Sam sung NX10

  The Samsung NX10 is a solid DSLR to hold and shoot with, featuring both a crisp 3-inch LCD screen and an elec­tronic viewfinder for composing images. Unfortunately, the image quality is just average and the video quality lackluster. The menu system is easy to navigate, and you can control most popular set­tings by using buttons on the top and back of the camera. Processing raw files shot on the NX10 is cumbersome,...

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V

  With its in-camera GPS, digital compass, wireless image and video sharing via Transfer Jet, accelerometer-driven panorama mode, and 1080i high-definition video capture in AVCHD format, it's easy to overlook the fact that the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V is, in fact, a camera. And it's an excellent camera at that, delivering great image quality. The 10-megapixel DSC­HX5V, with lOX optical zoom, also boasts some innovative and fun-to-use features....

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Canon EOs Rebel T2i

  Canon's Rebel T2i, an upgrade to the T1i, gives you incremental refinements that add up to improved image quality and movie recording, The T2i has been bumped up to 1B megapixels (compared to 15.1 megapixels for the T1i). Video capture is substantially improved and now features your choice of video size, up to lOBOp, The camera has a gorgeous 3-inch LCD screen and both phase-detection and contrast-detection...

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Databases Hit the Road with FileMaker Go

  the iPhone may fit in your pocket, and the iPad may not be much larger than a hard­cover book, but FileMaker thinks it can fit an entire database application on each device. The company has released File Maker Go-a mobile application in iPhone and iPad versions­that gives you access to databases created with the venerable File Maker Pro desktop program. You won't be able to create databases on your...

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