BenQ Company has introduced lots of models in digital cameras. This camera is one among them with lots of features that the new world would expect. The camera is BenQ DC C800 Digital Camera. This is a CCD camera, with 8 mega pixels. The optical zoom that this camera has got is 3x optical zoom. The camera type is standard point and shoot type camera. Though, the optical zoom is 3x, the digital zoom ranges to 4x. The focus type is auto focus. This will focus the object that you are to shoot up. Recording video in this camera is quite an interesting matter.

The video speed of this BenQ DC C800 Digital Camera to record is 30 frames per second. The video format is MPEG-4. The exposure control feature has got lots of modes. The aperture range is f5.1 (w) - f2.8 (w). The shutter speed ranges from 8 - 1/2000 sec. The white balance in this camera can be used switch to auto, manual, Daylight / Sunny (Preset), Cloudy (Preset), Fluorescent (Preset) and Incandescent (Preset). In the side of storage, the memory card type that this can access with is SD card. The in built memory size is 32 MB.

The flash is made integrated, that is an in built type. The flash functions can be regulated, it can be switched off, and auto flash can be used. Fill in flash and slow sync can also be used if in need. This has no viewfinder instead the LCD display in this unit serves as the view finder to have a clear idea of what is to be taken. The size of the LCD panel is 2.4 inch. The interface type used in this camera is USB 2.0. Video interface, video out is the interface of this unit. In the case of power supply, 2 batteries are to be employed. The battery type is AA batteries.

The included features of this BenQ Digital Camera are self timer of 2 sec and 10 sec. A built in speaker is made assembled in this camera in order to listen to the voices of recorded videos. The dimensions of this unit are 6 x 8.9 x 3.3 cm with 0.14 kg as weight.

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DSLR cameras

DSLR cameras also referred to as digital SLR cameras or digital single lens reflex cameras are different from the digital live preview cameras to an extent and they function with the help of a regular mirror system which is automatic and a significant feature called pentaprism which allows the light rays to be directed from the lens via the viewfinder. The functioning of the digital SLR cameras is dependent on several factors. In case of taking a photograph, at first the light rays are reflected by the mirror though the attached lens at a more or less ninety degree angle. At this juncture the pentaprism enables the light to penetrate into the eyes of the photographer. The final moment when the photograph is actually taken, the mirror takes an upswing thus enabling the lens to throw light into the image sensor. In case of the common digital cameras, the image sensors are constantly exposed to the light rays’ reflected by the lenses and therefore the screen itself becomes the electronic viewfinder. However, on the contrary the presence of the mirror in digital SLR cameras enables them to view the image in an LCD screen before finally taking the photograph. But nowadays it is found that a growing number of digital SLR cameras have also incorporated the live preview function as a result of which the LCD display is similarly used as viewfinder.

The digital SLR cameras are characterized by swift focusing properties and this is enabled by the phase detection autofocus system. Though several digital SLRs are using live preview properties, most of these possess the optical viewfinder and this is often more skilful in functioning as it unlike the electronic viewfinders they usually display the image as it is going appear as the final photograph as the light rays here are emitted from the lens itself. Some of the present manufacturers of digital SLRs include SLRs include Sony, Canon, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Olympus and Nikon