Refurbished Canon cameras

You can get some great refurbished bargains over at the Canon Outlet on Ebay. They have a wide range of cameras such as the Canon EOS 450D and Canon EOS 40D for prices way below the proper retail price.

They also have good prices on a range of compact cameras and printers. Well worth a browse.

The Apple iPad and photography

The just announced Apple iPad certainly looks like a great gadget, but what does it offer the average photographer? Well plenty is the short answer. From helping you take better pictures to enabling you to view and share them with friends, the iPad could be a real boon.

A useful accessory for photographers will be the iPad Camera Connection Kit shown below.



This allows you to connect a camera directly to the iPad or read your photos from an SD card. So what uses could this be put to?

Out and about

This facility could be useful when you're out and about and want to preview a photograph on something bigger than the camera's screen. It's also a good way of immediately backing up your photos when you're away from your laptop or desktop computer, say when you're on holiday. Of course you could just take your laptop with you but the iPad will offer the advantage of low weight and long battery life with a great screen, something very few laptops can compete with.

The 3G version will also allow you to upload your photos immediately to the internet which again us useful for backing up but also for sharing your photos with family and friends.

Back home

Once you are back home the iPad could still be a very useful device. For starters it can act as a high quality photo viewer which can be passed around or put on the optional stand to behave as a digital photo frame. I currently use my iPod Touch for showing photographs to family and friends and the iPad's bigger and better screen would certainly make this more practical.



So this ground breaking device could be really useful for both casual and more serious photographers. As more software is written specifically for the iPad we could also start to see even more uses appearing in the near future.

Nextbase Gallery 13-S 7" Digital Photo Frame

This is quite a neat idea. It's a digital photo viewer which can fit into a normal photo frame - so you can get a frame to match your decor. Very good price from Play.com too - just £24.99 delivered.

Canon EOS 450D for just £478.99 plus £30 cashback!

Get the Canon EOS 450D Digital SLR Camera Kit (incl EF-S 18-55mm IS f/3.5-5.6 non USM Lens Kit) and claim £30 cashback bring the price down to just £448.99 for this amazing camera.

Features include 12.2 megapixels, integrated CCD cleaning system and a 3 inch LCD with live view mode.

Sony Alpha A230L for just £347

Another fantastic entry level DSLR the Sony Alpha A230L Digital SLR Camera With 18-55 mm Lens is just £347 at Amazon now.

Many great features including 10.2 megapixels, built in image stabilisation, 2.7 inch display and HDMI output so that you can view your images on your HDTV.

Nikon D3000 for £369

If you're in the market for an entry level digital SLR then you can't go far wrong with the Nikon D3000 Digital SLR Camera (18-55 mm VR Lens Kit) available for just £369 from Amazon with the fantastic 18-55mm VR lens.

If you don't know much about VR or 'Vibration Reduction' then there is more info from Nikon here but it basically means that the lens counters camera shake - always a useful feature to have.

Sweex Photo Frame Key Ring for just £7.57 from Play.com

Neat little gadget this, a key ring which you can use to view your digital snaps. You upload pictures and charge its inbuilt rechargeable battery via a USB cable and it can store up to 59 images once they are resized to fit the size of the display (1.5” - 128 x 128 pixels). Would certainly make a great gift for someone too.

Buy it from Play.com for only £7.57.

Nikon D40 - £227.21 from Amazon

Get the great entry level digital SLR Nikon D40 Digital SLR Camera - Black (18-55mm Lens Kit) currently from Amazon for the bargain price of £267.21 including free delivery.

Better still until 30th September you can get £40 cashback from Nikon bringing the price down to just £227.21!

Nikon D60 - £349.99 with free Centon bag

Jessops are currently offering the Nikon D60 with AF-S DX Nikkor VR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G Lens (VR stands for vibration reduction - a very useful feature) with a free Centon bag worth over £30 (until 16th July) for just £409.99.

Even better you can get £60 Nikon cashback with this offer until 31st August bringing the final price you pay down to an amazing £349.99!

Nikon D300 Body Only - £939.95 from Purely Gadgets

Cracking deal for a great advanced DSLR, the Nikon D300. Get it from Purely Gadgets for just £939.95.

Pre-order the Canon EOS 1000D from just £399.99

Due for release this month is Canon's new entry level digital SLR the EOS 1000D. Canon have a reputation for bargain entry level DSLR's and the 1000D is no exception. It features a 10.1MP sensor, 2.5" LCD with Live View, DIGIC III processor (as used in professional EOS models), 7-point wide area auto focus and a self cleaning image sensor.

It's available to pre-order as body only for £399.99 from Amazon and Play.com and with the EF-S 18-55mm IS lens (which features image stabilisation) for just £449.99 from both Amazon and Play.com.

Pentax DSLR Cashback

Pentax are currently offering cashback deals on their K200D and K20D DSLR's until the end of August.

You can currently get £50 cashback on the Pentax K200D Body + 18-55mm Lens Kit making the price just £413.95 from Purely Gadgets.

You can get £100 cashback on the Pentax K20D + 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens + 50-200mm f/4-5.6 Lens from Jessops for just £799.99!

Cameras2U Refurbished Shop

Some bargains to be had over at Camera2U's Refurbished Shop. These are items which have been 'previously returned to the manufacturer under a 30-day refund/exchange policy, and have been repackaged like new'. Some examples include:

Nikon D40 + AF-S DX 18-55mm Lens for just £215.

Nikon D80 Body Only for just £400.

Canon 450D - £50 cashback

Canon are now offering £50 cash back on the Canon 450D until 4th August. So this means you can buy the the Canon EOS 450D Digital SLR Camera Kit (incl EF-S 18-55mm IS f/3.5-5.6 non USM Lens Kit) for effectively just £431.73 from Amazon including free delivery. Very highly rated entry level DSLR from the experts at Canon.

Claim up to £100 Cashback on Samsung GX DSLRs

Samsung are a relative newcomer to the digital SLR market, but they have already produced some fine cameras with the help of Pentax. They offer a very good value package and access to every lens ever made by Pentax. Until 31st July you can also get up to £100 cash back.

Claim up to £100 Cashback on Samsung GX DSLRs

The pick of the deals over on Amazon has to be the Samsung GX10 Digital SLR Camera (18-55mm + 50-200mm Lens Kit). Although the GX10 has been superseded by the GX20 the improvements which have been made are only evolutionary and so the GX10 is still a great camera. You're getting a semi pro level camera with two lenses for a bargain price of £534.94 once you've taken off the £50 cash back!

Choosing the right memory card

The world of memory cards can be a confusing place. Just which type of memory is compatible with your camera? My Memory have a utility to help. Visit their Memory Selector, choose your camera make and model and compatible memory cards will be displayed. Simple, and the prices are some of the cheapest on the internet so there's no need to worry about paying over the odds.

Panasonic HDC-SD9 for £404.95 from Amazon

Amazing price for this SD card based fully HD camcorder - the Panasonic HDC-SD9EB-S HD Camcorder. It features a 3 CCD sensor capable of full 1080P HD images. You record onto SD memory cards so suffer none of the problems associated with mechanical systems (chewed tapes, rough handling damage etc.). All this for just £404.95. Your holiday films have never looked so good!