Camera

Please do not send me links before you look up the product.

It’s called a CyberPix Digital Camera Kit.

It comes with 3 interchangeable face plates and can take up to 117 pictures at a time.

I looked for it on the kb toys site, where i bought it, and it was not there….

thanks for your help.

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I am looking for a new slim, compact digital camera that I can carry around with me and easily slip into my pocket. I am still undecided about which brand to get. Does anyone have experience with any good slim, compact cameras?

(Money is no issue)

any Canon Ixus with image stabilization would be perfect for you.

I have the 970IS with 5x zoom and love it, the battery life is amazing.

http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/Digital_Camera/IXUS/index.asp

I work for a security company and we have to use digital cameras for report use. I am wondering if anyone knows about good cameras that are nice and durable for sadly relatively cheap. We can’t go more than 130 on the camera. Also if anyone knows a really good durable case since the problem mostly seems to be people dropping the camera.

canon a480

my suggestion
go to the links below for help

http://www.adorama.com/alc/

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp

http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-camera-buying-guide

http://www.dynamicgraphics.com/dgm/Article/28819

http://www.pcworld.com/article/125645/how_to_buy_a_digital_camera.html

I borrowed a Sony digital camera a couple of years ago from a friend and it came with a charger similar to a cell phone charger. I just plugged the charger into the camera and then plugged the charger into the wall, but I didn’t have to remove the battery. He had the camera stolen and doesn’t know what model it was.

I have a Benq DC E43 and it is very slim and has the rectangular ion battery. I just plug the adapter into the wall as with the cell phone.

I guess any camera which uses the ion batteries instead of the AA batteries would charge without having to remove them.

I’m looking to buy a video camera for the family, but I also might want to share movies I make on the internet. So, I’d like a decent quality camera that can do semi-professional work.

Three things you want to look for in a camcorder: Price, Quality, What are you using it for.

Price: Decide how much you can spend. Camcorders range in price from $300 to over $5000. Once you decide how much your willing to spend, you can decide on the next factor.

Quality: Each format (VHS, MiniDV, DVD) has its own level of "Video Quality." VHS is refered to as analog video becuase there is no digital signal on the tape. MiniDV and DVD are digital formats. Digital formats have one drawback to video quality. They are compressed data streams. Simply, to save space, the amount of information for each frame of video is compressed. Depending on how much compression takes place, determains how sharp the video will appear on your TV. DVD and Hard drive based camcorders us an MPEG2 compression. MiniDV uses a different compression ratio. The other factor in video qulity is the number of "chips" or "CCDs" in the camera. Broadcast quality cameras use 3 CCDs, each CCD for each color of light in a TV picture (Red, Green, Blue). This makes the image more lifelike.

What Its Use: Depending on what your using you new camcorder for will greatly determain what camcorder you need. If your looking for something to just point and shoot for family vacations, a single CCD camcorder that records on Hard Drive, DVD or MiniDVD would work fine. If you want to see what you’ve shot right away, then choose a DVD-R based camcorder. When finished, you just put your DVD in your player and watch.
If you plan on editing on a computer, MiniDV, DVD and Hard Drive camcorders are best. MiniDV has the best video quality and takes up the most space on your hard drive, but MPEG2 formats (HDD and DVD) take up less space and you really don’t see that much difference.

I hope this helps you decide what you need. There are a lot of cameras out there, so take your time and choose wisely. I myself perfer Sony, Panisonic and Samsung. Cannon, Sony, JVC and Panisonic are the most common brands used by TV stations and Video Production houses. I’ve been in the Broadcast TV business for over 20 years and I had a tough time finding the right camcorder. Good Luck.

I have a canon dslr and I noticed there is some dust on the inside of the lens. I bought the camera from bestbuy. Do I take the lens to bestbuy to get cleaned?

Hi Matt
Best Buy will do nothing for you or your camera. Try calling Canon’s 1800 number. They will provide the name of an authorized Canon repair tech in your city. If the equipment is under warranty… you just might get a discount. Worth the try. Thanks for reading.

Are there any camera lenses shaped like a periscope? I want to put a lense on my camera and use my camera like regular but have the lense see above the crowd. A periscope shaped lense would be perfect. Also, it would be so long it could have high magnification.

This doesn’t sounds right. Its more like to me that you want to peep on someone else instead of "see above the crowd."

But anyway. I think you can use a monopod and a remote control instead. It’s much much more practical this way.

I’ve taken a recent interest in photography – I’ve always taken pictures with a normal digital point and shoot camera, but I really really want a beginner SLR camera, which can take really nice pictures but is reasonably priced. I don’t know ANYTHING about SLR cameras, but the ones I’ve looked at so far are the Nikon D40, and the Canon Rebel, and the Pentax K110…. any advice?

The Nikon D40 is probably the best beginner SLR, especially for the price.

Stepping up from there, consider the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT, the Nikon D40x, and the Canon EOS Rebel XTi.

The Pentax K100D super is also a good choice, but I think the Nikon is better built.

I looked on amazon and there weren’t any…has it been released and is it brand new or something??

www.dpreview.com is an excellent website for reviews.

I have a whole bunch of exposable cameras that I forgot to develop a while ago, and I really want to develop them. Has anybody developed expired cameras? Does it depend on how long ago they were expired if so how long should it be? Will the pictures turn out?? Sorry lots of questions. But I really want to know because these are my precious pictures. Please answer too if you have developed pictures from expired disposable cameras. Thanks in advance!

Of course you can get them developed. It should cost the same as any other "non-expired" disposable camera. I once had a roll of film from a trip to Australia in 1982 that I didn’t find until I moved in 2001 and it was developed with no problems. I would suspect that the expiration date on the disposable camera is the same as the date they put on 35 mm film and is more of a "best before" date for sales. There is always a chance that it may not develop 100% but I think it’s pretty remote as long as you have stored them out of the heat and light.