Having extensively used 10x and 35x compact digizoom cameras over the last year or so, I would say the former is a little short … and the latter a little too long for comfortable and successful leisure shooting.

So this model – the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150 – with a 24x zoom comes in, as with Goldilock and her three bears’ beds, to be just right! Added to this is the factor of the wide end equating to 25mm in SDLR-speak. Usefully wide!

The FZ150 also wins due to its use of a Leica Vario Elmarit lens which, even at full zoom, does not extend from the body by an uncomfortable length.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150 Features

The 12.1 million pixel …

We’ve done this hypothetical exercise the last couple of years in the lead up to Christmas and it has been a lot of fun. So I t would do it again.

Here’s how it works:

• I’m hereby giving each of your a hypothetical $2000 USD to spend on photography gear at Amazon. Very generous of me I know!
• Head over to Amazon’s Camera and Photo section and surf around and see what you’d buy with it (cameras, ldpshypoth-20ng, accessories – anything photographic goes).
• Come back here and in comments tell us what you’d buy with it – share a link to it on Amazon if you like and tell us why you’d buy it.

What would you buy?

• Perhaps it would include the dpshypoth-20://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZYF3LO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dpsgeneral-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B003ZYF3LO”>Nikon D3100 – currently the most ‘wished for’

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Perhaps you have heard of Lytro. I first got wind of the company a few months ago and thought it sounded amazing. But then the “That’s a press release. Where’s the follow through?” mechanism in my brain that stops me from buying useless products kicked in. Was it too good to be true?

The camera the company is creating  is said be able to allow a viewer to focus on any spot in the image AFTER the image has been shot. This means different viewers can pick what they like and focus there, even changing the apparent aperture to control depth of field. All after an image has been shot. After checking out the Time article and the company’s website (which includes sample images) I believe the camera …

Introduction

The Pentax WG-1 GPS is a crushproof, freezeproof, waterproof, shockproof ruggedized point and shoot camera designed for adventurous types or those prone to breaking their cameras. Available in a number of colors, the camera also touts a GPS receiver which is capable of tagging pictures as they are taken with longitude and latitude. I took the WG-1 GPS on a six week trip to Nepal, Bhutan and India to give it a test on the road and in the wilds.

NOTE: All photos in this post, except those of the camera itself, are straight from the camera with no contrast, saturation or anything added in in post. The camera has many ‘picture modes’ but I chose the basic output to show what can be expected. Click on any image for a …

Pin ItEvery few months I take a look at what photography gear readers of the dPS community are buying at Amazon (according to the reports Amazon give us from our affiliate program*). Today I spent some time digging into the purchases of DSLR lenses and have compiled the following breakdown of best selling lenses. These results end up on our Popular Digital Cameras and Photography Gear page.

Canon DSLR Lenses

As usual the f1.8 50mm lens wins in the Canon range – a huge seller (see notes before). It’s a great quality lens and considering its price and how fast it is – it is almost a no brainer to have one in your camera bag.

1. Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens
2. Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom
3. Canon EF

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