Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Blue)

8.0-megapixel effective recording * 2-1/2" color LCD screen * real image optical zoom viewfinder * 3X optical zoom (4X digital/12X total zoom) * optical image stabilization * 35mm equivalent lens focal length: 38-114mm * top JPEG resolution: 3264 x 2448 *
Customer Review: What you expect from Canon: Quality
Nice camera, the images focus much faster than on a camera twice as expensive, such as the S3IS. It's resolution makes the photos look great. Nice little camera, fun to take around, and images are great. However, i won't be rushing to replace my 30d with it though.
Customer Review: Novice using Canon SD1100
This is my first digital camera. I bought it to record my family vacation in Yellowstone. I also bought a 2Gig memory card ( $25) and a second replaceable battery ($8 + 10 S&H). I basically shot all pictures in M2 mode ( middle resolution), in automatic. I was surprized to find I could take about 2000 pictures ( many more than I had expected) with this memory card. During the week in Yellowstone I took over 200 pictures. They all look great on my 19 in LCD monitor. I never had to change batteries. ( I did turn the camera off when ever I was not using it). The camera has a lot of features that I have not learned to use yet. I did use the "indoor" feature to shoot the hotel room and the inside of Old Faithful Inn. The are also lots of other modes that I have not tried ( pets, fireworks, night time,etc ). If I had wanted to I could have gone to the trouble of making panoramic picutes by "stiching" automatically linked pictures. This seems too much trouble from my snapshoots. It did a great job for what I wanted. Out of the box ( mostly) point and shoot. I did have to read about 20 pages in the manual to get the basics and I did have to load software into my computer and learn the right settings to more pictures from the camera to the computer. But everything was pretty simple.

The Sony DSC-W170 Digital Camera matches point-and-shoot ease-of-use with advanced features to pack a powerful punch deriving its power from a proprietary Lithium-ion rechargeable battery, which is CIPA rated for about 370 shots on a charge.

The W170's buttons and dials are petite but elegant and nicely laid out. There are no manual controls on this camera but there are three automatic modes: Easy, Auto, and Program Auto. With your index finger perched on the Shutter button and your thumb on the Zoom lever, it's easy to operate the camera with just one hand.

The Sony W170 also has an optical viewfinder, an increasingly rare feature that's useful when the LCD is difficult to see, or when trying to conserve power. It also includes Sony's latest face detection technology, which can now distinguish between the faces of children and adults - yes, I kid you not! And as if that's not enough there's also a feature known as Sony's new intelligent scene recognition (iSCN) technology, which allows the camera to automatically select what it "thinks" is the optimal scene mode for a variety of shooting situations. I mean come on, can it get much better than that?

Well actually yes it can. In Smile Shutter mode, you press the W170's Shutter button and nothing will happen until someone smiles! I'm not kidding you.

The camera's 28 to 140mm lens is wider than most and incorporates Sony's Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization to minimize blur caused by camera shake at slow shutter speeds. There's also the ISO sensitivity to a maximum of ISO 3,200, a Memory Stick Duo/PRO Duo card slot, plus 15MB of built in memory. This camera also offers high definition component video output, via an optional proprietary cable or cradle and when it comes time to print, you'll be happy to know that this baby is PictBridge-compatible.

You won't get tired of the Sony Cyber Shot W170 very quickly. It's a compact bargain, including the hottest technology Sony has introduced in its 2008 lineup.

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SanDisk SDCFX3-2048-901 2 GB Extreme III CompactFlash Card (Retail Package)

SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash is designed for serious professional photographers who demand one of the fastest, most rugged, and most durable memory cards on the market. Professional photographers who work under less than ideal conditions expect more from a flash memory card. More speed. More performance. More reliability. SanDisk's new Extreme III card delivers everything you want plus a whole lot more! That's because only SanDisk Extreme III memory cards feature innovative ESP Technology for the fastest speeds and highest performance. ESP stands for "Enhanced Super-Parallel Processing". Simply put, it means you are getting the fastest read/write speeds available - an amazing minimum 20MB per second sequential read and write speed - speed you'll definitely appreciate whenever you find yourself shooting and storing pictures in harsh environments, extreme temperatures or at high altitudes. Every SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash card comes with RescuePRO so you can recover images, documents, mail, video, music - just about any digital file, with ease. Built with leading-edge media recovery algorithms, RescuePro lets you preview recoverable data before you try to retrieve it. With RescuePRO's unique recovery algorithm for MPEG audio and MPEG video recovery (MPEG-1/2/3) what you see, and what you hear, is what you can recover. Data recovery software-ensures your photos will always be there (even if you delete them accidentally) Dedicated, priority technical support hotline for direct customers of SanDisk Extreme products Included travel case keeps your memory cards organized Lifetime li warranty
Customer Review: Good cards, but poor warranty service from Sandisk
I have five of these Sandisk Extreme III 2GB CF cards. They are very fast and have mostly been reliable (hence the three-star review). However, there is more to this product than merely the item itself. The other question is how efficiently the manufacturer handles things in the event of failure. I recently had one of these cards fail and I have been disappointed by Sandisk's warranty service. The situation was very straightforward. The card failed. I lost only one photo. No data needed to be recovered. I had all the information available, including a copy of my receipt to prove that I am the original owner. After two weeks, I am still sending follow-up messages to Sandisk asking them for a return authorization, and getting no response. Sandisk has not actually declined to replace the card -- but their process, which was already rather slow, has led to a dead-end. Several years ago, I had a Lexar CF card fail. It was a quite different experience. They replaced the card promptly. I recognize that all electronics products can fail -- but the real test is how well the manufacturer responds when that happens. My next CF card will be a Lexar, not a Sandisk.
Customer Review: Great Card
While I have had many compact flash cards of varying sizes this card for the size and price was a much better bargain then those of the others. A lot of storage with a little price. Never had an fault or error and don't think I ever will.

If you care to examine and look carefully at some of the photos on buildings, you may realize that they tend to slant backward or have the falling over effects. You might think that this is purposefully created, or you are not bothered by it at all. Well, in fact, this is a common problem when taking pictures on buildings. This effect is termed as converging verticals. That is, the verticals lines will converge if you project them to the top. You can see an example of this effect here.

How does this happen? Usually, when you are faced with a tall building, in order to capture the full height, the natural tendency is to tilt your camera upwards to capture the top of the building. And in particular, this effect is common when you are using a wide angle lens. That is, the top of the building looks small while the base of the building looks big.

However, this distortion may not be a bad thing if you use it correctly. What you can do is, to exaggerate the effect by having more distortion. You can do this by going close to the building and point the camera upwards. But on the other hand, if you have only a slight distortion, it may give you worse effect.

Let us come back to the point to have straight standing building shot. The first step is to move away from the building and followed by having your camera straight. However, this option may not be away possible as there is a limit to the distant you can move backward. Nevertheless, try using this technique first.

Secondly, you can use a software called Elements 5 to correct this. However, this can only correct slight distortion. If your photo has verticals that are distorted too much, the software cannot do much.

The third option is to use a special shift lens. But this is an expensive option. This specialized lens uses a mechanism to shift the position of the lens independent of the camera. This allows you to keep the camera vertical but still include much more of the top of the building.

Above are three suggested techniques you can use when taking building photography to keep them straight. Explore them and see the effect yourself.

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