Sony HDR-SR7E 60GB High Definition Camcorder
The ultra-compact, stylishly-designed HDR-SR7 Handycam comes with ClearVid CMOS Sensor, x.v.Colour and a Carl Zeiss? Vario-Sonnar?T* lens. Also featuring 60GB HDD that allows you to record 1080i HD movie for up to 22 hours.

Customer Review: I didn’t think I would buy a SONY
I just bought the camcorder from Amazon for my honeymoon trip next august

and it’s so cool….I love it even though its expensive but worth it because it will

live longer with you due to its new technology … usually I am not satisfied with Sony products

because of its lack of features but I liked this one …

you should buy a big battery with this one if you want to have more free time

and what I did is bought a charger coz if you charge it in the camcorder

it will take all day but with the charger it will take 4 hours or less depending on the size

of the battery…also try to get the wide angel lens and the tele lens if you want to take

nice shots …

Upsides: small, elegant, manual focus, high quality still images, HD or SD recording modes, HDMI output ready for hd TVs

Downsides: price, batteries is 90 mins only, lack of mini HDMI cable, in HD recording mode you only

can see the clips in the camera, PC, and a blue-ray hd dvd players

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You will receive one Power Rechargeable Battery. This Rechargeable Battery 100% fits and is properly matching !

Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery (originally packaged factory-new merchandise)

This high capacity rechargeable battery definitely disposes of more power than the original rechargeable battery included in delivery of the unit. This rechargeable battery can be used instead of the original rechargeable battery without any problems and can be recharged with the available standard power supply. The rechargeable battery is protected and secured against overcharge and short-circuits.

Features of this rechargeable battery:

• safety due to heat and overcharge protection
• real lithium-ion rechargeable battery, more power than the original rechargeable battery
• no memory effect recharge your battery whenever you like
• excellent fitting accuracy, certified quality merchandise, not an original accessory
• the standard battery charger can still be used

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From the moment it slips into your palm, the compact MVX35i will slip into your life. This super-stylish extension of your imagination does so much more than simply record. Beneath the lustrous metallic coat lies 2.2 Megapixel power in waiting: both super
Used Price: ?680.00
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The Sanyo Xacti CG6 incorporates a richly detailed 6.37 Megapixel CCD and Sanyo’s proprietary image-adaptive data processing technology. This ensures low noise in dark areas, as well as more beautiful realization of skin colors. A high-powered 5x optical zoom lens lets you get up close and personal with your subject, even more so if you pair it with the 12x digital zoom.
Customer Review: Compact - pocket sized camcorder.
I purchased this model for use on my field trips and interviews in the Amazon Rainforest and the Philippines. It fits in your pocket, and with the removeable SD cards you can have as much storage as you want. It does what it says on the box. It also takes reasonable quality still shots. All in all it’s compact size makes it a winner in my book (which is the reason I bought it). The only gripe is that the battery only lasts an hour (about 1GB of ‘footage’) before needing a re-charge, however I bought some spare batteries which are not expensive (on amazon.co.uk). Also it plugs into the PC via a USB or just use the SD card and you can watch your videos and stills rightaway.
Customer Review: Great little package
The first thing that hits you about this camera is the size. It is tiny, almost too small! After you have got used to its size it is surprisingly easy to use, initally there is a tendancy to hook your fungures around the top near the lens but you get used to the shape quickly. The controls are very easy to use one handed, my son has already created videos while commando crawling around. The quality is easily sufficient for my purposes and well up the the DV camera and better than the Hi8 camera I have had before. Not sure about the longevity of the battery jet because there has been a lot of playback but I managed to get a second for ?6 anyway. The only minus points I can find in the short time I have owned it are…. 1) The bundled software is poor, even just a patch so you can view in Windows Media Player would have been good, you have to install Quicktime to just view the movies 2) When you take advantage of the facility to take a still while videoing you get a pause in the video action but not the sound, then the picture jumps back to video. 3) The lens cap is really fiddily to get off. A filter thread would remove the need for a cap. All in all well worth the money, scary to think I paid ?800 for a Hi8 camera 16 years ago!
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JVC GR-D720 Mini DV Digital Camcorder
Compact easy-to-use DVC with amazing 28x Optical zoom and 16:9 Widescreen LCD

Customer Review: A no-brainer for your career.
Camcorders are highly underrated. Nowadays people think you can use your phone or digital camera to do the job, but nothing much compares to recording on a tool made for the job. Over the years I’ve recommended that people use a camera like this one to practice making speeches and presentations - this one is just the job - inexpensive, easy to use, and records onto DVDs, so you can watch the playback on your TV. Making presentations and being good on your feet is just so important nowadays. Practise making your speech or presentation on your feet in front of this camera, then review the results. Nothing will give you better, honest feedback than a camcorder - at this price it’s a no-brainer for advancing your career.

Customer Review: Absolutely Fantasic - No Other Way To Describe It
I got this camcorder today although not from amazon i went and got it from currys digital where it was ?149.58 which is cheaper than amazon was at the time and i have to say just how superb it really is! I havent had a camcorder in the past so i cant really compare it to another one but it really is fantastic and i can assure you that you will not get as good value for money with any other camcorder than you get with this it really is superb. Hope this has helped!!

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Aiptek DV 3500 MPEG 4 Digital Camcorder
Used Price: ?50.00

Canon DVK-204 Accessory Kit for Mini DV Camcorders - Contains Luxury Soft Carrying Case, Battery Pack BP-2LH, Digital Video Cassette DVME60
Canon DVK-204 - camcorder accessory kit
Amazon Price: ?32.61

Ex-Pro Digital Camera Charger Sony Camcorder charges NP-FA50, NP-FA70 for camera model :- DCR-PC55E, DCR-PC55ES, DCR-PC1000E
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Removing a Textured Pattern from a Scanned Photo - 5 Minute Digital Fix

One of the most common problems when dealing with scanned photographs as part of a digital restoration activity is that after scanning, the digital image appears to have a textured pattern to it.

This is often caused by the fact that the photograph in question has been printed on textured photographic paper.

This article will show you how to remove the un-desirable pattern effect without significantly loosing any of the important image detail.

The problematic photo may well be an old black and white, sepia, or even a more modern colour photograph.

(I remember Kodak introducing their “Silk finish” prints many years ago printed on a silky sheen textured paper!).

The example image on our web-site is an old black and white wedding photograph that has been printed on a textured paper.

If you look closely at the white cornice behind the bride and groom you can clearly see that the textured pattern of the photographic paper has been faithfully re-produced during the scanning of the photo.

Before we commence any major restoration work we would like to remove as much of the un-desirable textured pattern as is possible.

Step 1

Open the image up in Adobe Photoshop and the first step is to create a duplicate (copy) layer of the original image by selecting Layer-> Duplicate Layer .. and give the new layer an appropriate name.

Zoom in close enough to get an appreciation of how severe the textured pattern is, but keep some picture detail visible (especially people’s faces) so that you can easily judge how well the texture removal is proceeding without loosing too much important picture detail.

Step 2

With the duplicate layer active apply a Gaussian Blur by selecting Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur …

A pop-up option box will allow you to set the amount of Gaussian blur to apply to the image.

I generally start with a Radius = 1.5 and work up from there, constantly looking at the image to see the affect as I increase the blur radius.

Anything over a Radius = 5.0 will usually be far too harsh, so in the example on the web-site the required outcome is to “minimise” the texture pattern effect without compromising the important detail in the photo.

For our web-site example image I found I was able to set Radius = 3.5 without any significant loss of detail.

The example image is starting to “soften”, but the textured pattern has clearly diminished.

Step 3

Zooming out to have a look at the complete photo reveals that the un-desirable textured pattern has all but vanished with only minor softening of the important image detail.

Each photo you work on will have to be judged on its own merits when determining the amount of blur to apply.

But all is not lost on retaining that important image detail!!

Step 4

Remember … the Gaussian blur has been applied to the duplicate layer we created at the start of the exercise.

The original image, complete with texture, is sitting under the duplicate layer.

By using Photoshop’s Layer Blending Modes and Layer Opacity we can produce an image made up of a combination of both layers with some of the detail from the lower original layer showing through.

Again, each photo will be judged on its own merits and the setting I finalised on for our example image on the web-site may not be the same as you will find most suitable for your own images.

Try experimenting with the different blending modes and layer opacity settings.

I finally settled on a blending mode of “Luminosity” and Opacity of 85% for the Gaussian Blur layer.

Step 5

To finalise the image I then “flattened” the two layers into a single image layer by selecting Layer->Flatten Image.

Step 6

I then checked the tonal range of our combined layered image using the Levels command by selecting Image->Adjustment->Levels … and fine tuned the black, white and grey points.

Step 7

And last but not least, we can still bring a little bit more “sharpness” out of the image by finally applying a small amount of Unsharp Mask by selecting Filter->Sharpen->Unsharp Mask …

Experimenting with the various settings, I was able to settle upon Amount = 185%; Radius = 2.5 pixels; and Threshold = 50 levels.

And there you have it … the removal of an un-desirable textured pattern without significantly sacrificing important image detail.

If you find the steps being taken are a little hard to understand in this text based article, you can click on the link at the end of this article to see the same method explained on our website with the aid of example graphical images.

? Gary Wilkinson 2005 - All Rights Reserved

You can see this method complete with example images at Removing a textured pattern from a scanned photo

Feel free to re-print this article provided that all hyperlinks and author biography are retained as-is.

Gary Wilkinson is a photographer, photographic restorer and the owner of a photographic retail business. He is also the publisher of the http://www.restoring-photos-made-easy.com website, where other methods of correcting common photographic restoration problems are discussed.
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Silicon Power 1 gb Compact Flash card in retail packaging- life warranty
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i-nique (CLEAR) Silicone skin case Canon Ixus 65 / 630 + Screen Protection
Colour: Clear Frost - Made for i-nique Stylish silicone skin for your Canon Ixus Camera The cover has a secret anti-dust/static coating to ensure it keeps foreign agents to a minimum. Screen protection included

Hahnel Ultima Worldwide Compact Plug In Charger For Canon Digital Cameras Inc 12V Car Lead
The Ultima will rapid charge all Canon digital camera Li-ion Batteries form the mains or in the car. Hahnel Industries new innovative and fast Digital Camera Battery Charger. The PowerStation Ultima combines the proven concepts of the successful DCM and MCL Chargers. The PowerStation ULTIMA will be available for all major Brands and offers the most flexible charging solution for Digital Cameras. The interchangable Contact-Plate concept offers a charger solution which will charge all existing Lithium Ion Batteries of a particular Manufacturer. The ULTIMA charges Lithium Ion Batteries with 3,6V/3,7V and 7,2V/7,4V. The charger applies variable charge currencies for optimal charging. The PowerStation Ultima is a fast 1 to 2 hour Charger depending on the Battery capacity. This charger will rapid charge the following Canon original or Hahnel equivalents:- Canon NB-1L or Hahnel HL-1L/HL-1LHP Canon NB-2L/NB-2LH or Hahnel HL-2L/HL-2LHP Canon NB-3L or Hahnel HL-3L Canon NB-4L/NB-4LH or Hahnel HL-4L/HL-4LHP Canon BP-511 or Hahnel HL-511 Box contents:- Charger with US plug Slid on mains adapters for UK In car charging lead Several interchangeable charging plates, one for each type of camera battery from that manufacture.
Amazon Price: ?16.99
Customer Review: Comes with UK or Euro plug (not both)
Does what it says - the Canon version has 3 interchangeable plates depending on battery type. I have 2 Canon cameras with different batteries. Taking the charger with 2 plates on holidays will save some room, but not a huge amount as the charger is quite chunky. The description says “Foldable US-Mains plug and slide-on 2 Pin Euro or UK plug”. I assumed this meant that you could slide on either a Euro plug, or a UK plug - however it means that only one is provided (UK plug). So I still need an adapter to take this to Europe, which defeats part of the point of buying it.

Removing Spot Scratches in Your Treasured Photos - 5 Minute Digital Fix

Probably one of the most common problems you will be faced with in doing any type of digital photo restoration work will be to do with spot scratches on your old photos.

When we first look at those old black and white or early colour photos they often have small scratch marks and spots on them from being stored incorrectly.

These small spot scratches are easily perceived by your eye when you are looking at the photo, detracting from the overall subject matter.

Here is a very easy quick fix using Adobe Photoshop’s History Brush tool.

Our example “before” image on our web-site has numerous small spot scratches on the old sepia toned photograph.

The basic removal method described here can quickly and effortlessly bring those scratched photos back to (almost) their former glory using the History Brush Tool found in Photoshop.

This basic technique works extremely well for those types of images that have spot scratches in areas of the photo that do not contain a lot of detail.

As you can see in our example image on the web-site, the spots tend to be primarily on the background of the photo, making it ideal for this correction method.

Step - 1

Having opened up the image in Photoshop we will first apply the Dust and Scratches filter by selecting Filter->Noise->Dust & Scratches …

Set the Threshold to between 1 and 4 (I generally start with 1) and then increase the Radius until you see the spot scratches disappear.

Our example image on the web-site finally made the largest spot scratch on the left hand side of the photo disappear at a Threshold of 3 and Radius of 10.

All well and good but our image is now totally blurred!! Not really what we wanted to see is it?

This is where the History Brush tool comes into play.

Step - 2

Open up the History Palette by selecting Window->History if you cannot see the window already open.

We are going to create a “Snapshot” of the current state of the image in question by clicking on what looks like a little image of a camera at the bottom of the History Palette window (see the red arrow on the web-site image).

After clicking you will notice that the History Palette now shows an extra image icon called “Snapshot 1″.

This is a snapshot of the image that includes the effect of apply the Dust & Scratches Filter in Step 1.

Now click on the little square box to the left of Snapshot 1.

You will see a little “brush” icon appear which is now telling us that the “Snapshot 1″ image will be used as our “source” when we paint with the History Brush.

Remember … this snapshot image actually has none of the spot scratches on it because we made them disappear by applying the Dust & Scratches filter in Step 1.

Step - 3

Make the original (un-touched) history snapshot active by clicking on it (in the case of our example image this is “Restore-Before-Image.jpg”).

Select the History Brush from the main toolbar (this has the same icon as the little “brush” icon that appeared in the History Palette window).

We are now ready to “paint away” those spot scratches!!

Step - 4

I’m going to zoom in on the largest scratch on the left hand side of the photo to show you how we use the History Brush.

We selected the History Brush in Step 3.

Select an appropriate brush size and soft edges.

We now need to decide how to apply the brush to the scratches in question.

You will notice that the scratches in our example image are “lighter” than the surrounding image.

Step - 5

We need to paint “darker” pixels and as such we set the History Brush Mode: to “Darken” (Top Menu Bar option when you have the History Brush as the active tool).

This has the effect of “telling the History Brush” to only replace pixels on the original image with pixels from our snapshot if the snapshot pixel is darker.

Start to paint over the scratches and see what happens.

The scratches start to miraculously disappear as you paint over them.

They are being replaced with the underlying snapshot image pixels you created in Step 1.

The benefit of using this techniques is that you have complete control over which parts of the original image you “paint over” so as not to blur important details of the image had you just applied a Dust & Scratches filter to the whole image.

Now what if your scratches are darker than the surrounding image, I hear you ask?

Easy!! … just use a History Brush Mode: of “Lighten” instead of “Darken”.

You can experiment with all of the History Brush options - Mode, Opacity and Flow until you get the desired result.

The resulting “After” image has had all of the spot scratches removed easily without compromising on the photographic detail of the image.

And there you have it!!Less than five minutes of digital image manipulation to remove those unwanted spot scratches.

If you find the steps taking are a little hard to understand in this text based article, you can click on the link at the end of this article to see the same method explained on our website with the aid of example graphical images.

? Gary Wilkinson 2005 - All Rights Reserved

You can see this removal method complete with example images at Basic removal of Spot Scratches in Photos

Feel free to re-print this article provided that all hyperlinks and author biography are retained as-is.

Gary Wilkinson is a photographer, photographic restorer and the owner of a photographic retail business.

He is also the publisher of the http://www.restoring-photos-made-easy.com website, where other methods of correcting common photographic restoration problems are discussed.
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Sumnique Canon NB-4L for Canon POWERSHOT SD300

Digital Camcorder 9.9M Pixels,MP3,2.0″ TFT LCD,8X ZOOM,USB/AV OUT DDV-7000+
Modes: Digital Video / Still Photos / MP3 player / Audio Record / PC Camera /mass storage device Image sensor:3.2 Mega CMOSsensor /9.9Mega via interpolation Internal Memory:32MB Flash ,External: MMC or SD card Resolution :3720×27902048x1536pixels1024×786pixels Video Recording mode:640×480pixels; 320×240pixels PC Camera mode;640×480pixels; ;320×240pixels Digital Zoom:8X File Formats:AVIJPGWAVMP3 LCD Viewfinder:2.0TFT LCD(270 degree eddy) Exposure:Auto or EV +2.0~ -2.0 White balance: Automatic/Daylight/Tungsten/Fluorescent/Cloudy Shooting Mode;Single shot/Self-time shot Self-Timer:10s Delay Interface:USB2.0/ TV OUT/MP3 Lens: Fixed F=3.0, f=8.5mm Focus range:Macro:Center 20cm,Portrait:60cm-100cm;Normal:1.0m~infinity Shutter speed:Electronic Shutter,1/2~1/ 5000sec Flash: auto/off/ANTI-Red eyes Remote Control:Effective distance:in 5m OSD Language:Chinese/Japan/Portuguese/Nederlands/Korean /Russian Power Source: DC-IN/Li-ion battery(3.7V/950mAh) Automatic Energy Saving: 60s, 180s, 300s, Always on Size:95mm*57mm*30mm Weight:136g(Excluding battery weight) System Requirement For PC: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Leather Pouch Connecting Cables (AV cable)