Steve looks at the world of digital photography from a few different angles. He starts with two options of digital cameras from Panasonic's Lumix series. The DMC-G1 DSLR for the serious photgrapher and the DMC-FX150, a point and shoot camera with a lot of options. He also shows you some options when it comes to organizing you photos better. Windows Photo Gallery is a free program that comes with every Windows PC and is where most people end up storing their photos, Steve shows you how to add tags to make searching and finding those photos a breeze and also how to publish and share your photos using Windows Live Photo Gallery. Steve also looks at Creative Memories Photo Manager, which a pay for management system that is great for scrapbookers.

Pentax *istDL

This is the show to convince all those photography pros and enthusiasts who need maximum control and quality that really, truly, the time has come to go digital. Steve shows us how a camera that is built for speed, Pentax’s *istDL, takes great shotswith lenses new or old. Adobe’s digital photography guru Colin Smith explains the difference between Camera RAW and JPEG file formats for your pics. And with the large-format Epson Stylus Photo R2400, you’ll be able to print photos on a range of media to last over 75 years.

Samsung Sports Cam

Couch potatoes need not apply: get in on the action with Samsung’s rugged SC-X105L, a 6-in-1 Sports Camcorder with external lens and impressive image stabilization. Also in this episode, Caroline introduces three Logitech webcams for video messaging: QuickCam for Notebooks Pro, QuickCam Fusion, and QuickCam Communicate STX.

Digital Photo Printing

Photography on the go is the theme of our show this week! the first companion to our digital camera, is a printer, and there is no better companion than HP's Photosmart 420 portable printer. Match that up with a full featured, small format digital camera like HP's M417, and we have a digital studio, ready for the road!

Photoshop Elements

Our good friend Colin Smith from Adobe is going to drop by this week and take us through the ins and outs of Photoshop Elements! We are going to focus on one of the most powerful features of Photoshop Elements, that is the organizational aspect. Using tags we can do so much without having to remember what DSC00345.jpg means!

Epson Picture Mate

The Epson PictureMate is a compact and lightweight dedicated 4 x 6" photo printer that works with or without a personal computer. When connected to a computer it can be used with the supplied photo imaging software or any photo editing or graphics software of your choice. In standalone mode the PictureMate can make prints directly from most popular flash memory cards. It can also be connected to any PictBridge or USB Direct Print compatible digital camera. And you can also print wirelessly from cellphones and PDAs with the optional BlueTooth adapter.

Adobe Photoshop Elements

Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 is the heart of our show this week! Adobe has done an outstanding job of converting their professional application into an easy to use but comprehensive consumer product. The software provides powerful photo editing functionality plus intuitive organizing and sharing capabilities. You can make quick fixes when you need to or use advanced editing options when you want more control. Organize the way you want and show off your creativity with new dynamic slide shows, themed photo e-mail, and more ... don't miss it!

HP Live Coach

This week we are going to introduce you to an innovative new training tool provided with new HP cameras. It is called live coach and is exactly that! A live coach! We are going to show you the HP R707 digital camera, it comes with the software needed and a headset with a microphone. The software allows me to connect to a live coach who is there to help me get the most out of my camera. The HP camera comes with a free half hour of training to learn the basics of our camera, and you can also sign up for additional training at a fair price to really learn the ins and outs of your camera and the software!

HP Photo Printing

This week we are going to show you an awesome printer, it is HP's 8450, a studio quality 8 ink printer that really represents all the recent advances we have seen in printer technology. This workhorse prints at 4800 dots per inch and gives us stunning results. For the real artists, you can replace the basic black cartridge with a black and white photo cartridge that gives us photo black, grey and light grey. We are also going to run through all the choices of paper out there.