Gordon Goble

Robert Metcalfe is an intriguing character. He holds several university degrees, writes a nationally syndicated tech column, has for several years run a 400-acre farm in Maine, and in 1979… →

When the digital camera first snapped its way onto the public consciousness amidst a spray of flashing lights in the early 1990s, the reaction was somewhat less than stellar. Why?… →

Recent history is filled with examples of perfectly decent – and sometimes perfectly superior – technologies that, for one reason or another, died on the way to widespread adoption. Some,… →

Nikon D90 Street Price: $1100 The Nikon D90 is ample proof that one no longer need drop immense gobs of money for a truly great quasi-professional digital camera. At a… →

Olympus PEN E-P1 Street Price: $600 One of the first Micro Four-Thirds cameras on the market, the PEN E-P2 features a retro styling and a rather basic control set that… →

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 Street Price: $300 The most recent in a long and critically-acclaimed line of Panasonic ultra zooms, the 18X Lumix DMC-FZ35 delights most everyone who uses it and… →

Canon EOS Rebel XSi Street Price: $600 The slightly more capable brother of Canon's true budget SLR offering, the Rebel XS, the Rebel XSi debuted in 2008 yet holds strong… →

Fujifilm FinePix J28 Street Price: $100 At the $100 mark, cameras that can pull off a solid photo are hard to find. But despite competition from models such as the… →

While we’ve previously discussed digital camera lenses in some detail (see Digital Cameras: Digital Zoom vs. Optical Zoom for more info), we'd be remiss if we didn't talk about the… →

We've now covered most of the basics in our series of guides to digital and DSLR cameras, some new and some not so new, in the world of digital photography.… →

Thus far, here in our digital and DSLR camera shopping guide, we've tried to simplify and break down the distinctions between compact cams and SLRs. Now we want to tackle… →

When you shoot through a compact digital camera, you use its LCD screen to compose and focus your image. There are disadvantages to this setup when compared to using the… →

“Ultra-zoom” capabilities are currently all the rage in the consumer compact digital camera market. But does that mean a compact camera with a 26X optical zoom is a good bet… →

Think back to the camera sensor we spoke of in our compact vs. SLR camera buying guide. Every digital camera has one, and upon it resides an organized array of… →

What better place to start discussing the digital camera space than in the midst of a battle that raged long before the advent of the digicam and continues to go… →