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December
30, 2002
Editorial:
Peering Into The New Year 2003
What will the New Year 2003 brings us
as far as digital cameras are concerned? Our editors
peer into their crystal balls and make their predictions...
more...
December
27, 2002
 Minolta
designers and engineers have never been afraid
to strike out with innovative solutions that have
been warmly welcomed by amateur and professional
photographers alike. Read A
Brief History of Minolta Cameras.
'Tis
The Season For Giving
In
this new age of the Internet when companies are
selfishly trying to patent
everything including doing e-commerce, it's
good to sit back and reflect on how to measure
real success for an individual, a company and
a country... [external]
 Samsung
4GB CompactFlash
Samsung has quietly announced its 2-gigabit Flash
memory devices which, when mounted on a single
memory card, yields a 4GB CompactFlash card...
[external]
December
26, 2002
The
Best Point-and-Shoot Digital Cameras
There are more than two dozen digital cameras
available from major camera manufacturers, and
choosing your first digital camera can be quite
a daunting task. And if you have been diligently
reading reviews about the best digital cameras,
you know how after a while they all start to read
the same, and you just end up more confused than
when you started out.
So, what are you to do?
more...
December
23, 2002
Tutorial:
Low-Light Indoors Pictures
Why is it so difficult for the current crop of
compact digital cameras to produce well-exposed
and properly focused indoors pictures? This new
addition to our Tutorial explains why. more...
The
DX Nikkor Lens System: Our Perspective
Think
Nikon is making a big mistake with the announcement
earlier this month of the new DX Nikkors specially
designed for the Nikon D Series digital SLR cameras?
We think Nikon is right on target.... more...
December
16, 2002
 Minolta
DiMAGE Xi
Minolta has scored quite a feat with the DiMAGE
Xi. This is a 3.2 megapixels digital camera with
a 3x optical zoom in a body only 0.8 in. (or 20mm)
thick (or, should we say, thin)! A clever arrangement
with the lens positioned vertically within the
camera means that the lens movement occurs inside
the camera, hence no protruding lens.
December
12, 2002
Peering
Into The Future
Organic
Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) Technology
promises roll-up computer screens that can
fit in a breast pocket...
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December
3, 2002
Minolta
DiMAGE F100
There's quite a bit of innovation that has gone
into this compact, stylish (though a bit odd looking)
digital camera. Start with its Auto Focus: select
Subject Tracking AF, and leave it to the F100
to select and track your main subject through
a wide area automatically. Next, select Auto,
and the F100's Automatic Digital Subject Program
automatically determines the most appropriate
scene mode: Portrait, Sports Action, Landscape,
Sunset, or Night Portrait. Sounds impressive!
December
2, 2002
November
19, 2002
 Read
the review of this easy to use yet quite powerful
photo slide show creator from Simple Star.
November
11, 2002
Compact,
JeansPocket™
Certified digital camera list.
PDR-3310
The Toshiba PDR-3310 digital camera is small,
very small. At 3.58 (W) x 2.24 (H) x 1.24 (D)
in. and weighing in at 6 oz. it easily obtains
our JeansPocket™
Certified label. Yet it boats a 3.2 megapixels
resolution, 3x optical zoom, and 3 in. macro focus.
November
1, 2002
Editorial:
November 1, 2002
Digital
Camera Buyer's Guide
Hot
off the press, our new section on how to buy a
digital camera is here! It's really simple --
1, 2, 3, 4 easy rules to follow, and we even came
up with a QuickProfile™
Sheet to help you figure out which digital
camera is the right one for you.
 A
Brief History of Canon
Cameras
Canon
is one of the most popular brand for beginners
all the way to professional photographers. From
humble beginnings to one of the most formidable
camera manufacturer, Canon's history reads like
a series of firsts. Canon innovations and design
have probably been more responsible than any other
manufacturers' to bring superb cameras into the
hands of amateur photographers around the world.
more...
The
Four Thirds System
 What's
all the hullaballoo about the Four Thirds System
proposed by Olympus and Kodak? It's
quite an interesting development and we believe
it heralds a "coming of age" for the
digital SLR camera standard. Currently, only Olympus,
Kodak and Fuji have signed on --
so, that must mean that other major digital camera
manufacturers are probably already working on
their own versions. more...
 
DSC-F717
Cyber-shot
The F717 is a worthy successor to the F707. It
retains a 5 Megapixels resolution, a Carl Zeiss
lens with maximum aperture of F2.0, a 5x optical
zoom, macro at 0.8 in., and a whopping 30-1/1,000
sec. shutter speed. Plus, it has Nightshot technology
to enable infra-red photography and TTL (Through-the-lens)
pre-flash metering. The lens also rotates upward
and downward to permit more convenient shooting
angles.
October
12, 2002
 To
win this new nifty digital camera from Canon,
all you've got to do is answer five questions
about it, and you're entered to win! There are
10 cameras to be won. Take a summary look at our
QuickFact™
Sheet. The Canon PowerShot S230 Digital Elph
is Photoxels Editors' JeansPocket™
Certified. Deadline:
October 25, 2002
October
7, 2002
New Palm Zire Handheld
No, it can't take pictures, but here's the perfect
companion to your digital camera for logging those
appointments or keeping notes, and to stay generally
organized. It looks much better than the M series.
Once I got a Palm, no more scraps of paper, one-button
backup to PC via hotsync, and all the info I need
at my fingertips. MSRP $99.00 USD
/ Futureshop.ca $167.99 CAD
October
3, 2002
If
you're planning to buy a professional SLR digital
camera, you'd better take a look at the new Canon
EOS-1 Ds first. It features a CMOS sensor
instead of a CCD sensor, and rates its resolution
at 11.1 megapixels! The CMOS sensor is full-frame,
i.e. it covers an imaging area of 24 x 36 mm,
allowing any Canon EF lens to be used! First look,
this camera provides every control imaginable,
and Canon engineers seem to have thought of everything,
even providing vertical grip controls, recessed
strap eyelets, and an eyepiece shutter lever.
Canon has definitively left everyone else at the
starting line with this new professional digital
camera.
October
1, 2002
Editorial:
October 1, 2002
 A
Brief History of Cameras
When Oskar Barnack joined the Leitz Wetztlar Factory
in 1911, he had in mind to produce a portable camera.
In 1925, the first Leica (Leitz Camera)
camera was marketed. It became the pre-cursor of
all 35mm cameras. In this (very) brief timeline,
feast your eyes on Leica's most endearing legends.
more...
 Coolpix
4300
A
digital camera small enough to slip into your
coat pocket but big on image quality, the Nikon
Coolpix 4300 is the digital camera to take along
everywhere. With 4 megapixels resolution, you
can print superb 8x10 photos with the definition
and color you'd expect from a Nikon. It's one
of our all-time favorites. more...
Powershot
G3
The new makeover for the successor of the G2 looks
fabulous. The optical zoom is now higher at 4x
but otherwise all other functions remain the same,
including the availability of the macro ring light
for serious macro photography. We predict that
this 4 megapixel digital camera will...
Camedia
C-730 Ultra Zoom
One of 3 new digital cameras from Olympus: 3.2
megapixels resolution with a whopping 10x optical
zoom!
September
11, 2002
Editorial:
Welcome to our First Issue!
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