23Jun2011
The Evolution of Camcorders
Today’s camcorders bear almost no resemblance to the technology that gave rise to the beloved pastime of home recording. In the 1960’s the first piece of “home recording” equipment cost US$30,000 and weighed more than 45 kilograms: a bit out of reach for your average home hobbyist. It wouldn’t be until the 1980s that home recording became both affordable and convenient. Companies
Read More24May2010
Pentax K-x- a DSLR camera to suit your budget
As far as the more professional DSLR cameras are concerned, hardly any are as affordable and within budget as the ones manufactured by Pentax are and have been quite for a long time in the market; so while they are excellent are offering customers with good quality and affordable DSLR cameras, you might want to check out their latest model Pentax K-x which is probably one of the best ones that
Read More19May2010
Canon IXUS 105 IS: not a bad buy
As far as Cannon’s lifestyle cameras are concerned their new IXUS 105 IS is definitely going to be a keeper, just like most of Cannon’s creations hit the nail on the head, this one too has got it quite right as it clinches the objective in the mid range camera categories as well as the compact range of similar cameras. Where the image quality of this camera is concerned, it is definitely one
Read More19May2010
Samsung’s first camera success
If you take into consideration the fact that Samsung has been trying really hard for the past couple of years to become popular in the amateur camera market, then you have to applaud their latest release- NX10 which is the closest they have got so far to perfection in this particular field. Their previous cameras we cannot exactly just shrug off as very bad efforts but it was just that somehow
Read More19May2010
CorelDraw X5: Worth the wait!
If you are a CorelDraw fan user and have been testing out every edition of the software and every upgrade that they make you will know that they are not always as impressive as you would have liked them to be, at least not in sequence. This is the reason why a few of the upgrades such as 3,6, 9 and even 12 were brilliant upgrades when we all jumped with joy at their release while most of the
Read More19May2010
DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS
The television has become an important part of one’s lives in the past few decades. A source of entertainment, knowledge and information, it is so much more than an object owned by someone. The entertainment quotient the television brings in the form of well-crafted television series, cultural shows and sports broadcasts is truly unmatched. It provides a wonderful distraction from the humdrum
Read More17May2010
Tunnel fires can be prevented using infrared cameras
You might be surprised to know the world of good something as small as a camera can actually do, however the one is question is not quite the ordinary camera but an infrared one. Recent studies that are being conducted in Germany to find a way by which these infra red cameras can be used to prevent any of those deadly tunnel fires, that you read and hear about so often. What has been discovered
Read More12May2010
Is Leica's New £5000 4/3rds Camera Worth It?
The photography industry has taken a welcome turn towards retro in the last five years. From ancient camera designs reappearing to purpose-built film cameras popping onto shelves again, a world once dominated by silver digital boxes has gained a remarkable sense of design and class. We only wish it would gain a degree of retro pricing, too. Leica, one of the most acclaimed and celebrated camera
Read More10May2010
Epson R-D1 Rangefinder Blends Retro Styling with Digital Performance
The photography industry was once at a junction. Power users and 'prosumers' were content with their digital SLR cameras – bulky pieces of machinery that delivered power and quality, but almost always at the expense of simplicity and convenience. Lugging a full-size SLR camera around wasn't an option for travel photographers and casual photography enthusiasts, leaving many to abandon the search
Read More10May2010
Canon LEGRIA HF S21: Canon’s Best Consumer Camcorder Yet
With digital cameras and micro-HD miniature video recorders bringing HD video into the hands of consumers, the list of reasons not to buy a camcorder is growing every minute. Sub-£200 offerings from Sony, Canon, and Flip (recently acquired by Cisco Systems) have grown massively in popularity, leaving high-end camcorder manufacturers with dwindling sales and an urgent need to revise their
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