Easyshare Frame Review: 2009

Saturday, 25 July 2009

Kodak EasyShare W820 8-Inch Wireless Digital Frame

View your pictures on the 8 in. (20.3 cm) 16:9 wide screen featuring KODAK Color Science for vibrant color and crisp detail.Kodak's Quick Touch Border includes an illuminated panel of yellow lights along the border of the frame that tells you exactly where to touch - simply touch along the bottom and right hand side of the border of the frame to navigate menus.View news, weather, and sports updates to stay informed throughout the day, plus humor, horoscope, sports, traffic, and more - powered by Framechannel.
Customer Review: Poor documentation. Awkward to use.
I was looking for something simple to use. This is not it. It is not intuitively obvious and the documentation is very poor. Also I can rotate a picture and it stays rotated but if I zoom a picture it reverts back to the original. This is my first experience with a digital frame so maybe I'm just a dummy but I don't recommend it. I didn't load their software because I once bought a Kodak camera and the software for that was very intrusive and annoying.
Customer Review: I like it for basic photos
When I bought this for my grandparents, I was looking for something easy. To be frank, I just wanted a flash drive port. All I had to do was plug the frame in, insert the card, and hit go. Poof! Easy as pie for grandma and grandpa. I have no intent to explore all the features that probably made this so expensive, but if you're in the same situation I am, it works. And on a Mac too. :)

What draws us to a beautiful sunset? What makes you want to capture that scene? Perhaps the warm colours and tones ... and then there are so many variations of sunsets, which adds that extra excitement, so let's take a look at these digital photography tips on how best to capture a glowing sunset with your digital camera ...

Timing and Composure

Get set up before the sunset starts, at least half an hour beforehand. A couple of things to consider: the exact time the sun sets, which is the moment the sun drops below the horizon. Note this could be affected bearing in mind your landscape, that is, if there are any mountains which could block the sun, before it has chance to reach the horizon. So it's worth finding the right location where you have an uninterrupted view of the sun, perhaps from a beach, edge of a lake or cliff edge ... anywhere with an uncluttered view. This will greatly emphasise the sun and the sky for a stunning sunset shot

You must also consider as the sun approaches the horizon, this is the time to start shooting, as you should see some dynamic scenes before the sun disappears. Take a couple of shots every few minutes to capture the changing light from the sun's rays once the sun nears the horizon. If you have a tripod, this will help compose your shot by keeping everything steady for your framing.

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Be careful when preparing your shot not to look directly at the sun, either through your viewfinder or with a naked eye, to avoid damaging your eyes. Your digital camera will have an LCD panel, so use this to frame your shot for safety. It will help you with more accurate framing.

Can Dust Particles affect my shot ... True or False?

True ... Dust particles and humidity from clouds can have a great effect on how the light from the sun's rays will give you that dynamic sunset. When the sun is near the horizon the light has to travel its longest wavelengths. The light travels though dust particles and water vapour from the clouds, and so helps create that dramatic sky, giving those deep rich warm tones of red, orange and yellow. If you happen to be close to a town, city or desert on a humid evening, sand dust particles is perfect for scattering light - you'll be in luck to get that 'stunning' sunset.

Set the Scene for that Creative Sunset

Now you're ready to start shooting you'll need to frame your sunset. There is a rule of thirds, and to use it, make sure to keep the horizon level low (bottom third of your framed scene) filling the above two-thirds of your frame with the sky. Be creative by keeping some darker foreground in your shot as this highlights the sky, adding more appeal. You may wish to add other objects, for example trees, figures, overhanging ferns (if on a beach), birds etc, which should give you an attractive silhouette, against your glowing sky. If there happens to be low clouds around, then this will add even more dynamism to your shot - you can imagine the scene right now!

Be patient, be creative, I hope you find these digital photography tips useful, but most of all ... have fun!

Yvonne owns Digital Photo Tutorial which offers people information on digital photography tips

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Thursday, 23 July 2009

Kodak EasyShare P720 Digital Picture Frame with Home Decor Kit

KODAK EASYSHARE Software, Digital Frame Edition, makes it easy to load pictures straight from your home computer. Store more pictures with two SD card slots. View your pictures on the 7-inch (diagonal) high-resolution viewing screen, featuring KODAK Color Science for vibrant color and crisp detail. Complement your home décor with 6 unique looks using the included faceplate and decorative mattes. KODAK EASYSHARE Software, Digital Frame Edition, makes it easy to load pictures straight from your home computer. Be in charge with Kodak's Quick Touch Border?the unique touch border keeps fingerprints off of your viewing screen so your images stay beautiful. Display backlight - LED for extra brightness 200 Nits Contrast ratio 300 - 1 Memory cards supported 2 slots - Secure Digital (SD), Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC), Multimedia Card (MMC), MEMORY STICK (MS), XD-Picture Card (xD) Power consumption 5.04 W (power on); 1.69 W (standby power) AC Power Cord
Customer Review: Poor documentation. Awkward to use.
I was looking for something simple to use. This is not it. It is not intuitively obvious and the documentation is very poor. Also I can rotate a picture and it stays rotated but if I zoom a picture it reverts back to the original. This is my first experience with a digital frame so maybe I'm just a dummy but I don't recommend it. I didn't load their software because I once bought a Kodak camera and the software for that was very intrusive and annoying.
Customer Review: I like it for basic photos
When I bought this for my grandparents, I was looking for something easy. To be frank, I just wanted a flash drive port. All I had to do was plug the frame in, insert the card, and hit go. Poof! Easy as pie for grandma and grandpa. I have no intent to explore all the features that probably made this so expensive, but if you're in the same situation I am, it works. And on a Mac too. :)

After quite a few years now of Digital Photography I have amassed a huge number of photos which are safely backed-up on my External Hard Drive. I have printed off some of the better ones and kept them in an album for safe-keeping, I've also made a few calendars using a Calendar Kit in conjunction with a range of my favourite photos.

I've also provided a highly entertaining slide show (don't laugh) for the pleasure of my family last Christmas (using the Sandisk Photo Album). But what other options do I have to help me display my other photos, as most of them are currently sitting in binary form on my hard drive, mostly unseen. After searching the web, the first display idea I discovered was the great innovation of Digital Photo Frames! These nifty devices are basically tiny flat screen monitors in a frame.

After hooking up to a computer or inserting a memory card, the picture frame will display and cycle through any photos found on the memory card. There are currently a variety of Digital Photo Frames available at a variety of different prices, the cheapest I found was around the 70 mark for a 5.6 inch frame and around 150 for a 7 inch frame. These prices will drop over the next year or two as the manufacturing cost of colour screen technology falls. I may well pick one of these devices when that happens.

Online photo album services was the next topic I stumbled upon, these seem to have sprung up all over the web, many offering a simple way of posting photos on to the web, so family and friends can browse your photos at their leisure. The possibility of putting my photos on the Internet really tickled my fancy. There are many free online services available making it possible for people with very little computer knowledge to easily select their favourite photos and post them to a private area on the Internet for family and friends to view. This service cuts out a lot of technical know-how that would normally be required to get your photos on the web. However if you have the time and wish to build your own photo web site, there are plenty of tutorials on the web that will take you through the process from buying a domain name through to uploading files to the web, step by step.

During my research, I found many Internet companies offering lab quality prints from your Digital Photos, sent directly to your door. By simply selecting your favourite images from your computer and having them electronically sent via the company's website you can purchase copies of your chosen prints from as little as 1 penny per photo. There are also many other printing options available, for instance you can have your photos printed onto items such as mugs, t-shirts, dinner placemats, teddy bears, cushions and other items you probably have never dreamed of printing onto!

Another service commonly found at these photo websites, is canvas printing. Canvas printing is where your digital photos are printed directly onto a specially coated canvas and then box mounted, ready for hanging. Up until recently, having digital images printed on to canvas has been an expensive process. Thanks to some changes in the way canvas prints are made, it has become much more affordable to get those special photos turned into classy, eye-catching pieces, guaranteed to bring any bland wall to life.

Canvas prints are generally available in sizes starting at 40 x 30cm up to about 160 x 120cm. Please note that some digital images (mainly images below 4 mega-pixels) may not be suitable for this scale of enlargement, it's well worth checking this out with the photo website before parting with any money.

Besides all the online services available, a variety of Automated Photo Kiosks have appeared in our high street stores. These Kiosks allow you to simply insert a memory card from your digital camera and select images you would like to print. After inserting some money your chosen photos are printed and dispensed on the spot. The Kodak kiosks are also equipped with an option to burn your photos onto a CD for safe-keeping. This is a convenient option for people that either do not have a computer or a printer to use, but love the freedom of Digital Photography.

Out of these discoveries, I am keen to try and get my photos up on the internet for the world see. This can be done nice and quickly for free! I think I will also send a couple of my best photos off to have box mounted canvas prints made to hang up at home.

Article by Iggy Quazi director of Ecommerce business Mouse2House based in Essex, England stocking a wide range of digital imaging devices. For more info see http://www.mouse2house.co.uk for the latest digital media products.

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Thursday, 16 July 2009

Kodak EasyShare W820 8-Inch Wireless Digital Frame

Pictures speak a thousand words, this statement is incorrect. Stating that a picture speaks only a thousand words is ridiculous. There are countless interpretations of a photograph and unlimited different impressions on what the photo represents and/or symbolises. I have been taking photos for about 3 years now and within that time I have learnt a lot.

One of the things I have learnt is a photo is not fact. The saying the camera never lies is untrue when you understand the circumstances within photography. We all have a favourite photo where we think we look good. Some where we think we look better than we do in real life, other we dislike because they make us look fat, ugly or unnatural. Cameras do lie Fact!

You can use this to your favour. Everyone likes to look good in a photo and what if I told you I could explain exactly what you need to do to get an amazing photo every time.

Here goes, Firstly lighting is the most important factor. The most gorgeous super model can look like a disaster in poor lighting or lighting coming from the wrong angle to disfigure her face. The trick is to get the light pointing at you but not directly. For example if your outside look in the direction of the sun but not strait at it. Make sure the sun is coming at you at about an angle of 25. This will give perfect lighting.

Next tip is how you stand and what pose you take. The best poses are those that look almost natural and the best way to stand is what feels comfortable. If it feels uncomfortable it probably looks silly. Now your face is very important, that is what people will look at first when looking at the photo. You dont need to look into the camera but this would give a nice picture. The trick is to open your eyes as wide as you possibly can without looking like your trying to open your eyes as wide as you possibly can. Confusing? Also a smile looks good if you have a non chubby face for all us chubs instead of smiling just look at the camera as if your about to smile or your thinking of something nice but dont smile because this brings your cheeks up and make you look more chubby.

So thats lighting and Personal attributes, the last thing that really affects the photos overall look is the setting. A supermodel on a beach always looks more beautiful then the same girl in an alley sat on a dumpster. So chose your setting wisely use a blank coloured wall or a beautiful sunset (Barring in mind if you want to get the sunset behind you, you would need lighting in front of you) and thats it. Thats a photo you can frame and place in your living room for many years to enjoy. I hope this has inspired you to go out and take photos because memories fade with age but a photograph on a computer or in a photo album or frame can last a lifetime.

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Friday, 10 July 2009

Kodak EasyShare P820 Digital Picture Frame

KODAK EASYSHARE P820 DIGITAL FRAME
Customer Review: Poor documentation. Awkward to use.
I was looking for something simple to use. This is not it. It is not intuitively obvious and the documentation is very poor. Also I can rotate a picture and it stays rotated but if I zoom a picture it reverts back to the original. This is my first experience with a digital frame so maybe I'm just a dummy but I don't recommend it. I didn't load their software because I once bought a Kodak camera and the software for that was very intrusive and annoying.
Customer Review: I like it for basic photos
When I bought this for my grandparents, I was looking for something easy. To be frank, I just wanted a flash drive port. All I had to do was plug the frame in, insert the card, and hit go. Poof! Easy as pie for grandma and grandpa. I have no intent to explore all the features that probably made this so expensive, but if you're in the same situation I am, it works. And on a Mac too. :)

The Canon EOS 5D Digital SLR Camera is unlike any previous digital SLR camera in that it combines a full-frame 35-mm sized high resolution sensor with 12.8 mega pixels and includes a relatively compact body size. The EOS 5D is a professional digital SLR. This camera has the obvious professional appeal to those who want a high quality digital SLR in a light camera body.

The sensor is 35.8x23.9 mm CMOS with 12.8 million effective pixels and no FOV crop. Image sizes vary between 4368x2912, 3168x2112 and 2496x1664. The auto-focus comes with a 9-point TTL, 6 "invisible assist AF points", 0.5 to 18 EV working range and within the spot metering circle. Metering modes vary from evaluative 35 zone, center-weighted average, 1.0 to 20 EV metering range, spot and partial.

There are number different image parameters and they include the following Picture Styles: Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User 1, User 2 and User 3. The View Finder offers 96% frame coverage and 0.71x magnification. The focusing screen can be changed also. The LCD monitor is a 2.5 inch TFT LCD with wide viewing angles and 230,000. The shutter release offers a soft touch and the histogram comes in both luminance and RGB.

There are seven different kind of shooting modes including: Auto, Program AE, Shutter Priority AE, Aperture Priority, Manual, Bulb and Custom. The continuous speed offers up to 3 frames per second. This camera also features a unique playback jump of 10 images, 100 images, all by date and folder on screen. There are 21 different custom functions with 57 settings. With battery the camera weighs 2 pounds and without 1.8 pounds. Images can be viewed at a larger size by a small magnifying glass icon on the bottom right corner of the image on the screen. Clicking on the image will display a larger image in a new window.

To navigate around pictures, simply use the next/previous page buttons to jump to any section. To skip to a particular section, pick the section from the drop down menu or select it from the navigation bar located at the top of the screen. The EOS 5D features a super responsive DIGIC II processor that enables quick and effortless high-quality picture taking along with a USB 2.0 high-speed transfer that is compatible with the WFT-E1 wireless transmitter. The MSRP is $3299 and there is no doubt that this camera will be of great interest to a wide variety of photographers.

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Tuesday, 7 July 2009

VARIATION PARENT: Kodak EasyShare M1020 Digital Picture Frame with Home Decor Kit

Customer Review: Poor documentation. Awkward to use.
I was looking for something simple to use. This is not it. It is not intuitively obvious and the documentation is very poor. Also I can rotate a picture and it stays rotated but if I zoom a picture it reverts back to the original. This is my first experience with a digital frame so maybe I'm just a dummy but I don't recommend it. I didn't load their software because I once bought a Kodak camera and the software for that was very intrusive and annoying.
Customer Review: I like it for basic photos
When I bought this for my grandparents, I was looking for something easy. To be frank, I just wanted a flash drive port. All I had to do was plug the frame in, insert the card, and hit go. Poof! Easy as pie for grandma and grandpa. I have no intent to explore all the features that probably made this so expensive, but if you're in the same situation I am, it works. And on a Mac too. :)

Follow some simple rules to ensure you get the most from your shots on the slopes:

- keep your equipment free from damage

keep equipment in a sturdy bag when not in use and avoid knocks and accidents (including falls!) remember, the more expensive your bag, the better the quality and protection for you valuable stuff

- keep your equipment dry

snow, ice, water and cameras don't mix professional cameras may be watertight, but cheaper ones are no. And, electronics dont like water

- keep your batteries charged

the cold can shorten battery life - keeps spares in a pocket close to your body. There is nothing worse than running out of power at the wrong time

- use a UV filer

this will protect your lens from knocks and dirt but will also reduce the blue discolouration in mountain scenes these filters are cheap and great value for money

- use slow shutter speeds for landscape shots and fast shutter speeds for action shots

Slow shutter speeds will enable the best depth of field; a fast shutter speed will freeze action

- take care on the slopes

skiers, snowboarders and others move fast and cause serious damage; always be sure you keep to safe paths and watch out for other users

- watch out for colour

most skiers wear colourful clothes - great for pictures with impact; and vivid colours look great against the white backdrop

- shoot when the winter sun is low

this will give your pictures life intensify shadows and textures
accidents (including falls); a high sun will flatten your pictures

Have fun!

Eric Hartwell oversees the worlds best home page a user-led resource - do you wish to contribute your opinions?

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Thursday, 2 April 2009

Kodak EX-1011 Easyshare 10-Inch Digital Picture Frame with Wireless Capability

KODAK EASYSHARE Digital Picture Frames play vibrant slideshows of your favorite pictures and video set to music.The frames are color tuned to Kodak standards and use KODAK Color Science for vibrant colors and pleasing skin tones - displaying pictures in brilliant color and crisp detail. Set up is a snap, and you can enjoy any JPEG picture, most video types (MPEG 1 and 4, MOV, AVI) and MP3 music using all the popular memory card formats (CF, SD, MMC, xD and MS). You can also source digital files from any digital still camera, home PC, Jump Drive and Flash Drive via USB 2.0. Stereo speakers are built into the frames for dramatic sound accompaniment to your slide shows.KODAK EASYSHARE EX1011 Digital Picture Frame has a 10-inch (diagonal) 800 x 480 high resolution digital display in 16:9 aspect ratio with wireless access of pictures, videos and music from your home PC or online at KODAK Gallery over a standard wireless home network. The frame has 128 MB of built-in memory for storing pictures and videos, built-in stereo speakers and headphone jack for music.
Customer Review: Great Pricing for Great Item. Shipping was fast
Item was received quickly. Item is great to hold pictures and play videos. Great as gift for family and friends
Customer Review: An OK frame for the money
This is an OK, average product. Very basic software, relatively easy to use and I like the fact that it allows a 1gig space on the SD card. The only problem that is very irritating is that you can not randomize the photos. It just loops them in the order they are on the card.

What is the LCD Touch of Color anyway? You may ask. Is it a publicity stunt of Samsung, a technological innovation, or simply a marketing strategy thought by Samsung? Maybe we can say that it is a little bit of each.

The competition in the market in LCD TV has been increasing over the years. One must stand out in the market to get noticed. Samsung has thought of a brilliant plan to do this. They introduced Touch of Color to the market. This proved to be successful because they turned out to be a hit among the consumers as they are wildly sought after. The design of Touch of Color is unique. It has a distinctive amber color which is combined with the conventional black for an elegant and attractive appearance. People want their television to still look attractive like a piece of art even though it is not being used. Other manufacturers are expected to follow this trend with their own unique features in the years to come.

The design of Touch of Color is made for the outside of the TV. It does not make any sound or light up when turned on. But of course, the more important thing there is whether your TV will perform brilliantly when you turn it on. Samsung does not let you down. It offers 1080 pixel picture for an ultimate HD resolution which delivers to you clear and crisp images capturing the real meaning of high definition TV.

Response time offered by Samsung TV is 4ms and the frame rate is 120 Hz. Their Auto Motion Plus technology has the ability to double the frame rate from 60 Hz to 120 Hz. This technology allows the TV to alter between framed for a smooth shifting. This makes it great for watching sports or other shows and movies which have many fast moving actions since this model of LCD handles motion well unlike the earlier models.

Samsung TV offers a contrast ratio of 50,000:1, a great improvement from the previous year 25,000:1. Contrast ratio establishes the ability of the TV to generate dark blacks or dazzling whites. Having a higher contrast ratio will help avoid an image that is washed out which can be observed in TVs that have lesser contrast ratio.

Using a built-in Ethernet port, access to free RSS new, stocks, weather, sports, and many more is made possible by InfoLink.

The design of Touch of Color is sure to be a big hit with consumers. This might probably start a drift towards having TV as an art piece instead of just a simple TV. The superb design of Samsung's Touch of Color will certainly be worth your money.

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Saturday, 28 March 2009

Digital PictureFrames(tm) Vol.1 Medium Resolution: Up To 3600x3600 Pixels for Photoshop CS4

Digital Picture Frames Vol.1 is a collection of over 300 digitally created high quality bitmap graphics representing picture frames, in various proportions, unique designs in the most classical materials and textures like gold, platinum and silver. All frame files are in JPG format (RGB color) with up to 3600x3600 pixels per digital frame. This collection delivers smart solution for the superior "digital framing" of your digital pictures taken with digital camera or other digital creations within the computer environment. You can frame your pictures in your preferred photo editing software, then print off or enjoy them framed in digital format on your computer screen or other media.

Follow some simple rules to ensure you get the most from your shots on the slopes:

- keep your equipment free from damage

keep equipment in a sturdy bag when not in use and avoid knocks and accidents (including falls!) remember, the more expensive your bag, the better the quality and protection for you valuable stuff

- keep your equipment dry

snow, ice, water and cameras don't mix professional cameras may be watertight, but cheaper ones are no. And, electronics dont like water

- keep your batteries charged

the cold can shorten battery life - keeps spares in a pocket close to your body. There is nothing worse than running out of power at the wrong time

- use a UV filer

this will protect your lens from knocks and dirt but will also reduce the blue discolouration in mountain scenes these filters are cheap and great value for money

- use slow shutter speeds for landscape shots and fast shutter speeds for action shots

Slow shutter speeds will enable the best depth of field; a fast shutter speed will freeze action

- take care on the slopes

skiers, snowboarders and others move fast and cause serious damage; always be sure you keep to safe paths and watch out for other users

- watch out for colour

most skiers wear colourful clothes - great for pictures with impact; and vivid colours look great against the white backdrop

- shoot when the winter sun is low

this will give your pictures life intensify shadows and textures
accidents (including falls); a high sun will flatten your pictures

Have fun!

Eric Hartwell oversees the worlds best home page a user-led resource - do you wish to contribute your opinions?

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Monday, 16 March 2009

Kodak EasyShare SV811 8-inch Digital Picture Frame

Kodak EASYSHARE SV811 Digital Picture Frame is perfect for on-the-spot viewing of digital pictures and videos from any digital camera, home PC via USB and all memory cards.
Customer Review: Great Pricing for Great Item. Shipping was fast
Item was received quickly. Item is great to hold pictures and play videos. Great as gift for family and friends
Customer Review: An OK frame for the money
This is an OK, average product. Very basic software, relatively easy to use and I like the fact that it allows a 1gig space on the SD card. The only problem that is very irritating is that you can not randomize the photos. It just loops them in the order they are on the card.

Digital Camera Software

A combination of a digital camera, a color scanner and image manipulation software is highly recommended. The software digital camera software that is included also provides professional level workflow solutions for seamless use.

Most of the software is designed for digital camera users, compatible with most current digital camera models.

photo editing software & photo printing software that's renown for its ease of use. At last there's easy-to-use digital camera software for both home and business users.

Image

The image sensor employed by most digital cameras is a charge coupled device (CCD). Some current digital camera models store combinations of video (MPEG or AVI movies), image sequences or sound. Although Canon's images are slightly better, the Casio is an ultra-thin, sleek digital camera that doesn't sacrifice overall image quality.

Easy-to-understand information about digital cameras, accessories, image editing and more. Image quality depends on the resolution of the digital camera. To make image files smaller almost every digital camera uses some form of compression. This EasyShare digital camera's resolution of 5 megapixels, 3x optical zoom and an all-glass lens combine for amazing image detail and clarity.

With an image stabilizer, this digital camera produces clear, even images even in shaky conditions. Resolution is the most talked about digital camera characteristic and is often used to describe image quality.

If you have the option, choose optical rather than digital image stabilization in your camera. It is probably the best digital camera made and produces image quality that rivals medium format film (e.g., 6x6cm Hasselblad).

Image processing for single-sensor digital camera: a mathematical challenge This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. A typical slave unit will fire on the pre-flash it senses while the digital camera captures the image on the last flash. The image quality available from digital cameras is astonishingly good.

Film

In fact, a digital camera is better quality than a film camera in many important respects! The digital cameras enjoy the advantage of a built-in digital signal processor that your roll of film doesn't have.

Add an external or speed light flash to your digital camera or film camera. Many digital cameras are comparable to a 35 mm camera in price without the extra added cost of buying or developing film. Back to top Printing pictures Unlike with film cameras, you can print digital photos at home.

Is considering laying off the development of new film cameras as it focuses resources on its digital camera business. Though digital cameras don't use film, they have adopted the same rating system for describing the sensitivity of the camera's imaging sensor. So far, very few digital cameras have been produced with a receptor using the full size of 35mm film.

Whether you're using film or a digital camera, bring a sturdy tripod. Shooting with a digital camera is somewhat like shooting slide film. A couple years ago, I got into the digital camera thing to the point that I pretty much parked my roll film cameras. The digital camera scenario is similar in that mega pixels are similar to film size. To design and build a high performance digital cine camera with the quality of 35mm film and convenience of a camcorder.

Quality

The quality of your pictures can be enhanced by the digital camera accessory you choose. You'll find quality brands of digital cameras, 35mm cameras, lenses, video cameras, memory cards and camera accessories at great prices. An easy to use quality digital camera purchase will be fully used by staff and students. However, not all digital cameras can produce prints of the same quality. I wanted a go-anywhere high quality digital camera that's user-friendly with both auto & manual controls. At the cheaper end of the digital camera scale, the quality can be remarkable for the price.

Buy

It is better to buy a digital camera with a 100% glass lens for the best pictures. Many retailers advertise their best buy digital camera as one with a plastic lens. You should also look for the best buy digital camera packages with the most RAM that you can afford. A lot of unscrupulous retailers will advertise a price for a best buy digital camera but then charge high shipping costs.

Finally, ensure that you have accounted for any shipping costs before you make your final decision over which best buy digital camera you purchase. There's never been a better time to buy a digital camera. Having to buy re-chargeable batteries and a charger will typically add from $20 to $100 to the cost of your digital camera.

As a person constantly taking photos I made this page as a lot of people keep asking me what digital camera they should buy. Find discount computers, cheap digital camera, buy digital cameras. Try before you buy - I've always been a firm believer that you should handle a digital camera before you buy it.

Size

Experienced digital camera users know pixel size isn't everything. The small size and versatility allow easy integration of digital cameras into all parts of the curriculum. If you care more about price and features than compact size, choose a standard size digital camera.

There are three basic "sizes" of digital cameras, and knowing what size camera suits your needs will make your search much simpler. For digital SLR cameras with interchangeable lenses it's more difficult as different cameras have different size sensors. This is why I am currently looking for an extra digital camera featuring a minimal size combined with a maximum amount of useful features.

These are about the size of a matchbook and used in digital cameras made by Nikon, Canon, Kodak and many others. When choosing a digital camera you have to think about the resolution of the pictures, size and memory. A larger inner diameter makes the L-Ring 3200 perfect no matter the lens size of your digital camera. This has nothing to do with your camera being digital it is entirely a result of smaller frame size.

Video

Webcams are digital cameras attached to computers, used for video conferencing or other purposes. However, modern digital photography cameras have a video function, and a growing number of camcorders have a still photography function. Modern compact digital cameras are typically multifunctional, with some devices capable of taking photographs, video, and/or sound.

Classification Digital cameras can be classified into several groups: Video cameras Professional video cameras such as those used in television and movie production. Some digital cameras have direct video out..... Another alternative, although not directly a digital one, would be to purchase one of the analog peephole video cameras.

Lens

The super multi layer lens coating reduces flare and ghost, a common problem with digital cameras. The vast majority of digital cameras are "point-and-shoot" models with a single, non-interchangeable lens. Because auto focusing in most digital cameras is done through the lens, the focus shift is automatically taken care of. Focus and Exposure: Fixed-focus digital cameras have a lens that is preset to focus at a certain range. These depend on the actual (as opposed to relative) diameter of the lens aperture, which makes them especially painful for digital cameras.

Memory

You can find a memory card reader or extra battery to keep your digital camera powered up for any circumstance. Some professional digital cameras and memory card readers connect to the computer over FireWire. SD is now the most popular type of digital camera memory. Many types of memory cards are available for use with your digital camera. Files deleted from PC, digital camera or memory stick can be restored with high speed and reliability. When using your digital camera to make movies it is also very important to have ample Flash Memory on hand too.

Battery

All digital cameras can run on rechargeable batteries of one of two types: an expensive battery pack or a set of AA batteries. A battery is taped to the inside cover of the box that the Olympus digital camera came in. Take a few moments to look around, keep your camcorder, digital camera or laptop computer working like new with a fresh battery today! The Digital Camera Battery can power two devices at the same time and has adjustable outputs that match each device automatically.

Photography

BytePhoto.com - Digital camera reviews, digital photography tips, forums and free photo sharing for digital photography enthusiasts. Jen Roesner from Germany has a whole site dedicated to digital infrared photography, including a comparison table of various cameras' IR sensitivity. Not really necessary in digital photography as the camera's white balance system adjusts for the color temperature of the scene. Back to school - Whether you are a novice or a professional, there are numerous free online courses in digital cameras and photography.

Looking

If you're looking to upgrade, you can sell your old digital camera and use the funds to purchase that latest spiffy digital camera. Whether you're looking for your first camera or you're an experienced pro Digital Camera has what you need.

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Thursday, 12 March 2009

VARIATION PARENT: Kodak EasyShare M1020 Digital Picture Frame with Home Decor Kit

Panasonic has released yet another top product to help compete with the other top Plasma Screen Televisions Manufacturers which keeps them up with the current competition. The Viera TH-42PZ85U 42-Inch 1080p Plasma is very functional and has everything you want in a High Definition Television. From the Connectivity to the top of the line screen coloring and amazingly fast moving lines keeping up with every type of television show, movie and even fast paced sporting events for one of the best Television viewing experiences available on the market.

The Panasonic Viera offers 1920 x 1080 Resolution, 1000000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio for the Brightest whites and darkest blacks, 4096 Shades of Gradation for spectacular Color Reproduction which is unheard of when looking into plasma televisions. All of these extras factored in together make the Panasonic Th-42PZ85U one of the top Plasma screen Televisions on the market and also make your Television viewing experience a great one. The colors are brighter and more crisp than most Plasma screens and at a much more affordable price than some of the top High Definition Televisions on the market.

A Panasonic Plasma screen Television combines anti-glare and anti-reflection technology with the natural light-emitting properties of plasma, to give you a super-wide viewing range with a crisp, beautiful image from almost any angle that you may be watching from. Another unique fact about this Televisions is that it is rated so high that it will last 100,000 hours, which is about 30 years of regular or 11 years of non-stop usage before the brightness of the display will start to go out, While other top Plasma Televisions will begin going out within 5 years of purchasing.

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Sunday, 8 March 2009

Kodak EasyShare P820 Digital Picture Frame

Photography has become a fine art and photographers increasingly rely on devices like the digital camcorders to bring out a life like quality to pictures. There are so many minute specifications and adjustments embedded into these cameras that the end result is simply astonishing. If digital cameras are an improvement on the old cameras, then the digital camcorders are a neat combination of digital camera and a camcorder. They are special because they can capture both still images and videos.

Thanks to the digital camcorder even amateur photographers can produce photographs of a professional quality. Before capturing a picture the viewfinder will help us to view the picture in all the glory of a colour print. Adjustment therefore becomes very simple. An LCD display a little more than 2.5 inches offers us high quality results.

There is also a compact recording device that is supported by the HDD format. The memory stick duo is a flash memory card that helps us to store data. Images can be zoomed optically or digitally using the zoom lens. A mini DV cassette is used as storage media in some brands. The storage media can be maintained with the help of a head cleaner. More images and video clips can saved using the multi media card and secure digital card.

There are features like the touch screen control, built in speakers, auto power save, progressive shutter system etc in a digital camcorder. There is also a digital noise reduction feature to filter the unwanted disturbance in the audio recording. There are advanced shooting modes like beach and snow, frame movie, spotlight, digital photo and manual. The special effects are art, auto fade, mirror, mosaics, slim stretch and tracer. Images can be effectively faded as black, overlap and window wipe. The pictures are vivid and true to life. The effect is therefore quite stunning.

If one is looking for more compact sized cameras with all the required features then the pocket digital camcorder is the best option. The LCD monitor is replaced by the viewfinder and the image can be zoomed up to 8x. It has an integrated memory and video input too. There is a rotating display form and CMOS sensor. It has a sensor resolution of 5 pixels. The multi media card and secure digital card can be supported. The special effects also include black and white, sepia and negative. All these features are found in a device that is as light as 160 grams.

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Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Kodak EasyShare M820 Digital Picture Frame with Home Decor Kit

If you have ever gone to buy a DSLR, you must have heard the terms CCD and CMOS. As we all know DSLRs or digital cameras in general do not use Photographic Films. In place of the Photographic Film, we have light sensing units called photographic sensors. The main two categories of sensors available are CCD or Charge Coupled Device and CMOS or Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. Both the technologies are actually not sensors, CCD is a type of shift register and CMOS is the name given to a class of semiconductor devices.

CCD

Now, when we talk about a CCD in terms of a sensor we are actually talking about a sensor circuit that utilizes a photo active region or the region sensitive to light and a transmission region that is made from a shift register, that is the CCD part of the chip. The name of the first CCD image sensor is Fair-child. The method of manufacturing a sensor can impact the way it performs. That is, the level of doping etc determines its sensitivity. The sensitivity is not actually dependent on the CCD or the shift register but it is dependent on the photoelectric region.

Full Frame , Frame Transfer and Interline are the major architectures implemented on CCD image sensors. In a Full Frame, the whole of the image area is active , these type do not have an electronic shutter, and they need mechanical shutters like conventional cameras. Frame transfer has half of the area covered by an opaque mask and the image that falls on the active region is quickly transferred to the opaque area which is designed to be the storage area while the active region is handling another image; the image in the storage area is then transferred out. The interline architecture takes the frame transfer concept bit further by making every other column of the image sensor a storage area. This makes the transfer from active to storage very quick and thus gives the ability to have very fast electronic shutter speeds. The catch to the Interline Architecture is that the effective fill area is reduced to 50%, thus reducing image quality.

CCD from a digital camera.

Digital color cameras use a Bayer Mask over the CCD that is a filter that provides every 4 pixels as a red , a blue and two greens. The human eye is more sensitive to the color green thus we use two greens.

The information thus collected is transferred to the digital image processor on the camera that deals with the image. The pixels are composed of the information thus collected from the combined result produced by the red , blue and greens. The information in such sensor controls is transferred with the help of consecutive transition of a charge from one photosite to another and thus consecutively to the sensor.

CMOS

CMOS is a type of semiconductor chip; this type of chips have microprocessors, static ram and many such applications. The CMOS sensor, what we are interested in , is a photographic sensor chip that is built in by the CMOS semiconductor technology. The main advantage of this type of a circuit is that they have low noise and also consume less power. Both these advantages are very heavy for digital photography. Lower power consumption means more battery life, less heat, and a lot of other such advantages. The advantage of having less noise includes better quality pictures, ability to modify pictures by applying different transformation like white balancing and so on. Because the noise on the actual image is low the margin available for the image processor will be more.

The CMOS chip is like an array of cupboards that is, once exposed, the light information remains in the cupboards and can be read from each of them. In the case of the CCD, the difference is that, the cupboards are not individually open-able, we need to shift the information into specific cupboards that can actually be opened. The two images below should explain better.

CMOS

CCD

CMOS chip also uses a Bayer mask filter but, because of its design abilities, the processing is done on the chip itself to combine the information from the different colors. The CMOS chip can have most of the image processing function built on to the sensor itself; this also helps in producing compact devices. Keeping CCD and CMOS apart, we should understand that all these sensors are actually seeing in black and white and they are made to see in color by applying the Bayer filter or multiple filtered sensor or such methods.

For mobile phone camera etc, the CMOS provides the advantage of being very low power consuming. Now coming to the medium format cameras, we see that CCD is more popular in this category mainly because of the fact that till recent time, the production of CMOS was not economical and had technical limitations, but these have been overcome in the early and mid nineties.

Now, coming to the larger format cameras where the size of the sensor matters, we see that CMOS is having and edge over CCD because a larger format CMOS sensor is easier to build. Now, in all segments, CMOS has an advantage on noise and CCD has advantage of lesser cost of production. The color reproduction capacity and such things are actually dependent on the process of making the sensor and will vary from one manufacturer to another.

The quality of the specific sensor, be it CCD or CMOS, is of more importance than them being CCD or CMOS. Today, we have both CMOS and CCD type cameras in the market. The decision between CMOS and CCD is made more out of personal preference than any huge advantage on either side.

One thing to note is that CANON produce CMOS based cameras in their entry level and Nikon and most other manufactures produce CCD based cameras. This is not a correct division but, in general case, most manufacturers stick to a type of sensor mainly because they will have invested in production facilities for the same.

When selecting between the two, it is best advised to try out the available option in your budget and then decide from the results. People have their own preference when it comes to colors, saturation etc. There will be variations between the same type sensors even in different models of the same manufacturer.

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Friday, 27 February 2009

Kodak Easyshare P520 5-Inch Digital Frame

Now you can get rid of all of those albums that are taking up space. The Kodak P520 Digital Frame allows you to view multiple photos in just one picture frame! KODAK EASYSHARE Software and Digital Frame Edition, makes it easy to load pictures straight from your home computer. The convenient drag-and-drop feature is perfect for transferring pictures for slideshows. View your pictures on the 5-inch high resolution-viewing screen in 4:3 aspect ratios. Your frame comes with two decorative mattes in silver and red that allows you to personalize your look and complement your home décor.

Kodak's Quick Touch Border allows you to navigate easily through your pictures and keeps fingerprints off of your viewing screen so your pictures stay beautiful. The unique scrolling feature allows you to slide your finger across the bottom of the Quick Touch Border to easily scroll through your pictures. Create, edit and view slideshows?at the touch of your fingertips. Starts viewing your pictures right away?just insert a memory card or USB flash drive (not included) and enjoy. Selectable viewing hours include automatic on/off settings. Store more pictures with two SD card (not included) slots. Aspect ratio - 4 - 3 Power supply 100-120 volts AC, 5 volts DC Unit Dimensions - 6.9 ? 5.7 ? 1.3 inches; Weight - 12.3 ounces Memory cards supported 2 slots - 2 Card Reader slots accept Secure Digital (SD); Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC); Multimedia Card (MMC); MEMORY STICK (MS); XD-Picture Card (xD) USB connector In the box - KODAK EASYSHARE P520 Digital Frame AC power cord User Guide KODAK EASYSHARE Software, Digital Frame Edition 2 Decorative mattes System Requirements - WINDOWS XP OS or later CD-ROM drive Available USB port
Customer Review: Poor documentation. Awkward to use.
I was looking for something simple to use. This is not it. It is not intuitively obvious and the documentation is very poor. Also I can rotate a picture and it stays rotated but if I zoom a picture it reverts back to the original. This is my first experience with a digital frame so maybe I'm just a dummy but I don't recommend it. I didn't load their software because I once bought a Kodak camera and the software for that was very intrusive and annoying.
Customer Review: I like it for basic photos
When I bought this for my grandparents, I was looking for something easy. To be frank, I just wanted a flash drive port. All I had to do was plug the frame in, insert the card, and hit go. Poof! Easy as pie for grandma and grandpa. I have no intent to explore all the features that probably made this so expensive, but if you're in the same situation I am, it works. And on a Mac too. :)

These digital cameras include features which enable you to see the images on the camera screen immediately after it is recorded; this feature is not even found in a film camera. These cameras have the capacity of taking thousands of photos on a single small memory device and the ability to record sound videos. These cameras also enable the users to edit and delete the images which allow you to reuse the storage they occupied.

One of the best among the category of the digital cameras is the Fuji Finepix S5700 which is loaded with many exciting features such as the 7.1 mega pixel high image quality that enables you to view higher resolution pictures. It is also installed with a 10x optical zoom, this specially designed Fujinon optic provides you with a zoom range of 38mm to 380mm. This camera gives the users a focusing range of 1cm which is ultimate for close up shots or for anything that needs extra magnification.

Fuji is one of the best camera manufacturers to make sensors. The S5700 model of Fuji is installed with a real photo processor which delivers first rate colour images with perfect image sharpness and amazing tonal response. Its magnificent sensors can shoot up to 1600 ISO with minimal noise and crisp sharpness. It is also infused with a picture stabilisation mode which increases the ISO up to 1600 which then automatically increases the shutter speed when light is scarce.

This digital camera also has a Dual Shot Flexibility which features an xD/SD compatible slot and allows the use of xD or SD cards. The users can also use this digital camera as a camcorder as it offers a recording resolution of 640 x 480 at 30 frames per second.

There are also many live preview digital cameras which are installed with the movie mode which allows the images to acquire a frame rate which is appropriate to the video. Some digital cameras are also small and portable which are called as compact cameras. They are extremely easy to use and are convenient for the travellers. Now-a-days there are many best digital cameras such as Panasonic Lumix FX30, Fujifilm Fine Pix F40fd and Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS. All these latest digital cameras are producing some astounding images of brilliant quality and finish.

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Sunday, 22 February 2009

VARIATION PARENT: Kodak EasyShare M1020 Digital Picture Frame with Home Decor Kit

An amateur photographer or an art collector who does not practice photography at all will likely have doubts about the longevity and quality of digital photography on canvas. Since the two concerns are closely linked it makes sense to address them together.

It is through photography fundamentals that answers to questions pertaining to the longevity and quality of digital photography on canvas, can be found. Clearly everyone knows the purpose of taking beautiful, timeless photographs. It captures moments that can never happen again. Photographs show us our personal and physical development over the years and the effect success and family have brought upon us. They provide us with memorabilia of precious pets that have passed, starter homes we no longer live in, and a myriad of other memories.

When we look back at old black and white photographs our grandparents took of one another, we sometimes witness heart-wrenching pictures captured by a blurry, amateur camera. It is even difficult to identify certain relatives in old photographs due to the poor quality of camera and film. A look at later photographs of our own immediate families is an obvious testament to the improvement in camera technology. Modern film camera photographs are a far cry from the drudgery of older pictures, although they too are far from perfect. Polaroid's prove to be an interesting and often successful experiment, provided lighting is perfect and relatives and friends are not standing in direct sunlight. Generally speaking, the best quality film pictures were still only taken by professional photographers since amateurs could not afford or would not invest in the significant amount of money necessary to purchase a decent camera and to have it developed in a professional dark room.

In spite of this, have not these amateur and inferior quality photographs proved to be very long-lasting? With the advent of digital photography not only is long-lasting product possible it is also one of heightened aesthetic beauty. Digital cameras are the pinnacle of professional and amateur photography. They are the sleek and expensive sports car rather than the small, flawed economy version. The use of such gorgeous photography in the way of art then makes perfect sense. Many modern artists have made use of both video and photography to express an artistic viewpoint. With the advent of the digital camera doubtless they are sashaying into these barely chartered territory as well.

Details are much finer, definition is keener, colors are explosive and the entire effect is one of sheer professionalism, even for the amateur photographer. So the use of digital photography on canvas makes perfect sense and also makes for perfect art. The quality of photography and canvas is such that even outdoor weather conditions will not fade or severely damage this media. Consider too that a photograph on canvas can be preserved beneath a glass frame. This too has a positive effect on longevity. Most professionals who create digital photography on canvas use what is called a sealer. A sealer contains UV protection from ozone damage. These canvases are often water resistant. A work of digital on canvas that is kept indoors can last virtually up to a century, an impressive amount of time indeed. It is contemporary, sophisticated art that is unparalleled and doubtless will be for some time.

Author Hugh Parker
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Monday, 16 February 2009

Kodak EasyShare M1020 Digital Picture Frame with Home Decor Kit

View your pictures on the 10 in. (25.4 cm) 16:9 wide screen featuring KODAK Color Science for vibrant color and crisp detail.Kodak's Quick Touch Border includes an illuminated panel of yellow lights along the border of the frame that tells you exactly where to touch - simply touch along the bottom and right hand side of the border of the frame to navigate menus.View news, weather, and sports updates to stay informed throughout the day, plus humor, horoscope, sports, traffic, and more - powered by Framechannel.
Customer Review: Poor documentation. Awkward to use.
I was looking for something simple to use. This is not it. It is not intuitively obvious and the documentation is very poor. Also I can rotate a picture and it stays rotated but if I zoom a picture it reverts back to the original. This is my first experience with a digital frame so maybe I'm just a dummy but I don't recommend it. I didn't load their software because I once bought a Kodak camera and the software for that was very intrusive and annoying.
Customer Review: I like it for basic photos
When I bought this for my grandparents, I was looking for something easy. To be frank, I just wanted a flash drive port. All I had to do was plug the frame in, insert the card, and hit go. Poof! Easy as pie for grandma and grandpa. I have no intent to explore all the features that probably made this so expensive, but if you're in the same situation I am, it works. And on a Mac too. :)

Everyone wants to show off his or her photos. Whether they just had a new grandchild or their children just got married, they want you to admire their pictures. Did they just return from an exciting vacation or business trip? They want to show off their trip! The saying has always been "a picture is worth a thousand words" and that is very true today. While someone is telling you about the excitement in their lives, they want to show you the pictures also.

Now there are wonderful ways to show off these photos. Leather envelopes are available in every color and style of leather to house four by six pictures. Whether you like the soft colors of pink or lime, or the traditional red or black leathers, you have your choice. The pictures can constantly be changed in these photo cases and up-dated at will. Newer versions are now available with the magnetic closure. These come in many colors also, and some of them have jeweled findings on the front for added zing. The leather cases can be individually monogrammed with a name or initial. As corporate gifts they can be personalized with a company name or logo. The cases are so versatile for so many occasions; they are always a popular gift. Not just for women, men will also carry these in their pocket or briefcase. The Italian cognac leather or the smooth black leathers are especially popular with the men.

A novel photo holder is the framed case that holds sixteen photos. The pictures fold out accordion style. These can also slide in and out and be changed or updated at will. The frame closes like a change purse and is very flat and sleek looking. It is available in many colors and styles of leather. Men will often carry this slim case in the smooth black leather. It actually resembles the old-fashioned cigarette or cigar case. Monogramming makes this a very special way to showcase your photos. It actually creates quite a presentation! This is also very compact and can become one of your favorite travel accessories.

For those that cannot limit their pictures to "just a few" there are a huge variety of photo albums available. They come in leathers of every color and description. Whether you like the smooth leathers best or the alligator or lizard grains, there's an album for you. These albums also hold four by six photos. Many have pages that fold out doubled, so there are eight photos on a page. In addition to leather, these albums are available in gold or silver tone. Metal albums can be engraved while the leather albums are monogrammed or embossed. These albums are so compact, they can easily fit inside your discount luggage and be taken along on your trips for everyone to admire. You can even fill your album on your travels as you move along from place to place.

It did not take long for the digital photo album to be born. With all of the digital cameras on the market today, they needed an album besides the Internet to show them off. These digital photo albums come with special paper that can be used with your printer to print right from your home computer. The photos come out very professional looking. You can continually add pages to the album as you print more and more of your favorite photos. The albums have a huge array of colors available. They can also be engraved with a name or initials to make them more personal. These albums are lightweight and can be slipped into your discount luggage to take along while you're traveling. No reason any more not to have your favorite pictures along with you to share with others.

Maxine Greco has been in the luggage and travel business for over 38 years. She is currently working at Village Luggage and Gifts.

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Kodak EasyShare P720 Digital Picture Frame with Home Decor Kit

Every country has its own flag as a symbol of the nation and the common interest of the population. So our flag is something we share and respect. We need good pictures of flags in many circumstances. For printing, for celebrations, for ...

Learn to take better pictures of flags by following these simple photo tips.

1. Show the flag in the environment
A flag isn't just a sort of clip-art. The flag is living because of its surroundings. If we want to take impressive flag pictures we need to catch the flag in the environment. It can just be the blowing wind, or the blue sky with a few clouds behind. Or the flag shown as a central point for a gathering of people or enjoyment.

2. Let the wind blow
A flag hanging lazy down from a flagpole isn't a real flag. The flag becomes alive when the wind is blowing. Take a lot of pictures of the flag in the wind with your digital camera. Each extra picture doesn't cost you a cent, and we need to be quite patient to catch the right moment when the flag is at its most beautiful position, also related to the light.

3. Get the light behind the flag
If you can take the flag pictures with the light behind the flag so the light is shining through the cloth of the flag, the flag will look much more interesting in a kind of transparent mood.

4. Avoid distracting elements reaching into the frame of the flag
The flag in itself should stand out clearly from the background and from other elements in the picture. At least that will give the most impressive flag picture in most situations.

5. Let people show their appreciation of the flag in the picture
When possible compose flag pictures in such a way that people are interacting with or showing their appreciation of the flag.

6. Decide if the flag is the main object or an additional object in the picture
The symbolic nature of national flags means that an addition of a flag to any picture can add much more than just the small area of the picture it is occupying. Lets say you are taking pictures of a group of people in another country or a building. And just by including a small flag will signal where in the world you are taking the picture.

7. Make use of the colours' of the flag
The best result for pictures isn't when you include a lot of colors in the same picture. It is much better to mach colours' to each other. If you can add an element of the same color of parts of the flag it will enhance the flag and create a more coherent picture.

8. Many similar flags can be very impressive.
Pictures with several or many flags of the same kind can be very impressive on pictures. Especially, if you follow some of the photo tips above.

Every time you go to a new country or meet a new flag you will benefit from taking an impressive picture of the flag. Exactly because of the symbolic nature of flags such pictures will serve you in many applications, like in photo shows, in PowerPoint presentation, and may be in celebrations.

In my country small country Denmark in Scandinavia we use our old red flag with the white cross not only as a national symbol, but in fact much more as a symbol of celebration and good mood and atmosphere. With every birthday - whatever it is children or up to the oldest people - the red and white flag will be raised and used to celebrate the person with the birthday. Are friends receiving their friends arriving in the airport they will bring small Danish flags to celebrate the arrival.

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Kodak EasyShare W1020 10-Inch Wireless Digital Frame

THE REASONS WHY SAMSUNG IS THE BEST

Touch of Color
Beautifully design inspired by light, glass and imagination

Imaging a TV that evokes true emotion, even when nothing is playing on its screen. Samsung's Toc (Touch of Color) design gives the glossy piano black bezel frame a hint of color for an HDTV that is truly original in its beauty.

ONE OF A KIND VIEWING EXPERIENCE
Samsung has a rich history of HDTV design innovation: from gorgeously sculpted silhouettes to the signature piano black finish. Now, we're applying an original, artistic perspective to flat panel HDTV design, drawing inspiration from the art of glassblowing...

Auto Motion Plus120Hz
LCD action has never been smoother

By calculating where moving objects would be in between the original frames, we are able to create and insert new frames to bring film up to TV speed and virtually eliminate motion blur.

REFRESH THE MOVIES ON TV
Samsung's new LCD HDTVs with a 120Hz refresh rate are now capable of showing frames at 120 frames per second. Since 120 is a multiple of both 24 and 30, films with 24 fps can be played back as smoothly as they were filmed, letting you take full advantage of new technologies such as Blu-ray Disc.

Super Slim LCD
Presenting Samsung's slimmest LCD HDTV ever

What's the skinny on Samsung's new LCD HDTVs?
There's less to see, thanks to shallower cabinets and thinner bezels than previous models. Since it's all about the picture, they feature Samsung's newest HD innovations that eradicate blur and enhance contrast for magnificent details.

THIN AND PRETTY
Full HD; slimmer TV. A mere 1.9" deep, Samsung's slimmest LCD HDTV is as much as 60 percent thinner than conventional flat-panel TVs. It's even slimmer than its remote. Place it on the pedestal or mount it nearly flush on the wall...

Infolink RSS Access
News, weather, stock quotes and more delivered straight to your HDTV

Samsung's InfoLink RSS Access makes it easy for you to stay on top of the news, even while watching your favorite programs. Get personalized, real-time weather, news, stock price quotations and more delivered to your HDTV screen from USA TODAY.

YOUR LIFE ON DEMAND
USA TODAY will push content to your TV via an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed. No PC needed, just an Ethernet cable and an Internet connection. A wireless connection is even possible on Samsung's 7 Series and above flat panel TVs. The service is no additional cost to any owner of a Samsung HDTV with the Infolink feature.

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Sunday, 25 January 2009

Kodak EasyShare M820 8-Inch Digital Frame

Indulge your senses with pictures, videos and music. Just insert a memory card or USB flash drive into the Kodak EasyShare M820 Digital Picture Frame and enjoy viewing your pictures right away. Your frame comes with decorative mattes that allow you to personalize the look of the frame, and complement your home decor. Kodak EasyShare Software makes it easy to access all of your pictures and transfer them from your computer to your frame. Kodak's Quick Touch Border keeps fingerprints off of your viewing screen so your images stay beautiful. The touch panel features yellow lights that illuminate to tell you exactly where to touch. Create, edit and view slideshows at the touch of your fingertips. The convenient drag-and-drop feature is perfect for transferring pictures for slideshows. View your pictures on the 8" (20.3 cm) 16:9 wide screen featuring Kodak Color Science for vibrant color and crisp detail. Store up to 300 pictures directly on your frame's 128 MB of internal memory and use the two available SD card slots to view and enjoy even more of your pictures. Set the mood with your music, listen to your favorite MP3s with built-in speakers Selectable viewing hours featuring automatic on/off settings Easily browse and edit your albums Display your frame on a tabletop or on a wall, vertically or horizontally Add style to any decor with optional accessory faceplates Discreet cord design is barely visible
Customer Review: Kodak M829 Digital Picture Frame
This digital picture frame is very easy to use even without the manual. Everything you need is on the touch screen. Very easy to use from your digital camera, flash drive or the computer. Also the videos that I tried from my digital camera played very well and where clear. I haven't as yet tried any music. The clock feature that turns the picture frame on and off is a very convient idea but be sure you use the 24 hour cycle, I didn't understand this at first and couldn't get mine timer working right. I did have a little trouble coping picture files to my SD card but I think, I need to put them on my computer first and see if that is what is need to get them on my SD card, not sure about this right now, but I will try it and see if that works. Overall I'm very please with the Kodak digital picture frame and would recommend it to anyone as a gift for the Holidays.
Customer Review: Does not work like it says
I purchased this product two days ago and I am taking it back. I purchased this paticular frame because it goes with my Easyshare camera, and I like the word EASY when it comes to some of this Hi Tech stuff. I have to say it was easy to get my photos on, no problem, but The Video feature didn't work. The videos played very slow and the audio was slow and muted, when I played it for the first time it frightened my daughter, she thougth there was a monster in the frame. I called Kodak, they said to send it back. I don't want to purchase another one and have the same problem again.

From all of the books, advertisements, and products in stores it would appear that no one continues to use a film camera. This isn't true of course. Although a digital camera can offer much greater control during the editing process and perhaps even a cost savings over the long run, a traditional film camera still has advantages for some consumers. One of those being that if their film camera is a good one and meets their needs, there is no reason to change.

However, for those who do decide to switch to a digital camera there will be significant differences to which they must adjust. Certainly the technology behind a digital camera makes them different; how images are captured and stored, the optics themselves, pixels, resolution, and so forth. But there are a handful of basic changes to which even those who photograph on a very limited and casual basis will need to adapt.

Response Time

With a more affordable, point-and-shoot type digital camera there can be a significant delay between pressing the button and the camera actually taking the picture. These cameras are somewhat like a small computer. During the lag time it is focusing but this can cause some great shots to be missed.

Of course, spending the time to shop for a camera with less lag time is one solution; and certainly many of the more expense models don't suffer this issue. However, there is a simple adjustment which can produce a significant reduction in the lag time. The photographer can set up the shot, aim the camera at the subject, and press the button down half way and hold it. At this point, the digital camera will begin the process of focusing. Then, a couple of seconds or more later, when the photographer and subject are ready, the button is depressed entirely and the picture is taken almost immediately. Obviously, this requires the photographer to anticipate and prepare before taking a shot.

Battery Life

Because much of what a digital camera does consumes energy from the battery, they are known to drain batteries very quickly. One of the particularly power greedy functions unique to a digital camera is that of powering an LCD screen. Again there are a number of things users can do to assure they don't run out of power and to reduce the rate at which the camera uses the energy.

To avoid a trickling discharge, batteries should be removed from the camera when the device won't be used for more that a week or two and, likewise, a digital camera should be powered off if the user doesn't anticipate taking a shot for another 30 minutes or so. Using the "sleep mode" is good also, to assure that even if the user forgets, the camera gets powered off.

Using the viewfinder instead of the LCD screen to frame shots is wise when you wish to save power. Users can also avoid using flash whenever their subject is more than 12 feet or so away, since the flash will be ineffective anyway and drain power needlessly. Those traveling with a digital camera also need to be sure to carry a backup battery to avoid problems.

A final recommendation is to use other power sources when possible. Use AC power when performing various functions such as downloading or use a card reader to download from the memory cards and remove the camera from the process entirely. Pictures can be edited on the computer rather than on the camera to save additional power.

The Viewing System

A digital camera often has an optical viewfinder which is separate from the lens through which the camera takes the picture. Thus, when a subject is somewhat near, what a photographer sees, and what the camera sees are two different things. Using the LCD to frame a shot is also difficult because in order to see the screen, the camera is held away from the body, making it difficult to hold the camera steady for a good shot. The fix for this is to use the "correction marks" visible through the viewfinder which approximate the border of the image that the camera is seeing versus using the LCD screen. This also allows the user to keep the camera closer to the body in a steady fashion.

Another option is to buy a camera with an electronic viewfinder which takes the image captured by the lens, and electronically transfers it to a display screen allowing the user to accurately frame the picture. Use of an electronic viewfinder however will increase power consumption.

The third option is to buy a digital camera with a TTL mechanism. With TTL, the photographer views a scene through the same lens that records the image and is thus able to frame a scene accurately. This option however is generally available only on more expensive camera models.

Despite these differences, digital cameras do offer some tremendous advantages; from being able to view photos instantly, edit them, print them at home, share them easily on the internet, and so forth which make them worth the small effort to adjust to their unique characteristics.

The author, Christine Peppler provides useful information on using and selecting home electronics products such as a digital camera on her homemedias.info website. Visitors to the site can also take advantage of the opportunity to voice their thoughts on specific products to benefit other consumer through the consumer forum.

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Unlike conventional cameras, the digital camera does not use photographic film. Digital cameras capture a photograph electronically and store them in digital format and in todays market the digital camera is outselling the 35 mm film camera. Small enough to carry in your pocket, car console or handbag these cameras can often double as a video camera and also record sound.

The beauty of these compact wonders is the ability to check your photo immediately. Instantly can will know if you have captured the shot exactly how you wanted it and you then have the opportunity to take anther if you are not satisfied. Great when you are on holidays or taking a snap of the grandchildren. The unwanted shots can be immediately deleted saving space on the disc. It is also much easier to modify images taken digitally rather than traditional shots. No more red eye!

Unfortunately there are some disadvantages to digital cameras, one being that many have to be charged using electricity instead of batteries also some applications such as the use of infrared light are not available with digital cameras unless specially converted or a special filter used over the lens but this does need a very long exposure. Due to the fact that digital images can be so easily modified, images taken with a digital camera are not readily accepted as court evidence. For the average person, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages but not everyone sees it that way.

Digital cameras are also now being used for underwater photography. This is achieved by putting a digital camera into a watertight underwater housing much the same as you would use a conventional camera. Although there are some brilliant specially designed cameras for underwater use, using a digital in the watertight housing has the advantage of not limiting the photographer to the amount of shots he can take as would be the case with 35mm film which only has a maximum of 36 exposures.

Many professional photographers do not use digital cameras for most of their work. They have found editing and post processing takes longer than the traditional camera. When traveling, recharging is more difficult and also, if a conventional camera breaks down, as all cameras do from time to time, it is much easier to repair conventional than digital cameras. In saying that, there has been a swing to digital, especially in the area of photojournalism, where getting that all important great shot happens on the spot. The print media is now accepting more and more digitally captured images.

Over the last few years digital cameras have become much more affordable as the demand for these cameras has increased. More and more features are available and combined with the everyday use of computers the general public who can now easily shoot their photos, go home and print them out on their computers. The many benefits of these multi-functional, light and compact cameras are changing the way we capture our memories like never before.

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