New Sony A850 and A900

The Sony A850 and A900 are full frame cameras that pack in 24.6-megapixels on that big sensor.  The cameras appear at the top-end of the Alpha system line up.  At first blush, the A850 appears almost identical to the pricier Sony A900.  After delving deeper into the A850, you’ll discover that there’s really not a whole lot of difference between it and the A900.
Because of the similarities between these two cameras and the fact that I reviewed them simultaneous, I decided to publish one review for both cameras rather than than two separate reviews with only minor changes in the text.

Sony A850 and A900 Key Differences
The differences between the A850 and A900 are so minor that it seems hard to justify the purchase of an A900 over the A850, given the $700 price discrepancy.  The A850′s frame rate covers 3 fps, compared to 5 fps on the A900.  Additionally, the A850 viewfinder coverage is 98% of the frame, compared to 100% coverage from the A900.  Finally, the A900 includes a wireless remote, which is an excellent option; however, those who opt for the A850 can take some of that $700 they save to purchase the same remote for $30.

Auto-focus
The A850 and A900 have a great auto-focus system inside.  You get 9 AF points, which can be selected by the user.  The center AF point is center dual cross type for extra sensitivity.  There are also 10 assist AF points.
The focus speed is quick and accurate on both cameras – even in low light.  If you’ve read Photography Bay for a while, then you know that I like to use a single focus point, selecting individual points as necessary depending on the composition.  Adjusting focus points is straightforward and easy with the joystick.  As noted earlier though, if you like to change focus areas (e.g., Wide AF area, Spot AF area, etc.), then you’ll have to jump back to the quick menu.
My main gripe with the AF system is frame coverage.  Nothing in this class of cameras stacks up to the frame coverage on the Nikon D700.  While I’ll equate the speed of the AF system of the Sony cameras to the D700, the frame coverage and focus point options just don’t stack up for the A850 and A900.  As a result, I end up with a lot of “focus and recompose” shooting.

Image Quality

With 24.6-megapixel, the A850 and A900 deliver in the resolution department.  Files from the Alpha cameras are 6048 x 4032 pixels in size.  With resolution like that, you can take advantage of the cropping space.
The color reproduction is solid straight out of the camera.  I really like the results from the A850 and A900 – in good light.
In lower light, if you bump the ISO speed, then you can get in trouble pretty quick.  The 5D Mark II and D700 easily have a stop or two advantage over the A900 and A850.  Shooting over ISO 1600 would be ill-advised for the Sony DSLRs.
Previously, I published an ISO comparison for the A850 and A900, along with the 5D Mark II and 7D.  Below is a short sample taken from a 100% crop of the test scene.

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Photoshop Toolbox

The toolbox contains 28 icons and around 60 tools, and it can seem bewildering if you're not used to it. Never fear — it all starts to make sense once you get to know your way around the various tools, and understand how they're grouped together.

This tutorial gets you up to speed with the Photoshop toolbox, and each of the tools it contains. By the time you've finished reading it, you'll be well on your way to working proficiently with the Photoshop toolbox, and you'll have a good general understanding of all the tools in Photoshop too.

The toolbox

The screenshot below shows the toolbox in Photoshop CS3. (Other versions may differ slightly, but the basic tool layout is the same across all versions.)

• Click a tool icon or name in the image below to find out more about that tool.
• Most of the tool icons actually represent a group of related tools. A little black triangle in the bottom right corner of an icon signifies a tool group. When you click a tool group's icon in the image below, you can read descriptions of all the tools in the group.
• All tools have shortcut keys so you can select them quickly. You can see the shortcut key for a tool by hovering the mouse over it in the image below. (This also works in the toolbox in Photoshop itself.) I've also included the shortcut keys in the headings for each tool — or tool group — description.
• To quickly cycle through the tools in a tool group, hold down Shift while pressing the shortcut key.

The following sections give you a brief description of each of the tools in the Photoshop toolbox. Some of the descriptions include links to other articles where you can find out more about the 
tools.

 

Marquee (M)

The Marquee tools let you make simple selections in the shape of rectangles, ellipses, or single-pixel rows and columns.
The Marquee tools are:

Rectangular Marquee

Click in the image and drag to select a rectangular area. Shift-drag to select a square area.

Elliptical Marquee

Click in the image and drag to select an elliptical area. Shift-drag to select a circular area.

Single Row Marquee

Click in the image to select a single row of pixels. Drag to select a different row.

Single Column Marquee

Click in the image to select a single column of pixels. Drag to select a different column.

Move (V)

The Move tool lets you click and drag a layer to move it around the document. Shift-drag to lock movement to 45-degree angles. Alt/Option-drag to make a copy of the layer and position the copy.
You can also move a layer in 1-pixel steps with the keyboard arrow keys. Hold Shift to move in 10-pixel steps.

Lasso (L)

The Lasso tools let you make irregularly-shaped selections by drawing in the document window.

Lasso

This tool lets you make freeform selections. Click in the image and drag to select an area. Release the mouse button to complete the selection.

Polygonal Lasso

This tool lets you make polygonal selections. Click in the image to add a new point to the polygon. To complete the selection, double-click or Control/Command-click with the mouse, or click the first point.

You can hold down Alt/Option and drag to use the regular Lasso tool temporarily.

Magnetic Lasso

This tool snaps the selection border to hard edges in the image as you draw. This makes it easy to select objects in the image that have complex, high-contrast edges.
Click in the image to add the first point. Move the mouse around the edge of the object to select it. Click to add further fastening points if required. To complete the selection, double-click or Control/Command-click with the mouse, or click the first point.
Use the Feather, Width, Contrast and Frequency tool options in the options bar to fine-tune the tool's behaviour.

You can hold down Alt/Option and drag to use the regular Lasso tool temporarily, or Alt/Option-click to use the Polygonal Lasso tool temporarily.

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        Eastman Kodak which is generally known as Kodak is an American Multinational company engaged in making imaging and photographic materials and equipments and is presently focusing on digital photography and digital printing. Kodak C 195 is the latest constituent in the new gadgets revealed by the company which comes under the range of $ 100 and is said to have many awesome features which are requisite in daily life as well which will be helpful managing many social networking connections.
     The new camera comes with 1405 Mega Pixels with 14 megapixels as effective range, having 5X Optical and 5X Advanced digital zoom features. The lens is collected of 33-165 mm which is same to 35nm, and is provided with the built in lens cover for safety of the lens which has shutter speed of ¼-1/1400 per second. The camera comes with about 32 Mb of internal storing space with Additional SD/SDHC card slot for expandable memory along with 3.0 inches indoor/outdoor color display LCD screen. The camera is also inbuilt with some of the priority focus features like TLT, Multi zone, Center-zone and face priority auto focus control. The camera also features exposure control with white balance to adjust the shot at any mode and at any light you want to. The flash range provided with the camera is 0. 4.0 meter at aide angle and 1.0-2.0 ate tele angle.
     Some of the additional features will include self timer, face recognition and face detection, different shooting modes and varied level of scene modes. The camera is also built to capture videos in JPEG-A, AVI format with audio recording having VGA quality and digital zoom. Along with these features you can search different photos using various keywords as well can do slideshow and similar activities. The camera is best with different custom settings which include Share Button and Computer connection using specialised software from Kodak. Share button is used to share menu or the pictures you have taken with the KODAK gallery, You Tube, Facebook, Flicker, Orkut and also via email.
    Kodak C 195 works on 2 AA Ni-MH batteries, 2 AA Lithium batteries and 2AA alkaline batteries; it also has dedicated buttons to make all the functions seem easy. The dimensions of the camera are W×H×D: 3.8×2.4×1.2 inches and weighs 177 grams inkling batteries and SD card. All this is available in the Box along with the USB cable wrist strap and batteries along with One year of warranty.