The Canon PowerShot SX150 is a budget superzoom with a 12x stabilised optical zoom lens, a 14.1 Megapixel CCD sensor and a 3 inch LCD screen. Announced in August 2011 it replaces the PowerShot SX130 IS, adding 2 Megapixels to the sensor resolution, intelligent image stabilisation which adapts to the scene being photographed and minor…
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Canon’s EOS 600D – or Rebel T3i as it’s known in North America – is the company’s latest upper entry-level DSLR. Announced in February 2011, it’s numerically the successor to the EOS 550D / T2i, although the older model is expected to remain on-sale at a lower price point. The EOS 600D / T3i…
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The Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D and Nikon D5100 are two of the most popular DSLRs in the upper-entry-level category. Both deliver a step-up over the cheapest budget models, so to help you make the right choice, I’ve made a 20 minute video detailing ten of the most important differences between the two models and demonstrating them in practice.…
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Canon’s PowerShot A640 was announced in August 2006 alongside the PowerShot A630. Each model replaces the popular A620 and A610 models respectively and like their predecessors, share essentially the same specifications with resolution as the main difference. Sporting 10 Megapixels, the A640 becomes the highest resolution PowerShot A-Series model so far, although the A630 follows…
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The Canon PowerShot G7 was announced in September 2006 alongside a raft of new models showcased at Photokina. PowerShot G is Canon’s high-end compact brand and many of the G7s predecessors are rightly considered classics. Several features on previous models were quite unique for compacts and even saw them considered in some respects as serious…
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Canon PowerShot G9 Introduction Canon’s PowerShot G9 was announced in August 2007 alongside the EOS 40D and a raft of new compacts. There was no G8 – Canon skipped direct to the G9 which makes it the successor the last year’s G7. It comes just 11 months later and like previous PowerShot G Series models,…
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The Canon Digital Ixus 860IS – or PowerShot SD870 IS Digital Elph as it’s known in North America – is an 8 Megapixel compact with a 3.8x optically-stabilised zoom lens and a large 3in screen. Announced in August 2007, it’s the successor to the popular Ixus 850IS / SD800 IS. The new 860IS / SD870…
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The Canon Wireless File Transmitter E3(A), or WFT-E3(A) for short, equips the EOS 40D and EOS 50D digital SLRs with Wifi capabilities, allowing you to transfer images wirelessly to a computer or even direct to a website or ftp server. The Wifi also lets you wirelessly remote control the camera, including a live preview…
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The EOS 1000D, or Digital Rebel XS as it’s known in North America, is Canon’s latest entry-level DSLR. It’s the true successor to the best-selling EOS 400D / Rebel XTi and positioned below the EOS 450D / Rebel XSi which was launched six months earlier. The new EOS 1000D / XS shares several key specifications…
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Canon’s EOS 7D is the company’s latest semi-pro DSLR, featuring 18 Megapixels, HD video and 8fps continuous shooting. Announced in September 2009, it represents a new product category for Canon, positioned between the existing EOS 50D and EOS 5D Mark II models. As such it doesn’t replace an existing model and the EOS 50D will…
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