Comparing Canon PowerShot Digital ELPH with Sony DSC-P10
There are many good digital cameras spread around the global market, and inevitably this will make many costumers confused since they don’t know which digital camera to have. Canon, Casio, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Sony are the examples of well-known digital camera manufacturers and they have some really good products such as Canon PowerShot S400, Casio Exilim EX-Z3, Kodak Professional DCS Pro 14n, etc. Since I have Canon PowerShot Digital ELPH and my friend has the Sony DSC-P10, I decide to compare these two worth-to-buy cameras.
Ask a professional photographer to give some names of camera manufacturers and chances are one of it would be Canon. For the digital section, Canon continued to impress with their history of innovation and with its current technology it allowed novice costumers to learn about their product and professionals to comfortably point and shoot their favorite object. Introducing Canon PowerShot S400 (as shown in FIGURE 1), it is a product only by Canon, and to tell you the truth it is really classy. Proven popular among consumers, S400 has the reputation for its small dimensions and compact size and these two features make S400 a very practical product. S400 is actually the world’s smallest 4 mega pixel digital camera and it is also well known for its image quality. This camera features a stainless body with a new super hard protection that will resist any scratch. It can also record movies for a length of up to three minutes.
Figure 1: The Canon PowerShot S400 Digital ELPH Camera
Basic Features
• 4 mega pixel of CCD.
• Optical viewfinder.
• 1.5-inch color TFT LCD monitor.
• Glass, 3x, 7.4-22.2mm lens, equivalent to a 36-108mm lens on a 35...
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...camera with a moderate price. The memory stick of 32 MB holds the advantage over DSC-P10. For those of you who prefer to have DSC-P10, it has a very small size and ultra compact body, covered by a durable protective metal. Novice to amateur users can use it comfortably, which also hold the advantages over S400 (it is more difficult to use). Five megapixel of CCD holds the advantage over S400 and it is perfectly ideal for traveling and one can take it anywhere. Each camera has their own advantages and weaknesses and the decision to choose between these two will depends on costumer’s budget limit and their preference camera.
Online Source:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/P10/P10A.HTM
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/S400/S40A.HTM
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/s400.html
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/p10.html
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Liesel Meminger. The protagonist of the story. She is an adopted young girl on the verge of adolescence, with blonde hair that "was a close enough brand of German blonde" and a "smile that was starving" when she very rarely showed it. She is fostered by the Hubermanns when her father "abandons" their family and her mother is forced to give her up as a foster child. Liesel is the "book thief".
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There is a common exercise to evaluate one’s outlook on life: take a glass, fill it halfway and ask yourself, “Is this glass half empty or half full?” Decide on either one depending on how you see it, either half empty (hopelessness) or half full (optimism). We all see the centered brim of water differently based on our own personal circumstances. The old man in “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” would see the glass as half empty. Why? Emptiness is what fills his heart. There’s no gratification in having “plenty of money” and a family, but he finds indulgence in emptying a literal glass of brandy every night somewhere he finds safe, like the well-lit café (167). Even though the story is never clear about why this man is so distraught, the reader is able to understand how he is unable to leave the café. The same theme applies for the two waiters serving him – one has a life to live with his wife, and the other lacks confidence and is one to “stay late at the café”. One has found life, and the other has a lack of confidence and nothing to be proud of. Hemingway develops external symbolism through the setting in “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” like purity and light/ darkness, and also a contrasting theme of lifelong fulfillment and temporary fulfillment.
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