Super-Compact Digital Camera
You'll always be ready to create a photograph with the Canon S300 Digital Elph. The 2.1-megapixel camera weighs less than nine ounces and fits easily into a shirt pocket. With a 35-105mm lens (35mm equivalent), it can produce high-quality still images as well as movie clips of 20 frames per second at three different resolution modes. List Price: $699.
Contact: Canon, (800) OK-CANON, www.usa.canon.com.

Archival Inkjet Printer
Create archival prints directly from your digital camera's media card using Epson's Stylus Photo 785EPX inkjet printer. Sporting a resolution of 2880 x 720 dpi, the unit produces prints with 25-year lightfastness when using Epson's six-color inks and heavyweight matte paper. It has a PCMCIA Type II card slot and can accept SmartMedia, CompactFlash and Memory Sticks. List Price: $249.
Contact: Epson, (800) GO-EPSON, www.epson.com.

10X Zoom Digital Camera
Have the advantage of a 10X zoom lens in a compact design with the Olympus Camedia C-700 UltraZoom digital camera. Supporting a resolution of 2.11 megapixels, the camera provides an optical range of 38-380mm (35mm equivalent). It includes automatic and manual exposure modes with a top shutter speed of 1/1000 sec. and weighs less than 11 ounces. And for something even smaller, the Camedia Brio D-100 offers a fast 1/3-sec. start-up time in a very small package. Weighing less than six ounces, the camera supports a resolution of 1.3 megapixels and a fast 36mm f/2.8 lens (35mm equivalent). Estimated Street Price: $699 (C-700); $299 (D-100).
Contact: Olympus, (800) 622-6372, www.olympus.com.

Space-Saving Monitor
Save on space and power usage with the new Samsung SyncMaster™ 570vTFT flat-panel monitor. This new model features a 15-inch screen (equivalent to a 17-inch CRT) and power-reduction technology that uses only 30% of the power required by a similarly sized, traditional CRT monitor. List Price: $499.
Contact: Samsung Electronics America, Inc., (800) SAMSUNG, www.samsungmonitor.com.

Wireless Mouse
Go cordless with the Cordless Mouseman Optical from Logitech. The stylishly designed mouse not only decreases desktop clutter, but also eliminates yet another pesky cord by using a special optical chip. It translates the movement over your work surface into precise on-screen movement of the cursor. List Price: $69.95.
Contact: Logitech, (888) 863-8312, www.logitech.com.

Flatbed With Transparency Adapter
Digitize your photographic prints and large-format film with the affordable Epson Perfection 1640SU Photo flatbed scanner. Providing an optical resolution of 1600 x 3200 and a dynamic range of 3.2, the scanner offers a built-in 4x5-inch transparency adapter for less than $400. It includes both SCSI and USB connectivity. List Price: $399.
Contact: Epson, (800) GO-EPSON, www.epson.com.

External CD-R/RW Drive
Record, rewrite and read CDs at top speeds with the new Que! Fire™ 16x10x40x CD-RW FireWire external drive from QPS, Inc. Available for both PC and Mac, the fast-moving drive (16x record, 10x re-write and 40x read speeds, respectively) provides an excellent way of freeing precious hard drive space and for archiving important files. List Price: $399.
Contact: QPS, Inc., (800) 559-4777, www.qps-inc.com.

Hard Copy
PhotoImpact Solutions by Jason Dunn with Kate Binder (Muska & Lipman Publishing, 2024; ISBN: 1-929685-12-2). This guide highlights new features, explains the ins and outs of EasyPalette and GIF Animator 4.0, and provides tips on using the Web page design features of the software.

Corel Photo-Paint 10, The Official Guide by Dave Huss (Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2024; ISBN: 0-07-212752-X). Increase the quality of your image output by getting the most out of Photo-Paint 10. The included tutorials and examples provide insight into the program's image-enhancing filters, special effects and image-restoration tools.

Real World Adobe Photoshop 6 by David Blatner and Bruce Fraser (Peachpit Press, 2024; ISBN: 0-201-72199-6). This guide is a "back-to-basics" look at Photoshop aimed at one goal—turning good scans into great end-use images.

Professional Secrets Of Natural Light Portrait Photography by Douglas Allen Box (Amherst Media, 2024; ISBN: 1-58428-045-X). Technologies may change, but this core concept of photography doesn't: Better photos come with a better understanding of how light works.

Digital Photography!: I Didn't Know You Could Do That....by Erica Sadun (Sybex, 2024; ISBN: 0-7821-2843-2). Including a copy of Adobe PhotoDeluxe, the book provides information on various technical aspects of digital cameras as well as how to enhance your photos and create exciting projects.

Bargain Film Scanner
Begin your venture into film scanning with the inexpensive PF1 1800 Silver film scanner from Pacific Image Electronics. With a maximum optical resolution of 1800 dpi and a dynamic range of 2.8, it offers you the ability to produce quality digital files from your negatives and slides. It includes a USB port for easy and fast connectivity and SilverFast AI software for getting the very best scan. List Price: $299.
Contact: Pacific Image, (310) 618-8100, www.scanace.com.

Fast CD Burner
Archive your digital files and back up important data using the LaCie 16x10x40x U&I CD-RW drive. Available with both USB and FireWire connections, the unit provides extremely fast read/write speeds, allowing you to create a CD-R in as fast as five minutes and a CD-RW in less than eight minutes. List Price: $339.
Contact: LaCie, (503) 844-4502, www.lacie.com.

Lightweight Digital Projector
Use a small and low-priced projector for displaying your digital slide shows with the LV-5110 Multimedia projector from Canon. Producing 850 ANSI lumens, the projector provides a native resolution of 800 x 600 (SVGA) with a built-in digital keystone feature for a distortion-free image. It weighs less than seven pounds and produces little noise with its variable-speed fan. List Price: $2,199.
Contact: Canon, (800) OK-CANON, www.usa.canon.com.

DV Editing Package
Get your computer ready to quickly edit footage from your DV camcorder with the Digital Video Editing Kit from KDS. For less than $50, you not only get an IEEE 1394 (FireWire) card, but also Digital Origin's EditDV software for completing your own digital movies. List Price: $49.
Contact: KDS, (800) 283-1311, www.kdsusa.com.

Stylish Digital Camera Cases
Whether you're enjoying a day by the ocean or hiking the local hills, camera protection is a must. Check out the CBP-1 and the CPS-40, new offerings from Case Logic. The CBP-1 is designed for ultra-compact cameras, such as the pocket-sized Canon Elph. The CPS-40 is geared toward compact point-and-shoot models. Both feature thickly padded interiors and a belt loop attachment for easy transport. List Price: $6.99 to $7.99.
Contact: Case Logic, (800) 447-4848, www.caselogic.com.

Pro-Level Video Editing
Enjoy professional-level editing tools at a reasonable price with Pinnacle Studio 7.0 from Pinnacle Systems. Edit audio and video tracks independently and lock individual tracks. Enjoy a large number of transition effects, including Roll and Crawl effects for Hollywood-like scrolling credits. List Price: $149.
Contact: Pinnacle Systems, (888) 484-3366, www.pinnaclesys.com.

Digital Photo Printing
Print multiple images on the same page with ease using PhotoELF from LANDofCOM Software. Whether it's a single photograph or a variety of different images, the software provides an easy way to create wallet-sized and standard-sized prints. The software also includes tools to rename and catalog batches of digital images with little fuss. List Price: $29.95 (CD); $19.95 (download).
Contact: LANDofCOM, (763) 263-2989, www.photoelf.com.

Inexpensive Image Catalog & Organizer
Organize the wealth of images stored on your computer hard drive with the help of Image Expert 2024 from Sierra Imaging. In addition to providing an easy and efficient way of locating and accessing your digital files, it also gives you a variety of tools for editing your images for color, contrast and more. The software includes 2-D stitching for creating panoramic images. List Price: $49.95.
Contact: Sierra Imaging, (877) 446-2439, www.sierraimaging.com.

Calibration Software
Get your prints to match what you see on your monitor with MonacoEZcolor 2.0 from Monaco Systems. This software offers you the tools to profile your scanner, monitor and printer so you can produce consistent results when outputting your digitized photographs. List Price: $299.
Contact: Monaco Systems, (978) 749-9944, www.monacosys.com.

CD-R/RW Software For The Mac
Burning CDs is just a small part of what Mac users will enjoy about Toast 5 Titanium from Roxio™. Toast 5 provides options to create audio CDs, video slide shows and iMovie video CDs that are playable on most DVD systems. The software also includes an MP3 player application and allows for MP3 disk creation. List Price: $89.95.
Contact: Roxio, (866) 280-7694, www.roxio.com.

Professional Image Organizer/Viewer
Organize your photos more easily with CompuPic and CompuPic Pro version 5.3 from Photodex. This latest update includes a batch rename feature to help organize that massive digital camera download from the Fourth of July picnic. Then use the program's point-and-click functions to enlarge the displayed images and to create Picture CDs, or use the Web page generator to build a site to post your photos. List Price: $39.95; $99.95 for Pro version (electronic download).
Contact: Photodex Corp., (800) 377-4686, www.photodex.com.