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The MC5150 inkjet MFP is well equipped, with five inks, two paper trays and a built-in duplexer.

There’s a 1,200×2,400 dpi scanner, a PictBridge port and a card reader, but no network port.

It prints high-quality text quickly, colour prints have little banding in the solid fills and gradients of business graphics and photo prints are superb. It’s hard to fault. Read the rest of this entry »

Previous EOS models had to be set manually, primarily based on the colour saturation you wanted. Now there is an Auto Picture Style option – which picks the saturation and contrast to suit the picture the camera sees. It will be interesting to see how successfully this works.

The usual Green Zone fully-automatic exposure mode has been replaced with an A+ Scene Intelligent Mode option. This is said to intelligently use autofocus, AWB, AE, Auto Lighting Optimizer and Auto Picture Style to create an ultra-smart do-it-all exposure mode. Most useful, perhaps, is the new Feature Guide with on-screen captions that tell you the point and purpose of each SLR option. Read the rest of this entry »

The PowerShot SX210 IS is aimed at users who demand a considerable amount from a point-andshoot camera, featuring a 14.1-megapixel CCD sensor, a 14x zoom lens and many manual controls.

Its lens can take shots from a wide angle of 28mm, right up to a tele-zoom angle of 392mm. This is even more far reaching than Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-TZ10.

The Canon also has a wider aperture range from f/3.1 to f/8.0 and its shutter speed ranges from 15sec to 1/3200sec. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the main advantages of bridge cameras is their ability to offer long zoom lengths in a relatively small compact form and none more illustrative than the new PowerShot SX30 IS. Delivering a 35X optical zoom from a wide 24mm though to a super telephoto 840 mm equivalent, it’s one of the longest-zoom compacts on the market.

The sensor of Canon SX30 IS is a 14.1 MP 1/2.3-in CCD, the same as featured in the more compact-styled SX210 model, yet notably physically smaller than the sensor in the new G12.

The processor is also the tried and tested DIGIC 4 that has been seen in a variety of recent Canon models all the way up to its professional DSLRs, and the ISAPS technology from the G-series models.

Long-awaited update of the original full-frame workhorse, the mark II impressed us with stellar image quality, HD video, rugged construction—but not the older autofocus system recycled from the mark I. Film students—and cine pros—have taken to its video big time.

Let’s see what offers Canon EOS 5D Mark II:

Excellent image quality up to ISO 3200, 21.1MP CMOS, 14-bit RAW capture sensor, Lens-based image stabilization, 3-in., 920,000-dot LCD and from the point of video RES/Frame rate 1080p/30 fps, 720p/30 fps.

Canon’s VIXIA HF S200 Flash Memory Camcorder, with two SD memory card slots, offers Canon’s most sophisticated feature set to date – blurring the line between consumer and professional.

Canon’s superlative proprietary imaging technologies help deliver video and 8.0 megapixel photos with incredible detail and lifelike color.

Touch & Track allows you to achieve sharp focus and precise exposure for any subject, simply by touching the generous 3.5 inch High Resolution (922,000 dot) Touch Panel LCD. Native 24p Mode perfectly matches the frame rate of film.

Canon’s premier speedster (in terms of JPEG and RAW burst rates) earns a half-star more in the rating due to increased resolution and ISOs in the stratospheric (102,400) range, but could have gained more with faster low-light AF. standout spec 10 fps at full resolution—with metering and autofocus on all.

Sensor 16.1MP CMOS
14-bit rAW capture image stabilization Lens-based
video RES/Frame rate 1080p/30 fps, 720p/60 fps
LCD 3-in

Adding to the usefulness of the Canon F300 flash memory camcorder is Quick Charge – which reduces the recharge time for the FS300′s battery and Pre-Record which gives you a head start on capturing the action.

With the FS300′s Canon Exclusive features such as Canon 41x Advanced Zoom and DIGIC DV II Image Processor, combined with a 2.7″ Widescreen LCD, Quick Charge and our new Dynamic IS – you’ve got a flash memory camcorder that’s both hard to beat and unmistakably Canon.

With the Canon VIXIA HF R11 Dual Flash Memory Camcorder, you’ll find that high definition video has hit new levels of convenience, ease, performance- and value.

The VIXIA HF R11 has a 32GB internal flash drive, together with an SD memory card slot, Canon’s Relay Recording and Smart Auto.

A Genuine Canon 20x HD Video Lens and Dynamic IS works in combination with Canon’s sophisticated HD image processing to deliver the sharp, vivid, lifelike video you want to see on your HDTV.

Advanced Video Snapshot lets you create 2-, 4- or 8-second movie clips, with music, that are perfect for sharing.

Canon’s VIXIA HF M300 Flash Memory Camcorder records directly to an SD memory card.

A Genuine Canon 15x HD Video Lens and 3.89-megapixel Full HD CMOS Image Sensor help to deliver high definition video and 3.3 MP photos with incredible detail and lifelike color.

Smart Auto “reads” the visual components of the scene you’re shooting and chooses the best settings.

Touch & Track allows you to achieve sharp focus and precise exposure for any subject, simply by touching the 2.7″ Touch Panel LCD.