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Best Cameras and Products 2007 - American Photo

American Photo has put out their annual list of best new products - everything from Pro SLR's to Ultracompact Cameras and Accessories - lots of great info, give it a look!

Reviewing the Best Point and Shoot Digital Cameras

David Pogue of the New York Times takes his annual look at the best point & shoot cameras in this article.

Comparing 11 of the most popular consumer models, he singles out the Canon A630 as having the best picture quality and the Fuji FinePix F30 (my point and shoot of choice) as having the best low-light pictures.

More, in the article!

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How To Buy A Digital Camera

Digital Photography School has a very good article on the 9 Steps To Buying a Digital Camera.

Those steps take you through the kinds of questions you should ask and things you should think about before you buy your next camera.

For example...

6. Optical Zooms are King

Not all ‘zooms’ are created equal.

When you’re looking at different models of digital cameras you’ll often hear their zooms talked about in two ways. Firstly there’s the ‘optical zoom’ and then there’s the ‘digital zoom’.

I would highly recommend that you only take into consideration the ‘optical zoom’ when making a decision about which camera to buy. Digital zooms simply enlarge the pixels in your shot which does make your subject look bigger, but it also makes it look more pixelated and your picture ‘noisier’ (like when you go up close to your TV).

Check it out!

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Best Digital Camera Under $450 For Sports and Nature

A reader asked Popular Photography a pretty common question...

Q: I want to photograph sports and nature (especially landscapes and animals), and I want to spend under $450. Any compacts fit the bill?

Here are the criteria they set for that sort of picture taking:

A: A lot of great compact digital cameras cost $450 or less these days. But for sports and nature photography, you'll want a model that has a long zoom lens with at least an f/2.8 aperture at the wide end -- a must for existing-light photography and extended flash range.

PopPhoto's recommendations are the Kodak P712 and the Canon S3 IS and they ultimately come down in favor of the Kodak - read the full article for all their reasoning.

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