Over the years of learning about photography certain lessons stick out in my mind. One of these was the Mailbox Assignment. The assignment was simple; 36 shots of a mailbox. It had to be the same mailbox, oh, and by the way . . . each shot had to be uniquely different. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, let’s see . . . there is front, back, left side, right side, shot from above, or shot from below. That’s six, only thirty more shots to go.

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You could shoot with the flag up or the flag down, or shoot just the flag itself. You could shoot with the mailbox door open or closed or somewhere in between. Congratulations! You are now up to twelve shots, only twenty four more to go. You could shoot with a little mail in the box, or a whole lot of mail, or somewhere in between. As you can see the first 15 or even 20 shots aren’t that hard, but they aren’t the point of the assignment.

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If black colored products are your thing, Casio will put on the market a new color, black for its compact 8.1Mpix camera which supports SD and SDHC cards, has 11.8MB of internal memory, ISO1600, records video in VGA using H.264 codec at 30fps, and weighs only 149g.

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Samsung NV20 features:

• 12 megapixel
• 3x optical zoom
• 2.5 inch touch screen LCD
• 20MB of on-board memory
• ISO range up to 3200
• VGA movies (up to 30 frames per second)
• 14 scene modes

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Olympus Stylus 790 SW features:

• 7.1 megapixels
• 3x optical zoom
• 2.5 inch HyperCrystal„¢ LCD
• Digital image stabilization
• Shockproof and waterproof to 10 feet
• Face detection
• Dimensions - 3.7″W x 2.4″H x 0.84″ D (93.6mm x 60.9mm x 21.3mm)
• Weight - 4.8oz (136g)

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX33 features:

• 8 megapixels
• 3.6x optical zoom
• Image stabilization
• Face detection
• 2.5 inch LCD
• 27 MB on on-board memory
• Continuous auto focusing
• ISO sensitivity range of 100 to 1600
• Auto-brightness LCD
• Intelligent Auto Mode

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Comparing HD camcorders, I cannot help saying about Sony Handycam: HDR-CX7, SR7, SR5, SR200E and SR300E etc. It uses 1 CMOS sensor instead of Panasonic’s 3CCD, the same 10x optical zoom lens and some Sony’s favorite features. However, there are no expensive extrapixels as SR300E’s 6MP in these SX7 and SR7 models. What is more, there is my favourite feature - recording to a memory card (HDR-SX7), which allows building a firm camcorder without moving parts. For more Sony HD models look through 7 new 1CCD HD camcorders from Sony – any reasons to buy some or to wait for 3CCD cams
Sony Handycam HDR-CX7
The Sony Handycam HDR-CX7 is a small and lightweight AVCHD high-definition camcorder with a 3.2 MP CMOS sensor, an optical image stabilizer and a great Carl Zeiss lens. It can record nearly three hours of full HD 1080 video on an 8GB Memory Stick PRO Duo media card in LP mode. Its weight and dimensions are close to Panasonic HDC-SD5, maybe a little bigger. It has one sensor system, but HDR-CX7 true 3.2 megapixels are the same what you need for a good capturing 1080i HD movie. The camcorder has an optical image stabilizer, which is a very useful feature, especially for a big 10x optical zoom. Sony CX-7 costs about $860-1100 and if you like Sony image colors this camcorder can be a good alternative for Panasonic HDC-SD5, although SD5 is a little...