Digital Camera Review

Imaging Resource reviews the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S700 and writes:

 The 7.2 megapixel Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S700 features a 3x optical zoom lens with Sony branding, 2.4 inches 112,000 pixel LCD display, optical viewfinder, and a maximum sensitivity of ISO 1,000 equivalent. The Sony S700 has Auto and Programmed Auto exposure modes, as well as seven scene modes (Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Beach, Snow, High Sensitivity, Soft Snap). …

The Sony S700’s zoom lens smoothly tracks from wide-angle to full telephoto and slips pretty quickly into digital zoom. It’s also responsive enough to stop when you let go of the Zoom lever, making composition precise. …

Sony recently dropped the price of the S700 to $150, but even that doesn’t get it a Dave’s Pick. The Sony S700 is a decent camera if you can get it for under $150 and only plan to shoot 4×6 snapshots, it just doesn’t rise to the level of some others at similar price points.

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Lets Go Digital Reviews the Sony A700 and writes:

Finally Sony are making good their promise to bring a real Alpha system on the market that not only appeals to the amateur but the semi-pro and even the professional photographer alike with the introduction of the Sony Alpha 700. …

Sony can boost on many years of experience with their image stabilization system so it is not surprising to find the Super SteadyShot system in the new Sony A700. The system works slightly different than the stabilization technique used in Sony’s camcorders. The Super SteadyShot system of the Sony Alpha 700 is quite advanced and works, in short, by means of moving the sensor that corrects camera jitter. It means that Sony uses an image stabilizer that is integrated in the body of the camera. One big advantage of this method is that lenses do not have to be equipped separately with this technique. Sony claims that the stabilization has a margin of 2.5 to 4 stops and that this is an improvement compared to the Alpha 100, thanks to the improved BIONZ processor. …

My conclusion after extensively using the Sony DSLR-A700 in practice and testing it thoroughly can be short. Sony’s Alpha 700 is a beautiful DSLR and offers the demanding photographer as well as the amateur a perfect tool to practice photography on a high level. The camera is not perfect but if you put some effort in getting to know the camera and making it part of your digital work environment, you will soon find that you have a refined DSLR camera in your hands.

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DP Review has reviewed the Canon EOS 40D where they give it a rating of ‘highly recommended’ and write:

The EOS 40D becomes the sixth Canon ‘prosumer’ digital SLR, a line which started back in 2000 with the EOS D30, and how far we’ve come. It’s been eighteen months since the EOS 30D and although on the surface the 40D looks like a fairly subtle upgrade there’s a lot that makes this an even better camera. Of course we expect a step up in megapixels, and so the 40D comes with a ten million pixel CMOS sensor with the same sort of dust reduction as the EOS 400D, an ultrasonic platform which shakes the low pass filter. …

From the front at least there are very few changes from the EOS 30D, a little chiseling of the viewfinder chamber and a new finger tuck on the hand grip but overall no real surprises. The rear however has undergone more of a re-design, mostly thanks to the now three inch LCD monitor. Several buttons which ran down the left side of the EOS 30D’s monitor have now shifted to below the EOS 40D’s monitor also there’s now a dedicated AF-ON button ‘under your thumb’. We should be thankful that Canon hasn’t removed the most useless button of all; Direct Print. …

Seven years since the EOS D30, the sixth incarnation of that camera displays all of the advantages of a progressive evolution in both features and quality. With each step up the evolutionary ladder to the EOS 40D Canon has demonstrated improvements in image quality, performance, usability and features. They also demonstrated that as well as meeting the ‘requirements of the market’ they also listened to owners and reviewers by implementing the most commonly requested feature changes. With the EOS 40D these include permanent display of ISO sensitivity on both the top LCD and viewfinder status bar, the warning message with the CF compartment is opened during a write process and the addition of the AF-ON button.

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Megapixel has a review of the Nikon Coolpix P5100 and writes:

Offering 12.1 megapixels in a small package that easily slides into a coat pocket, the Nikon Coolpix P5100 also offers a combination of advanced shooting modes and scene modes, integrates the Vibration Reduction (VR) system that dampens the effect of camera shake in the lens itself, and provides both a 2.5-inch LCD monitor and an optical viewfinder. …

With the P5100 set to the Playback mode, the Command Dial can be used to review images in a format called Thumbnail Wheel Playback (see at right). Moreover, when the Fn button is used in conjunction with the Command dial, captured images can be seen in a calendar format that shows 1 month at a time and the first image captured on particular dates, or simply listed by date. …

Although very compact, the Coolpix P5100 has a number of external controls. These are well positioned, and very useable. One control, however, the Multi-selector, may be a touch too small to use comfortably by everyone. The left direction, which controls the Self-timer as well, is particularly tight to the edge of the monitor, and is not easily accessed reliably.

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ABCNews has a review of the Nikon Coolpix S51C and writes:

The Coolpix S51c is an 8.1 megapixel digital point-and-shoot camera with the ability to transfer images via a Wi-Fi connection. The camera comes with six months free T-Mobile Hotspot access, and is able to connect to public and private Wi-Fi connections. …

The ISO range for this camera is very expansive and goes from 100 to 1600 on manual, and 100 to 800 on auto. The wide 3-inch LCD viewing screen is a wonderful addition and gives users a better view of what they are shooting. The camera battery charges in about two hours and will last for about 150 shots. …

Although the camera is well-designed, it would be better suited to fast photography if it had a better response to shooting and focusing. It seems as though the camera was designed around the Wi-Fi feature instead of its ability to shoot.

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