Samsung S860Z 8.1MP Digital Camera in Pink

Samsung S860Z 8.1MP Digital Camera in Pink

Now this Samsung S860Z (S860Z-R) R meaning Refurbished is on sale right now for a very low price. This digital camera looks hot in pink and can see this being a hit with the ladies.

Even thought this camera has been refurbished it does not mean you are getting rubbish; it has been refurbed back to its brand new state.

The main features include 2.4″ Active Matrix TFT Color LCD display screen, 8.1Megapixel, Aspect Ratio 16:9, Maximum Video Resolution 640 x 480, Aperture Range f/2.8 to 5.2, Digital Zoom 3x, Optical Zoom 3x, Video Formats AVI Motion JPEG, Maximum Image Resolution 3264 x 2448, Focal Length 6.3mm to 18.9mm, Red-eye Reduction and so much more.

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Samsung S860 Digital Camera Review

Samsung S860 Digital Camera Review

The Samsung S860 is an entry-level compact perfectly suited to first-time digital camera users or those who have not updated within the previous five years and are feeling completely overwhelmed by the jargon and advanced technologies saturating the modern compact camera market.

While the S860 has adopted a number of popular and valuable elements common to digital compacts toady - including face detection auto exposure and focus, and digital image stabilisation - it is in no way intimidating or complicated: the S860 is cleanly designed, easy to operate, and more than capable of fulfilling the average point-and-shooter’s needs.

For a compact camera within this highly affordable price range, the S860 packs a powerful little punch. High resolution images are created using what Samsung call a ‘true-colour filtered’ 8.1 mega pixel CCD (charge-coupled device), which allows users to print their images any size up to that of a standard poster without loss of quality.

The two-tier, fully-retractable, three times optical zoom lens can combine with three times digital zoom to offer a nine times total zoom capacity, allowing users to get closer to subjects further away and achieve some quite impressive, clear results. Built-in macro mode will help those who would like to get closer to subjects already under their nose in order to capture finer detail and eliminate distractions from the final composition.

During recording of the available 640 x 480 Motion JPEG video, the S860 retains its ability to zoom and is capable of recording either with or without sound. Unfortunately though, both cannot be done at once: at the point where the zoom function is activated, the audio recording will be cut off.

It is advisable that consumers purchase at least a 1GB card at the point of sale to help ensure ample amounts of both video and stills can be taken and stored at a time. Movie mode especially is a fantastic novelty - as well as often being a useful tool - to have on a digital compact camera and as such, should be used without the restriction of a small 512MB card or lower.

Eleven scene modes are incorporated into the S860 and range from portrait to night scene, sunset, dawn, landscape, fireworks and text etc. A photo help guide is also built-in to offer the user tips and tricks to counteract issues such as camera shake, out of focus images, and the difficulty of shooting in low light conditions.

The S860 can be somewhat sluggish when processing images shot using digital image stabilisation. In some cases, it may take up to three or four seconds before the previous image is recorded and the next can be composed and taken. For general shooting however, either with or without the flash, this will reduce to one or two seconds.

The S860 kit comes with two AA alkaline batteries to power the unit but it is highly recommended that rechargeable batteries be purchased (along with a charger if not already owned) as these will quickly prove to be more economically efficient. The kit also includes a wrist strap, software, USB cable, manual and warranty card and the S860 is available in four different colours: silver, black, pink and blue.

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Samsung L201 Digital Camera Review

Samsung L201 Digital Camera Review

The 10.2 mega pixel Samsung L201 has a positively minimal feel about it, which is obvious from the time you first open the boxed kit. The provided USB cable doubles as the power cord (for battery recharge) by having an attachable AC adapter head meaning you can go from having the L201 plugged directly into your computer to having it charging via a wall socket in a matter seconds and with minimal fuss.

Being able to charge the dedicated battery whilst in-camera also allows for greater convenience: no more fiddling around with a battery charger unit nor taking the battery to-and-from the camera after every few uses.

The L201 kit comes complete with a strap, AV cable, software, 14-page manual and warranty card and only requires the purchase of a memory card and camera case before all that is required to shoot, upload, edit, recharge and care for your camera, is at your fingertips.

Keeping in line with the minimalist approach, the L201 is cleanly and compactly designed with a two-tier, three times optical zoom lens that neatly retracts into the camera body when power is off. A wide variety of colours are available including traditional silver and black, while for those who prefer to make a bolder statement, pink, blue and green are additional options.

The L201 has an intelligent 2.7-inch LCD screen that fills two-thirds of the camera’s back and provides a clear, bright picture in most conditions. Start-up time is rapid at less than 1.5 seconds along with auto focus, which proves to be both accurate and swift shot after shot.

There aren’t excessive operational buttons and dials to negotiate on the Samsung L201 and all 13 of them are placed logically and ergonomically for use. The zoom control is the most difficult to handle given its small size and up/down functioning opposed to the standard left/right, but having said that it would quickly become a habit and feel quite natural to the user.

An automatic double flash system is used to help achieve optimum results and Samsung’s auto contrast balance technology (ACB) applies itself when in back lit conditions to help better reproduce detail in the shadowed areas. Face detection technology is also included and when selected, will adjust the automatic exposure and focus to better suit portrait shooting.

Fortunately, the user will not be overwhelmed by scene modes as only ten of the most common are included in the L201: nightscene, children, landscape, close-up, text, sunset, dawn, backlight, fireworks, and beach and snow, making it simpler to narrow down which mode is best for the current shooting situation.

Many users will also appreciate the in-house photo help guide, which offers an assortment of advice given particular tricky situations that may be encountered. For instance, the L201 will instruct you of ways to counteract out of focus images and those resulting camera shake, how to achieve better results in low-light conditions, and ways to adjust brightness and colour etc.

Users also have the ability to resize and/or rotate images, manually adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and colour mode (change to black and white, sepia, red, green, blue and negative) in camera, along with red eye fix and automatic brightness and contrast adjustment meaning that often, little to no editing via a computer is necessary.

medal-platinum-r.jpg The eight-function mode dial includes popular choices: auto, program, manual, scene and movie mode, along with digital image stabilisation, photo help guide, and face detection. It would have been beneficial had digital image stabilisation and face detection run automatically and concurrently when auto mode was selected but indeed, having them as selectable options is preferable to not having them at all. Digital image stabilisation mode does take between five and seven seconds to capture and process a single image however, so realistically could only be used to capture still life or for experimentation.

The L201 menu system is plainly laid out and easy to navigate making it fairly foolproof and likely suit those who desire a simple-to-use point-and-shoot compact camera that reliably delivers high quality images and movie clips with a minimum amount of fuss. At RRP $229 the L201 is extremely affordable and being of a similar size to a standard deck of cards, it is highly portable as well.

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T700 Review

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T700 Review

Touch screen cameras certainly are nothing new at this point. But for everyone except jaded camera reviewers, it seems that the novelty of being able to tap your way through settings changes on a huge screen hasn't worn off. Biases about whether or not a touch interface does more to get in the way of ease of operation than it makes up for with cool touch-responsive integrations aside, there's still something a bit "sci-fi" about a camera with little or no physical interface: even though the convenience of actual buttons means that they'll probably never become a thing of the past, touch screens continue to seem like the technology of the future.

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Fujifilm Brings Back Polaroid-Style Cameras

Fujifilm Brings Back Polaroid-Style Cameras

More than a year ago, the death knell of the Polaroid camera was widely documented. In February, Polaroid began shutting down its film factories, as the technology faded to black.

But lomographs, take heart. Fujifilm has stepped in with its line of Instax Mini instant-film cameras, which can be purchased for about $100 or so: a bit much for an impulse buy, perhaps, but cheap enough that a true fan can resuscitate some childhood fun without paying an arm and a leg on eBay.

While this isn't your mother's Polaroid camera, at least on paper the experience is the same: you take a picture, the camera ejects the film, and in a few minutes or so you have a color picture. What Fuji has done is to take that basic experience and added a bit more sophistication. ( (It should also be noted that in 2009, Polaroid will release a digital camera with a built-in ZINK printer.)

What you can buy and where you can buy them go hand in hand. Until now, the only place to buy the base Instax Mini 7S was at YesAsia.com, where the camera ships in both pink and chocolate colors, for about $76. A ten-pack of film adds about $10, bringing the total package price to $85.98.

Lomography.com said Tuesday, however, that it has added the Fuji's full line of instant-film cameras to its Web store. I'm not sure why, but the Instax line is also alternatively referred to as the "Cheki" line on the site.

For comparison's sake, Lomography offers the Instax Mini S Chocolate/Fuji Cheki 7 for $100, although the site will throw in a free film package for today only, Nov. 26. (Each film pack contains ten exposures, so it appears that a "twin pack" includes two 10-exposure packs.) The camera weighs 320g, uses a f=60mm lens, focusing from 0.6 m through infinity. basic exposure compensation is included, along with a low-light flash and an electronic shutter. All of the cameras include a nifty little mirror for taking pictures of yourself.

Normally, adding an additional twin film pack costs about $25, with discounts for bulk purchases. All of Fuji's cameras appear to produce prints that are credit card sized: 6.5 cm wide by 4.6 cm high. Special widescreen (6.2cm x 9.9cm) film is only compatible with the Instax 200. All of the Fuji instant film for the Instax/Cheki cameras is ISO 800.

The $135 Instax Mini 25/Fuji Cheki 25 adds an additional shutter button for vertical or horizontal shooting, a rudimentary range finder, two focus modes, a programmed electronic shutter, intelligent flash, and even an LCD counter of the available shots.

The $200 Instax Mini 55i/Fuji Cheki 55i adds a self-timer feature, as well as a two-shot mode, where you can set the camera up to take two quick shots -- a good way to burn through your available supply of film. The camera also includes a "close up lens" for focusing from 35 cm away.

It goes without saying, of course, that shooting and printing digital camera prints are far cheaper than these cameras, whether you choose to print at a retail store or at home. But that's not really the point, is it?

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Insignia NS-DSC7P09 7.0 Megapixel Pink Digital Camera: Best Buy Black Friday

Insignia NS-DSC7P09 7.0 Megapixel Pink Digital Camera: Best Buy Black Friday

This is the Insignia NS-DSC7P09 7.0 Megapixel digital camera that is available to buy on Black Friday at the great price of $59.99. There will be a limit of 1 per customer and a minimum of 15 per store.

You will take great shots every time with this camera thanks to the digital image stabilization and the high ISO sensitivity. It also comes with 4 x digital and 3 x optical zooms. You can also record video in AVI format.

There are many other great features on this camera that include a 2.5 inch LCD screen, Face Detection technology, 16MB of internal memory and it’s PictBridge compatible.

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Olympus Tough Smart 1050SW Digital Camera Review

Olympus Tough Smart 1050SW Digital Camera Review

The extensive series of Tough Smart Olympus cameras are one of the best-selling varieties across the current digital camera market for a number of reasons: they are robust enough to withstand a variety of extreme conditions and yet are stylishly designed, they are fun and easy to operate, and they are appropriately priced for the features and functions on offer (RRP $399 for this model.)

The latest edition to the range, the Tough Smart 1050SW, is certainly no exception. If the 10.1 mega pixels, 3 times optical zoom and built-in digital image stabilisation isn’t enough to steal your initial interest, then certainly the 3 meter waterproof, 1.5 meter shockproof, and minus 10 degree snowproof capabilities will be.

Not only do these characteristics make the 1050SW exceptionally practical in the sense that there really aren’t many shooting situations it cannot withstand, they also make owning the unit largely stress-free and operating it good fun.

You wouldn’t need to think twice before taking the 1050SW camping, to the beach, cycling, skiing, snorkeling, to parties, to nightclubs, on road trips, you name it. Nor would you hesitate to let children use the camera wherever and however they can imagine.

The Tough 1050SW can withstand some fairly rugged treatment along with an array of extreme conditions and as such, does not inhibit one’s photo-taking opportunities in any obvious way. This in itself is an extremely enticing quality for a compact camera to offer.

If the sound of the 1050SW’s ruggedness and durability is creating visions of a boxy, unattractive camera lacking in style then you may be pleased to know that, in fact, this unit is both neatly and stylishly designed and comes in a selection of appealing colours including: silver, blue, pink, black and gold.

The box kit includes the camera, a wrist strap, charger with a single dedicated battery, AV and USB cables, manual, software (Olympus Master 2), warranty card and a MicroSD attachment.

While purchasing a protective case may be a good idea, rest assured it is not entirely necessary. The 1050SW has its own lens protect slider built onto the front of the unit, which will look after both the lens and the flash whenever the camera is not in use.

Throw it your handbag, pocket, briefcase or backpack and don’t think about the 1050SW again until your ready to take some photos. Remember that the robust unit is shakeproof, shockproof, and waterproof. Additionally, a nightproof feature is included, which promises to reproduce accurate colours at night with and without the flash and also further illuminates the 2.7 inch LCD to make composing and previewing shots easier.

Shadow adjustment and face detection technologies combine to automatically adjust exposure and focus while the Olympus TruePic III image processor helps to ensure images are reproduced with correct colours and superior clarity and detail. Shadow adjustment does tend to overcompensate in lowlight conditions at night, in which case it can simply be deactivated using tap control mode.

This is an interesting feature that offers a glimpse into the likely direction camera technology is headed: to quickly preview images, engage or disable shadow adjustment, select your flash option, and allow for tap control mode simply double tap the top, back, and sides of the Tough 1050SW body with your index finger and voila, the respective feature control appears on screen.

The main control/arrow pad on the back of the 1050SW may initially prove difficult to operate for some as it contains 9 different action buttons within a space no larger than the size of a 10 cent piece. Other than that, the 8-function mode dial, zoom, power and shutter buttons are placed logically and are easy to use.

A few seconds lapse between turning the camera on and being able to shoot and it will take approximately the same time between shots for the camera to process and ready itself for further shooting.

Navigation throughout the menu system is fairly low-fuss although, as with most cameras, the user will definitely benefit from a thorough read of the included manual to speed this process up and ensure all function options, settings, and controls available are fully comprehended.

Movie mode is an additional feature included in the Tough 1050SW along with a 23-strong scene mode menu, which helps to ensure the best possible settings are automatically assigned during the given shooting conditions including (but not limited to): underwater, beach, snow, portrait, landscape, sport, available light, documents, and night scene etc.

Users have the option to make certain editing choices in camera ranging from cropping to colour edit, adding sound to still mages and creating a calendar from a chosen image. Photographs can also be locked in the 1050SW to ensure accidental deletion doesn’t occur and favourite images can be tagged and made easily accessible via the mode dial or general menu for quick previewing.

Overall, the Tough Smart 1050SW is a worthy edition to the successful Olympus Tough range and it certainly does live up to its name. Perfect for anyone active - be it in the outdoors or generally speaking - or those who travel and like to take their camera with them everywhere and all of the time.

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