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26 July 2009

Canon PowerShot A650 IS Digital Camera

I’ve been through a lot of cameras over the years, in search of the camera holy grail. Well, the perfect camera hasn't been made yet, so it was a matter of searching for what is important to me. This is what I found: - • Most prints were going to be no larger than A4 size, but I needed a camera with sufficient resolution to enable the occasional mini-poster size print. • Decent edge to edge sharpness with minimal traces of chromatic aberration or purple fringing. • Face detection.(Nice feature if it was available, but not hugely important to me.) • Image Stabilisation. (Very nice feature - glad that I've now got it!) • Small enough to be pocketable, but a good handgrip is vital. • Ergonomics are all important. Buttons and controls sensibly placed. • Sensible and intuitive menus. • Articulated LCD. Because the screen is articulated, it means that the easily scratched face of the LCD is protected when the camera in not in use. (I will not buy another camera without this feature.) So many interesting shots from unusual viewpoints can be missed without it. And it is the unusual that people notice when you post your results.) • Good natural colour rendition and saturation. • Impressive macro capability. (Most compact cameras are good in this regard.) • Good zoom performance. (35 - 210mm and at the longer end, I.S is vital.) • An optical viewfinder in addition to the LCD. (Great for capturing fast moving objects - cannot be done on an LCD alone.) • AA battery power in preference to Lithium cells. • Similar controls, functions and feature set as a DSLR. The camera that ticks all those boxes? My Canon A650

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26 July 2009

Canon PowerShot A650 IS Digital Camera

I’ve been through a lot of cameras over the years, in search of the camera holy grail. Well, the perfect camera hasn't been made yet, so it was a matter of searching for what is important to me. This is what I found: - • Most prints were going to be no larger than A4 size, but I needed a camera with sufficient resolution to enable the occasional mini-poster size print. • Decent edge to edge sharpness with minimal traces of chromatic aberration or purple fringing. • Face detection.(Nice feature if it was available, but not hugely important to me.) • Image Stabilisation. (Very nice feature - glad that I've now got it!) • Small enough to be pocketable, but a good handgrip is vital. • Ergonomics are all important. Buttons and controls sensibly placed. • Sensible and intuitive menus. • Articulated LCD. Because the screen is articulated, it means that the easily scratched face of the LCD is protected when the camera in not in use. (I will not buy another camera without this feature.) So many interesting shots from unusual viewpoints can be missed without it. And it is the unusual that people notice when you post your results.) • Good natural colour rendition and saturation. • Impressive macro capability. (Most compact cameras are good in this regard.) • Good zoom performance. (35 - 210mm and at the longer end, I.S is vital.) • An optical viewfinder in addition to the LCD. (Great for capturing fast moving objects - cannot be done on an LCD alone.) • AA battery power in preference to Lithium cells. • Similar controls, functions and feature set as a DSLR. The camera that ticks all those boxes? My Canon A650

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13 April 2009

HDX Series laptops

When I was looking to replace my desktop unit with a laptop, it had to be one with oodles of performance. I did not want second best just for the sake of recovering a little more space in the living room. After painstaking research and reading all the reviews, it seemed that the HDX series from Hewlett Packard ticked all the boxes for me with remarkably high aggregate scores. I now own the HDX18-1103EA, and the HDX16-1005EA. From my own experience I can assure anyone contemplating such a purchase, that they will be well pleased with just about every aspect of these beautiful HDX machines. Sumptuous sound. A beautiful keyboard that’s a delight to work on. Crunch power that would kick a lot of the competition into touch. Great screen resolution for working with photo-editing software, but you may need to work on the gamma etc to match what you see in print.

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