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Can compact cameras zoom during video?

Digital Living My digital compact camera has video, but it won't zoom during filming -- very annoying! Of course, rules are made to be broken, and the main advantage of small compact cameras and commercial camcorders is their size and portability, so you could...

Tags: shot, compact, tracking, zoom

31 October 2007, 15:28

Should I buy a camera or a camera phone? review

Digital Living I've got an old compact digital camera that has just given up on me, so I need to buy myself a new one. Sure, some models use Carl Zeiss optics, but even these can't compete with the lens found on most compact digital cameras.

Tags: compact, digital camera, lens, cameras

26 November 2007, 8:00

Best camera for photographing jewellery?

Digital Living Most of the compact cameras have macro modes that let you get within 50mm of your subject, and sometimes even within 10mm. If you'd rather have a compact, Nikon's Coolpix range offers impressive macro functionality.

27 July 2005, 11:15

Why do Canon cameras have more than one name?

Digital Living In the UK, Canon uses both PowerShot and Digital IXUS for digital compact cameras, whereas in the US it has PowerShot and PowerShot SD ranges. Most Canon products purchased within Europe, including digital compact and digital SLR cameras, are sold...

23 May 2007, 12:55

How can I take pictures without flash?

Digital Living The higher ratings are more common in digital SLRs, although you will occasionally find them in compact cameras. If you'd rather have a compact camera, Fujifilm offers high ISOs on some of its compacts.

13 December 2006, 11:58

Choose the right Bluetooth headset

Digital Living The Motorola H700 has a unique extendable boom mic that folds down to a more compact size. Not only are they more compact, they also tend to have a wider choice of designs. For example, Jabra offers the BT160, which comes with 33 different...

15 August 2006, 17:46

Format wars: The tech that should have won

Digital Living With compact cassette you needed to mess about with rewind and fast-forward controls. Why it should have wonLaserdisc was light years ahead of its time, pre-dating even compact disc. Why it lostAlthough 8-track was incredibly popular in the US...

Tags: cd rom, next generation, tape, steve

23 July 2007, 10:49

Canon HV10

Digital Living Take £800 out of your pocket and you should have space for the Canon HV10, a compact camcorder that squeezes enough pixels on to its sensor to record 1080i hi-def video. Is this little camcorder a big star?

27 October 2006, 13:20

PQI mPack P600

Digital Living It looks like a cross between a sci-fi prop and a make-up compact, but it's actually a portable video player with a vibrant, widescreen LCD and an extensive range of supported formats. A-list celeb or B-movie pleb, you decide.

10 February 2006, 10:47

What kind of camcorder is best for night-time shooting?

Digital Living I am going to Las Vegas soon and am looking for a light compact camcorder that will cope with capturing the bright lights of Sin City at night, as well as the standard daytime footage. Help! I can stretch to up to £500 for the right piece of kit.

Tags: cameras, night, camcorders, camcorder

19 September 2007, 17:13

Sony Ericsson K610i

Digital Living Compact and stylish, with support for 3G and a 2-megapixel camera, it does it all -- but is it a secret agent in disguise, or just an ordinary phone? Despite its cameo in the new Bond movie, the K610i is more about practicality than glamour.

29 December 2006, 9:26

Festival photos that rock!

Digital Living We'll assume you're pretty serious about your photography, so we'll discount compact cameras and head straight for a digital SLR. If you're especially trigger-happy, you can always take extra Compact Flash cards with you.

Tags: risk, moment, subject, photographs

17 August 2005, 15:35

Which laptop bag should I get?

Digital Living Due to new security measures at airports you might want to find a compact bag that doesn't measure more than 450mm wide by 350mm tall by 160mm deep. I need to get a bag for my 14-inch laptop, so I can take it with me on trips and on holiday.

6 September 2006, 16:58

What's the best budget PC for all the family?

Digital Living It's difficult to tell exactly what you mean by "not for loads of money", but for around £650 you can get yourself an HP dx5150 -- a small form factor (highly compact) PC that can do just about everything.

29 November 2006, 16:23

Which camera for family snapshots?

Digital Living Six megapixels is pretty normal for a compact now, although you'll find some with higher resolutions. I would like to buy a digital camera. I consider myself a snapshot photographer and it would be my first of this type.

3 August 2006, 12:47