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The 14.1-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W370 is a solid point and shoot camera with a decent array of features for the price ($230 as of March 31, 2010), including a 7X-optical-zoom lens (34mm to 238mm), a 3-inch LCD screen, and 720p high-definition video recording. The camera comes in red, green, or silver.

Due to its bigger zoom lens, the DSC-W370 is a bit on the large side for a point-and-shoot, weighing 6.3 ounces when loaded up with a battery and a memory card (it takes either SD/SDHC cards or memory stick in its combo storage slot). At 4 by 2.25 by 1.06 inches, it’s just a tad too big to put in your pocket for a night out.

In my casual hands on tests, I found the image quality to be pretty good–surprisingly little grain appeared at even at the highest ISO setting (3200), colors looked true (but sometimes a bit washed out), and pictures taken in macro mode were very clear.

In PCWorld Labs’ subjective jury testing for image quality, the camera also fared very well. Color accuracy and exposure quality were the DSC-W370’s strong suits, earning it an overall imaging score of Good. Battery life was a bit less impressive, as the camera’s 270 shots on a single charge of its battery resulted in a score of Fair.

Unfortunately, this camera has one very annoying problem: lag time. Not only does it have shutter lag (about 2 seconds for single shots and an even longer lag between shots), it also has noticeable lag whenever you press a button after taking a shot. In fact, I often had to press buttons twice after shooting, because the first press didn’t register. Needless to say, this would be especially irritating for anyone trying to shoot fast action scenes or wanting to review photos quickly after shooting them.

Lagginess aside, the DSC-W370 has quite a few nifty modes that set it apart from other similarly priced point-and-shoots. It features a Sweep Panorama mode, which allows you to take a 243-degree panoramic shot with minimal effort. You just press the shutter button once and move the camera steadily in the direction of an on-screen arrow; if you move the camera too quickly, it warns you that it can’t keep up, so there’s pretty much no way to make a mess of things. The Sweep Panorama mode is quickly accessible via a selection on the mode dial, and it takes panorama photos from left to right, right to left, up to down, or down to up. It’s a great feature for people who like to shoot panoramic views of beautiful scenery–it’s fast and easy, and the pictures turn out very nicely as long as there aren’t a lot of things moving around in the scene you’re trying to capture.

The DSC-W370 also features a self-portrait timer, which is particularly handy for anyone who likes to take pics of themselves for Facebook or MySpace. Using the camera’s face-detection technology, the timer waits until it detects your face in the scene and then starts the timer (unlike regular timers, which simply count down from the moment you press the button). You’ll also find a mode for a double-portrait, in which two or more faces trigger the camera’s timer.

Despite its not having much coverage on the wide-angle end, I got great use out of the 7X-optical-zoom lens. I did some of my shooting at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and I was able to capture tiny little minnows from several feet away very effectively. The image stabilization–touted on Sony’s Website as Optical SteadyShot technology–worked well during my test shots (trust me, those fish were moving all over the place).

The DSC-W370 shoots 720p HD video at 30 frames per second in MPEG-4 format, and you’re able to zoom in and out while filming; autofocus worked well in video mode during my hands-on tests. The video gets grainy if you zoom in too much, but looks fine up to about 5X. The DSC-W370 also has an HDMI port for playing on-camera videos on the big screen, and you can record up to 29 minutes (2GB) per movie.

Overall, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W370 is a decent camera. It has a lot of cool features for the price, but it’s pretty big and the lag time is annoying. If you’re looking for a camera that does a lot on a low budget, the DSC-W370 is a nice option; but if you’re seeking an everyday camera to shoot with on the go, looks for a smaller model that has quicker response times.

The development of digital camera technology from time to time grow up  and consumer expectations, the attitude of society towards the documentation is constantly changing in accordance with the times. Initially use the photos as documentation stored in the album now changed since the appearance of the social networking phenomenon. People can use the photos to appear on social networking like facebook. This phenomenon is captured by Samsung, increasing numbers of facebook users, a large electronics company in Korea is issuing the ST series camera in 1000.

Samsung ST 1000 is a multi-wireless world’s first compact camera. This camera is answering the needs of consumers as users of social networking site facebook. ST 1000 is the first camera that has synchronization with facebook. Consumers can upload photos directly from camera without moving into computer files first. In addition to uploading photos on facebook, ST 1000 has the ability to share images with another camera that is equipped with Bluetooth. Another capability is the availability of access to send photos via email directly.

The camera is also fully equipped with DLNA technology that can share the image into an HDTV or LCD which has been supported by the facility. The camera has become one of the trends, which is very essential gadget, everyone wants to contribute to society by way of pictures taken and uploaded on facebook.

The Canon A495, which is available in red, blue, and silver, is chubby, but still reasonably compact. This is not very wide and high, but more than an inch, so despite that fits in your pocket, compression can be adjusted. From the front, the camera looks elegant with nice rounded corners. The overall build seems improved and the buttons don’t feel cheap and clearly marked in white on a black background.

The lens is narrow 35mm equivalent of 37mm and has a 3.3x optical zoom, standard for cameras in its class. LCD, despite a decent size resolution is quite low, it is bright enough, but can still be hard to see in direct sunlight. This model is powered by AA batteries and only get about 150 shots of the Canon A495, before needing replacement

The program offers options for white balance, focus, metering, ISO, and color effects. Or would you rather choose the easy way, Canon’s Smart Auto is very reliable at picking the appropriate settings based on 18 different scene types. Or you can choose one of 13 special shooting modes like fireworks, Long Shutter, foliage, or children and pets.

Canon also includes Face Self-Timer, which, when activated, will wait to take a shot until the camera detects an additional face in the frame. If you love to take many photographs of macro closeups, Canon A495 is an excellent choice for the money. VGA Movie mode only without the use of optical zoom while recording. Video quality is good, on par with the standard definition camcorder pocket.

The image quality is excellent for the money and actually better than some more expensive models. Of course, this gives the best results below ISO 200, Sharp, with lots of small details. But even at 800 ISO, noise and noise suppression, well-balanced decisions 4×6 impressions. When the image is considered 100 percent, then you will see the noise, especially in dark areas of photos.

Nikon D3s is built for professionals who need a Camera that can withstand severe shocks, including heat. After all if NASA decided to order last year some D3s for its Space missions to shoot the most “outer space” pictures ever, there must definitely be a good reason for that choice. NASA Orders D3S Digital SLR Cameras and Interchangeable Lenses from Nikon.

A true Photographer power machine, the Nikon D3s needs good knowledge as to what is what in order to get your settings right, and even a tiny little mistake can quickly turn your photos into real disasters, but then again, the D3s is not made for amateur and if you are interested with this kind of DLSR you must be ready to take the time to understand it and learn how to use it.

The Nikon D3s autofocus is an impressive and fast as soon as the subject is in focus, the D3s has a 51-zon AF mode, set your camera to the highest JEPG quality or on RAW mode. Whether shooting at dawn, under direct sunlight, home at dusk or night, the impressive ISO range of the D3s always gave the perfect “Flash” or “Tripod”-less experience. Added to this has excellent exposure and accurate throw to the right D3S just what you need to give a bright, clear.

Now, being able to shoot at high ISO, like 102,400 does not mean that the camera is free of noise, like it or not, but the noise will still be there. It can shoot up to ISO 8000 or even 12800. Above IS0 12800, is still pretty interesting to take pictures in the dark plain, without bothering to take a tripod with you.

The E-P2 camera comes in sleek black shiny with an accessory port, which makes the body a little higher. The E-P2 gives you more control in movie mode, with support for adjusting aperture and shutter speed. For automatic shooters, there’s an improved i-Enhance autoadjustment mode which operates several smart isolate the elements of the scene in which it operates.

Olympus offers optional adapters for Four Thirds mount lenses (MMF-1) and for the older film OM lenses (MF-2). I used the adapter with the E-P1 and a relatively large and heavy (and expensive) 12-60mm F2.8-4 lens, and it seemed very well balanced. Usually the decisions that they feel uncomfortable – although, of course, the draft was handed out.

Olympus also added a few new art filters. The diorama provides simulation of effect of Tilt-Shift lens that makes the big cities and blur Lilliputs Cross process simulates the color and contrast of how the changes produced by processing the film with bad chemicals. Like the current crop of art filters that will work in video mode.

Although this is a retro front, behind all digital, with a fairly typical control design. On the right side of the LCD screen to launch the AF and AE lock button, playback, delete and menu. To the right is a user-defined function buttons, you can assign to call the regime of recognition of people to see the depth of field, set the manual white balance, AF area reset its starting position, use the manual focus, update the configuration of raw imaging test taken to adjust the custom settings saved MyMod, change the lighting of LCD, or completely disable the button.

Olympus delivers decent noise performance for this rice class, with clean images up to ISO 400, and only marginally photos at ISO 800. It has excellent color characteristics, and impacts are a stain on a wide dynamic range solids.