Archive for the 'Commentary' Category

May 28 2009

HD Video Players

Published by Richard under Commentary, News Item

HD camcorders are the rage. But how do you play the HD videos you take, or worse yet, pass them on to friends?

Regular DVD formats are not compatible with the signal an HD video needs to use.

Most TVs that people have cannot utilize the memory cards that some modern HD camcorders use. Continue Reading »

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Jan 10 2009

Digital Or Print Which Is Best In The World Of Photography

Published by Richard under Commentary

In the past, you simply did not have to make a choice between any other photography methods than film. Everyone had a film camera and everyone either learned to develop their own film or took it to their local processor. Now, you do have a choice and many people who are used to film wonder, which is better. Today we have film cameras and digital cameras. Here are the pros and cons to using both digital and print photography.

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Aug 28 2008

New Canon 50D

Published by Richard under Commentary, News Item

Canon 50D Digital SLRMy favourite photography store announced advanced ordering of the new Canon 50D. My 40D is less than a year old, and the main reason I bought it is still about the same in the 50D, so I see new reason to upgrade. The 50D does have 15 mega pixels, but I think I can go another year on 10.

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Nov 03 2007

Digital Cameras Good for the Environment

Published by Richard under Commentary

The huge growth in the sales of digital cameras has been good for the environment on 2 fronts.

(1) less chemicals are being used to develop traditional film

(2) many of us actually print less, as we post them on the internet, and only tend to print the very best ones.

More on this topic in the article at Richard's Photo Articles. A similar article is here.

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Sep 27 2007

The Dark Side of Digital Photography

Published by Richard under Commentary

Everywhere I look in today's world, someone has a digital camera of one type or another. It could be just a camera phone, or it could be a digital SLR, or one of the many gadgets in between. Thanks to those, and to cheap memory, today's children are becoming the most documented generation ever, as parents, relatives and friends capture forever the first, second and hundredth smile.

The challenge is this - how are you storing all those digital pics? Continue Reading »

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