Archive for the 'Digital Cameras' Category

05
Feb

Canon Going Strong in the Digital Camera World

In days gone by, if you wanted a great camera that would provide you with the best high quality pictures, you trusted the Kodak brand for your camera, your photo paper, and anything else related to photographs. This is no longer the case, however, and Kodak has had a hard time competing with the many different companies as the photography methods have changed into a digital world. While they do still offer great options, the competition is stiff. One such company is Canon, which offers a variety of digital camera options. Not only does Canon offer many different styles of digital cameras, but they are successfully creating and offering new digital camera options all the time. In the first part of 2012, for example, they are launching three new Canon Powershot digital cameras.

While Canon is offering new digital camera options, Kodak is being forced to file bankruptcy. Their cameras are great, but they have always been the high-end camera, and they have had a hard time competing in the digital world. Canon, however, offers many different levels of digital camera, appealing to a broader market including new photographers as well as more serious. While Kodak will likely survive these hard times, offering more styles of digital cameras at a lower price will be their only hope. Being competitive in offer replacement digital camera batteries and other accessories will also be key. Beyond that, they may end up continuing to restructure to focus more on printing than on the digital cameras themselves.

Along with many options of Canon digital cameras being available, with new ones steadily being introduced to the market, this brand of camera is typically the easiest to find replacement batteries for. Although many digital cameras will include rechargeable batteries with the camera, these batteries can wear down over time, and you will need to replace them. With Canon digital camera rechargeable batteries, replacements are more readily available than other brands. Not only do these replacement digital camera batteries come in handy if your battery will no longer hold a charge, but it is also a great idea to always have a second fully charged battery on hand. This is particularly true if you will be on a vacation or at an event where you know you will be using your Canon digital camera for a long period of time, possibly resulting in a dying battery before you are done taking pictures.

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28
Nov

The Canon EOS C300 Cinema Camera: DSLR Straddles Hollywood & Photo Enthusiasts

Canon EOS C300 Cinema CameraAs DSLRs quickly become more accessible to the average user, Canon develops a new, high-level DSLR camera that doubles as nimble video camera that lives up to Hollywood standards.

Since the advent of photography and the motion picture, picture taking and making has always been an exclusive and expensive hobby, limited by the expense of the equipment needed to compose and produce fine images. Whereas a master painter can use the same, inexpensive set of oil paints and canvas as an amateur and produce a fine work of art, the quality and impressiveness of photography and film making depends in large part on the quality of the technology used to produce it.

Fortunately for the photo enthusiast, however, the exclusivity of photo technology has diminished over the years, becoming increasing company, feature-rich, and affordable. We’ve seen this most recently with the rise in popularity of high end smartphones with 8 megapixel camera sensors, as discussed in another blog article. The result has been a shift in the DSLR market, wherein entry models are becoming more affordable, so that the amateur photographer who prefers their smartphone for taking snapshots can now afford a higher-end DSLR.

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19
Nov

Are Smartphones Killing the Digital Camera Market?

digital cameraSLR digital cameras still offer serious photographers the best quality, performance, and features for serious digital photography. But with the increased popularity of smartphones, will they eventually kill the digital camera market?

Strange as it may seem, the most popular digital camera these days isn’t make by Nikkon, Canon, or Pentax. Apple makes the most popular digital camera — it’s called the iPhone.

PC World originally reported on the phenomenon way back in June, when Flickr announced that the iPhone was responsible for taking and uploading more photos on their photo sharing website than any other device: “Apple’s iPhone 4 is officially the most popular camera on Flickr, according to stats from the site.The data is based on the types of devices members use to upload photos to Flickr. The iPhone 4′s five-megapixel camera recently leapfrogged the Nikon D90 to become Flickr’s top camera. Besides the D90, the iPhone 4 tops the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi, and the Canon EOS Rebel T1i respectively.”

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30
Oct

New Canon SLRs Are Making Their Rounds

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

It wasn’t that many years ago that the prices of digital SLRs were prohibitive for average camera users: unless you were a professional photographer — or at least a very serious photo junkie — chances are, your digital camera was autofocus. And Canon had the perfect consumer-driven answer to this reality: the Elph.

But with the rise of beefed-up camera sensors on smartphones (models like the iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S 2 now boast 8-megapixel cameras and incredibly sophisticated photo imaging software), companies like Canon have been forced to make digital SLRs more affordable in order to offer consumers a step up from what they already get from their favourite smartphones.

The Canon PowerShot SX40 HS is a perfect example of this. According to DigitalTrends, the camera boasts an 8.5 out of 10 rating for quality, performance, and features, with the only “cons” being a slight lack of stability when using a maximum telephoto lens and a less-than-stellar video shooting capability. But those flaw aside, the Canon PowerShot SX40 HS has a fabulous imaging processor — still great even though the camera was released in 2010, as well as an impressive 35x zoom: “This gives you a focal range of a nice wide-angle (24mm) with a telephoto that extends as far as 840mm.” For the money, this is just about the best value-priced digital zoom you’ll find on the market today.

But if you’re looking for a newer Canon SLR model, you’re in luck: Canon is set to release a new model at this year’s expo.

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12
Sep

Canon Digital Camera Batteries Among Highest Quality In Industry

Canon digital camera batteriesThe world’s leading digital camera company also continues to lead when it comes to making digital camera batteries. Read why Canon digital cameras are a worthy investment based on their batteries alone.

In this world of mobile electronics, one thing is for certain: mobile gadgets are only as good as the rechargeable batteries that are in them. That is an obvious truth when it comes to laptops, smartphones, and tablet computers, but it’s also true for digital cameras as well. Few people realise the amount of processing power and energy needed to snap a digital photo — that is, until they see their batter power draining by the second.

Many digital cameras on the market today allow users to utilise AA and AA rechargeable batteries, which makes it easy to charge up a few rounds of battery power for an extend day of photography. But there are just as many digital camera manufacturers who opt for a proprietary digital camera battery instead. Usually accompanied by a proprietary battery charger, the perception is that a battery pack is always a more high-quality option than using AA rechargeable batteries. But that is not always the case — even digital camera batteries can offer lackluster power performances.

cannon batteries

Fortunately for Canon digital camera users, their battery packs are just as high quality as their cameras.

All of the Canon digital camera batteries feature next-generation LiON rechargeable battery technology — the same kind used in Apple products and most smartphone devices. While NiMH is still the gold standard used in AA and AA rechargeable batteries, LiON is fast becoming the technology of choice for high-end mobile electronics — and Canon has been sure to invest in this technology for all of its top-end digital cameras and camcorders.

Ranging from 1050 mAh to as high as 1800 mAh, the Canon digital camera batteries offer some of the highest capacity on the market today. In addition, their battery packs can be charged up to 1000 without suffering from the dreaded “memory effect” that other cheaper digital camera batteries suffer from. Together with the fact that Canon digital camera batteries are environmentally friendly, with no Mercury, Cadmium or Lead, they offer avid photographers and camera enthusiasts a great solution for getting the most out of their Canon digital cameras.

The only problem with Canon digital camera batteries is that Canon only gives you one of them with your new digital camera. For as much as they offer unparalleled performance, if you’re planning on doing a lot of photography, you’ll most definitely want to charge up one or two spare battery packs. This is especially true if you’re going to be shooting a lot of video, since it uses considerably more power than snapping photos.

What’s remarkable is that you can now pick up spare digital camera batteries that work flawlessly with Canon digital cameras ranging from AUD $20 to $40, depending on your digital camera model. It’s a small price to pay for doubling down on your battery power!

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