February 6, 2013
by Derek
On Saturday I was put in the unenviable position of having to go shopping. This is, in general, a fairly traumatic eventuality for me. However I was able to go and have a look at some cameras! Since the demise … Continue reading
December 19, 2012
by Derek
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… For a long while cameras have been marketed on the basis of how many megapixels they have. Thankfully that has been a declining trend recently. The fact … Continue reading
December 12, 2012
by Derek
Last year I posted a short piece about the Christmas gift guides that proliferate around this time of year. Everything in that holds true for 2012, so I recommend giving it a read. Follow the link to the story. Get … Continue reading
October 31, 2012
by Derek
After writing so much about gear over the past month in my Buyers’ Guides, it seems only right to temper the buying impulses that lurk within. One of the most common complaints in the fast moving electronics industry is that … Continue reading
October 24, 2012
by Derek
Concluding our Camera Buyers’ Guides series, I’m going to give an overview of various professional models on the market. This article, isn’t strictly a buyers’ guide in the way the previous articles in this series have been. However, I will … Continue reading
October 17, 2012
by Derek
In today’s buyers’ guide I’m going to look at Consumer DSLRs. Wikipedia has a detailed guide to explain the technical side of DSLRs here but I’ll reproduce my general summary from the introduction to this series of articles. DSLRs are the … Continue reading
October 15, 2012
by Derek
After finishing our buyers’ guides to compact cameras last week, we now move on to interchangeable lens cameras. In today’s article we look at the new breed of Compact System Cameras (CSCs). CSCs are, as the name suggests, a smaller and … Continue reading
October 10, 2012
by Derek
Call them tough, rugged, waterproof; these cameras are built to take all that you can throw at them, literally. But do you really need one? Well if you want to take photos in a wet environment, they’re definitely worth consideration. … Continue reading
October 8, 2012
by Derek
So far in our Buyers’ Guides series, we have looked at basic Point & Shoot Cameras, and Advanced Compacts. This week is the turn of the Superzooms. Superzooms are what they sound like, cameras with long zooms. In this article, … Continue reading
October 3, 2012
by Derek
The previous guide, looked at basic Point & Shoot (P&S) cameras. P&Ss are automatic only cameras, designed for those not interested in the technical side of photography. This week, I look at Advanced Compacts. These have manual controls, and are … Continue reading