Sandisk Memory Cards and MP3 Players at RitzCamera.com

Whenever serious amateur or professional photographers need more memory for their digital cameras, they first seek out Sandisk memory. With extremely high reliability, speed and overall value, it's no surprise that Sandisk sells more memory than anyone else.

Ritz Camera online is now selling the complete line of Sandisk memory cards, as well as their popular flash disks and MP3 players.

This includes the new, fast Sandisk Extreme IV line of CompactFlash memory cards. The fast Sandisk Extreme IV CF cards come in several sizes:

• Sandisk Extreme IV 8GB


• Sandisk Extreme IV 4GB


• Sandisk Extreme IV 2GB

URL for the Sandisk memory cards, MP3 players and other products:
http://www1.ritzcamera.com/?brand=sandisk&location=CO0001&tmreturn=true

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Tags: Sandisk CompactFlash CF Memory Cards, Sandisk Memory Cards, Sandisk Memory, Digital Camera Memory, Sandisk MP3 Players

Ritz Camera... uh... Electronics

The consumer electronics store at Ritz Camera online is officially open, and to celebrate, RitzCamera.com is offering some great deals.

Opening with over 70,000 consumer electronics products and hundreds of electronics categories, the new boutique has something for anyone interested in the latest components, players, toys, software and gadgets. So, in addition to Ritz's tradition of carrying the major brands in digital cameras and camera accessories, the site now carries all the latest products from the major electronics manufacturers, such as:

• Apple / iPod
• Lenovo (IBM) laptops
• Sony electronics
• Sandisk memory cards
• Wacom graphics tablets
• Logitech keyboards, mice and other products
• Many, many more...

RitzCamera.com also carries a huge selection of gaming products, including Microsoft XBOX, Nintendo, and Playstation / PSP. (They will definitely have an allocation of Playstation 3's for the Christmas shopping season, so stay tuned to this blog for special offers.)

There are many places to shop for electronics online... if you want the highest quality merchandise at bargain prices, you should definitely visit RitzCamera.com.

URL for Ritz Camera consumer electronics store:
http://www.ritzcamera.com/electronics.htm

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Tags: Consumer Electronics, Online Electronics Store, Consumer Electronics Deals, Sandisk Memory, Photography Gifts, Holiday Gifts, Cool Christmas Gifts

Fashion and Function: Magenta Nikon Coolpix S9

RitzCamera online is offering an exclusive: A magenta Nikon Coolpix S9 digital camera.

The popular Nikon Coolpix S9 is a high quality, point 'n shoot digital camera, with 6 megapixels and a 3X optical zoom. For close-up shots, this digital camera also has a macro mode that allows you to take photos as close as 1.6 inches from your subject. The built-in Nikkor lens contains the same ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass that is included with the top of the line lenses for Nikon DSLR's.

The bright LCD on the back of the Nikon S9 is a large 2.5 inches and has a 170-degree viewing angle. The digital camera's Movie Mode allows you to film at either 15 or 30fps, at different resolutions (up to 640x480), and you can capture video without time limit until your SD memory card is full.

If you need to save information about your images, the Coolpix S9 allows you to record a voice memo of up to 20 seconds for each shot. Other nice features of the Nikon Coolpix S9 include in-camera red eye fix, in-camera photo cropping, and the ability to upload your photos from camera to computer at the touch of a single button.

For a reasonably-priced, pocket-sized camera, the Nikon Coolpix S9 is very powerful and versatile. It typically comes in black and silver, but now for those of you who are fashion conscious, the camera is available in magenta, exclusively at Ritz Camera online. With this camera, you're sure to catch some attention as you're catching some photos.

URL for the Magenta Nikon Coolpix S9:
http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/541535514.htm

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Tags: Magenta Nikon Coolpix S9, Nikon Coolpix, Nikon Digital Cameras, Digital Cameras, Photography Gifts, Holiday Gifts, Cool Christmas Gifts, Nikon Cameras

$10 Off of $30 Order at Ritz Camera Online

Just a reminder that the $10 off of any purchase $30 or more is going on through the end of October at RitzCamera.com.  This coupon is being offered by the new Google Checkout service, so you must use Google Checkout -- rather than the regular checkout process -- to take advantage of this offer.

Hurry to get up to an additional 33% off of your purchase of digital cameras and consumer electronics at Ritz Camera online... this special offer will expire on October 31, 2006.

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Tags: Digital Cameras, Photography Coupon, Digital+Camera+Coupon, Google Checkout, Christmas Shopping, Coupons

2006 Holiday / Christmas Photography Gift Guide

With the holidays just around the corner, it's time to get serious about your Christmas/holiday shopping. To help you select great gifts for those photographers on your shopping list, CamerasOnly.com has compiled a list of unique and interesting gifts for the 2006 holiday season.

There are specific photography gifts appropriate for the sports-minded individual, the science minded, the person interested in arts & crafts, the traveler, and of course, KIDS!

This list will be kept up to date between now and Christmas, so be sure to check back for more novel holiday gift ideas.

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Tags: Digital Cameras, Photography Gifts, Holiday Gifts, Christmas Gifts, Christmas Gifts for Kids

Stunning Photos with the Nikon D80

For those of you haven't visited the stunning Nikon site yet, we highly recommend it. Nikon got 16 photographers together for an online and print ad campaign, and gave them a Nikon D80. (Yes, I feel sick, too.) The photographers all contributed images that were taken with the new Nikon DSLR and also took self portraits in a mirror. (It's a little humorous to see the backwards "nokiN" logos in all of the self portrait shots.)

In addition, some of the photographers participated in a more in-depth "documentary" of sorts; the photographers themselves were filmed and interviewed while they put the Nikon D80 through its paces.

Besides the print ads that are now coming out, Nikon has combined the photographers' work with the D80, the self portraits, and the interviews into a Flash site at http://www.stunningnikon.com/dslr/. And while the photos included on this site are great examples of the amazing images that are possible with this camera (not to mention what can be created when you allow a group of extremely talented people loose), the interviews are my favorite part of the StunningNikon site.

Here's why:

The Nikon D80 digital camera is one of our favorite cameras of the year. Not only does it set a new value point for digital SLR's, but the D80 is feature-rich, lightweight, and takes incredible photos. It is truly a pleasure to photograph with, and this is what the Stunning Nikon film clips and the photographers' interviews demonstrate. To watch them photographing -- spying a shot and then snapping away just a couple of seconds later -- is inspiring. It shows that great shots are all around us if we keep our eyes open, and that, with the right camera, even fleeting shots can be captured easily.

Personally, it makes me want to carry my digital cameras everywhere with me.

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Tags: Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Nikon Digital Cameras, Nikon Cameras, Nikon D80, Digital SLR

Shhh! Ritz Camera Is Having a Secret Sale

Shhhhh!

Ritz Camera is having a secret sale, as well as a plethora of other specials, rebates, coupons and free accessories this week.

What is a Secret Sale? A Secret Sale is when the price is lowered on selected cameras below the point that the manufacturer allows a retailer to advertise it. The camera is on sale, sometimes for the lowest price ever, but Ritz is not allowed to tell anyone the price. It's a strange arrangement, but definitely worth checking out the savings.

So what's secretly on sale this week? These prices and specials may only last until the end of the week, so you should check out the following Secret Sale items right away:

The popular Sony DSLR-A100 K (alpha) digital SLR camera with an 18-70mm lens... an extra $100 off plus a $50 gift coupon. (The $50 gift coupon applies to many other digital SLRs as well.)

You can also save $50 off of the Sony DSLR-A100 K (alpha) digital SLR camera, body only.



The 5-megapixel Kodak dual-lens V570 EasyShare digital camera is also on sale for a new, low price.



The Secret Sale also includes digital camcorders from Panasonic, Sony and Canon.

Are you looking for a photo printer? Ritz is offering a free HP 4x6 PhotoSmart photo printer (after rebate, that is) with the purchase of any digital camera with a price of $149 or more.



See the full list of Ritz Camera Secret Sale items here:
http://www.camerasonly.com/ritzsecretsale.asp

...or you can see all of Ritz Camera's specials, coupons, rebates and deals at:
http://www.ritzcamera.com/static/content/promos/weeklyad.html

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Tags: Digital Cameras, Ritz Camera, Photography Sale, Camera Sale

Strobe Lighting for Baby Portraits

RitzCamera.com web photo school has a new photo lesson available:

Recent Ritz Photo School lessons have covered the use of strobe lighting and the use of the OctoDome reflector to create warm portrait lighting.

This lesson combines the two topics, covering how to use a strobe and one or more OctoDome umbrella reflectors to create optimal lighting when shooting baby portraits.

Click here to continue the lesson on the advantages of photographing babies with a strobe and OctoDome.

Topics covered:

• Using an umbrella as the key light
• Using the 3' OctoDome as the key light
• Switching to the 5' OctoDome
• Adding a fill light
• Using the medium WhiteDome

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Tags: Digital Cameras, Photography Tips, Photography Lessons, Portrait Photography, Baby Portraits, Studio Photography, Soft Box, Strobe Lighting

A Camera for Frequent Family Portraits

Selecting a digital camera these days is not easy. With the wide range of megapixels available, with so many features that appear on some cameras and not others, how does one make a choice? The easiest way may be to envision how you will use the camera most often, and then get the best camera you can for that specific application.

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You can find all the latest FujiFilm cameras and accessories at RitzCamera.com

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With that in mind, the FujiFilm F31fd digital camera may be the absolute best choice for the typical, family photographer. In addition to its 6.3 megapixels -- plenty of megapixels for a quality 8x10 blow-up -- the F31fd contains many features perfect for those frequent, personal family portraits.

The fd in F31fd stands for Face Detection, and this is the feature that FujiFilm is touting the most about this camera. Their advanced face detection technology allows the camera to identify up to 10 individual faces in a photo (in as little as 0.05 seconds), and also follow any faces that aren't sitting still until they go beyond the borders of the image. The benefit to your photos is that, with individual faces being identified, the lighting on those areas can be optimized, and the camera makes easy work of zooming in on them for a nearly automated, close-up portrait taken just a second after a more distant shot.

A complementary feature to assist in taking those family portraits is the sensitivity of the FujiFilm F31fd. With light sensitivity up to ISO 3200, this camera can take many photos in low-light conditions that are beyond the reach of most other cameras. So if you're fond of taking pictures at birthday parties with nothing but the candles on the cake lighting the scene, or if you enjoy candld snaps of your family opening their Christmas presents lit only by the lights of the Christmas tree, you should seriously consider this camera. It will be able to capture shots that would otherwise get away, and help you capture them easily.

Even though this camera is more sensitive than most, there will be times when you simply don't have enough ambient light. The FujiFilm F31fd also incorporates "intelligent flash" technology that will light up the scene when necessary. This feature also works well with the face detection technology. That is, if the important faces in the photo are darker than the background, the Intelligent Flash will light them up, creating a much better shot with more evenly balanced lighting.

The FujiFilm F31fd is not available just yet. It is scheduled to come out in December with a price tag somewhere around $399. However, if your family has a person who loves to take those personal family portraits -- and whose doesn't -- the timing is perfect; this cameras would make perfect holiday gift for that relative.

When the FujiFilm F31fd is ready for pre-order, we will announce it here.

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Tags: Digital Cameras, FujiFilm Cameras, FujiFilm F31fd