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Hobbyists return to (D)SLR photography

Published by: Canada.com       05-26-2007        Read Complete Article
Article Summary

"The single-lens reflex camera is back.

But instead of film, it's digital, with all the frills of previously unaffordable cameras.

"The hobby is being put back into photography," said London Drugs president Wynne Powell.

The camera industry's push to make sub-$1,000 digital single-lens reflex cameras follows their encouraging year-over-year global sales growth of 39 per cent in 2006, compared to 14-per-cent gains in the larger point-and-shoot digital camera market."....Read Complete Article



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I tested out one of Fuji's new digital cameras, the FinePix S7000 a while ago and was quite impressed with this sub $750 CAD 6.3 megapixel device.

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Putting Slideshows on TV
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04/13/05
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Imagine dropping your $500 digital camera in a river, then fishing it out undamaged. This is not recommended by the manufacturer, but Future Shop senior merchandising manager Phil Johnston recalls well the incident of a co-worker who did exactly that with his Olympus Stylus 410 while fishing in northern British Columbia. ......

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