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December
31, 2003
Iran
Earthquake Relief
We
would like to encourage our worldwide readership
to help in the Iran Earthquake Relief.
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charitable organisations:
December
23, 2003
Reviews
on the Web
I've
been so busy I have missed the following reviews:
December
22, 2003
Canon
PowerShot SD10 Digital ELPH Review
Canon
has shrunk the Digital ELPH series into an ultra
thin, ultra compact design in the PowerShot
SD10 Digital ELPH, accomplishing this feat
partly by opting to use the smaller SecureDigital
(SD) storage media card instead of the larger
CompactFlash. The PowerShot SD10 makes a strong
fashion statement with its availability in 4 different
colours. But what is beneath this sleek body?
To find out more, read our Canon
PowerShot SD10 Digital ELPH Review.
Canon
Card Photo Printer CP-200 Review
The
Canon Card Photo Printer CP-200 is a compact
photo printer and allows direct printing from
a PictBridge-compatible digital camera. It prints
postcard size, credit card size, and mini labels.
Photos can be printed edge-to-edge borderless.
[ Read our Canon Card
Photo Printer CP-200 Review. ]
Best
Wishes for 2004!
 That's
it for this year! Thank you to all our
readers for a great year. We hope you have learned
a lot in our tutorials and have had fun reading
the reviews. With the advances in digital technology
continuing at a fast pace, we can look forward
to more surprises next year. The staff of Photoxels
wish our readers, sponsors and camera manufacturers
our best wishes for a happy and safe 2004!
December
21, 2003
Ontario
Parks Photo Contest
 Ontario
Parks, in partnership with Pentax
Canada and Harrowsmith Magazine,
is seeking entries for its province-wide, Ontario
Parks photo contest. The contest
runs all year, through the four seasons. Pentax
is supplying the first prize of an Optio 555
(very similar to the Optio
550), a 5 megapixels compact digital camera
with 4x optical zoom and full flexibility in exposure
control. The contest is open to any amateur photographer
who visits Ontario Provincial Parks. For
more information about contest rules and prizes,
visit the Ontario
Parks web site.
December
20, 2003
Send
Us Your Questions
For the new year 2004, we are planning a new feature
-- a monthly newsletter. We receive lots of questions
and have tried to answer each and everyone personally.
The idea of the newsletter came about when we
realize the answer to a reader's question might
well benefit other readers, too. After all, we
were answering the same question over and over
again. So, we'll gather all the questions for
the month, group them according to topic, and
answer them in the newsletter. This way, every
subscriber to the newsletter will benefit from
one reader's question. We are also planning to
write special tutorials based on the questions
we receive. As always, we welcome any suggestions
you have to make the newsletter more useful to
you. So, send us your
questions, and subscribe now so you do not
miss a single issue!
December
19, 2003
Dressed
to Wow!
All
dressed up for that special occasion and wondering
whether to bring your digital camera or not? Let's
face it: there are not too many digital cameras
that are dressed as well as you are. They are
too big, do not fit into your coat pocket or fashion
purse, and they just look too, well, techie....
But wait! There are a couple of digital
cameras that may well be dressed better than you
are -- and are easy to use, too. more...
December
13, 2003
Using
The Histogram
We
all know and love the story of Goldilocks
and the Three Bears. But did you know
that Goldilocks, now all grown up and using a
digital camera, can still teach us a few things,
especially about how to use the Histogram,
now appearing in many consumer digital cameras?
Don't believe me? Check out this tutorial for
yourself -- and see if you will not forever remember
how to read and use a histogram for better pictures.
December
9, 2003
Press
Release: PICFA
Partners with Micro Solutions to Offer Total Digital
Photo Protection
Picfa
today announced a partnership with Micro
Solutions to bundle Picfa membership and photo
archive service with Micro Solutions' RoadStor
device. RoadStor is a portable Digital Photo Viewer,
CD Burner, DVD and MP3 Player, all-in-one. The
bundle offers total digital photo protection for
people to preserve, share, and enjoy their photos
online as well as offline. read
press release...
December
6, 2003
Farewell
Yashica! Welcome Kyocera!
 If
you have never heard of Yashica, you'll
be left cold by this news. But for those who have
been around when Yashica cameras were something
to get excited about, you'll bemoan the news that
there will be no comeback for the once popular
Yashica brand. Instead, the Contax and
Kyocera brands will try to survive in the
digital world. Back in 1983, Yashica, manufacturer
of the Contax cameras, became part of the Kyocera
family:View the Contax
- Yashica - Kyocera time line.... Goodbye
Yashica, and welcome to Kyocera!
[P.S. Do a search on pbase.com and the Web for
some of the nice pictures taken through the years
by Yashica cameras.]
Ready
for the Canon TV?
On
another front, did any of you hear about the news
that Canon is entering the TV market? Canon
is teaming with Toshiba to design, build
and market large, thin plasma TVs. That's still
digital imaging, and part of Canon's core competencies,
so it seems to make sense.
December
3, 2003
Nikon
D70
 There
was a lot of excitement a couple of months ago
when Nikon announced the D2H, a digital SLR targeted
to the specific needs of professionals who require
a fast camera for sports and action shots. Will
Nikon generate the same excitement once again
with the Nikon D70, a dSLR targeted to
the specific needs of amateur photographers? There
is no doubt that the battle of the amateur dSLRs
is about to start: similar to the Canon EOS Digital
Rebel, the Nikon D70 is priced sub US$1000, body
only. The D70 will employ the popular Nikon DX
format sensor and Nikon F lens mount, thus maintaining
seamless compatibility with all AF Nikkor lenses.
The D70, together with a brand new DX Zoom-Nikkor
lens, are slated for sales release Spring 2004.
In Canada, the Nikon D70 is already priced at
CAD$1,4000, body only. read
the press release...
December
2, 2003
 Leica
Digilux 2
The
Leica Digilux 2 (wealthy cousin of the Panasonic
DMC-LC1) is an interesting mix of analog and digital.
It features a 2/3 in. image sensor with 5MP resolution,
a 28-90mm (35mm equivalent) Leica DC Vario-Summicron
with large F2.0 aperture at wide-angle and F2.4
at full telephoto. Shutter speed (set via the
rotating dial on top) is from 8-1/4000 sec. The
viewfinder is electronic with 235K pixels and
100% frame coverage, and there is a large 2.5
in. LCD with 211K pixels resolution. more...
December
1, 2003
 Featured
Site:
Project
37: Night Photography @ Usefilm.com
If you are fascinated by night photography,
check out Project 37 at Usefilm.com,
where it is still free to post your portfolio
of best images. Here, you'll find more than 900
pictures taken at night under various lighting
situations. For many of these shots you will need
a camera that allows long shutter speeds, and
even Bulb mode.
Editorial
December 2003
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