Canon EOS Kiss Digital X2

Canon EOS Kiss Digial X2 battery

2010-07-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

Hello i would like to say a little bit about the battery for the Canon EOS Kiss X2 12.2
mp Digital Camera even when there is not a lot to say about a battery in a review, well
here goes as far as batteries go.
Canon have developed this battery to be 50% more powerfull than the battery for the
EOS 400D and gives more shooting time in its lithium ion power pack, the battery is a
Canon LP-E5 battery pack and you can recharge the battery with its own charger
that comes with the camera when you buy the kit.
Now the camera run at 7.4 volts with an output of 1080mah capacity,also the battery
has no memory effect this means you can charge the battery when you want, you
dont have to discharge all its power before recharging plus eco friendly.
Now the battery has been designed to fit Canon`s other D-SLR range and they are
the 500D and the 1000d model so if you have upgraded to the 500d from the
Kiss X2 the battery will fit.
Now the tech side has been covered they are some imitaion batteries out there for
the Kiss X2 like the powerstorm LP-E5 and many other makes.
These are a little cheaper in price to acquire but by some reviews of these batteries
there are a lot to be desired.
Here i would like to show you some reviews from amazon customers about the
canon and lower priced models.

vipre77 says:Bought a genuine Canon LP-E5 as a backup to the original that came
with my Rebel XSI that I bought last year. Had it for 3 months and it worked fine.
Only charged it maybe 3 times in the time that I had it. One day, for no apparent
reason, it gave up the ghost and wouldn't take a charge at all. I bought this battery
from a reputable local Canon authorized retailer right before they went out of
business. Three months had passed since I bought the battery. The retailer that
sold me the battery was out of business. I was past their return period, so even if
they were still in business, I'd still have been hosed anyway, so I called Canon
USA directly to see about getting it returned under warranty. Turns out that
Canon USA offers NO WARRANTY OF ANY SORT on their batteries.
I paid nearly $70 for a battery that I only used a couple of times and then died
permanently. It was nearly enough to make me sell off all of my Canon gear
(2 digital SLR's with a collection of lenses, 1 point-and-shoot, a flatbed scanner
and a multi-function printer) and jump ship to another camera manufacturer.
Caveat Emptor!

Do yourself a favor and buy a superior aftermarket battery from another
manufacturer that actually gives you a warranty with their products.

ronni j.engel says:Battery mysteriously quite working after less than 3 months.
Would put in charger, light would illuminate red, then after a few hours
(normal charging time) would go green, I would remove charger from outlet,
remove battery, put in camera and nothing--no power at all. I put in back in
charger, and light went red---same thing several times!

c.o`connor says: The battery is an OEM Canon battery. I bought this as a spare
battery for our honeymoon to Greece this year. The writing on the battery is
different from the one that came with my camera and is different from the picture
as advertised, but other than that it is identical. I haven't recharged it yet but it
came almost fully charged and I have taken about 300 pictures on it and it is
only halfway down now. It came with the contact cover and easily fits in to the
battery compartment, unlike some of the aftermarket batteries which can stick.
Well worth the price. c.o`connor

As you can see some people are saying about the price of the Canon LP-E5
battery but are willing to pay the price for quality with Canon and most just
wanted backup batteries for there camera.

Canon EOS Kiss Digital X2 Live View

2010-07-20T12:34:00.000-07:00

Hello again we are going to take a in depth look at the live view mode function on the
Canon EOS Kiss Digital X2.
This function enables the back LCD screen on the camera to give you sharp
definition images of what the CMOS image sensor is viewing in real time.
The CMOS image sensor is what the camera uses to take photos and the sensor
is the cameras digital eye to the world.
Now live view is the way we can take our photos in a slower and controlled
situations like tripod work, the LCD screen live view mode is great for capturing
images that are a bit tricky to perfect like as were you need to change some
settings on your camera like metering,auto focus and the magnification.
Live View can be intreated with all your camera options on the LCD screen
in your tab menu like if you wanted to do some magnification of an image
live view is shown and a grid appears.
The live view image and settings can be adjusted there for to improve the photo.
So live view is a great way to improve photos in controlled situations and its also
great for awkward angle shots like ground level and macro shots this means you
can look at the LCD screen instead of looking through the viewfinder.
The live view displays a smooth 30fps video feed on the 3" screen that is 50%
more brighter than the 400d model.
The live view mode can also work in studio environments and remote live view
gives you the option of a live video feed to your pc when using the supplied
EOS utility software.

Canon EOS Kiss Digital X2 Integrated Cleaning System

2010-07-03T17:30:00.000-07:00

The Canon EOS Kiss Digital X2 has a EOS integrated cleaning system this is implemented
every time you start up your camera to remove dust.

A self-cleaning sensor unit creates a short burst of hi frequency vibrations to
shake dust particles off the infared filter, this lasts for one second but is
disabled when taking pictures after start up.

There are two other ways the EOS Kiss reduces dust collection and the makers
Canon have managed to reduce the dust generation with redesigned body cap
that prevents dust collection through wear of the cap itself.

The last way is to repel dust from the low pass filter covering the front of the
cmos sensor this is done by anti static technology to repel dust particles.

The last product to repel dust Canon have developed a internal dust delete
system this maps out were visible dust that landed on the sensor and
developed a software called digital photo professional software can
delete from the image the dust particles when processed by the software.

Canon EOS Kiss Digital x2 Auto Lighting Optimizer

2010-07-01T12:45:00.000-07:00

The Canon EOS Kiss X2 digital camera has some great added features to the camera and its software.
Today we are going to talk about it`s Auto Lighting Optimizer feature, this is a great feature that analizes dark areas of the image and brightens them up.
There are four conditions that the auto lighting optimizer can improve and affect the brightness of the image and these conditions are.

1. AE Underexposed

2. Insufficient flash light output

3. Backlit subject

4. Low Contrast

1. AE underexposed is a condition that when taking a photo of landscape, when white subject is in front of a white back ground the photo becomes under exposed due to metering
setting and characteristics the under exposure is improved with the auto lighting optimizer.
The picture is then brightened and the contrast is adjusted to make the picture brighter.

2. Insufficient flash light output is when the light from the flash unit has not reached the subject and the subject remains dark from the insufficient light.
The optimizer brightens and adjusts the contrast of the image to improve the photo.

3. backlit subject- this is a condition where the background of the image is to bright, so darkening the subject in the front of the picture the auto lighting optimizer sees and analizes the picture this then brightens the subject image at the front to improve the photo and lightens up the dark areas.

4. Low Contrast is a condition that is made even by a cloudy day that the sun cant break through the clouds and this makes low contrast the optimizer brightens the image by lightening the contrast up and inproving the image.

Now that we see some conditions that the auto lighting optimizer can improve the images on the Canon EOS Kiss X2 Digital Camera.
Lets look at the setting of this feature on the camera itself.
This option can be found in the menu on the your led screen at the back of the camera.
Press menu then scroll through the tabs until you see the auto lighting optimizer option scroll down to that option and press set this gives the option to adjust or enable the function by scrolling through its options then press set to select to auto lighting optimizer.
After you have set your options you can test the optimizer capabilities, also there is more ways to improving the quality of your photos before you set your optimizer up and i will be writing more tips and tricks about the Canon EOS Kiss Digital X2 12.2 MP Digital camera.

Canon EOS Kiss Digital x2 Flash Unit

2010-06-12T15:12:00.000-07:00

Canon EOS Kiss x2 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera uses a onboard flash system that pops up with a push of a button this article is going to take a look at what flash units offer to photography before we look at the compatible flash units for the canon EOS Kiss X2.

Using a flash in many digital cameras is discovered by the technique of metering.
Metering is a help to check how much light is open externally for photos to be in use that are of nice quality.
So how does metering work,metering is a system that notices what amount light and analyzing the brightness and contrast of the light.
There are many ways that digital cameras detect light and Frequently those are center weighted metering , spot metering and matrix metering also manual metering.
Center weighted metering- pays more attention to the center of the image and determines if flash is needed.

Spot metering- Measures a small amount of area in the center of the image.

Matrix metering- This multi patterned system holds the white highlights below over-exposure.

Manual metering- Manual metering by using light meters that give readings of light.

Now we have become familar there a number of types of metering and they all do the same business that tells us if we need a flash with our photos or not.
With many lower end cameras with built in flash the camera takes a metering test before making a picture also warning you if you wish the flash and the picture is taken then problems commence to manifest like red eye and flash fall out.
Red eye is brought on by the eye glow red when the flash and the human eyes axes are very close near each other so the light flash is too great for the photo to look of brilliant quality so the flash is best for photos in a few ways but over power the photo in other ways.
Flash fall out is a Trouble caused by subjects being to far-off from the flash exposure that the light won't reach the subject and the photo is of not good quality.
With more latest quality digital cameras like the Canon EOS Kiss X2 and other products of the same class of in technology use metering in the same way but in a more sophisticated way and the downside of red eye and flash fall out are reduced dramatically.
So if these problems are getting you down maybe an upgrade to a more sophisticated camera like a d SLR camera is for you.
D-SLR cameras range to about 500 to 2000 pounds and these cameras include great added features to the software that help you counter or rectify these difficulties manually or automatically and this gives allow the conditions of how the flash unit is exercised to take photos.
In the more extreme conditions adding flash umbrella and enormous flash units but these are expensive but they assist Together with the more professional photographers were the light bounces off the umbrella then onto the subject so the light is much more soft and not harsh for instance some flash units cause when portraits are taken in professional studios and fashion photos are taken for magazines.
With the Canon EOS Kiss 12.2mp Digital SLR Camera the light unit is fitted to the camera on a flip release system and the camera its self uses metering with three options evaluative metering, partial metering and spot metering evaluative metering looks at the whole picture, partial metering looks at the center area and spot metering looks at the very center of the lense area.

These can be adjusted when you are in creative mode on the camera but not so in standard mode this means the camera takes over and does all the work for you in standard mode and in creative mode you can take over the controls and this were this article is about looking at the flash units that fit the Canon EOS Kiss X2 the flash that is fitted to the EOS Kiss is a standard flash with a flash range of 15 feet any photos taken that are over that distance the camera would struggle to cope and extra flash units would have to be introduced.
Canon EOS Kiss is equip with a flash hotshoe that there speedlite range fits to camera.
There canon speedlite 220ex is the standard flash it doesn't have an adjustable head and only has a shooting distance of 15.7 meters then there is the canon 430ex speedlite with a range of 24.3 meters and the canon 580EX speedlite has a range of 30 meters with its powerful flash, Flash fallout should not be a problem the 430EX and the 580EX are wireless and synch with the cameras settings for optimum flash photography.

Canon EOS Kiss Digital x2 Flash

2010-06-05T17:12:00.001-07:00

          220ex              430ex ii                                 580ex ii
Wireless
No                        Slave                                 Controller and Slave

AF-assist Beam:
Yes                          Yes, covers all focus    Yes, linked to multi-point
                                 points in EOS cameras   AF system of compatible
                                 up to 9 AF points            cameras
Guide No. (ISO 100, in meters) Zoom/Guide:
28/22                        24/23; 28/26; 35/32;         14/15; 24/28; 28/30;
                                 50/35; 70/38; 105/43         35/36; 50/42; 70/50;
                                                                           80/53; 105/58
Flash Covering Setting Method:
Fixed condenser lens Fixed condenser lens   Fixed condenser lens
                                  with internal zoom           with internal zoom

Flash Coverage Setting System:
Fixed                         1. Autozoom (zooms        1. Autozoom (zooms
                                  automatically to match      automatically to match
                                  the lens focal length)          the lens focal length)
                                  2. Manual Zoom (with      2. Manual Zoom (with
                                  zoom button)                    zoom button)
                                  3. Wide Panel                   3. Wide Panel

Image Size Zoom Control:
None                       With cameras compatible   With cameras
                                with auto zoom, it zooms    compatible with auto
                                 automatically to match       zoom, it zooms
                                 the camera's image size    automatically to match
                                        the camera's image size
Color Temperature Control
None            automatically transfers     automatically transfers
                                    colour temperature         colour temperature
                                    information to recent       information to recent
                                    models of digital SLR      models of digital SLR
                                    cameras                            cameras
Zooming Speed:
None    Approx 0.4 secs.    Approx 0.6 secs.
                                                                           (24-105mm)
Zoom Position Indicator:
None                          numerals on the LCD's   numerals on the LCD's
                                   focal length display        focal length display
Bounce Direction:
None                        Up: 0-90 degrees; Left: Up: 0-90 degrees; Down:
                                 0-180 degrees; Right     0-7 degrees; Left: 0-180
                                 0-90 degrees                 degrees; Right: 0-180
                                                                       degrees
Bounce Position Indication:
None Markings on back of    LCD indicates 7
                                 flash head                        degree bounce down
                                                                         only
Manual Power Setting
None                          1/1 to 1/64                      1/1 to 1/128
Exposure Control Modes:
E-TTL II, E-TTL, TTL E-TTL II, E-TTL, TTL E-TTL II, E-TTL, TTL
Flash Modes:
Normal flash, high sync Normal flash, high sync Normal flash quick
speed, test firing              speed, test firing    flash, high sync speed,
                                       modeling flash               stroboscopic flash,
                                                                           test firing, modelling
                                                                           flash
Flash Range - ISO 100 50/1.4
0.7m- 15.7m    0.7m-24.3m    0.5m-30m
Custom Functions:
None    6, user selectable          14, user selectable
Other Features
Weather sealed
                                                                             metal mounting
                                                                             foot.
Internal Power Source
4xAA    4xAA    4xAA
External Power Source Option
No    No No
Dimensions (W x H x D) mm:
65.1 x 92 x 62    72 x 122 x 101 76 x 134 x 114
Weight (excluding batteries):
160g    330g    375g

Canon EOS Kiss Digital X2 Compatible lenses

2010-05-06T13:19:00.000-07:00

The canon EOS Kiss X2 12.2mp digital SLR camera has a wide range of lenses on give that fit the digital SLR camera beginning with a look at what distinct types of lenses there are, and what numerous lenses are good for the canon EOS Kiss X2 12.2 MP digital SLR camera.

Normal lenses
Lenses that are classed as normal lenses are around 50MM lens there normal because there in the middle of the spectrum and not wide-angle or long-focal lenses.
The circumstances that suite the normal lens is day to day pictures on the go,indoor use and studio photography also pictures of friends and so on.
Because the normal lens looks like the human eye looks and believes the world around it,the technical measurements are from around 40MM to 55MM as of the eye the lense looks around from 240 degrees around the fuzzy borders down into the degree of 2 to fantastic sharpness in the center of the lense and this would be free of perspective distortion just like the human eye.
The lense coverage is around 45 to 50 degree to be regular and not have distortion like wide-angle and long focus lenses.
But some say that routine lense cameras are to plain and feel restricted so look for more dynamic photography that wide-angle and long-focal lense gives.
The canon EOS Kiss X2 12.2MP digital SLR camera lenses comprise this range with there EF 14MM F/2.8L USM at the wide angle end up to the EF 800MM F/5.6L IS USM at the long focal end of the range.
The routine range for the EOS Kiss X2 is the EF 50MM F/1.2L USM consummate low light worker ideal for controlling depth of field and shooting indoors flash free.

Wide-angle lenses
The wide angle lens has a little focal length than the ordinary lens this gives the camera knack to capture a wide angle shot in minimal spaces the most noticeable property is for example in tiny spaces where you cant move backwards to get full picture like normal lenses but with wide angle lens it give Honest coverage of interior views and will often convey with a full sweep of the landscape witch gives a depth view of close up objects and long view landscape in the background.
The Canon EOS Kiss X2 lense that are wide-angle lens are a EF 14MM F/2.8L USM the exacting professionals ultra wide-angle lens uses UD and aspherical elements for paramount image
quality a maximum F/2.8 aperture ensures great low light performance.
This means aspherical and UD are two types of lens elements: aspherical elements is to adjust spherical aberrations and super UD (ultra low dispersion) elements to eradicate secondary chromatic aberrations so results are crisp, high contrast and undistorted image quality all the way to the frame peripheries and the USM is a ring USM auto focus with manual override and Canon`s ring USM auto focus system employs ultra-sonic frequency vibration for fast accurate and virtually silent operation with exceptional holding torque.
Full time manual focus override via a large ring that does not rotate during auto-focus this allows the photographer to make fine tuning a shot instantly.

Long Focus Lenses
Long focus lenses have a great ability to let you work at long distances this art of stalking when photographing wildlife at long distance and gives the photographer a chance to remain obscure to its subject and the images are bought to the forefront and background and foreground is left out of the image so the subject is in full frame. The problem is with these long focal lenses they are heavy and hard to manage and keep still when taking the shots so is has its advantage with long distances so great for sports and wildlife photography.
The lenses in this range for the Canon EOS Kiss X2 are Canon EF 800MM F/5.6L IS USM these features are L-series construction the EF 800MM F/5.6L IS USM incorporates canon highest standard of precision optics with dust and moisture seals offer advanced protection from the elements even in harsh weather conditions.

ZOOM LENSE
A zoom lense has a variable focal length which means that in a single housing a range of different magnifications and angles of view can be combined.
The image quality possible with this kind of lens used to be poorer than the fixed focal length lenses recently though lens design has improved and the modern day zoom lense have excellent optics.
Zoom lense have a wide range of zoom lenses covering all ranges from wide-angle lens to long focal lenses.
Generally the range of a zoom lens is between two and three times its shortest focal length like 35-70mm is a popular lense as are 80-200MM and 100-300MM at the extreme end of focal length as the design of the optics is very complex and it makes these lensed very expensive.
The Canon range of zoom lense start from EF-S 10-22MM F3.5-45 USM up to EFT-S 100-300 FL/4.5-5.6L IS US covering wide-angle up to long focal length with 40 different lenses to fit your needs.

The Canon EOS Kiss x2 RAW File Format

2010-04-12T11:31:00.000-07:00

The Canon EOS Kiss x2 camera offers this RAW file format because digital cameras have this same problem and that waste of picture quality each time the image is saved to its memory.
There are different type of file formats and they are JPEG and TIFF also this canon eos Kiss x2 camera file format RAW and we will Appear into these different file formats beginning with JPEG and were the problems are caused.

JPEG is a compression format when images are save to memory they suffer a loss in quality of the image and this is called compression loss When the image is retained by JPEG file format the image is compressed down to about 90 percent to save on camera memory for compression to
accomplish this some data is thrown away and this degrades the quality of the image, this compression system is called discrete cosine transformation and when it compresses it works on a blocks of eight pixel at a time keep some part of the picture and someis lost so the picture is degraded.

There is upgrade to the first JPEG file format JPEG 2000 this was phased in to digital cameras to improve on picture quality and the system now used is wavelet compression and this file format creates less artifacts and better quality of image with 20 percent compression loss also pictures compressed with JPEG file format and most medium range cameras offer a level of compression usually normal compression high compression or super high and that guide is high compression high degraded image low compression low degraded image.

TIFF stands for tagged image file format this is better file format it takes up more memory space when saved to the camera and these can be saved uncompressed this is a universally readable format and when TIFF is compressed by LZW (LEMPEL-ZIV-WELCH) the it is compressed by about 50 percent and when the image is uncompressed there is no degrading of
the image the quality is lost by the camera itself.

RAW file format that the Canon needs EOS Kiss x2 has is better than JPEG and TIFF because the file is unprocessed data and is totally faithful to the image when it was taken only draw back with this format RAW needs its own manufactured software to read it but whichever file format is used the cameras had to be built to take on more memory and they come in the form of memory cards.

Canon EOS Kiss Digital X2

2010-04-02T08:29:00.000-07:00

This is a look at the new Canon EOS Kiss 12.2 MP Digital Camera with an in depth Browse at some of its best features and what they relate to you,features like 12.2 megapixil CMOS sensor and Canon EOS Kiss integrated cleaning system with our special 3.0 inch LCD screen with Live View shooting. So lets Browse and see what Canon EOS Kiss has to offer.

* 3.5 frames per second.

* Canon`s EOS Kiss integrated cleaning system.

* 9-point wide-area AF system with F/2.8 cross type centre point.

* 3.0" LCD with live view shooting.

* Digital III image processor.

* Picture style image processing parameters.

* Compact and lightweight body.

* Digital photo professional raw processor software 1.

* Fully compatible with all canon EF and EF-s lenses and ex-series specdites.

12.2 megapixil CMOS sensor
With all key components developed and manufactured in-house, EOS offers photographers a special quality advantage. The EOS Kiss`s has a special specially designed 12.2mp sensor constructs canon`s formidable sensitivity,
low-noise CMOS sensor technology to generate gaining detailed images with less grain. The Digic III processor make sure of finer excellent image taking and fast response times, With an almost immediate 0.1 start up time. Image data is converted at 14 bits to dispatch a burst rate of 3.5 frames per second, the Digic III processor succeeds with the image buffer to handle up to 53 JPEG without interruption.

Built for amazing photos
The EOS Kiss is intended to Create photography an amazing enterprise for photographers of all levels of experience. Made in a shortened housing that weighs less than 473 grams, the camera gives a better grip that fits the hand of the user. A large,bright viewfinder gives image composition clearer. The main system inherited from professional EOS cameras uses a manageable tab options that does get rid of scrolling.
It includes a user defined my menu tab for instant access to frequently used settings.
Many custom functions are available to improved your quality of photo`s taken in a range of situations. Highlight tone priority boosts the dynamic range at the highlight end, giving better tonal detail from wedding dresses, cloudy skies and other bright objects. The new auto lighting optimizer correct exposure for faces. Photographers can even change the noise reduction for your shooting at high ISO speed.

Look at the Live view
Comes to us for the first time with canon customer D-SLR live view mode makes it not difficult to take pictures from awkward angles like ground level macro shots or shooting on a tripod. The image from the live view mode is shown as a smooth 30 fps video feed on the 3.0 inch LCD, that is 50% brighter than the EOS 400D model. Agrid line display and live histogram can be selected to help with shot composition and exposure. When focusing the photographer can zoom in on the 10x magnification image when selected on the LCD screen. There are two type of auto focus available 1, quick AF this flips the camera mirror momentarily to engage the AF sensor,2. Live AF uses the image contrast data to focus-this is a method familiar to someone upgrading from a compact camera. For indoor use or studio settings remote live view lets photographer compose and prepared setting from his or her computer using IT software that is provided with the camera EOS utility software.

More improvements
The EOS Kiss achieve`s its headline features by giving it so many lesser improvements that amplify the photographer experience. The improvement to the viewfinder now displays all key exposure information including ISO speed. The addition of spot metering (4% of viewfinder) Allows for greater control over in tricky lighting conditions. pictbridge functionality has been expanded so that photographers can impress horizons and add picture effects before printing. A new high capacity battery has been inserted to give you more shooting time with one single charge can last for 500 shots.

Software
The EOS Kiss is supplied with a comprehensive software suite that gives you everything the photograph needs to process and manage images. This includes (DPP) Digital Photo Professional, a very powerful raw converter providing complete RAW image processing control. DPP also integrates with camera features such as dust delete data and picture style. The supplied picture style editor software can be used to create custom picture style for fine control over colour display. The camera also comes with EOS utility image/zoom browser and photo stitch.