Peter Wilson
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Small and light and sporting 3.2 megapixel capability, the A510 is designed to introduce its users to the concept of digital photography. It comes equipped with a 4x optical zoom lens that offers a 35 to 140mm range (35 mm format equivalent.) Despite its size, this replacement for Canon’s popular A75, has a 1.8-inch LCD screen. It uses only two AA batteries for 300 shots with the screen on, as opposed to four in previous models. Two new settings called Night Snapshot and Kids & Pets have been added.
Onkyo is pushing its top-of-the-line, cutting-edge new home theatre receiver as being what it terms “future proof.” In other words, it comes with plug-in circuit modules, which means that every time there’s a must-have update in technology, early-adopter owners will be able to replace a card rather than the entire receiver. As well, Onkyo says it will offer software upgrades as necessary to go along with the technology. The seven-channel (150 watts each) receiver can be connected via ethernet to a home computer network.
Aimed at the travel and home photography market, this just-announced five-megapixel digital camera from Konica Minolta comes with a 12x optical zoom lens with a 35mm camera equivalent of 35-420 mm (especially good for sporting events). It also features the company’s proprietary anti-vibration technology that helps halt that blurring problem that a lot of amateurs see when they try to shoot at slower shutter speeds because of lower light levels. Has a two-inch LCD monitor and can focus at 0.2 seconds at wide angle and 0.3 seconds at telephoto.
Weighing just 3.6 pounds, this notebook is described by Toshiba as being ultra portable. It features built-in protection that stops the 60 gigabyte hard drive from being read should the notebook be dropped. It also has a spill-resistant keyboard. The M300 features a 12.1-inch screen and an Intel Pentium M processor, 512 megabytes of DDR memory and up to six hours of battery life. It also has a combo CDRW/DVD drive that allows DVD viewing and data burning to CD. © The Vancouver Sun 2005 |
