Getting Your Kid Into Digital Cameras

Advantages: Features Like Any Regular Digital Camera
Disadvantages: 16 MB Internal Memory and No Zoom Capabilities

...No digital camera review on CIAO would be complete without a few entries about cameras designed for kids. After all, kids are almost universally enthusiastic about taking pictures. And parents with a love of photography often pass down their passion to their children. But digital cameras are not always kid-friendly, due to fragile construction, price, or complicated menus and buttons. The newest trend in children's electronics is a group of digital cameras made especially for small children. These cameras are easy to hold, come in bright colors that kids love, and have many of the same features as grown-up digital cameras. Kids love them. The VTech KidiZoom Digital Camera is one of the top digital cameras for kids. This camera was made with fun in mind. Kids like the KidiZoom's large LCD screen and the onboard photo editing options...

bennyong 21.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of VTech Kidizoom Camera Pink

Camera Bubble

Advantages: Watertight, Floats very easily, Safe
Disadvantages: Floats very easily, "The Scare Factor", space for the flash

...You buy a new camera, so what's the best way to try it out? That's right, take it underwater! We'd been planning a holiday to Egypt for some time, and you really cannot visit Egypt and not go diving or at very least snorkelling, so i decided to buy one of these. What is it? The UA is the entry level underwater camera housing from Ewa Marine, costing between £120 and £150 and made from a very tough double-laminated PVC sheet. There are many more available, which will accommodate different sized cameras, lenses and flash gun combinations. So what do you get for your money? The UA Underwater kit comes in a bright yellow carry case and the package contains the plastic housing with a sealed glass window for the lens, a lens extender / protector and a pre-cut foam pad to help support the camera. There is also a hand strap...

amartin13 12.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Ewa-marine U-A Underwater SLR Camera Housing

Life Through A Lens

Advantages: Friendly Atmosphere
Disadvantages: Not A Tourist Destination

...I am sure very few people will have heard of this place let alone have been to it. Those amongst us who are fans of the game of football may have come across the name from previous encounters with Arsenal and from the Fifa 2002 World Cup. However, not only is it famed for its football club but it provides the region with numerous activities for those passionate Frenchmen who have grown up here. To me Lens is a town from which my background is held in part. My mother was born in its vicinity and it remains the home of my grandparents; thus it holds a magic which is close to my heart. I have no doubt left you dear reader wondering where this review is heading, well... it is about time that we got on with the show... Location and Transport Links (the boring stuff) Lens is located in the North of France, the Pas-de-Calais region...

heideroosjes 29.01.2004 (28.01.2004) · Read review
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Review of Lens (France)

Beauty is in the camera lens

Advantages: Superb picture quality
Disadvantages: Flash is in the wrong place

.... The top of the camera has the power button which is small and difficult to accidentally press in your pocket but easy to use when you want to. It also has the shutter button which changes colour from red to green when the auto focus has done its bit and a dial settings selector which I'll discuss later. The flash is of a popup design on top of the camera on the left hand side so when it is not in use the lines of the camera aren't intruded upon. The front of the camera just consists of the impressive wide focus Schneider lens, the flash viewfinder and has Samsungs logos on it. The rear of the camera has a large 3 inch touch screen with several small buttons down the side of it which access the menu, slideshows and control the zoom. Overall the camera is very attractive and looks classy and elegant. The Flash The flash unit automatically pops...

Comperchris 03.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Samsung Lumix NV100HD

Nikon D40 SLR Camera

Advantages: A superb camera
Disadvantages: None

...! The camera is compact and a very reasonable weight compared to most of its competitors. It offers a full range of shooting modes and various combinations of auto/manual. It took me a while to get competent enough to start using it to anywhere near its full capabilities. My previous camera was also 6mp and produced excellent photos, the photos produced by the D40 are amazingly better ! Whether this is due to better processing or having a "proper" lens I don't know, but the difference is stunning. I was a bit concerned about battery life on a relatively large camera like this, but the Nikon battery just goes on for ever, despite having to power the electronics, the mirror, shutter, a large screen and the auto focus motor. I use a 2gb card (none supplied with camera) which holds 560+ photos at "best" jpeg quality, if you reduce the quality you...

moonrakerz 09.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Nikon D40

Canon Lens

Advantages: Lightweight
Disadvantages: None

...This is a good quality lens that offers good value for money. It's a great lens for any canon enthusiast and incorporates plenty of features that I would highly recommend. This really is a wonderful piece of kit that should go well with many accessories because it really looks good. After using this product for a few months I have not so far come up against any reliability issues but only time will tell. I therefore would recommend the product. However, always think carefully as to whether you actually really need something before you buy it. We buy so many things nowadays that we don't really need. Product Features * Product Description: Canon EF telephoto zoom lens - 70 mm - 300 mm * Lens System: Telephoto zoom lens * Mounting Type: Canon EF * Lens Aperture: F/4.0-5.6 * Focal Length: 70 mm - 300 mm...

Nazuku 13.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Canon EF zoom lens - 70 mm - 300 mm F/4.0-5.6

Cheap lens = cheap photos!

Advantages: Worst lens for a professional but good to start out with; cheap; easy to learn with;
Disadvantages: Worst lens for a pro, frontal element rotates,

...Must make this clear that it is the older version of 18-55mm before they upgraded it to fit the 450D and above. So 400D and below. When starting out in photography; most people get entry level camera body like 400D Canon EOS, this lens comes with the body to form the basic kit lens. As far as I know, you cannot purchase this lens officially with its boxes and such, you can buy one off Ebay for a reduced price of £50 or so without its boxes. Before purchasing the entire kit, you will have to realise that the lens will have to be replaced very soon as it does not perform as well as its counterparts such as Canon 24-105mm for example. So do not expect high quality photographs from this lens. The build quality is quite plastic-y and rather light, which made me uncomfortable with its seemingly fragility. The entire lens...

Annallon 03.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon EF-S zoom lens - 18 mm - 55 mm F/3.5-5.6

Kitsch Kit Lens

Advantages: Keeps the dust off the sensor!
Disadvantages: Poor quality. Poor build quality, Poor performance.

...I have both purchased and won several entry level Canon DSLR's, each of which have been furnished with this 'kit' lens. It is quite obviously the result of cost-cutting exercises at Canon in an effort to keep a headline grabbing low prices for the camera/lens combinations as advertised in the photographic press and at point of sale. This is very evident in the build quality of the lens. It is really quite poor. Very plasticy, extremely light (too light in my opinion) and somewhat 'sloppy' in it's fit and finish. Certainly NOT a lens to fill the purchaser with pride and even less so, confidence. This is born out by results. Lens quality is quite poor mostly, although quite good results can be obtained when shooting wide to mid zoom range at f/8 to f/11. Results at the tele end of the zoom are not so good, except when shooting at f...

davecham 26.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Canon EF-S zoom lens - 18 mm - 55 mm F/3.5-5.6

The SLR Camera of the FUTURE!!!

Advantages: Everything, it's perfection in its most perfect form.
Disadvantages: If you drop, you pay the price!

...At last, a miracle in SLR technology. The Canon EOS focuses back to the 'old school' photographers world and can help even an amateur into a new dimension of imagery. Memory storage is not a problem with a fully accessible and easy to use flash space. Weighing less than a kg, the camera can be carried with minimal effort to any location (be it jungle to skyscraper). A fully adjustable shutter speed can help you capture those city lights to moving people. There are no limits to this SLR, and with a price of around £700, its well worth the spend. Just be sure to note that the active matrix screen is not made to be dropped, so always carry it around your neck please ladies and gentleman!...

Mr.Freeman 29.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Canon EOS 40D

A lens for sport and wildlife

Advantages: Excellent over all range
Disadvantages: Weight and possibly cost

...The Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 APO AF/HSM zoom lens is a medium sized, medium weight and rather expensive lens. It is not a lens for anybody. But if your interest is in wildlife photography or sports photography then this is the lens for you. First the Technical aspects. High Performance Will fit Sigma, Mintola, Nikon, Pentax, and Canon Group/elements 16/20 Angle of view (degrees) 46.8 - 5 No of blades in diaphragm 9 Minimum focus 100-300/39.4 - 18.1 Magnification 1:5.2 Filter 86mm Dimension diameter x length (mm/in) 95x216/3.7x8.5 weight (g/oz)1859/65.2 It can be mounted on a wide variety of cameras. Best to make sure that Sigma makes the lens for your type of camera. I understand that it takes a different chip for each camera. A very useful feature is a Zoom lock. This revents zoom creep when the position...

Coloneljohn 25.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 EX RF HSM lens