Understanding Digital Cameras: Getting the Best Image from Capture to Output
Customer Review: Understanding Digital Cameras; Getting the best Image from Capture to Output
An excellent book both in regards to content and style. It is written in a very “friendly reading” style; it is “friendly user”. The content is supherb, and for one who is about to upgrade his current Olympus Digital Camera found the content and style most helpful.
The publisher, Focal Press, is to be congratulated on a well designed and presented book. The use of different colours at the top of pages for the chapters as well as the edges is very attractive and facilitates the easy looking up of the different chapters.
Well done to both the author and the publisher.
Customer Review: Understanding Digital Cameras.
Understanding Digital Cameras is a good all round book for anyone interested in Digital Photography.It is particularly suited to film based photographers who are just getting to grips with a digital system, both amateur and professional.Tarrant takes the reader throught a variety of camera systems and looks at menu settings.There is practical advice for a variety of photographic situations both outdoors and in the studio and the text is easy to follow and is supported by a good selection of shots.Subjects covered include People, Nature, Action and Studio.
One of the biggest headaches people have when they start using a digitial camera is the out put to a printer. This book has a really good chapter on printing your work, along with tips on image editing and file storage. In my opinion this is one of the best all-round books on digital photography I have seen in a while and would certainly be a good starting point for someone thinking of studying photography.
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Sony Cyber-shot W130 Digital Camera - Black (8.1MP, 4x Optical Zoom) 2.5″ LCD
Its packed full of features, easy to use and great to look at; its the Cyber-shot DSC-W130 from Sony! This camera comes with an 8.1-megapixel sensor, meaning you can enlarge images to A3 format without any loss in detail, and a Carl Zeiss lens with a 4x optical zoom for perfect colour and detail rendering. For clear, sharp photos in all circumstances, the Cyber-shot DSC-W130 includes an optical image stabiliser and amazingly responsive sensitivity of up to 3200 ISO, which is ideal for shooting with one hand and in low lighting conditions. You can display your creations on a cutting-edge TV using its HD input, set up scenes with its 2.5 LCD screen, and even pick out smiles and faces. Capture events as they happen with the Cyber-shot DSC-W130!
Amazon Price: ?121.00
Customer Review: Its OK but the LCD lets it down
Not a bad camera. Useful 4 times zoom, face detection, image quality reaosnable but not up to that of my old 2005 sony P200, less sharp, less detail, more noise, although with image stabilisation all of them come out, some P200 ones are blurry. To be fair I’ve seen pictures from other far more modern cameras that are not as good as my trusty P200 which did receive outstanding reviews. Flash could do with more power. Good battery life, compact and easy to use. The display may be 2.5 inches which is fine, but the resolution is terrible (115,000 pixels). When I first switched it on and set the time I immediately knew it was poor. OK for close ups but in order to tell if more distant shots are in focus need to zoom in after each shot. This is inconvenient. Not very good for showing your photo’s to others either. They look blurred on the screen even though when you upload them to PC they’re actually pretty good. Its easier to see what I’ve taken on a 2 inch sony P200! The screen does cope well with sunlight and low light though. The next model up the W150 has a larger screen with 225,000 pixels. Much more like it. Overall 3 stars, if you can live with the poor screen its a decent offering. Really doesn’t offer anything over cheaper W120 apart from one more megapixel. Unless you print A2 sized photo’s unlikely to notice the increase in resolution and extra megapixels mean more noise as the sensors the same. The W120 is probably the one to go for or if you can afford it the W150.
Customer Review: I love my Cybershot
I finally decided to take the plunge and replace my old Kodak 5 megapixel digital camera. I wanted a good quality digital camera with modern features like anti red-eye reduction, decent digital zoom and good quality video recording, so having done my homework the Cybershot seemed like the best choice. Other reviewers have criticised the Cybershot’s navigation menu and buttons, but I’m still on the fence. When you’re flicking through menus on screen you are given a helpful description of what each option does. I found this useful. However operating the camera has not quite become second nature to me yet, but then I guess that’s because there are a lot of tweaks and options if you feel like delving beneath the surface. I’ve tended to stick to 5 megapixels for my photos so far, as 8 megapixels tends to fill up my PC hard drive rather quickly thanks to the bigger file size. Unless you’re running off A3 prints then you don’t need to select more than 5 megapixels in my opinion. There are lots of useful features including “continuous shoot” which lets you take multiple photos while the shutter button is held down, auto red eye reduction (not one red eye in hundreds of photos so far), and steady shot which automatically compensates for my shaky hands. I’ve been quite pleased with the zoom level so far - much better than my old Kodak’s 2x - but the real test will be my son’s Christmas play! Quality-wise the photos look very good, and bearing in mind I’m a total amateur I’ve been quite pleased with some of the effects when taking photos in bright sunlight in the early evening for example. As another reviewer recommended, I tend to shoot in “Vivid” colour mode because I prefer more vibrancy in my photos. The supplied Sony software has quite basic functionality when compared to the suites offered by some other manufacturers (eg Kodak Easyshare does just about everything you want), but essential tasks like cropping can be carried out without fuss. The slideshow feature is excellent, and with the supplied cable you can plug the camera directly into your TV’s RGB socket and play it on the big screen. We did this with our recent holiday snaps (over 100 of them!), and the camera even plays background music and has transition effects between photos. Very professional, and if you have a DVD recorder then you can always record to DVD-R - great for giving to the grandparents! A 4GB Sony Pro Duo memory stick will give you over 1,000 photos at 5 megapixels, and over 50 minutes of high resolution video. I managed to pick one up new for around ?26 from another online store - they can be around ?50/60 in some high street shops!!! As you’d expect from a Sony product, the Cybershot’s video recording quality is excellent. Each clip can be up to 10 minutes in length, which is more than enough for our needs. One nice touch is that you can shoot in sepia too, which you can also do with still photos. Battery life is OK, but I only have my old Kodak to compare against and it used to get through AA rechargeable batteries like anyone’s business. All I can say is that we went on a foreign holiday for a week and in just one charge I shot over 100 photos plus a couple of short videos, and there was still life in the camera when I got back. The Cybershot comes with its own battery charger so you don’t need to keep buying batteries. Which is great, but my only gripe is that my battery seems a bit loose in the charger. Overall I’m very pleased with this digital camera. Looks-wise, the black brushed steel is very sexy and contrasts nicely against the chrome Carl Zeiss lens. Performance-wise, it’s a solid choice for someone like me who wants to take photos and videos of family holidays, etc. I can heartily recommend the Cybershot.
Used Price: ?470.68 
0.8 megapixel CCD with 25x optical/800x digital zoom 
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