Getting Your Photos Ready for Sharing

One of the main reasons people buy digital cameras is so they can share their photos with others. Even if you are just going to print your photos for yourself, you will want them to look their best. Here are some tips on getting your images ready for sharing or printing.

1. ORGANIZE YOUR PHOTOS

Delete the ones you don’t like or those that are near duplicates of others. No sense in clogging up your hard drive or CDs with junk. Use a good photo management software program like ACDSEE 7, Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 or Jasc Paint Shop Photo Album 5 to view, organize and name your images. These programs also let you batch rename so you can give more descriptive file names to a group of photos at the same time. You can add key words and tags to make finding your photos easier. Be detailed in your photo descriptions, not just “John and Laurie.” You’ll probably have hundreds of photos of your kids and it will be harder to find the one you’re looking for. Better to say “John and Laurie waterskiing on Lake Powell, May 2004.”

2. BACK UP YOUR ORIGINALS

Mistakes can happen. It is a good idea to back up all your images to a CD before you start editing or changing them. That way you always have the original to go back to if you accidentally save over an image or made changes to a photo that you later decide you don’t like. CDs hold lots of photos, making it cheap insurance.

3. ROTATE IMAGES

Trying to look at a sideways photo is annoying. Use your photo management or editing software to rotate photos as needed. And if you have any images that are a little crooked, you can fix that using your editing software. Most photo editors have an automatic “straighten” function, or you can manually rotate the image a few degrees to straighten the horizon line.

4. REMOVE RED-EYE

Even with your digital camera’s auto red-eye reduction function, your subject’s eyes may still have red-eye. Use your photo editing software to remove it. Zoom in on the eyes and it will be easier for you to correct the red-eye. I’ve tried a number of red-eye correction tools and find that the one that comes with ACDSEE 7’s photo editor is among the best. It zeros in just on the red eye and doesn’t darken the surrounding eye area like some other software does.

5. CROP YOUR PHOTOS

Crop out unnecessary or distracting backgrounds and focus in on your subject. Most photo editing programs will keep the aspect ratio, so when you draw a box around the area you want to focus on it will crop it as 4×6 or whatever you have specified. That way you won’t end up with an odd size photo. Kodak EasyShare Gallery also has a very good cropping tool for maintaining the proper print size. It comes with its free photo editor.

6. ADJUST LIGHTING AND CONTRAST

Some of your photos may have come out washed out or too dark. You can automatically adjust the color, brightness and contrast of your photos. The better programs like Photoshop Album 2.0, Jasc and ACDSEE also have tools for making manual adjustments for fine-tuning. Be careful not to overdo it, though, or your picture could come out grainy.

7. PREPARE TO SHARE

There are a number of ways to share your images. Several programs, like Roxio Photo Suite 7, ACDSEE7, Photoshop Album and Paint Shop Photo Album allow you to create digital photo albums or slide shows, complete with music, transitions and captions. You can burn them to CD or resize and optimize for emailing directly from the program.

Online photo services such as PhotoWorks, Shutterfly, Snapfish and Kodak EasyShare Gallery also let you share your photos on line, for free. You simply upload your images to their server into your own photo albums and add captions if you wish. Then email your friends with a link to your albums. With most of the online services your photos stay on their servers as long as you have an account with them, for free. Signing up for an account is free, you only pay for photos you choose to purchase.

For hardcore photo sharers, there are also dedicated photo sharing applications such as PiXPO v1.5.0, which lets you share photos right off your hard drive. This is a peer to peer software application that allows you to connect directly with your friends and family to share and view pictures online with no uploads. Unlike traditional photo sharing services, you have unlimited storage and you don’t have to upload your photos to a distant server or wait for friends to log onto some photo sharing site. The application is easy to install and use and it’s inexpensive, around $30. PC Magazine rated it an Editor’s Choice in their January 3, 2005 issue.

Valerie Goettsch publishes the digital photography website http://www.digitalphotos101.com featuring reviews of photo editing and album software and digital photo printing services.
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Ex-Pro SD 1GB Secure Digital Memory Card for Nikon Coolpix Digital Camera 1 GB
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Sigma DP1 UK pricing
Sigma UK has announced the price of its DP1 large sensor compact. The basic camera will initially sell for £549 or £599 with the optional viewfinder. This puts it squarely in entry-level DSLR territory - distinctly affordable for photographers committed to achieving large-sensor image quality. Sigma US has set an MSRP of $999.

Travel and Scenic Photography 101

When you’re driving through the mountains somewhere, and you notice a car parked half off the road and some guy leaning to the left to avoid a branch with his Rebel 2000 camera in the act of focusing, you’ve met me. I do this because, to me, a trip isn’t fulfilling unless I’ve preserved that beauty for posterity. I’d like to share some of the techniques that make scenic photography such a wonderful artform - simple, yet elegant.

First off, equipment. As much as the cheapo disposable camera beckons, get real. These cameras have fisheye lenses which I call “spam” lenses. They cram everything in, with equal blurriness and boringness. Good photos are sharp, unless you use blur for artistic effect. Sharp comes from an adjustable lens. It can be a fixed lens or a zoom, but it must focus specially for each picture. Fixed lenses are limiting for scenic pictures, where to frame the shot you may need to move long distances. Imagine using a fixed lens on the Washington Monument, when you’re half a block away! Zooms get my vote, even though they often don’t have as wide an aperture, which limits their capabilities in low light situations.

Practically speaking, an SLR is the absolute best. They are lightweight, and can be used with top quality lenses. Film SLRs tend to be less expensive, but have the limitations of film, meaning you have to get it developed and so forth. Digital SLRs are VERY expensive, so for the budget conscious either go with a film SLR or a high quality basic digital camera. With digital, resolution is also a critical factor, so look at the specs before you buy.

OK, we’ve got the camera, emotions are running high, and that’s great, but not too great! Sometimes I find a spot that is so wonderful, I start shooting like a madman, only to be disappointed by the pictures. What happened? Emotions. When you experience a place, there are sounds, aromas and breezes as well as the visuals of the spot. Needless to say, you can’t photograph all of these elements, only the visual. When overwhelmed by the spectacle of a scenic hotspot, we are often overwhelmed by all of these elements.

So what to do? Look through your camera. The viewfinder does not lie (usually). Try to see what you are looking at as the finished picture. Most people perfunctorily take pictures, hoping that somehow the shot will come out great. If you wonder how the pictures came out when you are on the way to the drug store to get them, you’re doing something wrong. At the moment you click the pic, you should know exactly what you will get. (Of course with digital, that’s not a trick!).

Now, I was a tad dishonest in saying that you can’t capture all of the elements of a scene. You can hint at them. For starters, motion. Yes, even in a still picture, there is motion. Something happened before, during and after your picture. In a mountain vista scene, you may find something that hints at motion, whether it be a branch of a tree that has been swaying in the breeze, or a river flowing through the valley below. These add a sense of motion.

Then there’s the “rule of thirds.” When you place the main object of the picture smack-dab in the middle, it is static and boring. Place it one third of the way from either side, and you IMPLY motion. Put the horizon in a landscape photo a third of the way up or down, not across the middle.

Remember, when a person looks at a picture, their eyes move. You want to frame your photo to help that movement. If you can find some lines in the scene, such as a skyline, cloud formation, path through the forest, etcetera, use it interestingly, and with the rule of thirds to draw your viewer’s eyes into the picture.

Avoid “summit syndrome.” You get to the top of Mount Washington and shoot the majestic vista. Great. The pictures come out … boring! How? No PERSPECTIVE. Big vistas will be flat unless you have an object in the foreground, such as a rock or a tree, to give them perspective. Then the eye really grasps how big this scene is. People enjoying the view is a real winner, because the viewer may identify with their emotions, giving the image real impact.

Cheese! Yes, you do have to take the family photos. It’s obligatory. But when you do, make sure that they show the LOCATION of the photo. Otherwise, you might as well do it on your driveway. Frame the scene in context, with landmarks as part of the picture. Find a way to tell as story in the picture, such as little Sara climbing up the rocks by the waterfall.

Finally, any element in the picture that hints at more senses than just the visual will make it remarkable. Actor headshots for example, tell a story about the subject. You can almost hear them saying their next lines. If you photograph a garden, the viewer may experience the aroma of the flowers. A tourist street with an accordion player on the corner may have your amazed friends whistling “Dixie.”

In summation, picture taking on travel is recording the experience in a satisfying way. Use motion, perspective, sensory, storytelling and so forth, to bring your photos to life. Oh, and needless to say, make your job easy and go to great places! See you at the overlook!

Seth Lutnick is a photographer, composer, and performer. He has taken thousands of scenic photos, recorded two albums of original music, and appeared on stage, TV and film. Visit his website - www.getitdone.biz - for more detailed plans on photography, music, health and education, and extensive product links for the resources to fulfill your goals.

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EOS 40D BODY ONLY
Amazon Price: ?709.99
Customer Review: Shutter Noise
This is not a full review as such, more of an addition to what has already been said. One issue regarding noise, there is one mode for silent shooting. Live View mode also includes new Silent Shooting, which is made possible by an electronic 1st-curtain shutter on the CMOS sensor that enables shooting with the mechanical shutter completely open. Since there is no shutter cocking noise, operation is almost completely silent.
Customer Review: Thinking about a 400D - stump up the extra…
I’ve been using digital cameras for years right back to an epson model that recorded at 640*480 and looked like a brick and more recently I’ve worked my way through the SLR type Lumix range. But I have to admit that I’ve stayed loyal to my film SLR because I didn’t want to make an expensive mistake. However I bought a 400D at the beginning of the year and I is fantastic, so happy with digital I decided I needed a backup. Saw the 40D on Amazon for ?730 plus ?50 cash back from Canon and it’s suddenly only ?150ish more than I paid for my 400D. I was worried that this was just going to be the big brother of the 400D and I wasn’t going to get much for the extra money. But no worries here - the 40D is head and shoulders above what now feels like a very consumer orientated 400D. It’s a big camera, no hiding it this won’t fit in your pocket, but it is extremely comfortable to hold and much easier to handle than the 400D. The setup is simpler in many ways with two wheels, but if you’re a novice and this is your first DSLR you need to spend a day or two with the instruction manual taking so creative shots to see what it can do. The shutter noise is fairly loud, but it is a muffled loud if that makes sense so it’s not too noticeable. Continuous shooting is a dream with 8 shots off in next to no time if you want it, at the slower mode you get about a dozen continuous shots before the camera slows down. I’ve only shot RAW and I’m impressed with the quality of the images, excellent colour and very little noise. Note that RAW doesn’t work on OS X 10.4.10 yet so you’ll have to wait for the 10.4.11 update, use the Canon software (I use Aperture) or upgrade to OS X 10.5. Overall this is a very solid investment. If you’re going to spend a decent amount of money on a DSLR consider this over the 400D. Don’t worry about the 10mp rating either - I print out on A2 paper and there is no visible loss of quality and my customers are very happy with the results. I’m very happy with my purchase and will be even happier when Canon send me my ?50
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Uniross VB104144 Li-ion Camcorder Battery to fit Canon BP522

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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
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Amazon Price: ?65.87
Customer Review: Very happy!!
Bought this with no real expectations, but for money I cant fault it. Starts up in a matter of seconds, one touch recording, one button to take a reasonable 5 megapixel photo, all recorded and stored on an SD card. If you are looking for a camcorder/camera that you can take anywhere and not having to worry about it too much in comparison to an expensive alternative this does the job very well. Plays back on my TV in good quality (720*480) and also plays with no trouble though my Windows Media Player. Takes AA batteries which is a blessing in disguise as i am getting fed up with all the chargers i have around the house. I can pick up batteries anywhere on my travels, but i do try and use my rechargable batteries. Thinking of buying another for my god son as it would make a great gift for Christmas, as he can then capture all those moments you normally miss!!
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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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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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Sony LCM-HCF Soft Case For Camcorders
CARRY CASE - SEMI SOFT F/ HANDYCAM HC/SR NS

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HDVM-E63PR CASSETTE NS
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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
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55 Digital Camera - Silver (7.2MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.5” LCD
by Sony
Technical Details
Product Description: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55 - digital camera
Product Type: Digital camera - point and shoot
Dimensions (WxDxH): 8.9 cm x 2.3 cm x 5.7 cm
Weight: 116 g
Colour: Sleek silver
Supported Flash Memory: Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo
Integrated Memory: 56 MB
Sensor Resolution: 7.2 Megapixel
Shooting Modes: Frame movie mode
Lens Aperture: F/2.8-5.2
Focus Adjustment: Automatic
Min Focus Range: 50 cm
Focal Length: 6.3 mm - 18.9 mm
Optical Zoom: 3 x
Digital Zoom: 6 x
Camera Flash: Built-in flash
Red Eye Reduction: Built-in
Viewfinder: Optical - real-image zoom
Display: LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.5″ - colour
Supported Battery: 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery ( included )

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Since it began operations, Canon has placed great importance on technology. By developing original technologies, Canon has been able to diversify into a wide range of business fields. Behind the company’s fully equipped product line stands a whole line of
Amazon Price: ?26.75
Used Price: ?6.99
Customer Review: what can is say, its a charger, it works…..
This is a canon battery charger. I’ll admit, its not the most interesting thing in anybody’s life but it is useful; especially if like me, your ex-girlfriend nicked your charger… and lets face it if you have such a pretty canon camera you can’t go offending it by buying one of those cheapo generic chargers. nuff said.
Customer Review: Canon Charger
Small, light and handy changer for NB1LH Canon digital camera batteries. Works with European, Asian and American plug adapters with no need for any chunky transformers.
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Ex-Pro SD - Secure Digital flash memory card - 1GB - SD Memory Card. x60 Speed SD Card. Colur of card may differ.
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Canon IXUS 70 Digital Camera - Silver (7.1MP, 3 x Optical Zoom)
by Canon

Technical Details
Product Description: Canon Digital IXUS 70 - digital camera
Product Type: Digital camera - point and shoot
Dimensions (WxDxH): 8.6 cm x 1.9 cm x 5.4 cm
Weight: 125 g
Supported Flash Memory: MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card
Sensor Resolution: 7.1 Megapixel
Shooting Modes: Frame movie mode
Lens Aperture: F/2.8-4.9
Focus Adjustment: Automatic
Min Focus Range: 30 cm
Focal Length: 5.8 mm - 17.4 mm
Optical Zoom: 3 x
Digital Zoom: 4 x
Camera Flash: Built-in flash
Red Eye Reduction: Built-in
Microphone: Microphone - built-in
Viewfinder: Optical - real-image zoom
Display: LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.5″ - colour
Supported Battery: 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery ( included )
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Compatible Part Numbers: EN-EL3, EN-EL3a Fit model: NIKON NIKON D50 NIKON D70 NIKON D70s NIKON D100 D100 SLR
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Sony Hi8 & Digital8 Camcorder Starter Accessory Kit ACC-DHM3 [Soft Bag, Battery & Tape]
Starter kit for Digital8 and Hi8 camcorders including case, tape and battery.

Customer Review: accessory kit
Great buy serves the purpose perfectly

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Lowepro Edit 120+ Shoulder Bag With Detachable Base For Digital Camcorders - Black?
List Price: ?33.00
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JVC GR-DX28EK F1.2 Lens Digital Camcorder
Customer Review: Simple!!
As a 1st time buyer of a camcorder, i must admit it stayed in the box for a few weeks, as the instructions looked scary!! But i must admit, it is v v easy to understand. Should be renamed- the camcorder for dummies. Simple it may be, but the picture and sound quality you cannot fault. Now i am a camcorder user, there is 1 downside-this model does not have a memory card slot enabling you to send clips via e-mail etc or protect your special files/clips. Saying that, all in all, if you want a camcorder to just switch on, record, play back or keep on tape. This is brilliant!! There are other features you can play around with for the more advanced when recording so for me its a best-buy.
Customer Review: A solid mini digital cam
In a few words ….this is simply a bargain packed with features exceptional quality and small enough to pop in your pocket , unlike the bind of taking other camcorders out with you , I think the family will enjoy using this unlike the larger camcorders that only come out at christmas and holidays etc. Highly recommeded.I got it for an absolute bargain price under ?200!!

Philips Key019 128MB Wearable Digital Camcorder
Customer Review: Great portable camera
When i got this camera i was very pleased with it and would sugest it to anyone after a good portable camera/camcorder for going on holiday etc… It’s size and weight means that you can just slip it into a pocket and almost forget that your carrying it and hence you dont have to lug it around as you have to with most cameras. the LCD screen is great and its very good that you can play back your pictures and videos with sound aswell. The MP3 playback is OK but because of the memory size, i tend to use mine for taking pictures and videos and store only a few tracks on it. But i higly recommmend this to anyone looking for a useful portable camera/camcorder/MP3 for going on holiday/travelling etc….

Power Battery for Casio Exilim EX-Z75, LiIon, Li-Ion, Lithium Ion Technology, 100% fits, properly matching, Batteries, Camcorder, Video, Digital Camera
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

Lithium Ion Camcorder Battery replaces original Sony NP-FP70. With top quality Japanese cells

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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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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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Digital Cameras - Low prices, great brands
We stock all kinds of digital cameras including Digital SLR Cameras and great brands such as Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax plus photo equipment, including Photo Printers and Memory Cards. We also stock a great range of accessories including: Camera Bags and Cases, Camera Batteries and tripods and monopods.
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Equipped with a 28mm (35mm equivalent) 3.8x wide-angle zoom lens with optical Image Stabilizer, the 8.0 Megapixel Canon IXUS 860 IS Digital Camera is the successor to the hugely popular Digital IXUS 850 IS. The Digital IXUS 860 IS offers a range of enhancements over its acclaimed predecessor. These include a 3.0-inch PureColor LCD and improved Face Detection Technology. The cameras high ISO capabilities work in tandem with an optical Image Stabilizer lens to significantly reduce the risk of image blur.
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Panasonic Digital Still Camera 7.2 Megapixel
Amazon Price: ?189.00
Customer Review: All things to all men?
I took delivery of this camera this morning. I was an avid amateur photographer in my youth and having worked my way up from a Zenith E to a Canon T90 I eventually tired of lugging a bag around that most air carriers won’t allow on as hand luggage and I bought a Hybrid 35mm Camera, an Olympus is 100, before taking the digital plunge with a Fuji 2800zoom. This was replaced with an Olympus FE before I decided on the Panasonic (see other reviews for reason why) My main reason for choosing this camera was the Leica lens, I have always advised anyone looking to buy a digital camera “Stick with the main camera makers for the quality lens, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax etc” So the Leica input was irresistable. As I had not handled it before it arrived this morning, I was a little concerned from other reviews questioning its flimsiness and size, but I cant understand why. Although it is light, the (matt black) finish is very nice and it is certainly the best quality digital camera body I have handled, far better than the Olympus is 100 or an earlier Canon T70. I also wear a size 8 surgical glove and have no problems with the size of the camera. Surely the whole point of these cameras is their portability? Despite all the features; Program AE, Aperture, or Shutter priority, and fully manual exposure, there are no more knobs and buttons than on the Olympus FE I bought last year.The camera boasts all the features of my old T90 plus a range of auto scene settings and comes with that enormous 36-432 (35mm equivalent) lens. Screw in adaptors are available to extend the wide angle to 25mm or the tele to 735mm! Criticisms? A fiddly lens hood arangement, although with the optional adaptor it will accept 55mm filters and hoods. Also an annoying joystick arrangement for manual focusing. However, given the limitations of autofocus systems, it is nice to have the option. Also that lovely big LCD screen protrudes a couple of mil from the rear of the camera, so using the viewfinder inevitably means a greasy mark from your nose (is my nose just greasy or too big?) These are only minor points but that is because that is all I can find wrong with the camera. When I sold my T90 a decade ago this was the camera I envisioned replacing it with, sadly I spent several hundred pounds on unsuitable cameras before it became available. The FZ8 is available for under ?160 if you shop around and at that price nothing can touch it. It has reignited my interest in photography beyond snapshots, without breaking the budget, or my arm carrying it. Yes, it is all things, at least to me.
Customer Review: This camera range dominates the bridge market
The Panasonic DMC-FZ range dominates this area. It is a great all round camera. It has a super optical zoom, that can pick out details in a distance and is compact enough but gives great pictures for any situation. I have used a camera from this range for 1.5 years now and it has been ideal for any situation I have thrown at it (ranging from rail photography to night club photography). If you want a camera, this should be seriously considered The screen is really good and really large. Piece of advice is to keep the adaptor for the lens hood on all the time to prevent damage to the lens
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Jessops is the specialist photographic retailer that sells a broad range of products and offers a range of online services. The 16,000 products include digital and traditional cameras, camcorders, printers, scanners, binoculars, accessories and consumables. Jessops offer a price promise, which ensures that you won’t find any Jessop photographic products cheaper anywhere else on the High Street. So if you are looking for value for money photography products that you can buy in confidence buy from Jessops!

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Power Battery for Canon Digital Ixus 800 IS, LiIon, Li-Ion, Lithium Ion Technology, 100% fits, properly matching, Batteries, Camcorder, Video, Digital Camera
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

Sigma 170-500mm f5-6.3 APO EX DG HSM Lens For Canon Digital & Film SLR Cameras
An ultra-telephoto zoom up to 500mm producing high performance with digital or film SLR cameras. This compact ultra telephoto zoom lens covers a range up to 500mm and optimized for digital SLR cameras. The new multi-layer lens coating and lens design reduces flare and ghosting. This lens uses one aspherical lens and three SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements for excellent correction all types of aberration, resulting in better picture quality on both film and digital SLRs. Specifications: Lens Construction: 13 Elements in 11 Groups Angle of View: 14.5 - 5 degrees Number of Diaphragm Blades: 9 Blades Minimum Aperture: F32 Minimum Focusing Distance: 300- 320cm/118.1-126.0 in. Maximum Magnification: 1:6.6 Filter Size: Diameter 86mm Dimensions: Diameter 92.5mm X Length 232mm (3.6 in. ? 9.1 in.) Weight: 1,345g/47.4 oz.
List Price: ?899.99
Amazon Price: ?537.39
Used Price: ?1,722.98
Customer Review: PLEASE TAKE NOTE
The Lens in the Illustration at the time of this review is NOT a 50-500mm it is a 170-500mm and also not HSM, you will find that the price is about right for the lens illustrated. Once amazon correct this error i hope they remove this review.

i-nique traditional soft Napa (PINK) leather digital camera Case Cover for (CANON IXUS 950 850 800 )
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