In doing research to buy an ultra-zoom, I noticed that the Panasonic
DFC Z20 & Z30 and possibly others in the range can capture at 1080i HD
TV resolution.  Do any other cameras in that class offer the safe
feature?  

I cannot find anyway to check the battery level on my DX 7630.  The
display meter does appear when the battery is on it's last legs but I
can find no way to chheck it manually.
Any Ideas

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I have not been able to find Olympus's web site. Do they have one ?

I am a photographer and have just purchased the Casio ex-z750 camera.
At first I was very pleased with the camera (still am when it works).
But receintly I have been getting some blurry / fuzzy images.  At first
I thought this was just camera shake, and didn't think much of it.  As

Here's the address if you would like to see a dozen of our centra
Oregon coast pictures using Canon 350XT:
http://tinyurl.com/a7vg6    
Choose slide show; then larger; then speed.

I bought one of these used.
It's operational, but there doesn't seem to be any software for it other than
the TWAIN drivers. It's supposed to be able to scan 2 slides or 3 negatives
in one shot, but when I tried importing through photoshop, there was only an

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/sonydscr1/
New class of camera
10 Meg APS sized sensor
3fps for 3 frames (very small buffer will not compete with DSLR cameras)

Anyone know any websites that deal with the above camera.
Got one for Christmas and am lookig for some resorce on it - firmware
upgrades etc - just any info realy
Thanks for any help

I have several icons on my Windows XP Pro Desktop that reference jpg
pictures.
Previously, when I depressed the icon with the mouse button, the
picture would appear on the screen using WINDOWS PICTURE AND FAX

I'm looking for a CCD camera with the following specs (or better)
11 Mpixel (4008 x 2672)
dynamic range: 12 bit (66dB) monochrome
Firewire interface

when I import my dig picts from canon rebel dig via cf reader the
portraits are automatically turned upright in photoshop and bridge.
But they remain sideways in explorer and thus also in the photo slide
program i send them too.

I just noticed a small dark spot in the skyline of some of my pictures.
(It's in all the pictures... just harder to see in some) To check this out
further, I photographed the clearest patch of blue sky I could find. (There
are still a few wisps of cloud visible).

This is for the Brand New Ipod Nano which replaced the mini a week ago
they are $200 at the apple store, get it here 4 free
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2)Do one free offer

I have the canon i9900 inkjet printer. It does an incredible job with
prints, beautiful results! the only problem is that it doesn't hold up
very well. I bought my first machine last November and am now on my 3rd
printer. Canon has been very good about replacing them. Today, the