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	Canon Vixia HF M30 and friends reviewed Lori Grunin CNET.com Mainstream HD shooters At its best, the Canon Vixia HF M3x series--composed of the M300, M30, M31, and M32--delivers a very good blend of video quality, features, and performance for the money, but some people may find the touch-screen interface extremely frustrating to use and the battery life painfully short. Plus, you really need to bump up to the highest bit rate quality. Of the series, the HF M300 is the best deal. Read more  HD camcorders under $600 Most popular cameras Canon PowerShot S90  Check prices Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V  Check prices Canon EOS Rebel T2i (with 18-55mm lens)  Check prices Nikon D5000 (with 18-55mm lens)  Check prices Nikon Coolpix P100  Check prices What's new Sanyo's latest Dual Camera Xacti takes a dive If the waterproofing and full HD video capture of Kodak's Playsport interests you, but you can't live without an optical zoom, check out Sanyo's newest Dual Camera Xacti, the VPC-CA102YL. Waterproof to depths of 10 feet, its pistol-grip design accommodates a 5x zoom lens that the candy-bar-style minicamcorders simply can't. Read more Apple releases raw image profile update Apple released an update to its raw image compatibility profiles, adding support for the raw format from a number of new camera models. The update lets you manage raw images shot by newer cameras in Aperture 3 and iPhoto '09. The update is available for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. Read more NEC MultiSync PA271W The NEC MultiSync PA271W is an incredibly performing monitor that may be too expensive for what it offers. Read more  Check prices Camera phone image comparison gallery Curious about how well camera phones stack up against each other? Take a whirl through our gallery. Read more Crave Samsung makes camera truly plug-and-play Joshua Goldman Senior Editor It's about time. The Samsung PL90 is an ultracompact point-and-shoot with little to offer beyond automatic shooting with one exception: it has a flip-out USB connector. This is a feature Flip Video and other minicamcorder manufacturers have been doing for years. Read more CNET forum Taking pics with the subject in focus, but background blurry Posted by shaanmath I have been trying to get my Samsung HZ30W digital camera to take pictures in such a way that instead of having everything sharp, just the subject is in focus and everything else is not in focus. I think it has something to do with the aperture-priority mode, but I can't figure out how to get that mode to do the trick.  Read more  Most-popular camcorders 1. Flip UltraHD 2. Panasonic HDC-SD60K 3. Kodak Playsport 4. Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera 5. Canon Vixia HF200 More digital-imaging resources  Editors' top cameras  Digital camera buying guide  Digital SLR buying guide  Digital camera videos  Digital cameras forum  Camcorder videos  Editors' top camcorders  Camcorder buying guide  Camcorders forum M A R K E T P L A C E Ads By Marchex
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