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Comment on Best price Canon Powershot 300 HS Digital ELPH Camera (Black) with SSE Gift Package Including: Extra Battery, 8GB SDHC Card, Carrying Case, External Charger, HDMI Cable & More… Reviews by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:56:53 +0000

Camera Review, November 8, 2010

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This review is from: Kodak EasyShare Max Z990 12.0 MP Digital Camera with 30x Optical Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD 8GB Accessory Saver NiMH Bundle (Electronics)

Yep, a moron can use it! That's all you might want to know!

Yep, a smarty pants wanting fun technological stuff can use it too- AND be relatively happy!

Works well, easy to use straight out of the box, the manual needs to improve but otherwise it's a great steal! Good for photos of moving children, not always fast enough.... but its way better than any other point and shoot style. Has a lot of flexibility in shooting styles, needs etc.

I wish the lens cap... well I wish there wasn't a need for one but there is! Oh well. Not a dslr but it makes me a lot happier than my previous digital camera that I hated (I was terrified to buy a new one because my last has AMAZING reviews. Its a panasonic something or other. If I didn't like it, then what kind of camera with good reviews to buy was a big question- I'm happy with the new one!)

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Comment on Best price Canon Powershot 300 HS Digital ELPH Camera (Black) with SSE Gift Package Including: Extra Battery, 8GB SDHC Card, Carrying Case, External Charger, HDMI Cable & More… Reviews by Jerry Hughes

Jerry Hughes — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:07:38 +0000

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Z981 zoom passes the test, July 21, 2010

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This review is from: Kodak EasyShare Max Z990 12.0 MP Digital Camera with 30x Optical Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD 8GB Accessory Saver NiMH Bundle (Electronics)

I bought the Z981 specifically to use on vacation trips to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, (BWCA), on the Minnesota-Ontario border. The Z-981 worked great.

The only problem was trying to use the maximum zoom while floating in a canoe, a problem unique to the BWCA, The geometry of a bouncing canoe and the maximum zoom makes it difficult to focus on something like an eagles nest located a half-mile away. Its a great problem to have!

The feature I enjoyed most, once I figured out how to match up photos was the panoramic setting. Some great wide-angle shots.

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Comment on Best price Canon Powershot 300 HS Digital ELPH Camera (Black) with SSE Gift Package Including: Extra Battery, 8GB SDHC Card, Carrying Case, External Charger, HDMI Cable & More… Reviews by Charles Bridges "silhouett"

Charles Bridges "silhouett" — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:29:05 +0000

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Awesome Camera, August 24, 2010

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This review is from: Kodak EasyShare Max Z990 12.0 MP Digital Camera with 30x Optical Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD 8GB Accessory Saver NiMH Bundle (Electronics)

This camera runs great. Has an awesome zoom. Takes movies. True to the original color. Works in low light.
I have had many camera's and would rate this the best at an affordable price. Offers features found in some more expensive camera's

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Comment on Best price Vivitar Vx029 10.1MP Digital Camera Reviews by C. Bryan

C. Bryan — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:13:40 +0000

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First digital, February 27, 2011

C. Bryan (Long Beach, CA) -

This review is from: Vivitar Vx029 10.1MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

Just bought this thing - yes, on sale for about $35 - and it seems like a good deal. Tiny, with a ton of features (as observed above) that I'm enjoying like a kid. Sure, had to buy a memory card - big deal, bought two of 'em. The flash problem is NOT a problem. Mine stays on flash (three modes) until it times out (shuts off) or I shut it off. If you can't think to turn the flash ON - well. New to digital photography, I'm ready to finally join the 21st Century and send pics over the Net like the rest of humanity. Have a wedding coming up soon - - I'll let you know how the XO29 performs. Just tinkering with it so far, I find knowledge of film ISO ratings, depth-of-field (there's a macro setting), light and color (no need of a sepia filter; it's internal), manipulations - all make the thing more a toy that, so far, takes darn good pictures.
(Edit up-date 3/6/11) The pictures are great!! I'm using 7M-HD resolution, Sport shutter, Fine quality, anti-shake, auto white-balance, standard color, normal sharpness, normal exposure, 200 ISO, center metering. I can blow the pics up to large computer-screen size - - no hash, noise, or grain; just a good really large picture. HOWEVER - one pic of a hovering toy helicopter at max tele-lens did have some color etching along the outline of the image, but that's it. If I used a higher ISO with a long lens I'm sure the quality would suffer - but you get that with film too. The macro is superb; pics of jewelry are sharp and clear.
Ah, I did think of another flaw - no paper instruction manual; the manual's on a disc that you must download. Very detailed - all the instructions are the same (for the various features), and this is because once you select one, you just click through it and go on to the next. Only the people who can't turn the FLASH on will suffer button phobia.
(Edit up-date #2, 5/23) Using VGA 640x480, Find setting, Auto scene - - took lots of video at a wedding, many stills, all in different light from bright sun to indoor dancing; all came out super. Many stills blown up to 5x7 prints with absolutely no grain - fine hair detail, great! Bright sun shot of baseball game - 100 feet, telephoto of battter, terrific! Videos are very good.

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R. Cole — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:16:51 +0000

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Absolute Junk, December 30, 2010

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As a serious amateur who has used a variety of digital cameras from point-and-shoots (PaS) up to pro DSLRs, I can confidently assert that this is a very poor camera that is not worthy of anyone's hard-earned money. I don't believe the problem is one that can be rectified via the warranty process since I'm convinced the problem is simply one of poor design.

Someone with little to no prior experience with PaS cameras might be fooled into thinking that this is a decent device simply because they have no basis for comparison. If you are such a person, do yourself a favor and avoid this camera. Further, given the engineering competence doubts this raises in my mind regarding the manufacturer, I would strongly suggest you avoid buying any Vivitar camera.

First are the irritating design flaws that can be worked around but no user should have to deal with. For example, the flash is off by default (which is fine) and while you can manually turn it on, it reverts back to the off setting following any interaction with the menu system. For example, if you want to review the picture you just took and possibly delete it, it reverts back. Taking pictures indoors, you'll need the flash on, period. I found myself having to constantly turn it back on due to this irritating device behavior. Secondly, the camera does not automatically engage shooting mode when the shutter button is half-pressed, unlike every other camera I have ever used. This means there is no quick, easy way out of the menus which in and of itself is not a big deal other than the lack of attention to design it implies on the part of Vivitar. If they can't include such a basic usability feature, we're left to wonder just how competent the engineers working on this design were.

Lest you think this camera's limitations end with poor usability, let me assure you that the performance of this device is abysmal. In short, this is by far the worst performing camera I've ever used. Photos are plagued by noise, exposure and white balance problems. While no one in their right mind would expect perfection from a PaS camera, this device performs at a level well below that of its cost peers. I had initially hoped that the problem was simply one of poor default settings, i.e. perhaps I could find the right combination of settings to provide decent results. Alas, no ... I could not get acceptable results no matter what settings I tried. This stands in stark contrast to other PaS cameras that provide acceptable results right out of the box. The most glaring problem with this device is the horrible white balance. Nearly 100% of my test shots had serious color balance problems *even with the flash!!* It simply amazes me that the designers who presumably knew the characteristics of the flash they chose, couldn't get a passable white balance result.

Sadly for me, I bought this as a Christmas present in October and didn't test it before Christmas (because I didn't want to destroy the packaging which I would have had to do in order to open it). Consequently, I can't return it and so I have to eat the cost. I ended up replacing it with a Kodak M530 at very similar cost and guess what? The Kodak worked just fine out of the box.

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Comment on Best price Vivitar Vx029 10.1MP Digital Camera Reviews by Kristina A. Mayfield

Kristina A. Mayfield — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:12:12 +0000

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Nice little camera worth every penny, August 1, 2010

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This review is from: Vivitar Vx029 10.1MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

Let me show you why this camera is a great buy...
The viviar vivicam x029 is packed full of features:
Scene:
You can choose the options according to what the environment is and what you are taking a picture of: scenery, portrait, night scenery, night portrait , high sensitivity, sport (great for taking pictures of my active son!), beach, and party.
Resolution:
You can choose what resolution you want your pictures or videos to be:
10 M: 3648x2736
8 M: 3264x2448
7 M HD: 3648x2048
5 M: 2592x1944
3 M: 2048x1536
2 M HD: 1920x1080
VGA: 640x480

White Balance:
This is one of my favorites. You can adjust according to environmental lighting. This helps most with videos, in my opinion. Setting are:
Auto
Daylight
Cloudy
Flourescent (indoor lighting)
Incandescent (indoor lighting)

Color effect:
Many people usually change the effect of the picture once it is uploaded into the computer, but I guess this is cool feature too. Options are:
Standard (no special effect)
Sepia
Monochrome
Vivid

Light exposure:
This is another one of my favorites, and is a must have feature:
+3 lightest
+2 lighter
+1 light
0 normal
-1 dark
-2 darker
-3 darkest

Image Quality:
You can further change the quality of your pictures by choosing between normal, fine, and super fine.

Self Timer:
You can choose between 2 seconds, 5 seconds, or 10 seconds.

Other handy features included are:
anti-shake
face detect
smile capture
multiple snapshots
image sharpness
ISO
Metering
Language (9 languages)
Date/Time
Silent Mode
Auto Power off
Frequency (50 & 60 Hz)
Format SD card
Zoom

This list may look intimidating but the interface is very user-friendly. These options are found in menu mode (push the SET button to enter menu mode).
Some of the other things I like about this camera is that it is thin enough to put in my pocket, it has a large screen, it is very simple to use, and it has a linthium battery which can be charged by USB. I definately recommend this camera to anyone.

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Joan L. Baril "crazy carver" — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:34:23 +0000

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Best Carving Magazine, July 1, 2006

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This review is from: Woodcarving Illustrated (Magazine)

I think this is the best carving magazine on the market. I wish you got 6 issues a year instead of 4. There is always something to carve from beginner to professional. I have carved many things from here. It is fun to go on the fox hunt too. There is a section for shows and seminars also. I recommend this to any carver or woodburner.

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Comment on Best price Fujifilm FinePix HS10 10 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 30x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD Reviews by Oldanalyst

Oldanalyst — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:20:04 +0000

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A questionable purchase, April 12, 2010

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This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix HS10 10 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 30x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD (Electronics)

. .I had preordered the HS10 and was really anxious to try it out when I received it. I wasn't too anxious to use the video part of the camera as I intend mainly to use still shots. So I spent much of the weekend trying out various function of the camera. I set up a series of shots where I varied the ISO from 100 to 3600 and evaluated the results. As expected, the lower ISO settings produced little noise. In fact, noise levels were quite low even at ISO 800. I think one could be comfortable with all results at ISO 400 or less but still be reasonably satisfied with ISO 800. As expected, the higher the ISO, the more the noise but even ISO 6400 produced usable results. For most situations, this camera should produce very low noise shots.
. .Unlike some of the reviewers, I like the modest weight of this camera. It helps me minimize shaking when I take pictures. I also like the tightness of the zoom. I had an expensive Nikon lens which was loose but moved in or out if the camera was held facing up or down (called lens creep). I have been using a Nikon D80 with a long zoom lens and this is a much heavier camera. This HS10 was to be used to compliment the D80 and be used in places where I did not want to take the D80. I picked the Fuji since I expected the lens system to be nearly as good as that of some DSLRs.
. .I was right in that the quality of the lens is great and the stabilization is outstanding. I was able to get sharp images of printed material on license plates on cars about 400 feet away using full zoom and hand held. This really impressed me. On top of this, I found little distortion at full zoom with little to no purple fringing. This is better than the expensive Nikon lens I had been using. Again, impressive. I am not sure this will hold under all circumstances. I will let the expert reviewers determine this.
. .I was able to figure out the menus fairly easily but did have to run back to my computer to read some information from the PDF manual. I know cost is a factor but a printed manual sure would help. The small printed material that comes with the camera is fairly trivial.
. .Now for the negatives and they are significant. In taking about 220 pictures, I used 4 sets of batteries - 2 alkaline sets and 2 rechargeable sets. This is truly not acceptable and I am going to try to find out how to either return this camera or perhaps get a software fix (if there is one). This failing alone is enough to justify returning the camera. I have read others say that they had good battery life so mine may be a fluke.
. .The second problem was with the time needed to save shots. I have been using a DSLR and was able to take RAW shots and save them with little lag time between shots. I expected the HR10 to have some lag but was not prepared for the 6-9 second delay between single shots for RAW. If you shoot burst mode, you can shoot multiple shots with no delay between shots. I did this of flying birds with great results. However, after the burst, if shooting RAW, there is over a 10 second delay as the shots are recorded. Even using JPEG produces a delay of ~5 seconds. I did not time the saving of RAW+JPEG mainly because I was frustrated by the time lag of RAW and JPEG alone.
. .I have numerous SDHC level 6 cards and all give the same results when saving either JPEG (~3 sec) or RAW (~6 sec) shots. My wife has an underwater camera that requires SDHC/6 cards and at 10 megapixels, it takes less than a second to record JPEG. To eliminate variation from cards, I used the internal memory to record some shots. Guess what? The same results. I can accept slower for RAW but JPEG should be fast. I read comments from another owner (on another site) who had the same problem with slow saving so perhaps there may have been some poor quality control with the making of this camera. I have had experience with 6 other digital cameras and this camera has a slow save.
. .I will be contacting FUJI and probably Amazon since I feel I have a truly flawed camera. For those of you considering the HS10, you might want to wait until full reviews are out and see if my camera was simply a dud or if the FUJI HS10 does indeed have some major flaws.

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Comment on Best price Fujifilm FinePix HS10 10 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 30x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD Reviews by Kmrakid "Kmrakid"

Kmrakid "Kmrakid" — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:16:25 +0000

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Finepix HS10 Exposed, April 15, 2010

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This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix HS10 10 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 30x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD (Electronics)

Well...I did it! I made up my mind and purchased the Fujifilm Finepix HS10. After months of reviews, trials and testing, mainly between the HS10 the Sony HX1 and the Canon SX20 I spent the $500.00. First let me say the HX1 and the SX20 are great cameras and both offer things that should be incorporated into the HS10 and then again the HS10 has items that those cameras could use as well.

I am a professional photographer and have been for over 30 years, I have owned everything from a Yashica TL-Electro to a Fujifilm AX-3 to a Nikon F3...and those were my early years. Since then I have had Fuji's lone of S Pro cameras as well as Nikon's and Canon's pro equipment so I know a few things about cameras and their capabilities. Ok, for my HS10 review.

First let me say I was not sure about the manual zoom lens on a digital camera but then again I was used to them since I have plenty of SLR's. However, I must say I really like the manual zoom for still photographs but when it comes to the videos I really do not care for it. In the video mode it is just too jumpy for my taste and does not make for a smooth video. Also, believe it or not you can hear the manual zoom sounds on the video sound track but I have heard of other cameras, including the HX1, that has the same issues with their auto zoom so this is something the camera manufactures need to work on.

The next issue I have is that the camera does have problems focusing when the lens is zoomed out all the way. If you back off the lens just a little bit it seems to focus fine just not at the full zoom. Other then that I have no other complaints about the camera...yet!

The camera takes great photos, even low light without a flash or tripod and even fully zoomed. I used 4 "AA" Alkaline batteries and have taken over 400 photos and the camera is still going strong, no low battery indication as of yet. Out of all my "full zoom" photos, both inside and out, there are only about 2% that are out of focus. I have no problems with the EVF even though the size of the EVF is a bit small but it still works for me. The menus are clear and easy to understand but I find one aspect of it puzzling...If you place the camera into the silent mode, so there are no sounds audible, the flash shuts off and will not work not even manually. If you want the flash to work and not hear all the beeps and bells you have to turn the volume down on each, just a little strange for me.

I really like the fact that you can use filters on the lens, it takes a 58mm filter but if you use the 24mm setting a lot you may want to get the slim frame filter to help stop the vignette that sometimes occurs in the full wide angle setting. I do find it strange that the camera does not come with a lens hood although it does come with a lens cap but that is usually standard with most cameras. The image stabilization works great, I have tried it many times, even grossly moving the camera while taking the picture and 9 times out of 10 the photo comes out on focus. There is some noise when you get to the 800 ISO and over range but that's to be expected, no camera is perfect.

Anyway, that's my opinion for now, I am going on vacation next month so I will put the camera through it's paces then so I will post again later. All in all it's a great camera and I am very happy with the purchase, my only true regret is that the HS10 does not have an auto zoom feature.

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Comment on Best price Fujifilm FinePix HS10 10 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 30x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD Reviews by Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:45:27 +0000

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I'm really impressed with the new HS-10., April 8, 2010

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This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix HS10 10 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 30x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD (Electronics)

I've been waiting for this camera ever since I found out about it a month ago and flew down to the camera shop as soon as they told me it had arrived. I had read all the specs and seen the pics of the camera, and wanted to find out if it was all style and no substance, or if there really was a heart inside the beast. The shop owners opened the box for me to inspect, attached the screen protector, strap and lens cap string, and I took it for a spin before I even left the shop.

Before I say anything more, I'd better let you know my digital camera background. I've been using them ever since they first came out about 10 years ago. Sony DSC-30, Kyocera SL300 (world's first 3.3 fps limited only by size of memory card), Nikon S4, Canon 350D, Nikon s10, Nikon P90, Pentax k-x. In addition, I have always used mobile phones with cameras- xcute (world's first 3 mpxl mobile phone camera), SE k810, k850, Motorola ZN5, Samsung Innov8, SE Satio. So i've used a wide range of digital cameras.

Initial feeling:

1. Camera felt lighter than I expected, even with the 4 AA batteries in place.

2. Solid plastic, yet at the same time a little hollow.

3. Great grip- right side hand grip is deep and rubberised for gripping.

4. Thankfully the lens cap has a string attaching it to the shoulder strap- no chance of losing it or wondering where to put the cap when you take it off.

5. Lots of buttons at the back. Going to have to refer to the manual quite a bit.

6. The "chrome" ring on the bottom right feels a bit cheap. Though I guess use of plastic helps reduce the weight.

7. It's amazing how friendly store people can be once you buy something from them. I was dripping sweat- hot day, so they gave me a cup of water :)

8. The screen is beautiful. I can't say it enough. It's very clear and bright, even with screen protector on.

9. The lens has an INCREDIBLE zoom range- 24mm to 720mm (35mm format) and feels very smooth when you manually zoom.

10. Zooming ring has good grip, but the pattern isn't attractive.

11. Shop owner told me the lens is 58mm diameter- that's good because I can use my IR and UV filters.

12. Electronic view finder is ok, but I find for "bridge" cameras they tend to be small in size. Only the dslr's have eyepieces which are a good size which is comfortable for your eye. Ignoring the size, the EVF quality is good, and you may have read about the sensor next to it, which activates the EVF when you bring your eye to it. So the 3 inch LCD screen turns off and the EVF turns on when you bring your eye to the EVF.

What about the photos?

13. Really good. I've taken about 100 photos so far, mostly at night. You have to be quite steady, even with the shake reduction function on (there are 4 options for shake reduction!!!), especially at the maximum zoom. But if you are, then the photo is very very good and sharp. Not quite as sharp as the Pentax k-x, which is known for it's low light performance, but it's pretty damn good. It's certainly good enough for me. Colours seem accurate and bright. Focusing in good light was pretty fast. Focusing in low level light was slower. In poor light it might even hunt for 2-4 seconds and flash a focusing light. It takes about 1 to 3 seconds to save a photo, so it's not high speed unless you use that function.

14. The focusing is active. That is on auto, it will focus on faces, and even if those people are moving around, you can see the focus square remain glued to their face. My friends had to move side to side pretty fast for the HS-10 to lose the lock.

There are so many fancy functions on this camera that I have really only just scratched the surface of what this baby can do. But I'm very glad to say there is substance in the HS-10. If you are in the market for a bridge camera, the HS-10 should definitely be on your shopping list.

Added 15th April 2010.
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Despite the overcast and rainy conditions which plague me whereever I go, I've taken another 120 odd photos during the periods of "only" cloudiness and intermittant sunshine.

15. The photos are 24mm and at 720mm have differing sharpness. Colour is good for both though.

At 24mm, you can see the whole photo, but you quickly see grainy outlines when you try to zoom in.

At 720mm, the photo remains surprisingly sharp when you enlarge or zoom in on the photo. Not quite the same sharpness as my Pentax k-x, but much better than I expected.

16. I've always had high zoom cameras and each time I buy up, I get surprised by how much closer I can get to a subject. This time though, I noticed something new. Usually, if I take a photo at the widest angle and then one at max... Read more

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