Canon HR10 camcorder Canon’s DVD-based HD camcorder
Choice, as every shopper recognizes, is both a godsend and a nightmare. It’s great to be able to compare lots of versions of the same basic product, but almost impossible to weigh up all the pros and cons accurately to make a swift decision to buy. This is particularly evident when buying a new digital camera, whether for moving or still pictures - especially as most digital cameras will perform both functions with varying degrees of success.
Canon’s HR10 camcorder is a case in point. Whereas its high definition predecessors recorded on hard drive (HG10) and MiniDV tape (HV20), the HR10 captures its images on 8cm DVDs and the quartet of formats will be complete shortly when the HF10 and HF100 are released with dual flash memory recording. So what are the advantages and negatives of the DVD version?
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Canon PowerShot G9 12-megapixel digital camera
Canon’s PowerShot G9 shoots still photos at a maximum resolution of 12.1 megapixels. That results in huge file sizes. At the best quality you are looking at about 5MB per file, sometimes more, sometimes less. Shooting at that quality gives you the potential for getting prints at up to A2 size: large enough for you to make posters from your photos.
You can, of course, scale things down in several increments, to 640 x 480 if that’s what you want. And you can scale up too, with the camera capable of shooting uncompressed RAW format files.
Video footage comes in at a maximum of 1,024 x 768 pixels and 15 frames per second, or 640 x 480 and 30 frames per second. (more…)
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Canon Digital IXUS 960 IS high quality 12-megapixel digital compact
It’s becoming increasingly difficult, when buying compact digital cameras off the shelf, to tell one from another, as the standard rectangular silver casing seems to be the norm for the majority of the market. It therefore comes as a pleasant surprise, when removing the packaging from the latest Canon Digital IXUS, to see a more ‘battleship grey’ tone of titanium and a sexy, indented curve to the front and sides.
It feels solid and comfortable to hold, too, measuring 90 x 57 x 26mm and weighing 165g. One slight annoyance, however, was the frequent appearance of fingerprints on the circular surround encompassing the lens on the front. (more…)
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Canon - LV-7265
Canon has built a reputation for producing high quality, adaptable and sturdy projectors that will fit the needs of education, business and leisure clients. Three more in its successful LV range have now raced onto the market. The LV-X7 is an entry-level affordable machine aimed at the education sector, while the LV-7260 is a business model that just lacks a few important elements of the top-of-the-range LV-7265 reviewed here.
A compact 310mm x 109mm x 265mm in size and weighing just 3.1kg, the LV-7265 is housed in a stylish cream and silver casing and is designed to function as a multimedia projector in anything from a ‘box’ room to a boardroom. (more…)
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Canon EOS 40D
You’ve got to the stage in your photographic development where you’ve outgrown the teenage point-‘n’-shoot crowd and have maybe thought seriously about composing shots where you have more say in the settings, effects and lighting conditions. You might even be thinking about stepping up to pro status, but are nervous about spending thousands of pounds on high-end SLRs that might prove just too complex.
The best compromise is to head for a sturdy, semi-pro DSLR which will still have some features that remind you of what’s important, and where you can switch to auto when you’re in doubt, whilst still giving you much more control. This is where Canon’s eagerly awaited replacement for the EOS 30D comes into its own. (more…)