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The holiday season is just around the corner. Whether you are lover of getting gifts or bound to give gifts, very good time to choose your gifts. Regardless of your religionÂyou have to give and receive gifts in December and January (well unless you are not that social). In holiday not only buying gifts there are plenty other expenses that hurts your wallet, so you should make a mix of quality and economy when you choose gifts. What is the use of buying a few thousand dollars worth gift and struggle next few months, which will spoil the fun of holiday? That is why I plan to bring up cheaper but comparatively high quality gadgets through out this month which I will continue until last day of this year (2006).
Sometimes, you just can not ignore the appeal of simplicity. Unless you are a super camera freak, probably a high tech SLR camera with hundreds of functions will make you feel irritate rather then happy. That could explain why we have seen a rising number of cameras that combine a very short list of features with lots of automation to provide a pretty thought-free shooting experience. This should definitely appeal to people who are confused by the various settings on most cameras and have no interest in learning about their complexity, though as you could imagine, tweakers will want to steer clear. Nikons Coolpix L5 wont give you experience of shooting with a SLR but wont disappoint you either, if you love simplicity yet qualities.
Top among its features is its 7.2-megapixel CCD sensor and a 5X optical, 38mm-to-190mm, f/2.9-to-f/5.0 zoom lens with optical (a.k.a. lens shift) vibration reduction (VR). This method of VR is the most effective offered by Nikon. Other variations on the theme include electronic, which combines info from sensors at the time of image capture with internal processing to try to remove blur from images that have already been shot; and mechanical, which shifts the CCD to compensate for shake. The 2.5-inch LCD is a decent size but has only 115,000 pixels, so images appear coarser on it than on cameras that include LCDs with higher pixel counts.
You wont find any manual exposure controls, but there are 15 scene modes, as well as exposure compensation of up to plus or minus 2EV in 1/3-stop increments. You can also choose between matrix and center-weighted metering, as well as auto and center-point autofocus. If you are shooting something that you expect may turn out blurry, you can try Nikons Best Shot Selector (BSS)- my personal favorite. With this turned on, the camera will shoot as many as 10 photos while you hold down the shutter release, then automatically select the one it thinks is the least blurry.
Holiday Gift Choice: 5X optical zoom; lens-shift vibration reduction; easy to use. Price range AU$342-AU$370. makes it a reasonable gift choice. Holiday Gift score for this item is 3 out of 5.
Key Specifications:
Dimensions and Weight
3.6 x 1.8 x 2.4 inches (W x D x H)
170 g.
Type of Camera : Compact digital camera
Effective Pixels : 7.2 million
Image Sensor : 1/2.5 inch-type Interline CCD (7.41 million total pixels)
Image Size (Pixels) : High (3072*), Normal (3072), Normal (2592), Normal (2048), PC (1024), TV (640)
Lens : 5x Zoom-Nikkor; 6.3 - 31.4mm (35mm [135] format equivalent to approx. 38 - 190mm); f/2.9 - 5.0; 9 elements in 7 groups
Digital Zoom : Up to 4x
Focus Range : 50cm (1 ft. 7.7 in.) to infinity, 4cm (1.6 in.) to infinity in Macro mode
LCD Monitor Size : 2.5-inch
LCD Monitor : 115,000-dot TFT LCD monitor with brightness adjustment
Storage Media : Internal memory: approx. 8MB, SD memory card
File Format : Compressed JPEG, Quick Time Motion JPEG, sound files: mono/wav
File System : Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF), Exif 2.2 file, Digital Print Order Format (DPOF)
Shooting Modes : Auto, 4 modes with Scene assist (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Portrait), BSS (Best Shot Selector), Color Options, Date Imprint, Self-timer
Scene Modes : Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Close up, Museum, Fireworks Show, Copy, Back Light, Panorama Assist
Capture Modes : 1) Single, 2) Continuous (approx. 0.7fps), 3) Multi-shot 16 (approx. 5fps, only available at image size 7M)
Video Recording : With sound: TV movie (640) at 30fps, Small size (320) at 30fps, Smaller size (160) at 30fps
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