New Treatment Approach for leukemia Cancer patients

It had been decades that we heard the standard treatment for cancer patient especially Leukemia patient are chemoteraphy, radioterapy and bone marrow transplant. until now I will say that that is the only option that we have. 

2 day ago, I came across the article publish by CNN online breaking news . I start thinking that this is a new and most promising hope and a breakthrough to our Leukemia treatment procedure. I am looking forward that this will be a true dream for any Leukemia patient. However, at the moment I read this article, I understand that it is still under experimental stage eventhough the result is very promising. They had publish their findings at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. Kudos to this group of people that keep on doing their best to find new and most effective treatment for the leukemia. 

The news on this breakthrough were also publish in CBS News. 

Cancer Patient Reason to Live

Today I read from an on-line newspaper a testimony by a cancer patient who is suffering A type of cancer named Multiple Myeloma. As describe by National Cancer Institute, it is a type of cancer that begin in plasma cell (White blood cells that produce antibodies).

As I read the story there, I realised that, what the person wrote in her story  is not only applicable to her situation but most of the cancer patient. The situation is almost the same in term of moral support from friends, relative or anybody around you.

It is very though but we need to understand. No matter how strong a person are before they being declare as having cancer, they will really need continuous emotional support to walk that path. Treatment combine with high spirit to make use each of single minutes of their life to survive will help them to move on everyday. The emotional support from those around them can help to uplift their desire to live.

They need to know that the end of their journey is not govern by their health but it is by GOD will. Being declare as a cancer patient or any life threatening sickness is only as a reason for us to tell other when they are not around any more.

There is lots of cancer patient survive and continue with their life for years. Just search it on line, we will found lot of testimony written by the survivors.

Cancer giving me the courage to become better person.

Thank God for giving me this new day in life. There had been lots of obstacle that I have gone through in my life. Being raised up in a poor family, today I am still marginally live in between an average and poor family. Despite having a good career, I found that it still very hard to make a living. Having average monthly pay check but the living cost is sky high.

As at today I am glad I still can carry this burden because of You, my God. One again Thanks for your hand that helping me to cope with my daily life living with cancer patient. Last July my wife finish her last cycle of chemotherapy for her Lymphoma. We are advised by the doctor that my wife should not get pregnant any more. As human I feel sad but in other hand I thank God that for that situation. My financial standing currently does not allow me to have another children, in other words it is blessing in disguised. 

As for my wife she still do follow up in the hospital to monitor her health. For me what matter most is her diet. As mentioned earlier cost of living is sky rocket, sometime we a force to have whatever in the fridge just to fill in the stomach. I feel really sorry for my wife and my 3 kids and a baby. As for the kids, it is not their fault. Their dream is big but as my pocket say that I am to small to take that big dream. I try whatever with in my limit to fulfil their dream and for now I still trying. 

For my wife please do not simply take overnight food, salty food, Junk food, food and drinks that contain preservative of any food that will affect you health. You need to think that you have to be healthy if you want to continue to take of the kids until they can stand on their own. We need to walk this path hand in hand.

It is tough but we need to get tougher. Remember that we have been allow in this situation cause we are special and God knows exactly what we need. If we bend His plan he will bend it again until we reach the straight path.  

Future Alterntive treatment for cancer

 Quoted from this website http://www.naturalnews.com/038624_graviola_cancer_study_breast.html

Groundbreaking new cancer study on graviola shows promise as a possible treatment.
Graviola, the tropical fruit with the unusual nickname "sour sop," stops cancer tumor cells from growing in pancreatic cancer.


Scientists prove the cancer-healing abilities of graviola in the lab and in living tissue.
University of Nebraska Medical Center: Graviola kills pancreatic cancer cells by inhibiting cellular metabolism. This cancer tumor-fighting ability has been confirmed both in test tubes and in live subjects.

Graviola stops breast cancer as well.

The medical journal's June 2011 issue includes a study on graviola and breast cancer. In this study, scientists at Virginia Tech demonstrated that graviola fruit extract (juice) could reduce the growth of cancer on the skin of human breast cancer patients without damaging healthy breast tissue.

Graviola also fights viruses, kills parasites, reduces inflammation, and reverses the glycemic load which leads to diabetes.

Despite all of these claims it is always been a good practice to know more on this before we jump into the boat. This information might be useful before you decide.

Is Sour Sop a Cancer Killer 10,000 times Stronger Than Chemotherapy?

Sources:

Memorial- Sloane Kettering Cancer Center.com, "Graviola"
http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/herb/graviola

PubMed.gov, Nutrition and Cancer. 2011; 63(5):795-801. "Selective growth inhibition of human breast cancer cells by graviola fruit extract in vitro and in vivo involving downregulation of EGFR expression." Dai and Hogan, et al.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21767082

PubMed.gov, Cancer Letters. 2012 Oct 1; 323(1):29-40. "Graviola: a novel promising natural-derived drug that inhibits tumorigenicity and metastasis of pancreatic cancer cells in vitro and in vivo through altering cell metabolism." Torres, et al.
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PubMed.gov, Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 1998 May; 61(1):81-3. "Effect of the extract of Annona muricata and Petunia nyctaginiflora on Herpes simplex virus."
Padma P, et al.
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Springer.com, "Antinociceptive and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of the Ethanol Extract of Annona muricata L. Leaves in Animal Models." International Journal of Molecular Science. 2010 May 6; 11(5):2067-78. De Sousa OV, et al.
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-211-45295-0_24

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Diffuse large B Cell Lymphoma: Days 9 to 11 after Chemotherapy

Patient health condition from days 9 to days 11 after chemotherapy ( R-CHOP)

Days 9:
on this days patient complaining of slight fever and watery stool. She pass motion about 5 time since early morning. Immediately we go to Normah Specialist centre, accident and Emergency clinic. There she was diagnose and found out that her body temperature was 38.6 deg. and only 0.4 white blood count (WBC). The doctor then informed us that she had to be admitted due to the very low WBC. She was admitted to Sarawak General Hospital on the same day and was given medicine to boost her white blood cell production.

Days 10:
Doctor review the patient condition.She been put under antibiotic and been given medicine to boost the production of her White blood cell. Later of the day her blood sample was taken to check on the WBC and other parameter which is essential to plan for further treatment on her. She was also given medicine to fight against the fever.She was also been given medicine to treat her diarrhoea.

Days 11:
Her condition is improving. She still having on and off fever. However she still having Diarrhoea.

This is a quick history of the the diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma.

Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma : Days 7 to 8 patient health condition.

DLBCL Patient health condition days 7 and 8: (21th March 2013 to 22nd March 2013)

It had been 8 days since the chemotherapy with R-CHOP Regime had Started.As mentioned in earlier article, she still having sore throat, headache and passing watery stool. However the watery stool condition, I assume that it is not to the situation called diarrhea. she still having good apatite accept that she need to take soft food because of her sore throat. 

Since the first day of the Chemotherapy it was hardly been notice that she loosing her hair as what we usually heard. Thank God for that. this situation I consider that the hair fall is so much depend on the dosage prescribe by doctor as to match the cancer stage. May be it also due to the body condition that still be able to tolerate the chemotherapy regime.

Index Finger.

A few things that are noticeable with my wife condition are she seem like emotionally stressful due to the treatment. Another situation is that she having situation that sometime she become absent minded and also she always complaint of body ache and numbness at her right hand index finger. At night she normally telling me that her heart beat faster than normal but it does not prolong. Honestly I do not know whether this is one of the side effect of this chemotherapy treatment. 

On the daily diet she take, it is almost as usual accept that she taking more fruits and reduce taking much fatty foods such as fried foods. There is no more overnight food for her, no more fast food as our usual lifestyle which we having dinner outside at least once a week. This all due to hygienic factor. Remember this. A person that goes through chemotherapy has very weak body defence hence avoid to be in a congested public area such as shopping mall,markets or even health clinic ( do not go to clinic or hospital if it is not necessary).If the person need to be at this location at least get her to use musk and always bring along hand sanitizer.

The most important role that I and all of our family members and not forgetting also all of our friends is give all of our support to lift up her spirit in enduring this difficult times. There is no other replacement to this moral support. As all we know, recovery process not only depends on medicine but also not to put patient into depression mode. "Laughter is the best medicine". There is lots of information being publish with regards to the side effect of chemotherapy treatment.

This article is just an information what my wife had gone through while she is undergo her chemotherapy treatment for her Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma (DLBCL).

Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma (R-CHOP) : 6 days after R-CHOP

The standard treatment for Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma is Chemotherapy. My wife had been advised by our doctor to undergo this standard treatment as soon as possible just because this type of Lymphoma is an aggressive type. It can attack other part of the body without any warning or symptom until you feel sick. She had been suggested the R-CHOP regime for his Chemotherapy by her doctor.

Day 1: 15th of March 2013
My wife and I went to see the doctor to start the first cycle of Chemotherapy. She was admitted as out patient in day care ward. Before starting the R-CHOP regime my wife was given the anti-allergy drug. Her condition before and after the administered of the anti-allergy drug remain good.

After the Anti allergy drug, Then the first drug for the R-CHOP regime was given to my wife. There is no unusual sign shown by my wife. everything is good. Until finishing the whole dos of R-CHOP regime she was still in very good condition except that a bit dizzy but then she had been recovered.

The first day of her Chemotherapy had been good. She was discharge and prescribe with Prednisolone, Anti nausea, and Multivitamin. Doctor advise not to take any other herbal medicine prior to any consultation with him cause this might interfere with the treatment and might cause adverse effect to the patient.  Another advice is to make sure that the environment where she were is Hygienic. Try to avoid places like markets, have distance with those that having Cough, Fever, Flu or any communicable diseases.

Day 2 until day 3 : 16th March until 18th March 2013
My wife condition remain good. She still having good apatite.( Most of the patient that undergo Chemotherapy had been reported to have lost of apatite)

Day 4 until day 6 : 18th March until 20th March.
The effect of the R-CHOP shown some sign. Her sense of taste start to gone but she still have apatite. She feel tasteless unless she consume something with the sour taste. The following days She feel pain at her throat area. I suspect it is sore throat as it is another side effect of the Chemotherapy. Last night she complaint of stomach paint and she went to pass s***. As expected, it is not as per normal solid but liquid. Is it Diarrhea? I am not certain. Diarrhea is a condition of a person passing watery stool frequently. In other words at least 3 time a day. From middle of last night until this morning (20th March 2013) she only had it once. Hopefully that is the only one time. Diarrhea is also one of the side effect of Chemotherapy.

Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Treatment (R-CHOP)

Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) is a most common type of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL). The treatment for this Blood Cancer is by under-go Chemotherapy. To be more specific the chemotherapy is the combination of Rituximab,  Cyclophosphamide or also called cytoxan or Neosar, Doxorubicin( or Adriamycin), Oncovin (or Vincristine) and Prednisolone. The combination of this drug is call R-CHOP.

What is Rituximab?Rituximab is a special group of controlled drugs called "monoclonal antibodies".The goal of Ritxumab is to inactivates the defective B-Cell and eliminates them. Rituximab only targeted molecule called CD20 that present on the surface of B-cell. Because of this very spefici function, it does not produce ill effects on nornal cell in the body.

Cylophosphamide or cytoxcan is a powder that dissolves to form colourless liquid.It is belongs to a class of drugs known as alkylating agents.Cyclophosphamide blocks the production of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in cells which resulting to the cell cannot reproduce new cell. Thus it leading to the cell death. Some of the cells affected by this medication are immune cells.

Doxorubicin is an anthracycline antibiotic with antineoplastic activity.Doxorubicin works by stopping the cancer cells from dividing and multiplying. This kills the cancer cells and stops the cancer growing. How does this doxorubicin works is not known but it seems to it jobs in three ways. Firstly, it bind into the strands of genetic material (DNA) inside the cancer cells. This prevents the cells from making genetic material (DNA and RNA) and proteins. It also appears to interfere with an enzyme called topoisomerase II, which is involved in DNA replication. This stops the cancer cells growing and multiplying. Finally it can also form free radicals, which are molecules capable of damaging the cancer cells.

Unfortunately, anticancer medicines also affect normal, healthy cells, particularly those that multiply quickly such as blood, gut and hair cells. The most important side effect is usually on the bone marrow where blood cells are made. Doxorubicin can decrease the production of white blood cells, leaving people susceptible to infection. Regular blood tests are therefore needed to monitor levels of blood cells.

The doxorubicin in this medicine is contained in tiny spheres called pegylated liposomes. These spheres allow the doxorubicin to remain in the bloodstream for longer so that a greater amount is delivered to the cancerous cells, rather than to healthy tissue. This may result in fewer side effects than standard doxorubicin.

Oncovin or Vincristine is administered intravenously and is used to treat many different types of cancer. Vincristine binds to the tubulin monomers preventing the formation of spindle microtubules. By binding to the building blocks of microtubules, vincristine disables the cell's mechanism for aligning and moving the chromosomes. Vincristine stops the separation of the duplicated chromosomes and prevents cell division. While vincristine works to keep the cancer cells from dividing, it does not selectively inhibit cancer cell division. It can also halt the division of some healthy cells, leading to some of the common side effects.

Prednisolone is chemically related to Hydrocortisone, one of the steroid hormones produced by the adrenal gland (adrenal cortex) which plays a complex role in regulating body functions.One way that it works is to decrease inflammation (swelling).  It does this by preventing infection- fighting white blood cells (polymorphonuclear leukocytes) from traveling to the area of swelling in your body. (This is why you are more prone to infection while taking steroids).  Taking advantage of the anti-inflammatory properties of the medication, corticosteroids are used to decrease the swelling around tumors.  For example, by decreasing swelling around tumors in the spine, brain, or bone, it can decrease the pressure of the tumor on nerve endings and relieve pain or other symptoms caused by the pressing tumor.

Another way Prednisolone works is by altering the body's normal immune system responses.  Corticosteroids are used to treat certain conditions that effect the immune system such as aplastic anemia (AA), Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP), Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (TTP), or hemolytic anemia.

In addition, it is thought that corticosteroids may help in the treatment of patients with blood disorders, such as multiple myeloma.  Corticosteroids may work by causing programmed cell death (apoptosis) of certain cells, which may help to fight your disease.

Corticosteroids are also used in the short-term treatment of nausea caused by chemotherapy.  How it does this is not fully understood.  They also have been used to stimulate appetite for patients with severe appetite problems.

Notes: The information above is copy from numberous website and I reserve no right on all of this work. It is just an attempt to provide useful information to cancer pation with Diffuse Large B- Cell Lymphoma. My Lovely wife is one of the cancer patient. She is suffering DLBCL.

CANON A2300 DIGITAL CAMERA

Design and Features

One of the nicer things about the A2300  is its build quality. The compact camera features a metal body that feels much more solid than the plastic enclosures found on other budget cameras. It is only 2.1 by 3.7 by 0.8 inches (HWD) in size and weighs 4.4 ounces. Our review unit was what Canon calls red—but is in reality more on the magenta side of things—and the camera is also available in blue, black, or silver versions.

The 5x zoom lens covers a 28-140mm (35mm equivalent) focal range, which is pretty nice for a cheap camera. Nicer still is the fact that it has an f/2.8 aperture at the wide end, which should help to make up for some of its high ISO shortcomings. Do not expect to zoom all the way in and capture a lot of light though—at its telephoto extreme the lens closes down to f/6.9, which will require you to be working in good light to get a shutter speed fast enough to get sharp telephoto images. This is one area where the lack of image stabilization really comes into play. 

The physical control layout is identical to that of the A2400 IS . The Zoom Rocker, Power switch, and Shutter release are located on the top of the camera with the rest of the controls on the rear to the right of the LCD. There are buttons to activate Macro mode, toggle between Auto and other shooting modes, and control the Flash. A Record button activates HD video capture, and there is a Help button that brings up an on-screen manual.

The rear LCD is 2.7 inches in size and has a 230k-dot resolution. It isn't as sharp as the ones you'll find on more expensive cameras, but it's noticeably nicer than 3-inch screens of identical resolution. If you opt to shoot in a mode other than Auto, an overlay menu is activated by hitting the center Function button on the rear of the camera. It's quite responsive, and makes it possible to adjust Exposure Compensation, ISO, White Balance, the Drive Mode, and other common shooting settings.

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Performance and Conclusions
When you consider its price, the speed that the Canon A2300 delivers is really quite impressive. It can start up and grab a shot in 2.1 seconds, rattles off a photo every 1.4 seconds in continuous drive mode, and has a short 0.2 second shutter lag. 

The sharpness of the camera's lens is pretty impressive. According to Imatest the A2300 records 1,939 lines per picture height at its widest angle setting. This exceeds the 1,800 lines that denote a sharp image.
    
PHOTO SHOOT WITH CANON A2300

The camera doesn't fare as well in terms of noise control. Its small sensor is packed with 16-megapixels of resolution, and is a CCD—a technology that doesn't do as well at higher ISO settings as CMOS does. Images from the camera are below the 1.5 percent noise threshold at its base ISO setting of 100, increasing slightly to 1.8 percent at ISO 200 and 400, and topping out at 2.8 percent at ISO 1600. The camera also performs some pretty aggressive noise reduction at ISO 800 and 1600—fine detail is almost completely erased from photos at those settings. You should be able to get acceptable, albeit slightly grainy, results by keeping the camera's ISO set to 400 or below and using the flash as necessary. 

The A2300 can record QuickTime video in 720p25 format, which isn't great for fast motion, but does give a rather cinematic feel to the footage as it is close to the frame rate used by most movie cameras. The footage looks ok, but there is evidence of some compression and video compression, even under studio lighting. The camera's lens isn't able to zoom in or out when you're recording video, nor can it refocus once recording is started. Digital zoom is supported, but the quality of the video starts to degrade dramatically the moment that you activate it. The A2300 has a standard mini USB port to connect to a computer and supports SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards.

If you're looking for a good camera on a budget, the A2300 would be a good way to go—if it weren't for the A2400 IS. The extra ten dollars you spend on that camera brings image stabilization to the table, which should help you keep the ISO setting a bit lower. If you're on a very strict budget, you can save a little money and opt for  Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3 and features an optically stabilized 4x zoom lens.

Canon PowerShot A2300 IS 16.0 MP Digital Camera with 5x Digital Image Stabilized Zoom 28mm Wide-Angle Lens with 720p HD Video Recording (Black)

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NIKON D800           Samsung WB150F        Samsung MV800     Canon EOS REBEL T3

NIKON D800 Camera

Picture Link to Nikon D800

Image Sensor

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Standard ISO 100 to ISO 6400, range expandable to ISO 50 to 25600 equivalent

The D800/D800E render levels of texture, nuance and detail to your photography that, until now, have been the exclusive domain of the complicated medium-format system. Define every eyelash, every line in tree bark, and every shimmer of light. Savor the exceptional depth in your still images — with the astounding 36.3 effective megapixels, the world's highest*, you can. Enlarge them as big as A1 poster-sized prints (59.4 x 84.1 cm/23.4 x 33.1 in.) at 200 dpi, or crop aggressively to reach the composition you desire, all without sacrificing the detail and tonal range of the original. In order to maintain clean, high-resolution images, 14-bit A/D conversion within the sensor and a high signal-to-noise ratio deliver phenomenal images in a diverse array of situations. The image sensor's incredible potential does not stop with photography, either. For cinematographers ready to put their exceptionally sharp NIKKOR lenses into action, the D800/D800E's 36.3 effective megapixel data is efficiently processed for exquisite 1080p broadcast quality video at 30p.
High-resolution, studio-quality images shouldn't be restricted to the studio. The D800/D800E set a new benchmark for high-resolution D-SLR cameras, with crisp clean images across a wide ISO range. Flexibility like this opens up new imaging opportunities for both still photographers and cinematographers alike during the "magic hour", the time just before dawn or at dusk when available light is often beautiful but scarce. Even at high ISO settings, the camera's intelligent noise reduction systems manage noise without sacrificing fine details, giving the D800/D800E the edge. The difference can even be seen in low-contrast subjects such as hair and grass textures, which are often essential elements of cinema as well as high-resolution portraits and landscape images. High image quality at higher ISOs also means that you can shoot still images handheld more confidently, knowing that fast shutter speeds will reduce blur.

A strategic approach to turn light to your advantage

Combining both high-resolution performance and a wide ISO sensitivity range has finally become a reality. Nikon engineers have developed intelligent new methods to manipulate light transmission to the sensor's photodiodes: from the optical low-pass filter and on-chip gapless micro lenses to the image sensor's internal design, every measure has been taken to maximize and improve light transmission in order to deliver crisp, brilliant images with significantly less noise. All this is possible under a wide variety of lighting conditions, enabling you to get the most out of your NIKKOR lenses.

Optical low-pass filter optimized for sharpness on the D800

Reducing false color and moiré is the main job of the optical low-pass filter located in front of the image sensor. However, this benefit is generally gained with a small sacrifice of sharpness. Moiré occurs in scenes containing repetitive details, such as strong vertical lines in architecture. Finding the right balance between benefits and sacrifices is the key to higher image quality, and that is what the D800's optical low-pass filter delivers. As a result, the astounding 36.3 megapixels unleash their potential through an optimized balance between sharpness and effectively prevented moiré and false color. Furthermore, the multi-layer structure of the D800 low-pass filter utilizes layers of antireflective coating that have been optimized for the camera, contributing to sharper and clearer images.

The ultimate attention to detail — the D800E

Nikon engineers have developed a unique alternative for those seeking the ultimate in definition. The D800E incorporates an optical filter with all the anti-aliasing properties removed in order to facilitate the sharpest images possible.This is an ideal tool for photographers who can control light, distance and their subjects to the degree where they can mitigate the occurrence of moiré. Aside from the optical filter, all functions and features are the same as on the D800.

Here are some of the photo taken with Nikon D800. (The 2 picture below is belong to photographylife.com) 

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CANON EOS REBEL T3

SAMSUNG WB150F

SAMSUNG MV800

Samsung WB150F White 14.2-megapixel Digital Camera

Latest camera product from Samsung. Samsung Galaxy Camera. A camera that allow you not only to take photo but also share the moment immediately with your friends through Facebook or instagram. Thanks to Samsung that had equipped this camera with WIFI. Here are some of what other people say about this Camera.

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By Sully:

I wanted a great camera to capture the beautiful landscapes of my life in the Midwest. However, I did not want a big fat DSLR-style camera or a compact camera with 5x zoom. And why not spring for the attractive white version?

This camera has an 18x zoom which can be used for both photos and videos. It has a 3-inch LCD screen and a dedicated video record button.
You can actually edit photos during and after taking them, with different effects and scenes that may remind you of Instagram on your smartphone.

Speaking of smartphones, THIS CAMERA HAS WIFI! So yeah, you can send photos and videos to Facebook, email, Picasa, Youtube, Photobucket, and Microsoft SkyDrive. Even better, with an Android or iPhone, you can use two apps that will interface with this camera: Mobile Link and Remote Viewfinder.

Suppose you're taking a group photo, but you want to be in it! You can zoom, change basic settings, and snap the photo from your PHONE with Remote Viewfinder.
Perhaps you want to transfer content from the camera to your phone: Use Mobile Link. In both cases, the Samsung WB150F creates its own wireless access point which pairs with your phone.

The above features may work best with Samsung phones, however my HTC Droid Incredible worked perfectly for this! You won't regret your purchase!

BY Myra

Samsung WB150F.
Totally love this camera it has a great zoom and has so many options where you can change your setting from dusk, dawn, sunset,and many more.. Love it.

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Samsung MV800 camera

Canon EOS Rebel T3 12.2 MP CMOS Digital SLR

Samsung MV800 camera

Controls: Very clean and simple. You can see from the pictures that there aren't many buttons. That is because most of the features are accessed from the touch screen. The touch screen is very responsive to touches and swipes. The main menu has no less than five screens of options, including various photo and video shooting modes, scene selections, novelty modes, etc, but Samsung thoughtfully made this customizable so that you can put the options you use most on the first screen. While you're in shooting/viewfinder/review mode, icons for any available options will pop up with a simple touch of the screen, but are otherwise hidden for a clean, uncluttered screen.

Flip Screen: LOVE it. Although the screen only flips upward 180 degrees , the camera itself is small and handy enough to rotate the body of it to achieve any viewing angle you want. By holding the camera upside down and angling the screen down towards me, I have an excellent high view and can still easily press the shutter button with my left thumb. Even better, the camera has an internal accelerometer that senses its position, and automatically rotates pictures taken from an upside-down position. And the fact that the flip screen is also a touch screen means that the menu is handy even when the camera is pointed toward you, making it easy to set your options for your self-portrait.

Picture/Video Quality:  The light balance and color are great, and the focus is sharp. I have read on professional reviews that indoor pictures without flash tend to be a bit "noisy", but I never noticed this until I read about it. I think the light balance is just fine indoors, but you will want to use the fill-in flash for best color and quality. The camera focuses well and is nicely stabilized even when zoomed out fully, and with the 16.1 MP resolution, you can capture great detail even far away. The video quality is terrific and outputs nicely even to our 50-inch HDTV. And with a recording resolution of 1280 x 720, you can even get display-quality still photos (1MP) from individual video frames.

Panoramic Photos: Easily the best panoramic mode I've had on a camera. Rather than stitching together overlapping still photos, it allows you to pan from one side to another for a seamless panoramic photo, capturing up to 180 degrees of vista, although you will get a bit of a "bubble" effect when capturing such a large panorama. It can also take vertical panoramas.

3D picture capability: The fact is, in order to see your 3D photo, you need to output to a 3D TV. 

Battery life: I haven't really gotten a feel yet for how well the battery holds up. One review I read said it only takes 100 to 120 shots on a charge, but it seems like I've been able to take more than this on a full charge, depending on how often I use the flash, and importantly, how much time I spend fiddling with the menus in between shots (the LCD uses battery power too). When I've been disappointed with the battery, it's usually because I didn't charge it fully before using it, or I've been taking a lot of flash photographs. I will say that the battery life indicator, which has three bars, seems to go from full to nothing very quickly. I've heard from other owners of Samsung cameras that this is a common problem. My guess is that each bar represents approximately 33.3% charge, so three bars could indicate as little as a 67% charge. My advice is not to rely on the indicator as to whether your battery is fully charged or not. The best way to know if it is fully charged is to charge it fully right before using. It's also not a bad idea to have a charged backup battery on hand for those long events. You can get compatible batteries for as little as $15, they are well worth the investment.

In summary, I believe this is a sweet, intelligent little camera that is just crammed features. It's almost as if Samsung had consulted me personally in designing this thing, they have paid such close attention to the details that are most important to me. I think it would be hard to find a camera with a better balance of size, picture quality, and features.

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Canon EOS Rebel T3 12.2 MP CMOS Digital SLR

Canon EOS Rebel T3 12.2 MP CMOS Digital SLR

This is what most of people said about Canon EOS Rebel T3 12.2 MP CMOS Digital SLR

The camera has a glossy plastic finish which doesn't exactly exude quality or make it feel like a high-end camera. But construction on this camera is very tight. The plastic is light-weight but its not flimsy like you would expect. There is no rubberised hand grip

, which I think was a mistake to omit this on this camera. Especially since its predecessor (and its competitors) have them. Outside of that, the hand grip is a very nice size. The one upshot to the lightweight plastic is that the camera feel very light with the kit lens attached.

One thing you have to watch out for is that the camera feels very out of balance when attaching a heavier lens. The Canon EF-S 18-200, while a good performer optically when paired with the T3, feels way too front heavy. And this will be true with a lot of the pro-grade Canon lenses that you attach to the T3.

The buttons and menu system have the typical degree of straight-forwardness found in most Canons. Canon's menu system is easy to learn and navigate through. That makes the T3 a good candidate for a student or someone that wants to learn photography in general and wants a camera they can grow with. Of course it offers full Auto mode but when you're ready to try and manipulate the more advanced manual controls, the Canon Rebel T3 is about as unintimidating as they come. It's also a great entry into the DSLR realm for hobbyists currently using an advanced point and shoot (and can be found for almost the same price as some advanced point and shoots).

With the exception of burst shooting, this camera's performance is excellent. Excellent start-up, shot-to-shot, and autofocus performance. It has 9 autofocus points compared to its predecessor's 7 points. I do not reccommend this camera as a budget action shooter. It has a slow continuous burst rate (2.7fps) and a very limited buffer. If you need a budget action shooting DSLR, your best bet is the Pentax K-r.

The camera comes with a nice, chunky battery which delivers excellent battery life. The viewfinder is 95% coverage and I found it to be satisfactory, some people say its really cramped but personally I think it's alright. The screen resolution is rather low at 230k, but in real-world use it's not as bad as you would think, and somewhat viewable in direct sunlight. I think both the viewfinder and the LCD are of better quality than the ones found on the Nikon D3100. And overall, the T3 is faster and more fluid than the D3100. After having shot with both cameras, I personally think the T3 is more enjoyable to shoot with... despite the D3100's better plastic and more advanced spec sheet.

The camera ships with the standard 18-55 kit lens but I suggest buying the kit which includes the additional 55-250 lens. While I do not like the kit lens performance when paired with the Rebel T2i & Rebel T3i, I think when it's paired with the T3 it's a bit of a different story. The lower end kit lenses have an easier time resolving detail on the T3's 12 megapixel sensor vs. the 18 megapixel sensor on the T2i/T3i. So, do not let a salesperson or anybody else say that the image quality on this camera is inferior solely on the basis that it has a lower megapixel count than its linemates. However, when you put a higher-end lens on the T2i/T3i, they do trounce the T3 when it comes to resoliving detail (not in noise performance though).

That said, overall, the image quality is excellent. Detail capture is good, metering is excellent, exposure is excellent, dynamic range is pretty good, color reproduction is punchy without being cartoonish and oversaturated. The ISO performance is excellent. Excellent performance up to and including ISO1600. One minor quibble is that the JPEGS come out just a tad soft. But they respond well to a little bit of in-camera sharpening or of course you can shoot in RAW as well. But overall, a very impressive performance from the T3.

The movie mode, while delivering solid video quality, is rather limited. It's 1280x720 HD and there are very limited manual controls. It's more like something you would use for quick clips rather than longer videos or movies. I think the Rebel T2i/T3i or EOS 60d are better choices if you're equal parts into videos and photos as they have far better video modes than the T3 does. But if you're main interest is stills photography, this probably won't matter much to you.

The Rebel T3 may not be the sexiest camera around but it is a simple, enjoyable camera to shoot with that delivers nice results with minimum effort and it appeals to a broad range of folks from DSLR newbies, to hobbyist, to even professionals looking for a light-weight backup to their higher end gear. At its current price, it is a great value and I highly reccomend it