. Taking pictures is a snap when using either of its fully automatic modes. With an MSRP of $500, we feel it offers a good value at the time of this review for an 8- megapixel consumer model.
Canon SD400 Review
The Good Advanced features for those wanting more than point-and-shoot
The Bad Too complex, and photos blur without the flash
The Bottom Line Lots of great extras, but Canon should have focused first on the basics.
Ouch. This one got a 3/5. It’s expensive, it’d difficult to use, the pictures are blurry and takes low quality videos. This one is getting a thumbs down.
If the SD400’s auto mode did a more competent job, this would make an excellent camera for both the complete beginner and the user looking to dabble in more advanced features. Instead, I’d reserve the SD400 for more accomplished users — especially those who don’t mind reading manuals and can shoot with a very steady hand.
Casio Exilim EX-S500 review
The Good Stylish, slim, great for outdoors and party photos
The Bad Struggled with some indoor shots. LCD can be dim in low light
The Bottom Line If you want a super portable camera, it’s very nearly perfect.
This one got a 4.5/5. You have to admit.. that does look very nifty! According to the review it takes “killer” shots as well.
All-told, it’s a near-perfect little model for the amateur who wants a high-performance digital camera in a tiny package.