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Lensbaby
Looking for the perfect gift for the digital-SLR camera owner who's tired of incredibly sharp photos? No, no, we're serious. Today's digital SLRs can produce tack-sharp images, but that's not always what you want or need. For years, photographers have turned for creative inspiration to toy cameras like the Diana, Holga, and Lomo that produce slightly blurry, ethereal photos with their cheap plastic lenses. (You can see some great examples at the Toy Camera Ring.) Now you can produce similar images with much greater control, with the Lensbaby lens for popular digital and film SLRs.
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Minolta Dimage 7
The silver-and-gray, metal-and-plastic DiMage 7 handles like a fine 35-mm SLR. You can select from among several resolutions, three compression levels, and uncompressed TIFF or RAW files for better images. It can also capture short video clips, without audio.
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Nexian NexiCam
PDA cameras aren't intended for professional or even avid amateur photographers, but they are convenient for on-the-scene record-keeping or whimsical, opportunistic shots of anything that catches your fancy. And minicameras are cropping up all over. For example, a camera is built into the hinge of the Sony Clié PEG-NR70V, and the Handspring eyemodule2 Digital Camera is a popular plug-in.
Most PDA cameras have a maximum resolution of just 640-by-480, but the Nexian NexiCam does better than that. The lightweight NexiCam's 800-by-600 resolution and easy operation are great advantages. The camera is built into an expansion jacket for the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC. This jacket also has a Type II CF slot and an articulated lens that swings out to capture images in front or in back of you.
Getting excited over the NexiCam's versatility is easy: It has a 2X digital zoom, a range of settings, and the ability to capture short video clips. The NexiCam's software resembles real camera buttons, and integration with the iPAQ's controls facilitates navigation. Although the combination of a Compaq iPAQ and a NexiCam is relatively bulky, this easy-to-install camera is nonetheless an excellent choice.
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Nikon Coolpix 3100
The Coolpix 3100's silver body is plastic, not metal, a rounded battery compartment makes the camera easy to grip and operate one-handed. Most of the buttons on the back, as well as the mode dial, can be quickly accessed, although not all are easily identifiable. The viewfinder is bright and very readable but slow to turn on, and it dims when you press the shutter halfway. The memory card door is flimsy, and the compartment on the bottom has no safety catch to keep the batteries from accidentally falling out
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Nikon Coolpix 3200
Nikon packs a lot of features into the 3.2MP Nikon Coolpix 3200 that make it an easy-to-operate entry-level compact for the novice but not a camera for the enthusiast. When it comes to picture quality, the same is true: This camera is more suited to a real newbie with a less discriminating eye than a more advanced photographer looking for a pocketable backup. If you just want an inexpensive backup, there are better choices, such as the 4MP.
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Nikon Coolpix 3700
Nikon's Coolpix 3700 Digital Camera combines 2048x1536-pixel (3 megapixel) images with a 3x Optical Zoom-Nikkor lens for spectacular prints - as large as 11x14 inches! The 15 versatile Scene Modes auto-set the camera for great shots in standard shooting situations such as sunsets and portraits. Record a short movie with sound or add a voice memo to your still images. Or use the voice activated shutter release to take self-portraits.
Turn on Date Imprinting for a reminder date and time on your pictures. In-camera cropping lets you edit pictures before you download them. Use the included NikonView software for Nikon's amazing One-Touch Red-Eye Fix. The sleek, ultra-compact design and all metal construction with brushed aluminum finish makes the Nikon Coolpix 3700 a beautiful addition to any pocket! Ships with everything you need to get started; camera, rechargeable battery and charger, Nikon Coolpix Starter Memory Card, cables, and image editing software, including NikonView.
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Nikon Coolpix 4100
The Nikon Coolpix 4100 shares many features with the Coolpix 4200, including a 4-megapixel CCD and a 3X optical zoom lens. But it diverges in image quality and overall design. Despite its excellent ergonomics and ease of use, the camera's mediocre image quality and overall slowness prevent us from recommending it.
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Nikon Coolpix 4200
The excellent 1.8-inch LCD, with 130,000 pixels, is one of the sharpest we've tested. The screen tilts, swivels, and rotates for easy viewing of over-the-head or low-angle shots. The live-image preview has a clever real-time exposure histogram guide, where a grid overlay appears red in highlighted areas and blue in underexposed areas, enabling you to obtain near-perfect exposures in difficult lighting situations.
The C-5060's closest competitor is the new Canon PowerShot G5, which offers similar performance at a slightly higher price. But the C-5060's wider lens and lower price make it stand out, especially if you need that extra few millimeters of wide-angle coverage.
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Nikon Coolpix 4800
The 4-megapixel Nikon Coolpix 4800 is a surprisingly flexible compact camera for the price ($399.95 list). It's got a much longer zoom—8.3X optical—than you typically see on a compact camera. That doesn't quite qualify it as a superzoom (we define superzooms as having 10X or greater optical zoom), but it's close. The pictures it takes are more than adequate, though we wish they had more snap—and that the camera had antishake capability and a bit more zip.
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Nikon Coolpix 5000
The Nikon Coolpix 5600 digital camera features a 5-megapixel CCD, 3x optical zoom through a high-quality Zoom-Nikkor lens, and long battery life using convenient AA-size batteries. Plus, with Nikon's
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