New Consumer Electronics and Informational Technologies Articles

In the case of Top Digital Camera lists, you should never assume that someone else’s idea of a “Top” has anything to do with what your needs are. (more…)

While digital photography models vary in size, shape, color, price, and purpose — they all have one thing in common: Instant photography without film. (more…)

Digital camera memory cards are the “film” of a digital camera. They store the image after the camera processes. Like film, most memory cards are removable. When it is full, you snap in another one and keep shooting. When you get back to your PC you simply download the images. (more…)

When I was doing my research for this Mustek digital camera review, I found that they had received the PC Magazine “Price/Performance Award” for their GSmart Mini-2 camera, and incredibly small 1.3 Megapixel digital camera that you can almost hide in the palm of your hand! Although perhaps better know for their line of PC and network peripherals, Mustek has a nice line of digital cameras. (more…)

ADC

ADC stands for analogue to digital converter. When a picture is taken, the sensor sends analogue signals to the ADC to be converted into digital format. Click on ADC for more information. (more…)

Analogue to Digital Converter (ADC)

When a picture is taken, the sensor device sends an analogue signal to the analogue to digital converter (ADC) to specify how much light was captured by each pixels on the sensor. Different cameras have ADCs with different capabilities. Whereas some lower-end of the range cameras will be able to process up to 256 brightness values on the sensor, more professional SLR cameras will be able to pick up to 4095. (more…)

Taking great digital photography sports shots with an analog camera is challenging enough, but when you factor in the additional issues of using a digital camera, then it is critical that you understand some of the basic challenges that you are going to encounter (more…)

With most digital cameras you can check your results instantly on the LCD monitor. Allowing you to check your picture and maybe retake the image if it is not quite right. (more…)