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 Canon just can’t releasing those point and shoot camera and the addition of the Canon PowerShots SD990 and SD880 is more of the same (if it ain’t broke…).

The Canon PowerShots SD990 and SD880 are both due for an October release, just in time for the Christmas rush methinks. Both are Digital ELPH PowerShots with the SD9900 packing almost 15 megapixels (14.7) under it’s belt, it will put your camera phone to shame.

The SD9900 also comes with 3.7 optical zoom (which isn’t that great IMHO) and is available in a cheeky red color due to Canon wanting to promote the fact they’ve managed to manufature 100 million PowerShots since first release (that’s a lot of clicking).

It’s less well endowed sibling, the SD880 comes with 10 megapixels and slightly better 4x wide-angle optical zoom, The SD880 isn’t available in red but it does come rather fetching gold, black and silver for al you bling lovers.

Expect the Canon PowerShot SD990 to set you back $400 and the SD880 to stick you up for $300. If you’re thinking of buying a camera for a significant female other, have a look at the Canon PowerShot E1 - it’s just for girls apparently….

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When we decided to conduct this review and first clapped eyes on the Canon VIXIA HF100, our first though was - why so expensive? You can get the flip for about $400 cheaper if you look around. Then we checked out the hands-on reviews of this High Definition camcorder and although we found a few things to justify the price, we were not entirely happy as there were also plenty of negatives…

The Canon VIXIA HF100 is another offering on the HD Camcorder market and although the VIXIA HF100 has been around for a while, it still remains popular and beats virtually all other competitors except for the aforementioned Flip Video Mino camcorder.

The 12x optical zoom no doubt helps maintains it’s position in the top stop as does the video quality although in low light, images can get grainy and the color output on the Canon VIXIA HF100 can be somewhat over saturated (then again, most HD camcorders are…).

Battery life on the VIXIA HF100 is pretty poor (about an hour’s worth of recording time per charge) and when your thinking about converting between different video formats from AVCHD for example to standard DVD it can take well over two hours even for small files under a half-hour long.

GadgetHeat’s verdict on the Canon VIXIA HF100 camcorder? It’s OK but for the point and shoot crowd you may want to check out the upcoming Kodak Zi6 for more intuitive use.

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Now we try our best not to be sexist here (and believe me we try real hard) but the Canon PowerShot E1 had us chuckling in our boots. WTF? Just because a digital camera is pink it’s for women? How do you make a camera especially for women? We can’t get our heads around this one Canon.

With colors like Vanilla White, Pink Cotton and Aqua Blue we see that Canon really thought about what was important to a woman when it came to the Canon PowerShot E1, the color of the damn thing….They may as well stuck Hello Kitty or Barbie on it.

As digital cameras go (and regardless of target demographoic) the specs on the Canon PowerShot E1 are reasonably impressive. 10 mega-pixel lens, 80 to 1600 ISO Range with a 3200 “Boost Mode” and a 4x Optical Zoom. Not bad…for a girl….

If you want a man’s digital camera you should check out the Canon G9 PowerShot. Available in any color as long as it’s black…..

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Nikon have released their D700 DSLR camera, their answer to the Canon D5, and, as answer go, it looks like the right one. The Nikon D700 is a full frame 24×36 DSLR Camera packing a 12mp CMOS sensor and even GPS tracking (what you need GPS on a camera for, GadgetHeat doesn’t know!).
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The Nikon D700 has a whole heap of functionality including autofocus, scene recognition and D-Lighting so you can take those picture perfect shots. The D700 is even HD compatible with HDMI out and full res 5 to 8 fps (and believe me, we’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the full list of feature that the D700 packs).
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Will Canon be worried? At the moment the G9 is one of the top selling cameras on the market and they have plenty more where that came from so in the meantime they’ll just be watching Nikon’s space to see if the Nikon D700 really is a force to be reckoned with…

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Looks-wise Gadgetheat.com would be the first to point out that the Canon Powershot G9 is not a thing of beauty. By today’s chromed out, titanium plated, bling bling standard the G9 is definitely an ugly ducking but when it comes to cameras, it’s what is underneath the bonnet that matters and the only thing that needs to be beautiful is the object on the other side of the lens….

The Canon Powershot G9 has been around for approaching 6 months but it is only recently that it is being appreciated as a truly state of the art piece of equipment. However, there are several drawbacks to be noted and these are primarily due to poor quality build on some cameras, depending which batch your camera came from…. Read the full story