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10 Dec, 2007
Cannon PowerShot SD500 / IXUS 700 Digital Camera
8 of 9 found this helpful This very compact, sleek 7-megapixel digicam is amazing. Smaller than the proverbial deck of cards but about as thick, the SD500 (Cost £250 when first released) is truly a go anywhere point-and-shoot digicam. It slips so easily into a pocket you'll take it with you everywhere and that's a good thing since you'll grab great spontaneous photographs all of the time. And it's light years ahead of any cameraphone, today's chic casual photography solution.
The all-metal SD500 has a 3x optical zoom with a 37mm-111mm range (35mm equivalent) that mirrors the classic film point-and-shoot zoom. Unlike 20th Century film cameras, this one has a large LCD screen to frame and review your images (2 inches rated a decent 118K pixels). This camera does not have all the bells-and-whistles found on higher-priced Canons but it's clearly not designed for the frustrated Lee Friedlanders out there. It's for the person who wants style, convenience, simple operation and good quality… meaning about 99 percent of the people on the planet!
The battery life is excellnt the only thing that lets it down is the movie mode compression so you need to have plenty of sd memory cards if you intend to use it to video lots!
Its a good all round camera for when you need it and excellent at macro / close up's for ebay !
28 Dec, 2009
Bose Noise Canceling Headset - THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
When it comes to noise-canceling headphones, Bose's original QuietComfort model set the gold standard. Now the company is offering the QuietComfort 2 (listed at $299), which delivers improved sound, a superior design, and--most notable--noise-canceling circuitry that's built into the headphones themselves, not a little box incorporated into the cord.
The QuietComfort 2 looks much like the full-sized, over-the-ear original. One of our gripes with the first model, now going for a reduced list price of $249, is that it takes up too much room in a bag. The new QuietComfort is still somewhat hefty, but its earcups swivel so that it folds flat and fits in a stylish case. The resulting package is slightly bigger than a CD wallet, which makes it easier to tote. For good measure, Bose threw in a headphone extension cord and a two-prong in-flight adapter.
Yes, the noise-canceling circuitry really works, but even without it, the earcups' deliciously soft cushions effectively sealed off our ears from the noisy environment. Flipping on the noise cancellation damped down the noise even further. Curiously, you have to engage it to listen to music, and when the battery dies, so does the music. Luckily, battery life is good. Bose rates it at 35 hours, and the single AAA battery, which resides in the right earcup, was still going strong after 20 hours of air travel.
The first thing we noticed about the QuietComfort 2's sound was the bass--it was wonderfully rich and full. Of all the noise-canceling headphones we've tested, this Bose came closest to delivering the shock and awe of the better speaker systems, though treble detail and sparkle were mellower than on our reference Grado SR 60. All sorts of music--classical, rock, and jazz--sounded refined and natural. One caveat: The QuietComfort 2, like some other noise-canceling headsets, produces a slight sense of pressure on the eardrum. Listeners sensitive to this effect may find it mildly uncomfortable.
Clearly, the rationale for laying out this much cash for a set of headphones isn't just sound quality. In this case, is the noise cancellation worth the extra freight? That's your call, and thanks to Bose's 30-day trial, you can buy the QuietComfort 2 and see and hear for yourself.
There are now new models being the QC3 but you can't beat the QC2 for comfort over the new qc3's!
10 Aug, 2016
Lightweight glitter fix
The amount is very small and I cant find anywhere that does it any bigger. It does go quite far I would say you could get upto 15 faces out of each container (if used sparingly). It sticks glitter and diamantes to skin well and I have not had any bad reations from customers as to the feel of it when it is on their face. I use a small brush for small details rather than the applicator but it is good for covering a larger area. It keeps the gitter on the customers face most of the day and is easy to wash off.