Cameras

Automated home alarms can alert you to intrusions and events such as fires, floods, etc. What they cannot do is catch that criminal red handed, or record the cause of the fire. Using your pc and a...

Remote capture enables a photographer to remotely fire a camera from a computer. This allows for the images to be immediately saved on the computer and viewed on the computer's screen. Often used...

Before the 1990s, most video footage was shot on expensive cameras, stored on tape cassettes and edited together into films and TV programs with cumbersome, expensive equipment. These editing...

Surveillance technology has advanced steadily the past few years, in correlation with technological advancement as a whole. While previous security cameras were bound to displaying images on a...

Spy pen cameras are a marvel of the modern age but they all share a similar problem in that the date and time was preset when they were made. Changing the time stamp that is printed on a picture...

Although you can look at your digital pictures on your camera's display screen, eventually you'll want to transfer your pictures to your computer's bigger screen. Once you have transferred your...

If you do not want to shell out for a dedicated webcam, there is a chance you can use your digital CMOS-based camera as a webcam to stream, as long as it has a live preview option on the back of...

Digital cameras are the ultimate shortcut in the photography world because they offer the convenience of taking pictures, printing and sharing them right from your computer. This convenience,...

You are out taking photos on your dream vacation when the camera stops taking photos. When you try to view photos you know you have taken, you can't find them on the memory card. Chances are, the...

Canon digital cameras can be quickly connected to your computer for ease of transferring images, direct printing and for setting the camera's functions. Once the provided software program has been...

If your need for security cameras or surveillance is minimal, it is possible to use a relatively inexpensive webcam, along with free open source software, as a security camera. The process is...

When you're looking through your pictures with your digital camera, it's common to find shots you don't like. Since you can delete pictures off of a memory card directly from the camera, it's easy...

Digital photography has opened a new world of possibility for fixing your pictures. Your shots can be cropped and re-sized to tighten your field and clarify your subject, and unwanted objects can...

Kodak Easy Share is a brand of digital camera manufactured by the the Eastman Kodak Corporation geared toward home and personal use. The digital camera is bundled with its own photograph transfer...

Professional astrophotographers will typically capture their shots using an SLR camera with a special mount to attach a telescope. This setup can be expensive and complicated for a beginner to...

The Kodak DC215 is an entry-level digital camera. It comes with a basic, proprietary software that imports your photos into Windows XP. You can also print your photos with the software.

If you're like most people, you lose your breath and your heart starts to pound when you think you have lost your digital photographs. Believe it or not, it's very common for people to transfer...

Every time a new technology takes over, you need to find a way to get irreplaceable items from the old format into the new. Whether it is records to compact discs or film to digital video discs,...

One way that you can keep an eye on what's going on at your home while you're away, is by using your web camera. People often use web cameras primarily to participate in live video conversations,...

Kodak manufactures a line of digital cameras known as Kodak Easyshare cameras. Features of Kodak Easyshare cameras include compatibility with Easyshare software, printer dock functionality and...

Photo chroma key is the process of manipulating images to replace a single colored background with an image photographed at another location or digitally created using editing software.

GE, commonly known for its line of home appliances, also manufactures a line of digital camera products. Their compact size and budget-friendly pricing makes GE's cameras popular among amateur...

Downloading pictures to your computer is a simple process, whether you have a Mac or PC. Digital cameras and software make it easy to get the pictures from your camera to your computer, edit...

When selecting a proper CCTV lens you need to find a proper lens focal length to have the desired field of view. In general it is not easy to understand how parameters of CCTV installation affect...

If you bought a miniDV video camera a few years back, you probably have accumulated a pile of video tapes. MiniDV tapes actually are very good media for video quality and storage. The also last...

Photo noise is the appearance of colored dots in parts of a picture where they shouldn't be. Green and red dots may cover the background, or a person's face may appear hazy and gritty. Once...

Now you don’t have to spend a lot of money or learn complicated camera work in order to shoot your own video. The Flip is a small camera – only about 2" x 4" x 1" – that lets you...

Kodak Easyshare software comes on a CD that is packaged in with all Kodak Digital Cameras. It is a program that not only allows you to transfer pictures from your camera to your computer, but it...

Having a digital camcorder is great for making movies of your family or friends. It can be a lot of fun capturing special moments, but a lot of times people don't know what to do with the DV tapes...

Whether you have a new digital camera, webcam or combination of the two, you will need to install the camera on to a computer to download your pictures to it. Digital cameras can be used without...

Digital cameras offer you more freedom than a traditional film camera. You can just download the pictures to your computer and save the ones you want. You can always print out the keepers for...

The Olympus DS 300 digital voice recorder can be used to record and store several hours of audio files. The recorder comes with a USB cable and a software program that allows you to transfer the...

In order to transfer analog video 8 tapes to your computer, you will need special video transfer hardware. This is true whether you're transferring the video from your analog video camera or video...

Digital cameras use computer components like memory cards to function. Because of that, they are sometimes susceptible to viruses being downloaded on them, much like your computer. A virus on a...

Today's digital camcorders are sophisticated enough to allow anyone to make Hollywood style movies right in their own backyard. Slow motion, black & white, special effects, dazzling...

You can use your VuPoint mini digital camera to take pictures and as a webcam. These little cameras do not cost much and are perfect to carry around for fun so that your more expensive camera...

You've recorded your home movie, but the video is still sitting on your camcorder's tape. How do you transfer the information on the tape to a DVD? The process is actually quite simple, as long as...

Watching movies on a standard digital camera varies from manufacturer to manufacturer and the ease with which movies and episodes of TV shows can be enjoyed on a tiny screen varies as well. The...

You've recorded some priceless video and want to get it on your computer to edit, watch and send to friends and family. You're using a Hitachi 1.3MP camcorder and unfortunately can't find the...

The marriage of the video camera and the computer has turned millions into the next Steven Spielberg, allowing them to edit and add special effects just like the big boys in Hollywood. Of course,...

Software for the Canon XL2 digital camcorder includes Canon Image Control and Storage, where the camera can be controlled remotely from the computer. Look for software that is compatible to Canon...

This article shows you ways to edit your home made videos. Describes the software and freeware available for this purpose.

Before hand-held straight-to-DVD recorders and camera phones, people captured their childhood memories with a reel-to-reel analog recording system called 8mm. The 8mm camera film was not the most...

Have all those digital pictures in your camera but not sure how to share them with friends and family? The day of emailing pictures is old school and with high resolution digital cameras those...

Video conferencing is a popular form of communication brought about by the onset of technology and the wide availability of computers with Internet access. To be able to participate in a video...

Technology has made digital photography and archiving photos incredibly easy. With a simple click of the mouse, you are in charge of which photos are saved and which go to the recycle bin....

The best software that I came to notice that is affordable, easy to install and you can view from Work or in the car while in traffic is Wilife.

Do your homemade videos look shabby? Wonder how your amateur videos could look better. Here are some useful tips...

Time-lapse video was once something only cameras with special lens could record. Those days are history. Now you can make your own time-lapse video with your digital video camera. It takes a bit...

Digital photos are a boon to advertising and family newsletters. In fact, you probably can't find any area that has not been touched by digital photos. With just a little thought on the matter,...