LET US TALK ABOUT THE LATEST DIGITAL CAMERAS...........


The season brings good tidings for shutterbugs. Whether you're shopping for someone new to digital cameras or a seasoned hobbyist, you'll find megapixels priced extremely favorably this year. Well, it goes every year, anyway.

But we must admit that there are also choices of what's the best among the best. The best products continue to come from trusted names in the business, Canon and Nikon. Other companies offer lower prices and fun features, but for optimal optics you'll want to stick with the leaders in photography. Though some brands are also cramming to go up with the trends but these two brands still leads the business world. Trusted brands, eh?

New features are always seek upon a camera, features that can help improve shots and also easy to manage features, the one
they call, "user-friendly". Improved video quality continues to be a hot selling point for digital cameras. You'll be hard-pressed to find a model from this year forward that doesn't have some video capabilities, and many of them offer high-definitionresolution.

NIKON


 
 NIKON D90

 Features:
*12.9 megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor (effective pixels: 12.3 million)
*3.0-inch 920,000 pixel (VGA x 3 colors) TFT-LCD (same as D3 and D300)
*Live View with contrast-detect AF, face detection
*Image sensor cleaning (sensor shake)
*Illuminated focus points
*Movie capture at up to 1280 x 720 (720p) 24 fps with mono sound
*IS0 200-3200 range (100-6400 expanded)
*4.5 frames per second continuous shooting (buffer: 7 RAW, 25 JPEG fine, 100 JPEG Normal)
*Expeed image processing engine
*3D tracking AF (11 point)
*Short startup time, viewfinder blackout and shutter lag
*Slightly improved viewfinder (96% frame coverage)
*Extensive in-camera retouching including raw development and straightening
*Improved user interface
*New optional compact GPS unit (fits on hot shoe)
*Same battery and vertical grip as D80
*Vignetting control in-camera
*72 thumbnail and calendar view in playback

 

NIKON D3100

Features:
*14.2 megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor
*3.0" LCD monitor (230,000 dots)
*Image sensor cleaning (sensor shake)
*11 AF points (with 3D tracking)
*IS0 100-3200 range (12,800 expanded)
*HD movies (1080p, 720p or WVGA)




 
NIKON 5100

Features:
*16.2 megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor
*Side-articulated 3.0" LCD monitor (920,000 dots)
*11 AF points (with 3D tracking)
*IS0 100-6400 range (Up to 25,600 equivalent when expanded)
*HD movies (1080p, 720p or WVGA)
*4 fps continuous shooting
*In-camera effects filters in both stills and video modes
 

CANON

 
 CANON EOS 600D KISS X5

Features:
*18 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
*DIGIC 4 processor with ISO 100-6400 (Expansion to 12800)
*Fully articulated 7.7cm (3.0”) 3:2 Clear View LCD with 1,040k dots
*Full HD movie recording with manual control and selectable frame rates
*Digital zoom in movie mode (3x - 10x)
*New 'Scene Intelligent Auto' exposure mode (replacing full auto)
*'Basic+' and 'Creative Filters'
*Integrated wireless flash control
*'Video Snapshot' mode for the creation of multi-take movies




CANON EOS 1100D

Features:
*12MP CMOS sensor
*9-point AF system (up from 7 on the 1000D)
*63-area iFCL color-sensitive metering (from EOS 7D)
*720p movie recording at 30 or 25fps (H.264 compression)
*2.7" LCD, 230,000 dots
*ISO 100-6400 (no expansion)
*Basic+ creative point-and-shoot mode
*Eye-Fi wireless SD card compatible menu options