Camera Battery Blog

For years, point-and-shoot buyers have – if market research from the camera manufacturers is to be believed – wanted one thing, to the exclusion of just about all others: more megapixels. Although the (frightening) prospect of 18 or even, God forbid, 20 megapixel small-sensor cameras continues to loom just beyond the horizon, that race has slowed to a crawl compared to what it was not so long ago.

Which, in turn, opens the door to a kind of cut-throat technological competition between manufacturers that I can really get behind: more zoom range. Once upon a time, a 3x optical zoom on a point-and-shoot was a luxury, but this year’s Consumer Electronics Show has seen 10x zooms fitted into a growing list of pocket cameras, and obscenely wide-ranging 20x-plus optics mounted on otherwise moderate and mainstream ultrazooms.

Let me say for the record that I’m fully behind the idea of more zoom range in smaller cameras in a way that I haven’t been with more resolution since the six megapixel days came and went. But while adding zoom range – unlike boosting resolution – generally has lots of pros and few if any cons, when you start talking about cameras like the Olympus SP-590 UZ, which covers the equivalent of 26-676mm with a single lens, my unwavering “pro zoom” stance starts to crack just a tiny bit.

The fairly compact 590’s 26x optic raises some key questions about image quality and usability, in particular, but Olympus was kind enough to let us explore a pre-production 590 in much greater depth to see what answers we might uncover for our detailed hands-on preview.

The Tumblr staff has done an interesting little breakdown of the metadata on Tumblr blog photos. I’m sure you guys have seen Flickr’s equally-interesting Camera Finder page, which is used as a sort of talking point by Apple fans due to the iPhone dominance; this was a similar examination, though with seriously different results. Tumblr’s analysis also takes a look at the lenses being used by the Canon users, a metric more interesting to gearheads than tech buffs.

This kind of information is a dream come true for people who like to transmute raw data into conclusions. They call themselves analysts, but it’s more alchemical than analytical, isn’t it? At any rate, the data are interesting to anyone interested in photography or blogging, so take a look.

If I had to draw conclusions from this, I would say that first of all, Apple really got their foot in the door with Photo Booth and iSight. Built-in webcams are still associated with Apple products although even the lowliest netbooks sport bezel-mounted cams of similar (that is to saw, low) quality. They’ve also done very well with the easy sharing of photos from your iPhone, which likely puts them on Flickr for most people but clearly has trickled down to Tumblr as well. I see Android overtaking them soon, however: once you have Android phones with simple picture-sharing apps being offered free with a contract and ~$50 monthly fee, there will be a lot more Android photos being pushed straight to web services. Apple should enjoy its time in the sun and not be discouraged if it loses its crown.

The other thing I notice is that the Canon users (Tumblr didn’t analyze Nikon or others) are overwhelmingly using the kit lens to take their photos. That’s understandable since most retail stores push that kit box instead of body-only, but the tactic is a one-time sell, apparently. These people aren’t going on to buy more lenses, because they don’t know what a good lens is. You sell them a garbage wide-angle zoom (the new IS version is supposed to be better, but still) and they think that’s all there is to it. Again, you can’t blame the users; not having shot an SLR before (as is the case with many consumer DSLR buyers), they don’t see the benefit of better glass — though they can see the cockamamie prices.

Now, I’m no glass fiend (though things might be different if I could afford it), but I think every DSLR user should get a chance to try a decent prime. The kit lens goes for around $100; the 50mm F/1.8 II is cheaper than that, and would be an excellent first lens. I traveled around the world with just that lens, and I think I’m a better photographer for it — plus I’ve invested in a few other lenses, having seen what this one is capable, and incapable, of doing. So Canon ought to offer two kits versions, one with that 18-55mm and one with a prime, 50mm or otherwise. It’ll drive glass and accessory sales and make a bunch of new photographers better.

Almighty Chong Intelligent Charger

Ying Industrial Co., Ltd., Shenzhen-based unit of “international Tong” brand developed a (both to the Ni-MH battery, alkaline battery is able to charge “all red” hybrid smart charger, rewritten non-rechargeable alkaline batteries The technology gaps, but also solve the waste battery recycling and re-utilization problems.

With the socio-economic development, people in their daily lives using the number and types of batteries is increasing dramatically. Survey shows that China’s annual consumption of 18 billion batteries, but also with 10% of the rate of increase, but the recovery rate of less than 2%. The battery contained in the hazardous heavy metal compounds (mercury, nickel, cadmium, lead, zinc, manganese, acid, alkali), etc., harmful to the environment shocking: a discarded dry batteries, make 1 square meter of land in five decades grass, but also serious damage to human health. The danger of contamination of the dry batteries, has become a problem throughout the environmental protection department with good reason. At this point the international pass “all red” charger emergence of delayed alkaline battery life, reducing the harmful effects of used batteries.

According to earnings-based company’s personnel, the International pass “all red” charger not only on the nickel-metal hydride batteries, you can also right that we usually used as an ordinary alkaline batteries re-charged. It is learned that this “all red” battery charger is the world’s first alkaline, nickel metal hydride hybrid smart charger, is unique in the industry.

The “international-pass” all red charger, allowing different capacities, different types of nickel-metal hydride batteries and alkaline batteries while charging the battery not only two kinds of utility maximization, and the charging effect is also very good: “International Link” Almighty Chong battery charger for rechargeable alkaline batteries of the original amount of up to 80%, Ni-MH battery up to 90%. According to different characteristics of different manufacturers of batteries, rechargeable alkaline battery usage of 20 to 50, Ni-MH battery is as high as 1000 times or more!

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the ordinary battery charger may result in less frequent, or the battery overcharge phenomenon, forced on the alkaline battery alkaline battery may also cause an explosion. The international pass “all red” charger with intelligent microcomputer control, automatic tracking of different types of charge curve, automatic identification of cell types, combined with the maximum time, maximum voltage, maximum capacity, - △ V, ○ △ V, resistance slope and many other control methods, can accurately determine battery conditions, will not lead to overcharge, so that the safety of the battery has been effectively protected, and both over-temperature protection, overcharge protection, short circuit protection and other protection measures, users can rest assured that use.