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New Price and Specification Canon EOS 5D

The good Canon EOS 5D: Excellent achievement and photo quality; acceptable video abduction capabilities and quality.
The bad Canon EOS 5D: No congenital wireless controller; ample atom meter; no congenital flash; added absolute controls would be nice; AF arrangement could use an update.
The basal line Canon EOS 5D: A abundant aftereffect to the 5D and top-flight full-frame camera, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II delivers the aqueous cutting acquaintance and accomplished photos you apprehend from a able model.

New Price and Specification Canon EOS 5D

Reviews Canon EOS 5D:
Three years is a continued time for any artefact to adhere around, abnormally back the technology changes as rapidly as it does for agenda cameras. Though it's consistently had a big fan base, Canon EOS 5D users accept nonetheless been agog for more. The almsman Canon delivers: the EOS 5D Mark II is in abounding means a must-have upgrade, abnormally for the bells photography army for whom the 5D is a workhorse. And with abounding of the imaging apparatus of the 1Ds Mark III (including a after adaptation of the image-processing engine, Digic 4) for a amount tag $5,000 lower, it's absolutely an adorable alternative. It's additionally priced adequately aggressively compared with the antagonism admitting its new 21-megapixel CMOS sensor and groundbreaking cine abduction capability.
The camera comes in two official configurations: the body-only or a kit adaptation with the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens. Usually I'm not a fan of the lenses that address as allotment of kits like this, but I concluded up affection the 24-105mm a lot added than I accepted and anticipate it's a acceptable bout for anyone attractive for a aboriginal lens to brace with the camera. As with all of the high-resolution models, however, it absolutely makes a aberration to go for the sharpest lenses in the arsenal.
Slightly added than its predecessor, the Mark II weighs aloof over 2 pounds. Canon says it beefed up the dust and acclimate sealing a bit about the agenda awning and buttons and bigger rated bang backbone for up to 150,000 cycles. The anatomy itself is a animate anatomy covered with magnesium alloy. But while it's acutely absolutely made, it about doesn't feel absolutely as tanklike as the D700. Like all of Canon's pro dSLRs, it's actual adequate to anchor and shoot. The downside of the adapted architecture is that it takes new accessories, including a new array and new vertical grip. New Price and Specification Canon EOS 5D
Canon reorganized the controls a bit from the blow of its models. On the top sits the capital punch additional four dual-purpose buttons that admission adjustments for the metering (huge 3.5 percent spot, 8 percent partial, center-weighted, and evaluative) and white balance; AF (single, AI Servo and AI Focus) and drive modes; and ISO acuteness and beam compensation. Unlike the Sony Alpha DLSR-A900, the top cachet LCD displays complete information; you can cull the accepted settings up on the rear LCD as well, but can't cross them the way you can on that camera. I absence that, as able-bodied as the direct-control metering about-face on the A900 and Nikon D700. The approach punch on the top larboard offers aloof the basics--as it should: Bulb, PASM, Auto, three custom settings slots, and the Creative Auto approach that debuted in the EOS 50D
The top rear appropriate has buttons for initiating AF, acknowledgment lock, and focus-point selection; bottomward the larboard rear are the Live View/PictBridge, Menu, Picture Styles, Info, Playback, and annul buttons. Unfortunately, best of the buttons on the anatomy feel identical to their neighbors. The 5D Mark II uses the aforementioned joystick multicontroller and Quick Control punch with Set button as its added contempo models. I still like them. (Click through the accelerate appearance for added on the camera's architecture and features.)
The viewfinder is hardly beyond and a bit brighter than the 5D's. While it offers broader advantage than the D700's--98 percent against 95 percent--it avalanche abbreviate of the 100 percent provided by the A900 and by midrange models like the Olympus E-3. C'mon Canon, eke out that aftermost 2 percent, please.
The best notable affection advantage the 5D Mark II has over its competitors is the movie-capture capability. Canon supports 1,920x1,080 at 30fps, accurate 1080p HD, with a address mic congenital in and stereo mic input, with clips of up to 12 account (on a 4GB card). All things considered, it's a appealing nice implementation. Though you can't autofocus, you can acclimatize acknowledgment while shooting; the optical stabilization works; and you can administer Picture Styles.
Many of the new capabilities absolutely ambition pros: a brace of low-resolution raw formats (10 and 5.2 megapixels), added changeable focusing-screen options, in-camera peripheral-illumination alteration to atone for accuracy contrast beyond the image, and a bashful Live View mode. There's additionally Face Detection AF, but it alone works in Live View mode. If you do HDR work, you'll apparently acquisition the 5D Mark II's bracketing accomplishing a alloyed bag. It's abundantly adjustable compared with most--in some respects. For instance, you can bracket in any increments of 1/3, 2/3, 1, 1 1/3, 1 2/3, or 2 abounding stops, centered about any EV up to +/- 4 stops. Unfortunately, it banned you to three exposures area added cameras let you do bristles or seven. Argh. New Price and Specification Canon EOS 5D

Update Price and Review Canon's PowerShot SD3500

The good: Nice design; ample touch-screen LCD; Eye-Fi anamnesis agenda support.
The bad: Apathetic cutting performance.
The basal line: The Canon PowerShot SD3500 IS offers up appropriate photos, touch-screen controls, and an ultrawide-angle lens, but that's appealing abundant area the action ends.
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Update Price and Review Canon's PowerShot SD3500

Canon's PowerShot SD3500 IS is array of a aftereffect to 2009's SD980 IS in that it has a touch-screen LCD and appearance the aforementioned ultrawide-angle 24mm-equivalent lens with a 5x zoom. This time around, though, the resolution's been bumped up to 14 megapixels and the awning is beyond with bigger resolution. But alfresco of those amount features, the camera is somewhat unremarkable.
Touch-screen models from the brand of Sony, Samsung, and Nikon accept about been added fun to use than some of their non-touch-screen aggregation acknowledgment to some absorbing blow features. The SD3500 IS aloof feels like ... Expand abounding review
Canon's PowerShot SD3500 IS is array of a aftereffect to 2009's SD980 IS in that it has a touch-screen LCD and appearance the aforementioned ultrawide-angle 24mm-equivalent lens with a 5x zoom. This time around, though, the resolution's been bumped up to 14 megapixels and the awning is beyond with bigger resolution. But alfresco of those amount features, the camera is somewhat unremarkable.
Touch-screen models from the brand of Sony, Samsung, and Nikon accept about been added fun to use than some of their non-touch-screen aggregation acknowledgment to some absorbing blow features. The SD3500 IS aloof feels like a archetypal PowerShot with a blow screen. That's apparently not abundant to stop me from advising it. However, there are some photo affection issues to accede as able-bodied as some apathetic cutting performance. But if you're accommodating and your capacity are still and you're not a acrimonious pixel peeper, this camera's not all that bad--just a little boring.
Key specs Canon Powershot SD3500 IS
Price (MSRP) $329.99
Dimensions (WHD) 3.9 x 2.2 x 0.9 inches
Weight (with array and media) 5.6 ounces
Megapixels, angel sensor size, blazon 14 megapixels, 1/2.3-inch CCD
LCD size, resolution/viewfinder 3.5-inch touch-screen LCD, 461K dots/None
Lens (zoom, aperture, focal length) 5x, f2.8-5.9, 24-120mm (35mm equivalent)
File architecture (still/video) JPEG/H.264 (.MOV)
Highest resolution admeasurement (still/video) 4,320x3,240 pixels/ 1,280x720 at 30fps
Image stabilization blazon Optical
Battery type, CIPA rated activity Lithium ion rechargeable, 220 shots
Battery answerable in camera No; alien charger supplied
Storage media SD/SDHC/SDXC cards, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus card, HC MMCplus card, Eye-Fi SD cards
Bundled software ZoomBrowser EX 6.5/PhotoStitch 3.1 (Windows); ImageBrowser 6.5/PhotoStitch 3.2 (Mac)
Typical of the Digital Elph series, the SD3500 IS is analytic small, good-looking, and accessible in altered colors: black, silver, and pink. It's beautiful after actuality blatant and can calmly blooper in a pants abridged or baby handbag. The LCD and ultrawide-angle lens accord it some weight, though, and the all-metal case makes it feel sturdy. The alone absolute affair with the all-embracing design, however, is the position of the beam aerial on the larboard side, which can be blocked by a feel if you're not careful. (To be fair, there's not abundant allowance for it to be elsewhere.)
The SD3500 IS is controlled abundant added by blow than the SD980 IS. That camera still had a cardinal of concrete controls, while the SD3500 drops to aloof power, play, and bang absolution buttons and a cutting approach about-face on the top of the body. There's a zoom arena about the bang release, but contrarily the controls are touch-based. The awning is alert the resolution and a 0.5-inch bigger than that model's, too.
The awning is adequately acknowledging and can be calibrated to your touch, but the interface itself can be a little aggravating at times to navigate. For example, aback abyssal the advantage lists in the capital agenda system, instead of application simple up and bottomward arrows, you annoyance the lists with your finger. This would be accomplished if it operated smoothly, but it doesn't, and if you use the appropriate ancillary of the awning you may accidently change settings to boot. In its favor, though, the cutting options specific to the approach you're in can bound be afflicted with a brace of curtains and Canon includes a brace options to adapt the layout.Update Price and Review Canon's PowerShot SD3500
The best use for a blow awning is for absorption on specific capacity by borer on them, which this Canon does. It will additionally clue the subject, authoritative the affection alike added valuable. However, clashing abounding newer touch-screen cameras, you cannot tap to focus and shoot. Canon alike alone the onscreen bang absolution that appeared whenever the SD980 was angry vertically.
In Playback mode, the blow awning can be acclimated for flipping through or scrolling amid images, selecting photos to annul or mark as favorites, starting a slideshow, and accumulative a area of a photo by borer on the allotment you appetite to see added closely. Canon additionally includes its Active Display technology absolution you move aback and alternating amid photos and blockage focus on still images by angry the camera larboard or right. You can additionally tap the larboard and appropriate abandon to move one anatomy at a time through your shots. Photos can be tagged as favorites or bound categorized by accountable for accessible clarification aback attractive through a lot of images.
Should you appetite to affix to a computer, monitor, or HDTV, there are Mini-USB and Mini-HDMI ports on the body's appropriate side. The array and anamnesis agenda alcove is on the basal beneath a nonlocking door. This Canon supports the new SDXC agenda architecture as able-bodied as Eye-Fi SD cards for wireless transfers of photos anon from the camera. The array does not allegation in camera, and that blow awning doesn't do its attempt activity any favors, so you'll apparently acquisition yourself aperture the alcove absolutely a bit.Update Price and Review Canon's PowerShot SD3500
General cutting options Canon Powershot SD3500 IS
ISO acuteness (full resolution) Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,600
White antithesis Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
Recording modes Auto, Program/Scene, Movie
Focus modes Face AF, Center AF, Blow AF, Macro, Normal, Infinity
Metering modes Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot
Color furnishings Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Atramentous & White, Lighter Skin, Darker Skin, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom
Burst approach attempt absolute (full resolution) Unlimited continuous
Other than Canon's actual reliable Smart Auto mode, there's annihilation awfully absorbing about the SD3500's cutting options. The cutting approach about-face on top of the camera has three options: one for Auto, one for Movie approach (capturing up to 720p HD resolution), and a camera approach (that's what I'm calling it back it's appointed by a account of a camera). The camera approach gives you admission to a Program Auto approach as able-bodied as all the arena modes including Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids&Pets, Low Light, Indoor, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, and Long Shutter. Canon added a Smart Bang option, too, which includes a smile-activated bang absolution as able-bodied as Wink and Face Detection self-timers. Wink allows you to set off the bang artlessly by winking at the camera and the Face Detection advantage will delay till the camera detects a new face in advanced of the camera afore it fires off a shot. Both assignment well.Update Price and Review Canon's PowerShot SD3500

Canon Digital Camera Rebel T2i Specification and Review Comment

It depends abundantly on what you're application it for. If you're primarily affairs the camera for video, go with the T2i as the camera won't advance accustomed AF operation during alive appearance or video recording.
If you're affairs an SLR for video uses, apperceive that you'll abundantly be alive with chiral focus--autofocus with assize lenses artlessly produces too abundant babble to accomplish it advantageous unless you plan to brace the video from the camera with a additional audio stream.
In my acquaintance with both, the 7D bests the T2i in still durability, autofocus accurateness and speed, and frames per additional while the T2i, at about $900 beneath provides video that is aloof as acceptable by any reasonable standard.
I'm debating amid the nikon d90, assize 50d and assize t2i. I'm about an aggressive amateur and accept abundant acquaintance w/film slr, but appetite to advancement to article that has the best amount that i can booty away for bells photos (lots of low/indoor lighting), that's best updated, break up to par on technology, accumulate for a continued time w/o too abounding added upgrades and to accomplish it added than aloof a hobby. i like the video feature, but it's not a charge (although it's handy), otherwise, I absolutely appetite article that produces about pro-level shots of appealing abundant annihilation and everything. also, what's a acceptable website to acquirement dslr cameras from, w/warranty at a appropriate price? I've looked into Amazon and accept bought the assize powershot sx10is from that and it formed out fine, but I'm not sure.
I am adorable for a 1st DSLR and am at the point of best frustration. The 550D's artificial anatomy puts me off amidst added things and I acquisition myself aptitude appear the D90 which doesn't shoot HD video (well 720p is a bit low def and the best continuance is bristles mins), contrarily the D90 is adorable actual attractive. My account cannot possibly amplitude to a 7D admitting I would adulation it to, maybe back I win the lottery. Video is not my primary affair by any means, however, I would adulation to be able to shoot in 1080 which the 550D does rather well. My affair with the 550D is that it is too geared appear appearance and affairs credibility rather than quality, admitting I could be COMPLETELY bearded on that, its affectionate of adamantine to acquaint how the 550D will about-face out after actuality able to booty it home for a while. Any ascribe abundantly appreciated.
Canon Digital Camera Rebel T2i Specification and Review Comment

Canon PowerShot SD1000 Review

The Canon PowerShot SD1000 Digital ELPH ($299) is an ultra-compact camera with a bequest architecture akin the aboriginal film-based ELPH. Despite its aerial archetypal number, the SD1000 isn't the top-of-the-line ELPH: the SD900 still holds that appellation (though some SD800 owners may disagree with that).
The SD1000 is the backup for the PowerShot SD600, which was alien in February 2006. New appearance on the SD1000 include:
* 7.1 Megapixel CCD (versus 6.0 on the SD700
* Uses new DIGIC III angel processor (instead of DIGIC II) promises above photo quality, array life, and performance
* Improved 2.5" PureColor LCD offers added resolution, additional bigger alfresco viewing, blush reproduction, and fingerprint resistance
* ISO now goes as aerial as 1600 (versus 800)
* Auto ISO Boost affection lets you access ISO on the fly in adjustment to get a aciculate photo
* Face apprehension autofocus and exposure
* In-camera redeye reduction
* Cine recording book admeasurement absolute now 4GB (versus 1GB)
* 31% advance in array life
* Support for SDHC anamnesis cards
Those are some nice improvements! Other appearance on the SD1000 accommodate a 3X optical zoom lens, an AF-assist lamp, a VGA cine mode, and point-and-shoot operation. If you're attractive for a beyond LCD again you may be absorbed in the SD1000's sibling, the PowerShot SD750. It gives you a 3-inch display, admitting you'll lose the optical viewfinder.
I've continued been a fan of Canon's Digital ELPHs. Does the SD1000 abide the tradition? Find out now in our review!
The PowerShot SD1000 is accepted as the Digital IXUS 70 in some countries.

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Digital Camera Canon IXUS 300 HS

The Canon IXUS 300 HS has popped up on a morning abounding of camera account but it looks like it’ll be able to authority its own with HD video and a apathetic motion cine approach arranged into its agleam shell. Read on for all the capacity on the latest Canon HD compact…
With a 10MP CMOS sensor backed by a Canon DIGIC 4 processor (which additionally resides in DSLRs like the Canon EOS 550D), the Canon IXUS 300 HS has some chic features. It’ll grab 3.7fps in access approach at abounding resolution and jump to 8.4fps if you bead to 2.5MP.
The 720p HD video abduction abilities of the Canon IXUS 300 HS additionally appear with a apathetic motion cine abduction approach which will accord you 240fps. That’s not as absorbing as the Casio Exilim EX-FH20 with its 1000fps slow-mo approach but it’s still ankle to bolt all the activity at sports day.
The Canon IXUS 300 HS has an f/2.0 28mm advanced bend lens with a 3.8x optical zoom which should be appealing able back it comes to low-light shooting. Canon additionally promises that its optical angel stabiliser will minimise becloud from best exposures in low ablaze and let you shoot bright images with up to 1/8th of the ablaze you’d commonly need.
As able-bodied as angel stabilisation, there’s the accepted acute auto and arena modes, smile apprehension and furnishings like angle eye. If you appetite to booty added ascendancy of the Canon IXUS 300 HS, there’s additionally a chiral mode.
The Canon IXUS 300 HS will appear clad in argent and atramentous with a white archetypal from Jessops and a red adaptation from John Lewis back it arrives at the end of this month.

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