Canon Powershot SX10IS 10MP Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

- In initial testing, the face detection technology seems to work well. I can take a self portrait now and the lighting comes out very good. I think the technology has gone from buzzword marketing to true usefulness.

- One side benefit of the face detection technology is that it enables the camera to intelligently take red-eye out of pictures without using the red-eye reduction lamp.

- The flip-out and rotating viewfinder has always and continues to set this camera apart from its peers from other companies. It allows for less intrusive candid photos and has many other advantages.

- Thankfully, the SD card door is separate from the battery door as it was with the S3IS. Thank you Canon! There are times that I just want to take a few pictures, and now I don’t have to open the battery door to take the SD card out and put in my PC’s card reader.

- Low battery warning. I think this is the first version to have that and it’s very welcome.

- 28mm — I will never get another camera without wide angle built in. I have the Canon Elph 880IS too, which is a very powerful “pocketable” camera that complements this one well.

- Sharp 20x zoom. Pictures turn out very good even at high zooms. In an indoor-lit apartment, I can read fairly small print from a photo taken all the way across a room — it truly is amazing.

- The picture quality is better at higher ISO’s than previous models. Each model improves on this and this one definitely continues that. I haven’t tried out the “I-Contrast” setting (on vs. off) but I can say that in some outdoor pictures that I have taken detail is good in shadow areas.

- Finally, a standard lens-cap. It doesn’t have a tether, but you can buy a cap attachment from a camera store that sticks on the front of the cap. The one that I got has an elastic band that goes around the base of the lens. I also got a better lens cap which can now be done since it’s standard.

- Controls … I like the new placement of the controls such as dedicated on-off button and display button. I don’t think I will like the scroll wheel but time will tell. For those not familiar with this camera, there is a dedicated video button so that you can take video quickly without having to mess with the controls.

Canon Powershot SX10IS 10MP Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

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Panasonic DMC-L10 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-50mm f/3.8-5.6 Mega OIS Lens

Product Features

• 10.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 18 x 24-inch prints
• Kit includes Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-50mm f3.8-5.6 MEGA O.I.S. lens
• 2.5-inch Live View LCD with 270-degree rotation
• Supersonic Wave Filter system removes dust from sensor
• Face Detection focuses, sets autoexposure, and detects up to 15 human faces simultaneously

Technical Details

• Color: Black
• Camera type: Interchangeable lens digital SLR
• Effective pixels: 10.1 megapixels
• Total pixels: 11.8 megapixels
• Image sensor: CCD with 4:3 aspect ratio, primary color filter, and supersonic wave filter
• Optical image stabilizer: MEGA OIS
• Image sensor size: 17.3 x 13mm
• Extra optical zoom: Max 1.8x
• Digital zoom: 2x, 4x (live view only)
• Focal length: 14 to 50mm (35mm equivalent: 28 to 100mm)
• Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens: 15 elements in 11 groups (2 aspherical lenses, 2 ED lenses)
• Aperture type: 7 diaphragm blades/circular 1 pepure diaphragm
• Aperture range: f/3.8 (wide) to f/5.6 (tele)
• Focusing area: 3-point; auto/fixed point, left/fixed point, center/fixed point, right; contrast AF system: 9-point, multi-point, 3-point, 1-point, spot, face
• AF/AE lock: Yes
• AF assist lamp: Yes
• ISO sensitivity: Auto, ISO 100/200/400/800/1,600, intelligent ISO (live view mode)
• White balance: Auto, daylight, cloudy, shade, halogen, flash, white set 1, white set 2, color temperature setting
• Color temperature setting: 2,500 to 10,000K in 100K
• Exposure: Program AE, aperture priority AE, shutter priority AE, manual
• Exposure compensation : 1/3 EV step, +/- 2 EV
• Auto bracketing: 1/3 to 2 EV step + 2 EV, 3 frames
• Light metering system: TTL full aperture light metering by 49-zone multi-pattern sensing system (optical viewfinder) or 256-zone multi-pattern sensing system (live view mode)
• Light metering: Intelligent multiple, center-weighted, spot
• Scene modes: Baby 1, baby 2, pet, sunset, food
• Advanced scene modes: Portrait, scenery, macro, sports, night portrait
• Shutter speed: 1/4000 to 60 seconds
• Self-timer: 2 seconds, 10 seconds
• Color effect mode: Standard, dynamic, smooth
• Color mode: Standard, dynamic, nature, smooth, vibrant, nostalgic
• Recording format: JPEG (design rule for camera file system, based on Exif 2.21 standard), DOPOF corresponding, JPEG (design rule for camera file system, based on Exif 2.21 standard), DOPOF corresponding, color space: sRGB, Adobe RGB
• Image quality: RAW, RAW+fine, RAW+standard
• Motion image (QuickTime Motion JPEG): 3:2 aspect ratio, 16:9 aspect ratio
• Recording image size (4:3 aspect ratio): 3,648 x 2,736, 2,816 x 2,112, 2,048 x 1,536
• Recording image size (3:2 aspect ratio): 3,648 x 2,432, 2,816 x 1,880, 2,048 x 1,360
• Recording image size (16:9 aspect ratio): 3,648 x 2,056, 2,816 x 1,584, 1,920 x 1,080
• Burst shooting mode: Yes
• Protection: Single, multiple, cancel
• Erase: Single, multiple, all
• Flash modes: Auto, auto red-eye reduction, forced on, forced on with red-eye reduction, slow sync, slow sync with red-eye reduction, forced off
• X-sync speed: Less than 1/160 of a second
• Flash synchronization: 1st-curtain sync, 2nd-curtain sync
• Viewfinder: Optical
• Magnification: 0.92x
• Field of view: 95 percent
• LCD monitor: 2.5-inch diagonal polycrystalline TFT LCD with 207,000 pixels
• LCD field of view : 100 percent
• Playback mode: Single, 9-thumbnail display, 25-thumbnail display, calendar display, zoom (16x max), rotation, slide show, favorites, resize, trim, protection, aspect conversion DPOF print setting
• Recording media: SD memory card, SDHC memory card, MultiMediaCard
• Interface: USB 2.0 high speed, NTSC/PAL video
• Software: Lumix Simple Viewer, Photo Fun Studio, QuickTime
• Direct print: Yes, PictBridge
• Power supply: Lithium battery pack, charger/AC adapter
• Battery life: Up to 450 images
• Item width: 5.3 inches
• Item height: 3.8 inches
• Item depth: 3.05 inches
• Item weight: 1.06 pounds
• Warranty: Information not available
• In the box: DMC-L10 camera, lens, battery pack, battery charger, AC adapter, lens cap, lens hood, lens rear cap, lens storage bag, eyepiece cap, body cap, USB cable, video cable, AC power cord, strap, software CD-ROM, magnifier eyecup, user’s manual

Canon Rebel XS 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens

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Product Features

• 10.1-megapixel CMOS sensor captures enough detail for poster-size, photo-quality prints
• Large 2.5-inch LCD display; includes Canon’s EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
• DIGIC III image processor provides fast, accurate image processing; Live View Function
• EOS Integrated Cleaning system and Canon-designed Self Cleaning Sensor Unit, plus Dust Delete Data Detection in included software
• Stores images on SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)

Technical Details

• Color: Black
• Type: Digital, single-lens reflex AF/AE camera with built-in flash
• Recording media: SD memory card, SDHC memory card
• Image sensor size: 22.2 x 14.8 mm
• Compatible lenses: Canon EF (including EF-S lenses); 35mm-equivalent focal length is approximately 1.6x the lens focal length
• Lens mount: Canon EF mount
• Image sensor: High-sensitivity, high-resolution, large single-plate CMOS sensor
• Effective pixels: Approximately 10.10 megapixels
• Total pixels: Approximately 10.5 megapixels
• Aspect ratio: 3:2
• Color filter system: RGB primary color filters
• Low-pass filter: Located in front of the image sensor; non-removable
• Dust deletion filter: Yes
• Recording format: Design rule for Camera File System 2.0
• Image type: JPEG, RAW (12-bit Canon original), RAW+JPEG
• File size: Large/fine: approximately 3.8 MB (3,888 x 2,592 pixels); large/normal: approximately 2.0 MB (3,888 x 2,592 pixels); medium/fine: approximately 2.3 MB (2,816 x 1,880 pixels); medium/normal: approximately 1.2 MB (2,816 x 1,880 pixels); small/fine: approximately 1.3 MB (1,936 x 1,288 pixels); small/normal: approximately 0.8 MB (1,936 x 1,288 pixels); RAW: approximately 9.8 MB (3,888 x 2,592 pixels)
• File numbering: Consecutive numbering, auto reset, manual reset
• RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording: Yes
• Color space: sRGB, Adobe RGB
• Picture style: Standard, portrait, landscape, neutral, faithful, monochrome, user-defined 1-3
• Auto white balance: Auto, daylight, shade, cloudy, tungsten, white fluorescent light, flash, custom
• Color temperature compensation: White balance correction: +/-9 stops in full-stop increments; white balance bracketing: +/-3 stops in full-stop increments; blue/amber direction or magenta/green direction possible
• Viewfinder type: Eye-level pentamirror
• Viewfinder coverage: Approximately 95 percent vertical/horizontal
• Magnification: Approximately 0.81x (-1m with 50mm lens at infinity)
• Eyepoint: Approximately 21mm (from eyepiece to lens center)
• Built-in dioptric adjustment: -3.0 to +/-1.0m (dpt)
• Focusing screen: Fixed, precision matte
• Mirror: Quick-return half mirror (transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with EF600mm f/4L IS USM or shorter lenses)
• Viewfinder information: AF information (AF points, focus confirmation light), exposure information (shutter speed, aperture, AE lock, exposure level, ISO speed, exposure warning), flash information (flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation), monochrome shooting, white balance correction, maximum burst, SD memory card information
• Depth-of-field preview: Yes, via depth-of-field preview button
• Autofocus type: TTL secondary image registration, phase detection
• AF points: 7 AF points
• Metering range: EV 0.5 to 18
• Focusing modes: One-shot AF, AI servo AF, AI focus AF, manual focusing (MF)
• AF-assist beam: Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash
• Metering modes: Evaluative metering, partial metering, center-weighted average metering
• Exposure control: Program AE (full auto, portrait, landscape, close-up, sports, night portrait, flash off, program), shutter-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, depth-of-field AE, manual exposure, E-TTL II autoflash
• ISO speed: Basic Zone modes: ISO 100 to 800, set automatically; Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 to 1,600 (in one-stop increments)
• Exposure compensation: Manual: +/-3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (can be combined with AEB); AEB: +/-3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
• AE lock: Automatic: When focus achieved with evaluative metering and one-shot AF; use-set: by AE lock button
• Shutter type: Electronically controlled, focal-plane shutter
• Shutter speeds: 1/4,000 second to 30 seconds, bulb, X-sync at 1/200 seconds (total shutter speed range; available range varies by shooting mode)
• Shutter release: Soft-touch electromagnetic release
• Self-timer: 10-second or 2-second delay, or 10-second delay plus continuous shooting
• Remote control: Remote switch RS-60E3
• Flash type: Retractable, auto popup
• Flash metering: E-TTL II autoflash
• Guide number: 13/43 (ISO 100, in meters/feet)
• Recycling time: Approximately 3 seconds
• Flash-ready indicator: Flash-ready icon lights in viewfinder
• Flash coverage: 17 mm lens angle of view
• FE lock: Yes
• Flash exposure compensation: Up to +/-2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
• Compatible flash: EX-series Speedlites
• Continuous shooting speed: Approximately 3 shots per second (single shots possible)
• Maximum burst: JPEG (large/fine): approximately 514 (until memory card becomes full); RAW: approximately 5; RAW+JPEG (large/fine): approximately 4
• LiveView shooting modes: LiveView shooting; remote LiveView shooting (with a personal computer installed with EOS utility)
• Focusing: Manual, autofocus (quick mode, live mode)
• Grid display: Yes
• Exposure simulation: Displayed in real time
• LCD monitor type: TFT color liquid-crystal display
• Monitor size: 2.5 inches
• Dots: Approximately 230,000
• Coverage: Approximately 100 percent (170-degree viewing angle)
• Brightness adjustment: 7 levels provided
• Interface languages: 20
• Direct printing: Yes, via PictBridge-compatible printers
• Printable images: JPEG image compliant to Design rule for Camera File System
• Easy Print feature: Yes
• DPOF: Version 1.1 compatible
• Direct image transfer: Yes, with JPEG and RAW images
• Interface: USB 2.0 high speed, video out (NTSC/PAL selectable)
• Battery: LP-E5 battery pack (AC power is available with optional ACK-E5 AC adapter kit)
• Battery check: Auto
• Date/time battery: Built-in secondary battery
• Item width: 4.96 inches
• Item height: 3.8 inches
• Item depth: 2.4 inches
• Weight: 15.9 ounces
• Warranty: 1 year
• In the box: Rebel XS body, EF-S 18 to 55mm lens (1:3.5 to 5.6 IS lens), eyecup, wide strap, video cable, USB interface cable, battery pack, battery charger, EOS Digital Solution disc and instructional manuals, “Great Photography is Easy” booklet, “Do More with Macro” booklet

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