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Written by Kevin Cheng | 15 June 2010
Posted in Reviews - Digital Cameras

Camdapter

Taking a step away from digital gadgets, today I get to play with a hand strap solution for DSLR cameras.  The Camdapter has flown under my radar until my brother found them on the web.  With thanks to Jim at Camdapter, I get to try it out on behalf of DigitalReviews.

 

 

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Written by Ashleigh | 24 March 2010
Posted in Reviews - Digital Cameras

Pentax X70

With the reputation Pentax holds with its K-Series of DSLRs, I was more than intrigued to get my hands on the Pentax X70 and its ‘ultra zoom’ capabilities. This 12 megapixel, 24x optical zoom yet surprisingly lightweight beauty seemed to provide an ideal solution for someone in my position – a bridge between the compact digital camera and the DSLR.

Being someone that has always taken a liking to photography but have never had the time to break into the DSLR market, this review has been written for those like me – people that are ready to move up from a compact digital camera but may not have the skills or funds for a DSLR.

So how did this camera go?

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Written by Joe Baker | 23 March 2010
Posted in Reviews - Digital Cameras

Our original intention was to do two separate co-related reviews on the two Ricoh family cameras, but we have decided that readers will get more value from the two reviews if we intertwine the comparison as we go.

That said, in the CX2 we are comparing what we initially believe to be a very compact, no-frills, point and shoot camera with the GXR, an extremely high end modular semi professional camera that has similar capabilities to a high end SLR.

If you are a professional photographer, then this review is not really for you due to other than looking at the specification comparison the rest of the review would seem to be below your expertise.  It was always my intention to review these two cameras from the average person on the street’s perspective.  So rather than get bogged down in F stops, apertures etc, we will cover the cameras from an ability to get what you want by setting either camera to “Auto” as we believe that is how the majority of people would use most cameras.

So with both the cameras sent to us by www.Tasco.com.au. in hand let’s take them into the field for comparison.

 

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Written by Joe Baker | 18 December 2009
Posted in Reviews - Digital Cameras

You know, it’s hard to “future proof” anything these days and we seem to see electronic goods becoming pretty well redundant within six months, so we thought we would pick through an online store known for its multitude of products in this field and see if we could pick something out that would have all the “bells and whistles” to stay current for a while.
We wanted a high end digital camera and also a digital camcorder that was top of the tree in high video definition i.e. 1920 x 1080i and if possible 1920 x 1080p, with a high frame rate so that we would have the best available quality when using the video recorder on new downstream products with Full High Definition capabilities.
With an overriding condition that we didn’t want to pay “arms and a leg” in $’s, we believe that in the dual camera, Sanyo Xacti VPC-FH1 we have selected a reasonably priced product that based on specifications we thought could be outstanding for its operational future proofing and potential capabilities.
We didn’t allow the people at “Gibbscamerahouse” to have any input so we knew we would be entirely free from any well intentioned possible bias.

Boldly we made our own selection.

So did we “stuff it up” or what??

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Written by Joe Baker | 22 November 2009
Posted in Reviews - Digital Cameras

The following review will cover a comparison between the older standard system packaged Colour outdoor (Coc)cameras and the specific purpose designed professional PRO 620 and the PRO 640.,supplied courtesy of  www.swann.com.au.

Whilst we are at it we will also cover the installation and adjustment for the best type of camera and finding the most suited position in order to effectively read an intruder’s car number plate. 

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Written by Martin Regtien | 18 November 2009
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Written by Kevin Cheng | 17 February 2009
Posted in Reviews - Digital Cameras

Canon EOS 450D

Some of our regular readers may know that I have made occasional references to my interest in photography.  After a few years of letting work take over my life and getting by with nothing but my mobile phone camera, I finally decided on an entry-level DSLR to ease my way back into the hobby.  For my birthday this year I was given a Canon EOS 450D with a twin lens kit.

It has been 5 years since Canon first released the first "affordable" digital SLR in the form of the EOS 300D (Digital Rebel), the EOS 450D also known as the Rebel XSi (US) and Kiss X2 Digital (Japan), is the fourth generation Canon DSLR at the lower end of the EOS range.  I am going to refer to it as the EOS 450D, the name by which it is marketed in Australia.

This is not intended to be a complete technical review of the Canon EOS 450D.  There are plenty of professional photographers out there who can provide far more technical details and comparisons.  This is intended as an overview of my impressions as an owner and user of an EOS 450D.

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