digital cameras

Instant photos with a portable printer

Reviews Digital cameras provide instant gratification, as long as you’re content with seeing your photographs on the camera's screen. The four printers shown here can all print directly from cameras and/or memory cards, although you'll need to check for...

11 May 2005, 17:04

Philips AJL308 digital clock and photo frame review

Reviews By select we mean limited -- we didn't have any luck with videos that we'd shot with a handful of cameras from leading manufacturers (Canon, Nikon, Olympus) and the one video that did start playing (from a Samsung camera) didn't have any sound.

Editor's rating   6.5

Tags: philips, timer, sound quality, plays

7 February 2008, 15:57

SD card (Secure Digital card)

Reviews A flash-memory card that provides portable storage for electronic devices such as digital cameras, PDAs, audio players, video recorders and mobile phones. SD cards are small (about the size of a postage stamp), rugged and feature a high data...

3 January 2007, 9:41

Connect your digital devices

Reviews USB has replaced these slower ports for connecting printers and other devices such as digital cameras, MP3 players and handhelds. Most PCs today have front-mounted ports that make it more convenient to connect digital devices such as a digital...

16 May 2005, 12:51

image stabilisation (optical, electronic)

Reviews A mechanism used in analogue and digital video cameras to reduce or eliminate the effects of camera shake. Both optical and electronic image stabilisation can be found on some high-end still cameras as well.

21 December 2006, 10:54

3-megapixel camera phones

Reviews The latest camera phones to come out in the UK feature 3-megapixel cameras -- a far cry from the original VGA ones, they are a definite step closer to competing with standalone digital cameras. Also useful is optical zoom -- digital zoom doesn't...

15 September 2006, 11:39

Samsung SPP-2020 review

Reviews Only the hardcore or fiercely traditional photographers are still using old-school film-based cameras, because digital is much more versatile, easier and cheaper. Most compact digital cameras produce a 4:3 image that doesn't match the 3:2 shape of...

Editor's rating   6.8

Tags: samsung, panel, paper, tray

9 September 2005, 16:40

Sony NSC-GC1 review

Reviews In a jarring change from the company's Cyber-shot and Handycam lines of digital cameras and camcorders, Sony released the NSC-GC1 net sharing cam, a pocket camera/camcorder designed specifically for YouTube and its myriad Web video analogs.

Editor's rating   6

Tags: sony, digital cameras, dedicated, youtube

3 October 2007, 14:31

JVC GR-X5 review

Reviews In theory, three chips offer better image quality than one, as well as the potential for still images that are more competitive with those of dedicated digital still cameras. As is typical of JVC, it made the GR-X5 a distinctive camera -- a hybrid...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: jvc, microphone, pixels, chip

19 August 2005, 18:26

How can I have fun with this thing?

Reviews More and more PDAs today have built-in digital cameras so that you can take snapshots on the fly. Typically, handhelds have 1.2- or 1.3-megapixel VGA cameras; you won't get the same image quality as with a dedicated digital camera, but they're good...

14 May 2005, 17:01

Apple iPod Photo (30GB) review

Reviews The new iPod Camera Connector: when used with the latest firmware update, this £19 accessory allows transfer of digital photos from cameras to the iPod Photo. Add a firmware update that, with the help of an optional Camera Connector, will enable...

Editor's rating   9

Tags: apple uk, digital camera, thumbnail, battery life

25 March 2005, 22:35

Canon MVX30i review

Reviews Most of the photo settings are either buried in menus or doubled up with the tape controls behind the LCD, making adjustments more cumbersome than with dedicated digital cameras. Images are generally sharper and more detailed than you typically get...

Editor's rating   6.8

Tags: canon, conditions, night, dedicated

23 March 2005, 20:18

Flip Video Mino review

Reviews All that said, it's important to note that the Mino, like the cadre of other straight-to-Web camcorders, produces video that's on a par with what you'll see from relatively inexpensive still digital cameras that have improved video-capture modes.

Editor's rating   7.8

Tags: flip video uk, mix, cable, camcorder

15 September 2008, 17:49

Nikon Coolpix P3 review

Reviews Reds, usually difficult to capture with digital cameras, are reproduced with fine gradations and detail -- one macro shot of an apple revealed the texture of the fruit's skin with detail intact. The P3's rounded, soft aluminium body is slightly...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: nikon, enabled, shoot, frames

22 May 2006, 15:28

LG KG920 review

Reviews The autofocus is another plus, as are the plentiful shooting modes, with options like macro, landscape, sports and dusk modes, though many digital cameras offer more options here. And of course many digital cameras shoot more than 5 megapixels...

Editor's rating   6.8

Tags: lg electronics, shortcuts, pixel, digital cameras

13 November 2006, 16:22