Recently I took a trip to Islands of Adventure on a mini-vacation, and if there’s anywhere you’ll see cameras, it’s there. I saw digital cameras. Lots of them. Were I to hazard a guess, around 90% of the people I saw using cameras were point-and-shoots and the other 10% using DSLR full-bodied type. I was also specifically looking around to see...

My FujiFilm A820 was getting a bit long in the tooth (the lens mechanism was starting to make weird noises indicating it may have a rather nasty mechanical failure in the future), so it was time to replace it. I needed another inexpensive point-and-shoot digital camera and the Olympus FE-26 fit the bill nicely. The Olympus FE-26 is one of the most inexpensive...

Many of you will be buying a digital camera for yourself or for someone else as a holiday gift. There are many choices. Possibly too many. This mini-guide will help you sort through the muck and get the digital camera you want. We’ll start with a few things that have nothing to do with the camera itself but rather where it’s bought. 1. The industry...

A touchscreen was something only limited to high-end electronics at one point, but now they’re available on just about anything mobile, such as Nintendo DS, all automotive GPS devices, smartphones and so on. Something that has been very slow to adopt the touchscreen are digital cameras. Canon in particular seemingly refused to do it, however that’s...

It’s an ever-increasing mobile world, and with it comes all the tech stuff we need to get things done. Being mobile means your tech will run off a battery or two. However there are certain items when you should care and other times when you don’t have to. Point-And-Shoot Digital Cameras Should you care? Yes. I won’t buy a point-and-shoot...

Digital cameras by and large are marketed in three flavors, that being point-and-shoot, prosumer and professional. Point-and-shoot: Basic. Most functions are automatic and cannot be adjusted manually. Entry level, least expensive. Prosumer: Similar to point-and-shoot but with extra added features such as manual focus. Mid-grade, middle-of-the-road...

Pictured: The very recently introduced Nikon D3X. Compared to other high-end DSLR cameras, this one is all photo and no video (something I personally agree with – pro photo cameras should just do photos). So how many megapixels do you get with this one? 24.5 to be exact. And it’s big, as in literally big – and it does the full frame FX format....

The increasing availability of small form factor video recorders is, in a word, cool. You no longer need a large camcorder unless you want the flexibility of disc-based media or higher lens quality. The need for standard camcorders will never go away, but for quick on-the-fly video recording, nothing beats the small form factor, flash based video recorder. The...

You can be the worst photographer armed with the cheapest digital camera and still get great shots if you’re willing to seek out subjects that look interesting. Here’s a few examples of what I’m talking about. (click any image for larger size) This is the prop car from Back to the Future, taken at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida in March...