Holiday Gear Guide: Great Gear Under $50

Part one of Macworld's 2009 Holiday Gear Guide looks at affordable gifts under $50.

Black Friday Deals: Five point-and-shoot camerasPC World's Tim Moynihan turns to PriceTrace.com to find good deals on point-and-shoot cameras.
Take memorable holiday photosFollow these tips to take flattering photos of loved ones at Thanksgiving dinners and other family gatherings, as well as to capture the excitement of holiday decorations.

Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 camera This might be the ideal camera for anyone who doesn’t want to make major compromises when they’re not using a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera.
Review: Pentax K2000 digital SLR camera Priced affordably, Pentax’s 10.2-megapixel K2000 may tempt quite a few people to jump into the digital SLR pool.
Review: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 digital camera Wide-angle lens, big LCD, and good battery life complement this point-and-shoot's unique in-camera features.
Review: Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR digital camera Fujifilm’s FinePix F200 EXR is an good pocket camera for relatively advanced photographers, either as a more-portable backup to a digital SLR camera or as a versatile primary point-and-shoot.
Slideshow: Camcorders for the holidays A look at HD camcorders for the holiday shopping season.

Take memorable holiday photos Follow these tips to take flattering photos of loved ones at Thanksgiving dinners and other family gatherings, as well as to capture the excitement of holiday decorations.
How to improve your photos without spending a dime What's the one thing a photographer needs even more than a faster lens or better camera? Good light. Photographer Ben Long explains what qualifies as "good light" and how to find it.
Snapshot: When is an iPhone better than a DSLR? Photographer Chase Jarvis shares one of his favorite iPhone images and explains why he thinks iPhones and camera phones are the future of photography.
Pocket HD camcorders buying guide The pocket camcorder may be the hottest holiday gift this year. To help you make a decision, here are some of our top-rated pocket camcorders from the products we’ve reviewed.
Full-sized HD camcorders buying guide How to choose the right HD camcorder? We’ve got some shopping tips if you’re in the market for one this holiday season. And we’ve got a few camcorder recommendations based on what we’ve reviewed over the past year.

Slideshow: CatPaint got your iPhone? The newly-released CatPaint iPhone app makes a simple promise: to let you insert cats in your photos. But does it deliver? Macworld editors put the application to the test.
The multitasking camera When you need to quickly capture a small tidbit of information—like an address, phone number or price—the best note taker is usually just a click away if you’re carrying an iPhone.
The Mac at 25: Forgotten Apple products The Mac may be celebrating its 25th anniversary, but some of the products Apple has made over the years wound up slipping through history’s cracks. Benj Edwards takes a closer look at five offerings out of Cupertino that you may have forgotten about.