Manfrotto 468MGRC0 Hydrostatic Ball Head
Despite the claims of some photography pundits, you certainly do need a stable shooting platform for your camera in many situations. OIS, IS and VR can't help you when shutter speeds drop to seconds.
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Canon PowerShot G9 Digital Camera
As good camera designs get better and the market leaders — Canon and Nikon mainly — vie for top spot, consumers, hobbyists, amateurs and professional photographers benefit from the competition. Is there a G9 in your future?
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Canon PowerShot A650 IS Digital Compact Camera
Canon keeps coming up with terrific little cameras which exceed our expectations. Looking for a digital compact camera packed with value, usability and image quality? Consider looking at Canon first.
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TrueGrain v1.1
There is an increasingly steady turn away from film and film effects of all types in favor of a completely digital look and feel. Emulation of classic film grain, a hallmark of so much great film over the years, has some interesting uses.
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The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book
With apologies to veteran Photoshop users who spend lots of time in the Channels palette, the Photoshop Layers features and functions are the most powerful photo editing controls available today. A serious Photoshop layers book is always welcome.
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Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera
Point & Shoot cameras come and go with the seasons. The problem is, some consumers have limited budgets. What's needed is a sturdy little camera that has some staying power in the form of rich, accurate color, a sharp lens, and lots of features.
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Photography & Video Shoulder Bags, Sling Packs, Backpacks, Waist Belt Systems and Rolling Bags - 2008 Product Roundup
We rounded up samples, talked to users, shopped and reviewed models from 30 makers. There are a lot of good designs to choose from. Find the bag that fits your needs.
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Plustek OpticFilm 7300 Film Scanner
It doesn't matter how dedicated you've become to digital photography. There's still a great storehouse of photos on slides and negatives sitting in a closet, calling out to you. Those old photos aren't suddenly unworthy simply because they're not digital.
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v1.3
Professional photographers and serious amateurs need robust, easy to use software which eases workflow while at the same time providing powerful and intuitively easy to use editing tools, content management and high quality output. Adobe has answered the call.
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Nikon D300 Digital SLR Camera
Great companies stay at or near the top of the mountain by relentlessly and creatively pursuing the improvement of their core products. Focus, focus, focus. Nikon exemplifies this by periodically designing and manufacturing some of the best cameras in the world.
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Comments on "Sony announce the 8MP Cybershot DSC N-1"
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Alan Y said ... (Fri Jan 06, 04:28:00 AM 2006) :
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Mazzageo said ... (Fri Jan 06, 10:52:00 AM 2006) :
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Alan Y said ... (Sun Jan 08, 05:50:00 AM 2006) :
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Mazzageo said ... (Sun Jan 08, 01:47:00 PM 2006) :
post a commentThe DSC N-1 is the best camera I have ever used. The large touch screen is very unique. Contrary to reviews that complained about the flash and focus, the user must study all of the settings. For example, by setting the camera to the "Program" mode and the focus to "Automatic", the exposure and results are awesome. Once a picture is being reviewed, the telephoto switch allows you to trim any picture to a closer shot, while allowing you to retain the original picture. This is done by going to the menu, pressing trimming (5m, 3m, 2m, etc). In short , I have no complaints about this camera. Every picture can be perfect, but learn the camera before posting a one day review. You will love the slideshows, too.
Thanks Alan,
I've always found sony's cameras to be very competent and easy to use ... ?for my own use I tend to lean more to DSLRs from Canon, having just picked up a 5D I'm very happy. It would be nice to see some of your images to get an idea how you are doing with it...
Per other reviews, there was a concern about video noise, during playback. Through testing several settings, I foud that if you go to the record mode, and set the Focus to infinity, or any of the lower settings (7.0m,3.0m, etc.), and increase the EV to +2 (indoors-avoid zooming), the noise will be eliminated. Another plus for low light photos is to activate the "AF Illuminator", then go to the camera mode and change the Focus to either "Multi AF" or "Center AF" and, go to "menu" (under Focus) and set the "Flash Level to "+". Enjoy the experience.
P.S. Mazzageo, I would send a few, but I would need an e-mail address.
Thanks Alan, I'll post your suggestions on the blog. For an email address Visit my main website georgiou.com it's posted there.