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Digital Camera Buying Guide

Posted by toby
/ January 30, 2012 / Leave a comment

Let’s keep this short and sweet – If I had $____ to spend on a camera what would I buy. . . (see below for lens ideas) If I had $200 to spend I would buy the Canon HS300 This little P&S is little! but offers excellent quality, 1080p with...
New Superzoom Leica Announced – Don’t buy!

Posted by toby
/ December 8, 2011 / 1 Comment

Leica announced a new 24x zoom today- The V Lux 3 – Available in January, sporting a 12.1MP CMOS sensor. The camera has a 4.5 – 108mm F2.8-5.2 image stabilized lens, equivalent to 25-600mm in 35mm film terms. The camera can do 1080p60 video capture with stereo audio and 12fps. Sound...
DSLR-like camera that won’t break the bank

Posted by toby
/ November 30, 2011 / Leave a comment

Received the following from Rachelle- I am looking for a camera. Not quite the price of a DSLR but the same type of look. I want a viewfinder as well as a LCD screen and manual focus as well as auto, and I like the forced flash too. Not...
Holiday Shopping: Camera Guide – If I had. . .

Posted by toby
/ November 22, 2011 / 1 Comment

Let’s keep this short and sweet – If I had $____ to spend on a camera what would I buy. . . (see below for lens ideas) Black Friday Updates 7am HS300 at $149 -See description below, Excellent buy for a tiny but high quality camera SX230 at $199 –...
Lumix 101P – A Serious Camera Phone

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/ September 30, 2011 / Leave a comment

We have seen the camera and picture taking abilities of smart phones increasingly with each release – The iPhone that is rumored to be announced next week will probably have an 8MP sensor on top of their excellent software but the latest announcement from Panasonic blows that away –...
New Canon S100

Posted by toby
/ September 15, 2011 / Leave a comment

Preorder – Canon PowerShot S100 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Canon’s S90 was released in August 2009 and people, especially advanced amateurs, fell in love. The quality from the little camera was excellent if not stunning for a camera so small and the controls...
New Fuji X10 and Olympus Pen Mini

Posted by toby
/ September 3, 2011 / Leave a comment

Let’s take a quick look- on several levels these cameras are not in the same class, and may appeal to different photographers. A few key specs followed by my thoughts - Fujifilm X10 Olympus PEN Mini Interchangeable Lenses NO 4x zoom (28-112mm) YES Sensor Size 2/3″ EXR-CMOS 4/3″ Hi-Speed Live...
Sony and Nikon Announcements

Posted by toby
/ August 24, 2011 / Leave a comment

Just a quick run down of SOME of the announced cameras Sony’s new A77 (Amazon video) (pre-order) $1400 Body Only This is their flagship APS-C sized sensor, not full frame. Loads of technology crammed into this body of which the most significant is their translucent mirror technology which allows...
3 New Powershots from Canon

Posted by toby
/ August 23, 2011 / Leave a comment

UPDATE: 11/28/11 – POST Detailing the differences – HS300, HS310, HS500 & HS510 Canon has announced a few new cameras, a flash and several printers today. All of the newly announced cameras share a few features – New Smart IS – IS is image stabilization and the system now...
Olympus XZ-1, King of Point and Shoot Cameras?

Posted by toby
/ April 3, 2011 / Leave a comment

Canon’s S90 and more recently the S95 have held the title of king of P&S cameras in my book for the last 18 months – they are excellent cameras w/ larger than average sensors, a fast lens and excellent control scheme that includes a lens ring that controls several different...