The Canon A700, though priced fairly steep, seems like a good contender, even at the price. Featuring a 6x optical zoom lens, it is priced in a similar range to others offering 10x zoom lenses. However, the compact design and high quality makes up for it, making it a good buy, even at the price.

The 6x optical zoom, double the length of a standard zoom, is aimed at people who want more than just a “point and shoot” model. It boasts a number of advanced features, including manual exposure setting.  As you would expect, it may take a while to become accustomed to everything it has to offer, being somewhat Read more »

Casio digital cameras have presented a few problems, one of which is the complexity of menu options. If you are unsure about its operation, or unfamiliar with digital cameras in general, you may want to have the user manual close by until you have become familiarized with the way it works.

Some of the cameras have been reported to have memory management problems. However, it turned out to be a case of the user not being familiar with the options, and the cameras were fine. Another complaint, especially on the older QV Casio digital cameras, was the imaging quality. In the viewer the pictures all seemed slightly blurred, although this seemed a natural trait. Unfortunately, if you really did take a bad picture, you would only see it once uploaded to your computer. Fortunately, the newer Casio models have clear LCD viewers, allowing you to see the quality of your shot, and adjust if need be. Read more »

The new Canon PowerShot s3 IS offers some noted improvements over its predecessor. Equipped with a new CCD, designed to suppress noise, it offers a range of ISO sensitivities reaching up to 800. This is a fair amount of noise for pictures taken just after sunset, or macro mode daylight close-ups. Adding the zoom feature during a shoot does not add any more noise. Read more »

As the description would suggest, the camera has to be small enough to conveniently fit into a small pocket. Anything less than an inch thick can probably classify as ultra compact, or pocket size. Due to emerging technology trending towards the “slim camera” concept, you may find compact digital cameras shrinking even further. Read more »

Electronic equipment seems to shrink in physical size with every new model range. For example, one of the first hard drives ever created, had a capacity of about five megabytes, and weighed about a ton. They needed a forklift to get it onto a plane. Read more »

Casio is one of the best known and most trusted brand names when it comes to electronics.   They’ve been producing electronics for over half a century, and their watches, keyboards and cameras are some of the finest available in the consumer market.  Read more »

If you have been thinking about the slim 5 digital camera, now might be the time to try it.  It is small, reasonably priced and with a 5 GB memory card, it will hold a lot of pictures.  Read more »

Probably the best purchase I ever made was buying my compact slim digital camera.  I was in the market for a new camera and needed one small enough to fit in a particular pocket on a shoulder bag I wanted to carry on vacation.  Read more »

I met up with my sister for an outing at the zoo last week and found myself coming home with camera envy. Her MD 853 slim digital camera is awesome.  Read more »

Looking back at where cameras started out, it is hard to believe it began with a huge wooden box containing one photographic plate, and a chemically operated “flash”. Today it is commonplace to have cameras the size of a matchbox, or small enough to fit on a key chain. Today you have the ability to take hundreds of pictures, and even video shots. Who would ever have believed it a hundred years ago….. Read more »

Having a small digital camera could be ideal for simple “aim and click” pictures. It may not have a lot of features, but it is about convenience. They come in different actual sizes, and many of them are small enough to fit on a keychain. how small do you need it to be? Read more »

Many of the current day digital cameras would fall into the category of a “pocket digital camera”. Technological advancement has, to a certain extent, taken care of picture quality, storage capability, and size. But with a rush of new models on the market, you are faced with having to make choice, and finding out how to make an educated choice. Read more »

Slim digital cameras are all the rage these days, and is it any wonder?  Since the advent of digital photography about 10 years ago, fewer and fewer people are buying the traditional kind of camera that actually uses film  It won’t be long before those things are considered antiques!  And digital photography has come quite a long way in the decade since most people first heard about this new technology.  The number of cameras to choose from has exploded, they’re much higher quality than they used to be, there’s a lot more computer software that makes them easy to print, and the finished product is much better. Read more »

If you’re looking for a slim digital camera for yourself, or as a wonderful idea for a gift to a friend or family member, then you’ll want to consider a camera by Canon.  As you’re no doubt aware, Canon is one of the leading names in cameras, copiers, printers and a whole host of other imaging and optical products.  They have a sterling reputation that’s world wide, and they’ve earned it by manufacturing high quality products for decades.  If you buy a Canon slim digital camera, odds are you’ll be very satisfied with your purchase. Read more »

Upon crossing over to digital cameras, a lot of things changed. No longer do you have to
worry about the light, because it is measured automatically. No longer do you have to worry
about a film, or its expiry date, or development done only by professionals: It’s simply
not there anymore. No longer do you have to worry about running out of “shots”: With the
capacities of present day cameras and memory cards, that’s very unlikely. No longer do you
have to find some space to transport a bulky piece of equipment: Just slip it into your
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Cameras are becoming smaller, slimmer, better……

Where will it end? Keep in mind that twenty years ago, a “slim camera” was defined as a “pocket camera”, and they were not small at all compared to today’s standards. You paid for every film, every print, and you were limited to thirty six exposures on a film. If you lived in a small town, it could take a week before you got your pictures back from development, and you could see all the shots you wasted. Read more »

What’s the best slim digital camera? That’s the question on the mind of a growing number of shoppers who are looking for a new camera for themselves or for a gift. Let’s face it; there are a lot of choices to select from, and many of them are quite similar. Naturally, any time we make a purchase, we want to make sure we choose the best available product in the category, and it’s no different when it comes to slim digital cameras. But the truth is, there’s not one camera that’s going to be “the best” in everyone’s eyes.

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