Kodak EasyShare C180

TrustedReviews has published their review of the Kodak EasyShare C180 [QuickPrice Check], a strictly (bright) sunny outdoors low budget compact digital camera with "very poor picture quality and non-existent low light performance" and featuring 10.2MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD), 3x optical zoom (32-96mm equiv.), 2.4-in. LCD (115K dots), Movie 640 x 480 @ 30fps, Face Detection, and PERFECT TOUCH Technology.

Olympus SP-590UZ

DigitalCameraReview has posted their review of the Olympus SP-590UZ [Specs], an ultra zoom digital camera with "good image and color quality" and featuring 12 MP resolution (1/2.33 in. CCD), 26x wide-angle optical zoom (26-767mm equiv.), Sensor-shift Image Stabilization, 2.7-in. LCD (230K dots), Pre-Capture feature, Face Detection AE/AF, In-Camera Panorama stitching, Movie 640×480 @ 30fps, Shadow Adjustment technology, PASM.

Pentax Optio P70

PhotographyBLOG has posted their review of the Pentax Optio P70 [QuickPrice Check], an ultra compact digital camera that is "a promising but ultimately flawed point-and-shoot camera [with] agonisingly slow image processing and general operational speed" and featuring 12MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD), 4x wide-angle optical zoom (27.5-110mm equiv.), Pixel Track Shake Reduction, 2.7-in. LCD (230K dots), HD movie (1280×720) @ 15fps, Smile Capture, Blink Detection and Auto Picture mode.

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On July 16, 1969, 40 years ago, Apollo 11 blasted off the Kennedy Space Center on its way to the Moon with Neil A. Armstrong (commander), Michael Collins (command module pilot) and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. (lunar module pilot) on board.

On July 20, history was made when the Eagle lunar module (LM) landed on the Moon. “HOUSTON, TRANQUILITY BASE HERE. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.” As Neil Armstrong stepped off the LM, the world hear him say, “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.”

Besides a TV camera, small-film cameras, and a special camera for near-distance stereoscopic shots of the moon, there were also three Hasselblad 500ELs.

Affixed to the leg of the lunar landing vehicle (which was left behind) is a plaque bearing a map of the Earth and this inscription:

HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH
FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON
JULY 1969 A.D.
WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND

Related Links:
- Nasa HD Videos
- Nasa Interactive
- http://www.pixcetera.com/pixcetera/apollo-11-40th-anniversary/62357
- http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.step.html
- http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.html
- http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11-hass.html
– Moon Myths Busted
- How Apollo 11 Got to the Moon