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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Sony Cyber-Shot Digital Camera

Advantages: Anti shake feature
Disadvantages: None

...directly from Sony, from various electrical shops, supermarkets and internet electrical shops at bargain prices shop around for the best prices. This camera consists of the following specifications *7.2 mega pixel resolution allowing pictures to be enlarged up to a maximum of A3 size. *3x optical zoom lens bringing things closer to you to take pictures of. *High sensitivity mode of ISO 1250 for when the light is not very good and can also help correct movement from lowering your photo quality. *An LCD screen of 2.4 inches, making the viewing window brilliant for seeing what you are taking pictures of and helping you get the picture you want. *Multipoint auto focusing for accurately focused pictures, even if what you are taking pictures of has movement/is moving. *On screen function guide for extra easy usage * Histogram displays...

raregreyastra 13.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S730

My First Digital Camera - A Gushy Tribute

Advantages: Bargain buy and provides high quality pictures
Disadvantages: Bit on the bulky side

...Okay, I was walking down the main shopping street in Edinburgh, Scotland, and I passed a high-street electrical goods retailer. And there, in the window, I saw her!!! She was blown up in a large promotional poster, and allI could do was stare at her figure(s)! Reduced from 250 pounds to 129 pounds! 4 million pixels! Zoom! Flash! 60 second video recorder! I had to have her there and then! Luckily I had the money in my account as I had just received a nice little tax rebate (ha ha ha ha). What better way to spend free money than on my first digital camera. In the store, I was met by an extremely friendly and helpful clerk who showed me the camera. He was confident in the product as he didn't give me any instructions - only that the camera was very easy to use. My girlfriend has had a digital camera for quite a while, so some...

simon_hinds 22.06.2005 · Read review
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Canon IXUS 95 IS: The best amateur digital camera on the market

Advantages: Very high quality pictures for both print and web work.
Disadvantages: The bundled software that comes with it has a very Fisherprice feel about it.

...which comes with the camera - It's awful! Everything is so huge on it and hasn't been designed at all that well. It says that you need to install all of it on your PC/Mac system. But there is a way of bypassing this. On Windows XP, it should come up as an external device and you'll be able to get the photos from the camera that way. If on a MacOS X, just use a programme called 'Image Capture' and get the photos from your camera that way. It comes with many easy to use features: - Selectable megapixel sizes: 10MPG, 6MPG, 4MPG, 2MPG - 3.0x optical zoom (with an image stabiliser for those shakey hands moments) - Different shooting modes: Macro, Portrait, Nighttime, Snow, etc - Photo-effects: Sepia, Custom colour, Black and white - Compression modes: Normal, Fine and Superfine - Video capabilities Other key benefits this camera has are: - Smile...

loopz27 12.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon Digital IXUS 95 IS

Advanced and good value for money digital camera

Advantages: Good camera
Disadvantages: Price

...I bought this camera from marks and spencers for £279.99. This camera is great due to all the features that it has. It has a great 12x optical zoom, which even at 9x or 10x zoom, the pictures look quite clear and well taken photos. It has a good image stabilisation feature which allows you to take photos even if the object of person is moving very fast. Its battery life is quite good compared to most ordinary cameras which allows you to take 250 photos on average. It is a 10.1 megapixel camera which has a very high number of pixels for each picture, and I can say this is definitely so when I upload my pictures onto my laptop as the pictures are VERY clear and they still look good when zoomed in by half the size of the picture....

giftedreviewer 10.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7

The image is clearer with Sony

Advantages: Compact, easy to use and great results, (even for the novices)
Disadvantages: terribly small internal memory, smallish buttons, (but nothing to complain about)

.... Don?t get me wrong, I am by no means a professional photographer, to me a camera should be able to take a picture with as much ease as possible. I like the ?idiot proof? system most compact digital camera?s offer as it makes my life taking snaps a lot easier, so when I read the information booklet that comes with this Sony cyber-shot W220 I was happy to discover that this was one of those idiot proof camera?s I so liked. Firstly, let us get the specs out of the way? * Size of the unit is approximately 95 x 56 x 22 mm * 12.1 mega pixels * Weighing in at around 5 oz (145g) * Built in microphone and speaker * 2.7 inch LCD viewing screen. * Face recognition with priority * Scene recognition * Optical zoom * 4 times digital zoom * Self timer * Dynamic Range optimizer * Steady shot stabiliser * Smile detection...

blissman70 14.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony Cyber-shot W220 12.1MP Digital Camera

Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder

Advantages: Hi Resolution, 8mm tapes, hand-cam size, reliable.
Disadvantages: Just eye-piece viewfinder.

...at around a kilogram with battery and tape installed. The camera uses the SteadyShot? picture stabilization and I've got to admit that it has made a tremendous difference practically eliminating camera shake, although I found it became less and less effective at the top end of its zoom range which is a very respectable 20X optical and if you keep zooming in, the digital zoom takes over and takes it up to 80X. (46 - 920mm in 35mm still-camera terms - I think I've got that right). The audio playback is quite good, but you do get the usual whirring sound of the camcorder motor with the on-board stereo microphone. When I have videod a family function like speeches at wedding or party, I have a detachable mike, which eliminates this problem. For the technically minded, there is 12bit/16bit PCM Audio recording. Playback is 12bit/16bit PCM...

derek-j-a 14.07.2005 · Read review
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Review of Sony DCR-TR7000

Great Case For Sony Cyber-Shot Camera

Advantages: Wrist wrap, Leather case and good protection
Disadvantages: None

...The Sony Cyber Shot LCSNA is a case for the Sony Cyber Shot digital camera. I bought this to basically protect my digital camera is it's small and delicate. The other reason I got this case was that the camera is small and I just wanted it in a casing so it would be easier to handle and it wouldn't just slip out of my pocket easily. The case itself is black in colour, compact and light in design just like the camera and snugly holds the camera. The case is made from genuine leather and comes with a wrist strap for easy carrying and accessibility when you're out and about. The Cyber Shot logo is also embedded on the outside flap of the case which itself is Velcro for easy access. Main information: - Wrist strap - Black colour - Leather - Dimensions (WxDxH) 10.8 cm x 3.8 cm x 7.6 cm Overall the Sony Cyber Shot LCSNA case is...

Surj1 15.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony Cyber-shot LCSNA Case Digital photo camera

A 570mm Zoom Digital Camera

Advantages: upto 570mm zoom, movie mode, macro, a complete photography solution in one package
Disadvantages: slow to focus and shoot, no manual focus, advertising in software, registration terms and conditions

...Fuji FinePix 2800Zoom This digital camera is another in Fuji`s fine lineage. But I`m confused as to why other manufacturers aren`t offering any competition! No competition? It`s true, there is no competition in the sub-£500 digital camera market for a model with the equivalent of a 570mm zoom. What`s even more amazing is that I managed to pick mine up for just £269 brand spanking new. The full zoom option is only available in VGA resolution mode, the lowest available, and this is perfectly reasonable for website publishing. Even in high-resolution (2 megapixel - the highest) mode, you still have access to the 6x optical zoom, which equates to approximately 228mm. In between you also have access to the 2x digital zoom. At 1 megapixel resolution, when combined with the optical zoom, it can achieve a maximum zoom equivalence...

RobAnt 28.07.2002 (31.07.2002) · Read review
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Review of Fujifilm FinePix 2800 Zoom

So glad to be back to a Canon!

Advantages: Small, tough, simple and fast to use
Disadvantages: A little expensive

...leave the flash switched on with my Samsung as it seemed to use it when it wasn't required at all. The Canon seems to produce a nice sharp image in most indoor situations without resorting to using the flash, giving a more natural image. It will use it when needed though. The optical zoom is 3x, not a particularly high number, quite standard on compact cameras. There's a little dial around the button to take a photo, an intuitive place to put it in my opinion. If you're looking to produce some videos for youtube then it does produce high defintion video, but without the optical zoom. You can achieve playback directly to your TV via the HDMI connector on the camera, first time I've seen that feature and a great idea I think. I've been using a 4GB SDHC card in the camera and the photo write speed is very good. What really impressed me...

non_sense 28.03.2009 · Read review
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