Camera

The Olympus is a newer model and offers a few additional features to improve image quality. If you are considering the camera for diving you can also get an underwater housing that increases it’s maximum depth for deeper dives.

Steve’s Digicams provides extensive reviews of both of these cameras (see links below). For a quick summary go to the section called Steve’s Conclusion in each review.

Hope this helps.

Canon Rebel Xti
Nikon D40X
Nikon D50
Nikon D70

I am thinking about buying one of them at ebay, and I would like to get some advice because these can be almost the same price.

I will be taking some digital photography class at college next semester, and I am a beginner for professional digital cameras.

I would like to learn more about cameras in the future, so I am thinking to get one which I can use for long time.

Is there any suggestion???

Thanks.

Well, the rebel and the D40x both have 10.1(ish) megapixels for one thing, almost double the other two at 6 and 5(ish). And both are newer models than the D50 and D70. The D70 has a very high flash sync speed, up to 1/1250th of a second. So if you are going to be shooting with an external flash, on or off shoe that would be the better of the 4 for that. The D40x does not have an internal autofocus drive for non AF-S and AI-S lenses, meaning if you buy an older AF or AI lens you will have to focus them manually, all other functions are supported even down to really old AI’ed lenses. And both the rebel and D40x have larger preview LCD screens. I would say those are the major differences.

I own a D80, and that would be my choice again, if I had it to do over.

A camera focuses on a distant object when the film is 5cm from the lens. What is the focal length of the lens?

The formula is: 1/Do + 1/Di = 1/f, where f is the focal length of the lens
Do is the distance of the object and Di is the distance of the image.
For very distant objects, Do is very large, and 1/Do then becomes
negligibly small, effectively zero, so 1/Di will be approximately equal
to 1/f, which means Di equals f for very distant objects.
Di is given as 5 cm. so f should also equal 5 cm.
This will apply for distant objects only!

Make this low-cost camera stabilizer for smooth, professional looking video.See the test results.

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See my cat punch my camera in the face.

Will the camera fight back?

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Douglas Underdahl from Long Valley Equipment www.longvalleyequip.com shows you how to change the RED camera’s PL mount to Nikon

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Join award-winning photographer Chase Jarvis, along with his well-known staff, as they take us behind the scenes for advance testing of the Nikon D90.

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To see the full written review with tons of image samples go to stevehuffphoto.com. The Canon S90 is a compact high quality digital camera that you can take anywhere and get great results!

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Digital Photography Week? Yes, but Motorola’s Droid is on our minds, too! ‘Still’ cameras that take great video. The Best Free Panomamic Stitching Tool. Favorite Digital Photography Gadgets, 7 Great Digital Cameras For Black Friday, Better Night, Low Light Photography!

Droid Sound vs. Dead Drive!
We should have a Motorola Droid review next week, but, for now, Veronica talks modding her iPhone with the evil Droid robot sound! (Patrick has another trashed hard drive, but this time it’s -not- the drive’s fault!)

Fave Photo Gadgets… and a few quick digital photography tips!
Memory cards and rechargable batteries are cheap, especially if you’ve ever missed a photo ’cause you ran out of juice, or space on a CF card! We list the lens cleaning tools we use, too, remind every new DSLR owner to buy a UV Filter to protect their expensive camera lens, RTFM before the big shoot, and more!

Pocket Tripods!
Any tripod (or monopod!) can help you take better photos, especially at night. Carrying a full sized top o’ the line floating head tripod around is a pain. That’s why we’ve got gadgets like the Joby Gorillapod and Pedco’s UltraPod and UltraClamp in our bags!

Cases
Protecting your pricey digital camera is a good idea. Roger favors a small bag from Lowe Pro for his PowerShot. Patrick’s Rebel is stored in a re-purposed Timbuk2 bag that works like a proper camera holster bag. Need a hard case? Try a Pelican or Otter Box!

Free Software: Microsoft Image Composite Editor
Sometimes, just one photo doesn’t capture the whole scene. Microsoft’s Image Composite Editor is new favorite tool for stitching together multiple photos into a seamless panorama. Just select your series of photos and drag them into the application. You can specify whether you’re standing still rotating the camera, like on a tripod, or whether you’re moving side to side, as if in a hallway. You can fix warps, adjust curvature, choose your center point… and it’ll even automatically crop your results to the biggest possible rectangle! And it’s FREEEEEEE!

Black Friday: 7 Great Cameras For Your Money!
Patrick’s usual digital camera buying advice is just go buy a PowerShot… or the A-Series, Canon’s less expensive line of digital cameras. That said, there are a ton of cameras that offer great value, like Fujifilm’s FinePix F200EXR, $250, and Nikon’s D90, $1100. Want to see the rest of our choices, including a great cheap camera? Watch the video!

Looking for solid camera reviews? Check out the hands on reviews at Cnet and DPReview.com.

Better Low Light Photography!
Night shots are tough, whether you’re indoors at the office, out at a club, or trying to photograph the stars, or our beloved Golden Gate Bridge at night. Our resident nocturnal photographer, Roger Chang, joins us with a heaping pile of digital imaging tips for when it’s dark out… or the light just sucks!

Website Of The Week: Social Status Generator
If you’re tired of putting all that effort into coming up with witty and pithy things to say on Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, Identica, Plurk (wait, is that still even around?) then it’s time for you to check out the Social Status Generator! There really isn’t that much to it. You pick a word from the tag cloud, and then the Social Status Generator pulls a random update from the ether… check it out!

Free Photo Editing Tools … a Question Via DimDim
Christie is looking for some free digital image editing tools. Patrick’s a huge fan of Paint.Net on Windows. Thinking Open Source? The GIMP is popular, and has been ported to Mac and Windows. (tho a lot of folks have problems with it.)

It’s not free, but Pixelmator is a tool both Patrick and Veronica regularly use on OS X.

AlternativeTo.net is a great source for free alternatives to paid software… try searching there, too, Christie!

We took this question via DimDim, an excellent free, easy, open source web conferencing tool. They’re a Tekzilla sponsor. You can get a free trial -and help support Tekzilla- by signing up for the free service at DimDim.com/tekzilla!

Point and Shoot to DSLR???
Ted’s moving from a point and shoot to a pricier DSLR. What should he be looking for? We’ve got answers in the video!

Shooting Movies On A Digital Camera… or a Flip?
Todd writes, “I’m in the market for a new compact digital camera, but I’d also like to shoot some video with it. Have the video capabilities of these digital cameras approached the performance and convenience of a pocket video camcorder, say, like the Flip?”

Many inexpensive digital still cameras will take better video than the $150 standard definition Flip Mino. It’s the MinoHD and Ultra HD that are a bit tougher to beat.

Want to find out our camera picks for shooting HD video? Watch the video!

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Any tips-simple ones- about DC,I have read loads of reviews for great digital cameras,Cannon is the best for sure..but as a beginner I need to have a camera easy-to-use and in reasonable price and so far I am not ready to get into a store saying I need a camera that has blah bla blah..So just few quick tips..I apperciate it so much.

Look for a camera with a 1) minimum 5 megapixels (mp), this is very good for most users. 2) 4x optical zoom is good, don’t worry too much about digital zoom. 3) Best to stick with regular (or rechargeable) AA batteries. Lithium battery are good, but not easy to find if you’re on vacation and need batteries at a convienence store or can recharge quickly. 4) I see that many digital cameras are doing away with the optical viewfinder (the old fashioned way of looking through the viewfinder to take a picture), and strickly having just the LCD screen to compose a shot to take. I, personally still like the optical viewfinder to really focus on a particular subject, or use on a really sunny day where it’s hard to see your subject(s) on the screen, or just to save battery power on my camera. These are just a few things to consider for your first camera. Here’s what I have…

I LOVE my Canon PowerShot A620. It’s a 7.1 mp camera which takes awesome still shots, and just as awesome video. Great for home and everyday use. Easy to take on vacations and you can take some really artistic/creative photos too. A great all-around camera. My 35mm cameras are Canon too, and I still love and use it. .

I had a Sony, and I gave that to my daughter, and purchased the Canon PowerShot A610 for my teenage son. The Canon A610 is exactly like my A620, but is a 5 mp digital camera. They both take GREAT pictures, but my favorite thing about the camera, is the vari-angle LCD screen. You can even hook it up to your tv and see your pictures/video on whatever size screen you have. It’s pretty neat on the big screens! (The necessary cords come with it). It is very easy to use, and a camera you can grow with. http://www.usa.canon.com
Go to ‘products’ to ‘consumer products’ to lead you to the cameras.

Our A610/A620 has a setting, call "kids&pets". Typically you use these on the subjects that usually has a hard time keeping still. But I also use this setting when taking pictures of my soccer team during game play. I’ve also taken pictures of my kids, nieces and nephews jumping in the air, a la cheerleader jumps, with great results. Lag time is very, very, very minimal. (e.g. delay from pressing button to actual camera capturing the shot). This is just one of the many settings the camera has to offer and you can also manually set and program your own settings.

For ease of point and shoot, just choose the setting in which you’re taking pictures of, (i.e. indoor, outdoor, nighttime, portrait, fireworks, snow, beach, and ‘auto’ [automatic]), and it’ll adjust accordingly the proper exposure/settings. And it even has an ‘underwater’ mode to use, but that’s if you purchase the special housing for the camera. (I don’t have the housing. I’ll wait to save up or find it for very inexpensive). If you get more experience or for the experienced, you can manually choose exposure and settings like the old 35 mm.

I’m a bargain hunter. I purchased both NEW Canon this late spring 2006 on line. My son’s was under $200 and mine was $204. Just Google (or Froogle) or Yahoo! Search any Canon model, and then see which merchant has the best price with those low price websites and order on-line. The price is waaaay better than going physically to the stores. If you need it right away, just upgrade the shipping. It’s still cheaper than buying at the stores. No matter what model camera you’re searching for, better prices are on-line.

I don’t know if you’ll find this model (A610) at the stores. They have newer models, the A630 (8mp) and the A640 (10mp), they boast more mega-pixels and ISO settings. But 5mp, more than suffices for most users. What I did was physically touched and feel the camera at the store, then go on-line to purchase. But if you prefer to purchase at the stores, some good places are Best Buy, Wal Mart and Target. Suprisingly enough, they have good selection at Wal-Mart and Target.

Here is the link if you’d like to check out the specs on these models and other Canon cameras: http://www.usa.canon.com
and go to ‘products’ to ‘consumer products’ to lead you to the cameras. It tells you what the camera has and what it looks like up close.

While you’re searching on-line, you’ll also find many reviews on these cameras. All with many positives things to say about the camer and you can also find information on these cameras in Yahoo! Tech http://tech.yahoo.com/rc/digital-cameras…

Hope this helps in your hunt for a digital camera!