When you turn the power on, the inbuilt lens shutter opens up and the magic begins to unfold. To the left of the camcorder you find the 2.7 inch, 211000 pixels, widescreen swing-out LCD. There also is a pull-out viewfinder when the lighting conditions are too extreme for the LCD screen. Adjustments for the monitor are also provided, but they are all buried deep in the menu system. A five-way joystick and Function button is introduced to navigate frequently needed settings during shooting. The stick also lets you navigate through menus and make alterations. The bottom controls give you an access to the main functions, allowing you to adjust the zoom, enable the backlight control and start or stop your videos and stills during playback. On the body there are just two controls, the Easy and Display/Battery Info. This gives information about the camcorder when the screen is open. The easy  [...]

Canon's Pixma MP980 Printer is an upgraded version of MP 970. The MP 970 had the distinction of printing great-looking photos while being far less expensive than any of its competition. The MP980 shares some of the same features and carries on in that tradition. It can print, scan, copy, and e-mail—by opening a message on your PC and adding a scanned document as an attachment. It can both scan and print directly from 35mm slides and strips of film, and print directly from PictBridge cameras and memory cards. It lets your display the preview photos on the 3.5 inch LCD display. Both the models lack features like ADF or fax support. Despite all the similarities the two models differ in many ways but most notably in the number of cartridge used. The MP 970 used seven ink cyan, yellow, magenta, light cyan, light magenta, pigment-based black for text, and dye-based black for  [...]

If you are looking at buying a camcorder to cherish sweet memories for a longer period of time, it is important that you make an intelligent decision, lest you would realize that somewhere down the lane you have chosen the wrong machine. The new Cannon HF20 comes from a highly praised Award winning pedigree.  It is hard to imagine that something so small can pack in a good amount of technology. There are many camcorders heading in the same direction, however there are very few of them which are as impressive as Cannon HF20. It's the perfect lightweight consumer shooter for those looking to make impressive video and shoot HD. It is being marketed as a less expensive alternative to the Canon HF11 which was the winner of numerous accolades, and also known as the 2008 camcorder of the year. In order to make a cheaper model Canon also had to make significant  [...]