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  • DSLR camera buying guide

    Posted November 27, 2011 - 8:00 am

    For serious and professional photographers, digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras are the way to go. They offer faster performance, more control over settings, and better image quality than even top-of-the-line point-and-shoot cameras. Most importantly, they give you the ability to change lenses.

  • 5 accessories to bring with your camera on vacation

    Posted July 23, 2011 - 7:40 am

    No matter where you're going on vacation this summer, you're no doubt planning to bring a camera. Perhaps you have your sights set on taking some panoramic landscapes, or maybe you want to shoot some waterfalls. You may want to try your hand at some scenic nightscapes in a foreign city. Vacation is a good time to try all sorts of photos. But no matter whether you pack a convenient point-and-shoot camera or a bulky-but-trusty digital SLR, here are five important things you'll want to bring along on your trip.

  • Buying a camera: Optical versus electronic viewfinders

    Posted November 22, 2010 - 11:21 am

    Viewfinders are what photographers rely on to accurately compose a pictures. There are different kinds of viewfinders, and it's important to understand the pros and cons of each before buying a camera.

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    Digital Cameras: Best Places to Buy

    Posted May 24, 2010 - 1:23 pm

    Unless you shop at a local camera specialty store, we found that your best bet for buying a digital camera is to seal the deal online. Your neighborhood electronics emporium may not have the camera you're looking for in-house, but you can likely find that model on the store's Website.

  • Gear You Can't Get Here: 10 Great Digital Cameras, Smartphones, and Tablets

    Posted May 20, 2010 - 8:00 am

    Some cool and crazy gadgets never make it to our shores. Here are a few sexy smartphones, tablets, cameras, and watches that you can't buy in the United States--so far.

  • Four Tips for Making Your Camera's Batteries Last

    Posted April 20, 2010 - 10:44 am

    Like a desert mirage, revolutionary new battery technologies always seem to be just beyond the horizon. New materials, nanotubes, and fuel cells all offer the promise of dramatically longer runtime and shorter (or nonexistent) recharges. But until that elusive day comes, we're going to have to contend with our existing battery technology. Recently, I offered some tips for dealing with your memory card, so this week I thought we should turn our attention to batteries. Here are a few tips for getting the most out of your batteries.

  • Six Tough, Rugged Cameras

    Posted February 22, 2010 - 3:07 pm

    Manufacturers are outdoing themselves in the quest to build a nearly indestructible camera--and the prices are reasonable, too. They're promising that you can freeze, drop, or submerge these models, without a worry.

  • Five Digital Cameras That Are Well Connected

    Posted February 22, 2010 - 2:21 pm

    Sharing photos with friends, posting images and video to the Web, and geotagging have never been this easy.

  • Video camera captures you capturing video

    Posted January 19, 2010 - 11:21 am

    My first thought upon seeing the Ion Twin Video recorder was, “oh, great -- another narcissism enabler.” But my second thought was, "actually, this is pretty cool."

  • Set digital camera auto-import options in Snow Leopard

    Posted January 19, 2010 - 8:11 am

    Snow Leopard addressed a long-standing complaint for those of us with multiple digital cameras--we can finally set different preferences for different devices. Here's how.

  • How To Print Without a Computer

    Posted January 15, 2010 - 11:54 am

    Everyone grew up with personal printers attached to personal computers, so we naturally believe a computer must be part of the printing equation. Like so many things we learned growing up, that truth has “matured” to the point it's almost an untruth. There are at least two easy ways to print on many modern printers without a computer: memory card reader slots, and PictBridge.

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    Product review: Nikon Coolpix P90 Megazoom

    Posted November 24, 2009 - 5:23 pm

    The 24X-optical-zoom, 12-megapixel Nikon Coolpix P90 ($400 as of 11/22/09) is a powerful camera that offers full manual controls, a tiltable LCD screen, and the easiest operation we've seen in the megazoom class.

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    Holiday gift ideas: Digital photography, video and more

    Posted November 23, 2009 - 6:01 pm

    Cameras, camcorders and everything in between

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    Product review: FinePix S200EXR Has Sensor-Shifting Tricks

    Posted November 19, 2009 - 12:26 pm

    It may not be a DSLR, but the FinePix S200EXR ($600 as of 11/13/09) is the sort of advanced point-and-shoot camera that's an enthusiast's dream.

  • 100 Best Products of 2009

    Posted October 27, 2009 - 1:33 pm

    PC World looked at many outstanding hardware, software, sites, and services this year, evaluating each one on its design, functionality, performance, and impact. Here is the cream of the crop, the 100 best of 2009. (Note that we chose not to rate products specifically on their price or value, focusing instead on their overall quality.)

  • 7 tips for selling your photos

    Posted September 25, 2009 - 2:42 pm

    Think you have what it takes to be a successful stock photographer? Before jumping in and putting a down-payment on that condo with your future microstock payments, take some time to learn how the system works.

  • Casio's latest Exilim snaps 1,000 pictures before a recharge

    Posted June 11, 2009 - 11:10 am

    Swimwear and suntan lotion? Check. Camera? Check. Camera charger? No need. There's a lot to remember when packing for vacation but a new digital camera from Casio could mean one less thing in your baggage.

  • 6 Crazy Tricks for Digital Cameras and Photos

    Posted April 29, 2009 - 9:35 am

    In this story, you'll learn how to make high-def, time-lapse video from your ordinary point-and-shoot digital camera, how to geotag your photos even if your camera can't do it, and how to draw messages with light on live photographs. (Why? Just because!)

  • Security: The ugly business

    Posted April 24, 2009 - 3:16 pm

    Security is an ugly business because when you have a problem there's rarely an elegant, straightforward solution. What you usually wind up with is a solution that's just "good enough." I recently learned of a great example that nicely illustrates this point.

  • Six Clever Camera Tricks

    Posted April 20, 2009 - 2:42 pm

    Unexpected, unconventional, and perhaps clever ways to use your camera when you're not busy photographing insects, weddings, and alien encounters.

  • OLED screens, Blu-ray players and brain control

    Posted April 15, 2009 - 9:11 am

    January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is a great place to see new gadgets but they're not always available right away. A couple of the coolest gadgets from this year's CES, Sony's OLED-based Walkman and Samsung's slim Blu-ray Disk player, are now on their way.

  • Canon unveils entry-level DSLR with high-def video

    Posted March 25, 2009 - 8:26 am

    Canon unveiled on Wednesday its first entry-level digital SLR camera to feature full high-definition resolution video recording.

  • Reduce Digital Noise in Your Photos

    Posted March 23, 2009 - 3:22 pm

    This week, let's explore what noise is all about and how to minimize it in your photos.

  • One-eyed filmmaker turns himself into a human camera

    Posted March 19, 2009 - 9:03 am

    Rob Spence was a longtime fan of the 6 Million Dollar Man. So naturally he had a tiny camera installed in his prosthetic eye.

  • What is the Micro Four Thirds system

    Posted March 9, 2009 - 2:01 pm

    Micro Four Thirds and the older Four Thirds systems are very interesting concepts, not simply because of what they promise but because the basic philosophy behind the systems runs so counter to traditional thinking about cameras.
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