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When people talk about wanting the perfect entry-level DSLR camera that has rave reviews from both amateur and professional photographers, they have to at least take a peek at what Canon Rebel XS can do. Many photographers agree that the Canon Rebel XS is suitable for all types of photographers from total beginners to the seasoned photographers as it represents everything a Canon EOS Rebel XS camera does – fast, lightweight, user-friendly and able to produce excellent images that will only encourage first-time DLSR users to shoot and experiment more.

Canon Rebel XS

During the launch of the Canon Rebel XS DSLR camera in 2008, the manufacturers took it as an opportunity to shake up its entry-level DSLR camera range to enter the camera in their bottom slots in their DSLR model lists. However, seeing that they have also launched another high-level Rebel XSi that is more powerful for their upper-tier consumers, Canon managed to retain functions that are similar to the Rebel XSi and other high range DSLR models and integrate it into the more compact and slimmer Rebel XS to give first-time users the feel good factor about their DSLR camera.

The Canon Rebel XS has a 10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor that is previously used on the earlier generation of Canon DSLR cameras. The camera has a 2.5 inch LCD screen installed also a DIGIC III to process greater images. Canon has also integrated their Picture Style menu that enables consumers to make further fine-tuning to the image processing settings and an upgraded continuous shooting speed specifically used for JPEG shooting with unlimited buffering. In addition, the Canon Rebel XS DSLR camera also has the live view system comparable to its sibling model, the Canon Rebel XSi camera.

Canon EOS Rebel XS 1000D display

What may amaze the consumers are the various features that Canon has in store for the Rebel XS DSLR camera including the auto lighting optimizer that that is used to adjust tricky lighting conditions that may disrupt the image. Additional to that, it also has the 7-point AF wide area centre cross-type sensors in high speed to enable image capturing using a single shot AF mode that boost the image quality in lower light and lower contrast settings. The live view function on the Canon Rebel XS can also focus manually with a focusing clarity of 5x to 10x magnification.

The Canon Rebel XS is compatible with compact SD and SDHC memory cards which can help minimize the budget and optimizing the large capacities needed by consumers to enable them to shoot without having to worry about running out of disk space. Furthermore, the Rebel XS is designed to be compatible with more than 60 Canon EF/EF-S ranges of lenses as well as the majority of the EOS System accessories. Canon-produced lenses are known only to be of the highest quality that can deliver unmatched image performance in any type of photography styles. The integrated flash metering system that uses the E-TTL II flash promises reliability in flash output and will also work when shooting in total darkness.

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The Pentax K-X is a great upper entry-level DSLR camera model that Pentax has produced to replace the older model in K200D at a much lower price despite making some cool upgrades to this newer model. The Pentax Pentax K-X is seen to be more compact but installed with less weather protection features as well as a less stunning AF system but equipped with an updated user interface to give their fans a brand new feel of the DSLR camera. This resulted in a product that is in the budget price range to target beginners and serious amateurs alike.

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However, the Pentax K-X offers their consumers with a user-friendly DSLR camera with high quality digital photography images that will make consumers new to photography excited. The easy-to-use Auto Picture modes as well as other functions can be learned in just one ultra-compact and light DSLR camera. This will allow new photographers to get accustomed with their new device while learning to shoot images with the Pentax K-X DSLR camera. The simplicity of this Pentax DSLR camera model is it is designed to facilitate and easy a one-handed photo shooting operation for photographers.

The 12.4 megapixel resolution Pentax K-X camera is integrated with a 2.7 inch wide view LCD screen, a Pentax-developed shake reduction technology that is similar to the other advance Pentax K-series as well as the various auto picture modes. The various picture modes include portrait, landscape, action and sports, night portrait and macro, each tailor made to provide guidance and enhance consumers’ creativity during their learning process in digital photography. In addition, consumers will feel that the price is worth the investment as Pentax includes two types of lenses in the package kit which are the 18-55mm lens.

The Pentax K-X also has the automatic and manual shutter priority (TV), aperture priority (Av) as well a sensitivity priority (Sv) to enable consumers to adjust the shooting settings according to their needs. The program feature provide settings such as on the shutter speed and aperture, flash mode choices, metering mode, ISO sensitivity, white balance and the image size to be captured before shooting operation. The Pentax K-X is also known for its no-nonsense approach to photography especially for the beginner and amateur DLSR users.

Despite being small in size, the Pentax K-X DSLR camera has quite a good balance and the comfortable grip really gives consumers a real feel of the camera in their hands. The great ergonomic design makes carrying the camera installed with a heavier lens more enjoyable and consumers could easily hang on to it for hours.

Although the Pentax K-X is an entry-level DSLR camera, other additional features on the camera are comparable to the other Pentax mid and high-level cameras including the sibling models of K20D and K200D where the newer Pentax K-X offer attractive continuous shooting mode and greater ISO 3200 features. Now Pentax has completed their DSLR camera levels with the Pentax K-X model and can be mentioned in the same breath as the Canon Rebel XS and the Olympus E-420 in terms of compactness, cool features and affordability.

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The Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 was launched in 2009 with a 12.3 megapixel lens feature. This version of DSLR camera is one of the first DSLR cameras to ever integrated with the Quick AF Live View System to enable photographers to frame photos on the adjustable 3 inch tilting TFT LCD screen. This great Live View System gives photographers, professional and new DSLR users, to take pictures faster, easier and more at home using the Sony Alpha DSLR-A500.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A500

The Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 Pentamirror Tilt mechanism is designed to direct lights to its special viewing sensor and enables quicker and more responsive phase-detection auto-focusing TTL. These technologies has set the Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 camera apart from the other DSLR camera models from other brands and has a highly improved responsive time even when using the view finder and live view function during a shooting session.

While other DSLR cameras with the same cool features as the Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 may cost you a month’s salary, Sony has numerous manufacturing and marketing methods to ensure that the Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 will give them and their consumers a return in their investment. One of the methods commonly used by Sony is building DSLR cameras with function similarities while differ in one or two other functions to make them never identical.

With a 12.3 megapixels lens model, the Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 can be shot at 5 fps and similar to the other Sony Alpha models, the sports built-in sensor shift provides anti shake functions that can work on any lens attached on the DSLR camera. This great feature can be very economical to the consumers as the need to purchase other DSLR cameras to fit in other lenses will be over. Another function that adds value to the Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 is its amazing image quality that is in fine detail, vibrant in color as well as rich in tonality thanks to the APS-C CD image sensors and the processing engine.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 display

Being 12.3 megapixels, the Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 has the advantage when shooting under low light conditions as consumers do not have to adjust the camera’s ISO settings hence does not affect the consumption of unnecessary memory. The image stabilizer that uses SuperSteadyShot® technology will also aid photographers in low light conditions and the shutter speed can go as slow as 2.5 to 3.5 times slower than a normal DSLR camera can. However, shooting a highly sensitive session, the ISO can be set at 1600 and 3200 where noise can be reduced by switching on the high-ISO noise reduction feature.

The Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 is really suitable for both professional and beginners in the photography industry as the DSLR camera is one of the easiest mid to high level entry cameras that are user-friendly without discounting its cool features and functions. The body of the camera is very ergonomic with the grip design made to access the dials on the Sony Alpha DSLR-A500 body and it is equipped with an Anti-Dust Technology and special coating to keep dust from the camera body especially at the CCD filter area.

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Canon is one of the leading brands in the digital camera manufacturing industry and can be considered as one of the big players in producing only the best products in any market it ventures on. The Canon EOS 60D camera was recently released to replace the Canon EOS 50D. But unlike any replacement model, the EOS 60D is repositioned in the market to help photographers get more enjoyment out of their mid-level DSLR camera. It’s no secret that the launching of the camera in August 2010 was an eagerly awaited event fit for a camera of its class.

Canon EOS 60D

The Canon EOS 60D is said to cover what the previous model lacks and straight away clear any doubt consumers have in mind regarding this awesome Canon DLSR camera. The beautifully created EOS 60D has an amazing 18 megapixel CMOS sensor that can literally shoot images for print as big as a full blown poster. Unlike its predecessor, the Canon EOS 60D is smaller in built and features a different tough plastic body feel as well as an impressive LCD screen with a 3.0 inch 1040k dot which is a similar LCD screen used on the EOS 550D. Meanwhile, the AF system on the EOS 60D is the same as the one used on the EOS 50D.

This high performance Canon DLSR camera also is found to enhance ergonomic in the handling with the major improvement made on the swing LCD screen. This feature is surely created to help photography enthusiasts to capture stunning and creative images and as well as videos in Full High Definition (HD). With the 18 megapixels CMOS sensor included on the Canon EOS 60D, the DSLR camera offers one of the highest detail in images and in other variety of ratios. The impeccable DIGIC 4 technology also enhances the image information processing resulting in amazing color reproduction and enable photographers to go on a high-speed shooting at 5.3fps in 58 fully resolute JPEGs image format.

Canon EOS 60D display

To vary the creativity of the photographer, Canon EOS 60D has been integrated with cool Basic + photography features that allow photographers to snap at various scene types such using the portrait, landscape, sport, close-up, night shot or automatic shots. In addition, the EOS 60D also has put great thoughts on giving freedom to photographers not only to capture creative still images but also allows them to capture 1920 x 1080 HD videos with multiple shooting options from frame rates to video pixels. The movie crop feature can create effective magnification of the videos that are approximately seven times the lens’ focal length.

Another special feature of the Canon EOS 60D is it supports high capacity SDXC memory cards, the first of the recent Canon models produced and can provide up to 2TB memory space to allow huge amount of still images and videos to be shout without having to worry about eating up the memory space. The rating feature allows the images and videos to be indexed in the camera to make photo and video searching quicker for photographers.

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The arrival of the Nikon D5000 has been awaited by many avid photographers. Being one of the smallest DLSR cameras Nikon has ever produced, the Nikon D5000 resemble the other Nikon DSLR cameras such as the D40X and the D60 although it is a bit larger than the D40X to make room for the additional special feature which is the tilt and swivel LCD. Nevertheless, the Nikon D5000 is not as bulky as the Nikon D90 with a little less weight and economic in price.

The technical image of the Nikon D5000 is the best in the Nikon DX camera series, comparable to the more advance D300s and Nikon D90. The boom in DLSR camera sales has made manufacturers to either add to the existing features or strip the new model down a tone and focus on affordability especially for first time DSLR owners. This entry-level DSLR camera was an eagerly awaited replacement model that can be bought for less than $1,000 complete with the kit segment.

Nikon D5000 – swivel TFT-LCD

D5000 LCD graphic functions

Nikon D5000 kit comes with a 18-55 mm normal lens but with the Nikon F-Mount bayonet, the Nikon D5000 is compatible with almost 40 million Nikon lens dating all the way back to 1959. The built-in flash is identical to the D60 and D90, ranging about 17 feet when set at ISO 200. The battery lifespan can last to up to 510 shots, better lifespan than the battery used in D60. The Nikon D5000 also as an ergonomic feel with the combination of compactness and the deep hand grip that provide a firm hold without blocking the lens barrel. The button layout is similar to the Nikon D40x and D60 and could be easily accessed even with the additional buttons at the back and top of the camera body.

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Fuji fans across the world may have been anticipating a design to close the zoom gap between the 18x of Fuji’s top offerings and the 24 and 26x competition when Fujifilm announced the Finepix S200EXR ultrazoom in late July 2009. The wait will continue – the S200 is the anointed successor to Fuji’s S100fs – but while the S200 has a lens with the identical 14.3x zoom multiplication of the older camera, its 30.5 to 436mm (35mm equivalent) manual zoom lens is a bit longer.

Design and Build

It looks like slightly downsized DSLRs as far as the ultrazooms is concerned but its overall dimensions of 5.3 x 3.7 x 5.7 inches are in fact similar to the Nikon D3000 (18 – 55 mm kit lens: 5 x 3.8 x 5.6 inches). The Fujifilm S200 outweighs the Nikon roughly by 5 ounces, which mainly comes from the extra 353 mm of its focal length than that kit lens. The overall build looks robust and solid.

Display/Viewfinder

The 2.7-inch LCD monitor consists of 230k dot composition and effortlessly adjustable to the 11 – brightness level. It is great for outdoors but can be overwhelmed by the right combination of bright outdoor light. Its electronic viewfinder (the 0.2 inch) is of about 200k dot composition and offers 11 – brightness level adjustments of the monitor and 100% coverage.

Modes and Menus

The Fujifilm S200 has abundance of menus and submenus but they are all highly intuitive. The menu process selected via the mode dial is the same for every shooting mode. Automatic shooting modes in specific scenes have less user inputs that can be choose from, but those may vary from mode to mode too. It is time consuming when it comes to changing the default settings, depending on the actual changes involved and number of modes but the Fujifilm S200 offers users great flexibility on tailoring images to their liking.

Controls and Ergonomics

The Fujifilm S200 has a perfect hand-grip-body shape with rubberized material nicely wrapping around the front of the grip. Sufficient clearance for the movement of fingers from the lens barrel allows the shooting finger falls naturally upon the shutter button. Even though buttons, dials and switches appear almost every where on the body, Fuji manages to strategically install them in effective way to minimize unintentional activation of those switches and buttons which in turn giving the Fujifilm S200 a nice overall feel.

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