Digital Cameras

Panasonic’s DMC-LX2 10.23 megapixel digital camera is a breakthrough in both price and quality. Featuring Optical Image Stabilization PLUS Intelligent ISO Control, this means the camera compensates for your hand-movement by moving the lens in the opposite direction BUT it also compensates for your subject’s motion by adjusting the ISO. So, it doubly solves the problem of blurry photos.

And it has a TRUE 16:9 widescreen CCD, so you’re capturing images that are wide, just like popular widescreen TVs. The joystick on the back of the camera lets you adjust ISO, white balance, TIFF/JPEG/RAW – giving you greater control, allowing you to exercise that artist in you. Its sells for under $500, an incredible new price low in the category. Read more

Panasonic’s new DMC-LX2 10.23 megapixel digital camera is a breakthrough in both price and quality. Featuring Optical Image Stabilization PLUS Intelligent ISO Control, this means the camera compensates for your hand-movement by moving the lens in the opposite direction BUT it also compensates for your subject’s motion by adjusting the ISO. So, it doubly solves the problem of blurry photos. Read more

The new Casio EX-S770 digital camera (available in silver, graphite blue and blazing red), features 7.2 mega pixels and 3X Optical Zoom. The large 2.8" wide super bright LCD makes viewing in bright outdoor light easier than ever before. It also features MPEG-4, Wide 16:9 High Quality Movie Mode for wide screen TV viewing. The camera also features a unique data mode that allows you to store any data you can print.

The Data Transport software enables computer data — including business documents, e-mail, and Web pages — to be automatically converted to JPEG format and transferred to the camera. For instance, tourist attractions and maps that users have looked up on the internet can be viewed on the camera’s LCD, eliminating the need to carry around a guidebook. The camera also includes PHOTO TRANSPORT for transferring stored photos in a PC to the camera. Read more

With Americans beginning to plan their Fall trips, the National Park Foundation (NPF) just released its 2006 “Top Ten Public Lands Photo Tips” – a list of 10 unique Fall photography experiences that you can only find in America’s parks and public recreation lands. This list was developed by experts from NPF and CASIO to serve as a travel and how-to guide for shutterbugs to share the experience of visiting national public lands.

The “Top Ten Public Lands Photo Tips” range from capturing the historical magic of Boston’s Freedom Trail to watching whales migrate down the shore in Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. These tips invite amateur photographers to examine some of the hidden gems that get overlooked within the nation’s diverse public lands system. Read more

The COOLPIX S7c is the most advanced compact digital camera that Nikon has ever released. The S7c is a 7.1 megapixel camera with a 3x Zoom-Nikkor ED glass lens with a One-Touch Portrait Button that acts as a shortcut to three Nikon In-Camera Image Innovations. The COOLPIX S7c also offers Vibration Reduction (VR), Pictmotion and a High-Sensitivity mode up to a 1600 ISO and the new Stop-Motion feature.

The S7c has Wireless transfer, which allows you to send pictures from the camera's memory to a computer or printer wirelessly. The COOLPIX S7c is also compatible with Nikon's new COOLPIX CONNECT service that lets you take pictures and then e-mail them to friends in seconds. Read more

My wife and I were swimming in Florida last year with our then two-year old son who knows we like taking pictures of him. The scene I am about to describe would have been less stressful with the Olympus Stylus 720 SW.

While sitting next to the steps of the pool our son wandered over to throw his toy stingray back in the pool. As I went after it our pride and joy grabbed our latest 5.0 megapixel camera and tossed it in the pool before I could say a word. I did my best to dive for it only to keep going into the 4-foot deep water to the bottom of the pool to retrieve the camera. One word, “ruined.” The Olympus R&D folks must have had a similar experience, and then developed a great camera, the 7.1 megapixel Olympus Stylus 720 SW. Read more

When I read the ads Sunday, I thought I had seen a typo: the popular Pentax *istDL digital SLR camera plus genuine Pentax zoom lens for only $499. After checking around, I learned that Pentax just announced a special rebate on this and certain other products for a limited time. The rebate on this DSLR is a whopping $100...you just send Pentax the UPC code on the box the camera body came in. This brings the total cost of camera and lens down from $599 to $499. This is one great camera; it has always been one of our favorites, and at this price, a super bargain. Read more

During the summer months, the temperature is not the only thing on the rise. So too is the use of digital cameras, specifically for trips to the beach, picnics, barbecues, vacations and sporting events.

With so many flashbulbs popping, here are a few ways to make your summer digital photos sparkle. Read more

The best kinds of memories are often triggered from viewing photos taken at spontaneous moments—sports games, laughing fits, dance parties, and so on. Unfortunately, many of those spontaneous moments are never captured, thanks to blurry photographs. Even cameras that have anti-blur features can be hard to use in spur of the moment situations. That’s where Sony’s Cyber-shot DSC-T30 camera comes in.

The DSC-T30 features two different forms of anti-blur protection. The Super Steady Shot optical image stabilization system detects shaky hand movement, and sends sensors to a stabilization lens to get rid of the blur. Shooting at the new shutter speed of ISO 1000 allows beautiful pictures to be taken at low light and fast speeds, eliminating some of the fast movement blur. Read more

Nikon’s new S6 COOLPIX digital camera features high-quality imaging performance and the new Pictmotion photo sharing technology. The S6 has 6.0 megapixels and a 3x Zoom-Nikkor ED Glass lens. With Nikon's Exclusive Feature System, users can automatically improve recorded images in-camera. The system includes: In-Camera Red-Eye Fix, Face-Priority AF (automatically finds and focuses on a persons face within the frame), D-Lighting (for adding light and detail where necessary), a Blur Warning and Best Shot Selector (BSS). Read more