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...Digital SLR cameras amaze me. True, they're so bulky you need a bag to carry all of their interchangeable lenses, but those lenses guarantee better pictures. Forget megapixels - the only way to improve a picture is by using a lens big enough to capture all the light in your scene. The current leaders in the consumer digital SLR field are Canon, Nikon and Olympus. All the models I've tried out have their virtues, but the new Olympus E-Volt E-330 has a revolutionary new feature: live view. Line up your shots through the LCD before you shoot...
...saying, "So what? I can already do that with my $200 point-and-shoot camera." But one of the dirty little secrets of the digital SLR category is that, high-end or not, they physically couldn't do it until now. (The other secret is that they didn't do video - and they still don't.) The E-330's live view works because the camera has two image sensors. The sensors share the view from the lens using a network of mirrors, including a two-way mirror that both reflects light and passes it through. You don't notice...
...will return soon, however. While liking cars doesn’t hurt, the program is also extremely funny on its own. It also functions just as well as a European travelogue, with beautifully-shot segments, like a race in an Aston Martin DB9 to Monte Carlo, and an SLR McLaren to Oslo. One of the best-made programs you’ll find on TV today. 1. “Rome”HBO made a masterpiece with this series, following Julius Caesar’s rise to power. Its acting is impeccable, its sets extraordinary, and each one hour...
...Digital single-lens-reflex (SLR) cameras are vulnerable to dust settling on the imaging sensor when you change the lens. Result: black dots on your pictures. The Olympus Evolt E-300 digital SLR ($1,000; with starter lens) solves the problem by covering the imaging sensor with a transparent ultrasonic panel that shakes off offending particles at 35,000 vibrations per second...
Nikon D70 Digital SLR...