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Digital Cameras August 2012 Archive

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24X Zoom Lens Highlights Olympus SZ-12

Friday August 31, 2012
Olympus has carved a nice niche for itself in the area of the market for thin ultra-zoom cameras, including the SZ-10 and the SP-30MZ, which I reviewed last year. This year, Olympus ... Read More

Colorful Canon A2300 Offered at Low Price

Thursday August 30, 2012
Canon's recently released PowerShot A2300 camera isn't going to provide a host of advanced features, but for beginners looking for a really nice sub-$150 camera, the A2300 will fit the ... Read More

Samsung ST76 Measures Only 0.67 Inches in Depth

Wednesday August 29, 2012
It wasn't too many years ago that imagining a thin digital camera with 16 megapixels of resolution seemed almost impossible. Now, you can find that type of camera for less ... Read More

Learn to Store Your Camera Safely

Tuesday August 28, 2012
With the summer photography season coming to an end, your vacations may be over and you may want to store your camera until the holidays. If you plan to go ... Read More

Canon EOS 60Da Excels at Astrophotography

Monday August 27, 2012
Canon has recently released a new DSLR camera that's designed specifically for astrophotography, replacing a model that's several years old. The EOS 60Da is designed specifically for to shoot photos of ... Read More

Sony HX30 Brings Long List of High-End Features

Sunday August 26, 2012
High-end point and shoot cameras have grown in popularity in 2012, with many more manufacturers showcasing these fixed-lens cameras. Sony's Cyber-shot HX30 might be the best of the lot, though. The ... Read More

List of Best Articulated LCD Screen Cameras Posted

Saturday August 25, 2012
The longer you have spent as a photographer, the more likely it is that you're going to encounter a difficult-angled photo at some point. With many of today's point and shoot ... Read More

Waterproof Cyber-shot TX20 Offers Touch Screen

Friday August 24, 2012
Sony has attempted to match style with toughness in its recently released waterproof camera, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX20. The TX20 is definitely one of the more interesting looking tough cameras around, ... Read More

Six New Cameras Announced

Thursday August 23, 2012
The holiday season always seems like it's closer than you think, and the announcements over the past couple of days about new cameras from Nikon, Canon, and Olympus just confirm ... Read More

New Article Discusses Using the Mode Dial

Wednesday August 22, 2012
Depending on the type of camera you own, you may be overwhelmed with the large number of buttons, dials, and parts that the camera has. If you only have time ... Read More

Panasonic's Latest Advanced Camera Is the Lumix GF5

Tuesday August 21, 2012
Panasonic's latest Lumix digital interchangeable lens (DIL) camera, the GF5, provides quite a few advanced features that fans of these really nice cameras will surely appreciate. Panasonic recently placed the GF5 ... Read More

XP170 Works in 33 Feet of Water Depth

Monday August 20, 2012
Waterproof cameras seem to be growing in popularity in 2012, especially point and shoot waterproof models. Fujifilm has introduced quite a few of these types of cameras this year, including ... Read More

15X Zoom Lens Highlights GE X550

Sunday August 19, 2012
The recently released GE X550 provides the look of an advanced camera -- complete with large zoom lens -- coupled with the point-and-shoot simplicity of most GE cameras. The X550 offers ... Read More

Nikon Announces Three New Photo Products

Saturday August 18, 2012
Nikon has added another DIL camera to its arsenal, the Nikon 1 J2, along with an underwater housing for its Nikon 1 line of interchangeable lens cameras. The Nikon 1 J1 ... Read More

Top Photo Products Named By EISA

Friday August 17, 2012
The European Imaging and Sound Association has released its list of the best photography European products for 2012-2013, and the winners include: Best Advanced DSLR. Canon EOS 5D Mark III Best Pro ... Read More

Find List of Best Cameras With Built-In GPS

Wednesday August 15, 2012
If you're someone who travels quite a bit, shooting photographs the entire time, you've probably encountered the frustrating situation of not remembering exactly where you shot each photo when you're ... Read More

Pentax to Focus on Advanced Cameras

Tuesday August 14, 2012
After Ricoh acquired Pentax last year, most of us expected that some changes were coming to the Pentax lineup of digital cameras, and it took less than 12 months for ... Read More

New Article Helps With Troubleshooting Samsung Cameras

Monday August 13, 2012
You may experience problems with your Samsung camera from time to time that don't result in any error messages or other easy-to-follow clues as to the problem. For example, perhaps your ... Read More

20X Zoom Highlights Fujifilm F750EXR

Sunday August 12, 2012
Fujifilm has excelled for quite a few years at building slim cameras with large zoom lenses. The latest camera in this category, the Fujifilm FinePix F750EXR, is another very strong ... Read More

Lumix TS20 Is Tough, Colorful Camera

Saturday August 11, 2012
An inexperienced tough camera isn't always easy to find, but Panasonic is aiming its Lumix DMC-TS20 squarely in that price range of about $150 (Compare Prices). The TS20 can work in ... Read More

List of Best Touch Screen Cameras Posted

Friday August 10, 2012
When it comes to helping beginning photographers learn how to use their cameras more efficiently, one of the best features that I think beginners will appreciate is a touch screen ... Read More

GE E1410SW Provides 10X Zoom Lens in Thin Body

Thursday August 9, 2012
As part of its "power" series, GE has recently released the E1410SW digital camera, which gives beginning photographers access to some high-powered features, including a 10X optical zoom lens, at ... Read More

Care Properly for Your Underwater Photography Equipment

Wednesday August 8, 2012
Underwater photography is an enjoyable hobby, giving you some photos that are almost impossible to duplicate. However, you have to take extra precautions to protect your digital camera from the water ... Read More

Sub-$100 W610 From Sony Has Multiple Color Options

Tuesday August 7, 2012
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W610 camera may not have many high-end features, but it's tough to argue with its colorful options and sub-$100 price point. (Compare Prices) You'll find the W610 in ... Read More

Waterproof Fujifilm XP150 Also Has GPS Unit

Monday August 6, 2012
As with many of Fujifilm's "tough" cameras, such as the FinePix XP10 from last year, the recently released FinePix XP150 has strong waterproof capabilities, as well as a built-in GPS ... Read More

Latest DualView Camera Costs Less Than $150

Sunday August 5, 2012
I've always like the DualView camera design from Samsung, starting with the first model a few years ago, as it simplifies self portraits while allowing quite a bit of fun ... Read More

Robotics Help Olympic Photographers With Odd Angles

Saturday August 4, 2012
If you're impressed by some of the interesting angles found in photographs coming from the London Olympic Games, there may be more to those images than a flexible photographer. Reuters has ... Read More

Find Tips for Shooting Kids Party Photos

Friday August 3, 2012
With school starting again later this month, you're probably going to see your kids start to attend parties again. And when you're having kids parties, that's a common reason to dig ... Read More

Pentax Introduces K-30 DSLR in Three Body Colors

Wednesday August 1, 2012
The latest DSLR camera from Pentax, the K-30, provides some extremely powerful features, building on the success that Pentax has enjoyed in the past several years in the prosumer DSLR ... Read More

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