Archive for the ‘point and shoot’ tag
Olympus Announces Two New Point-and-Shoots For Outdoor Junkies
The new Olympus Tough TG-820 iHS
Olympus today announced two new point-and-shoot cameras, the SZ-31MR iHS superzoom and the TG-820 iHS rugged compact. Both cameras are aimed at outdoor photographers — the SZ-31MR iHS with its 24x zoom lens (25-600 mm equivalent) lends itself at nature and wildlife photography, while the water-, shock-, freeze-, crush- and dustproof TG-820 iHS can go with you on outdoor activities in the mountains and underwater alike. More details after the jump.
Canon Announces New D20 Underwater Point And Shoot; Looks Like A Large Mouthed Fish
Canon sure took their sweet time updating their D10. However, they’ve finally announced the D20 and changed the looks up to resemble something between a fish with a large mouth and a futuristic wallet. But that’s not all, there are more point and shoot cameras that were also added to the line. They outed their ELPH 530 HS, ELPH 320 HS, and SX260 HS. The ELPH 530 and 320 feature wifi connectivity and if you wait a couple of months, Canon’s new Image Gateway server cloud will be accessible via an iOS app.
Eric over at Photography Bay has lots more on the new cameras if you’re interested. None of them shoot RAW, which means that you may be a sad panda that may get eaten by the futuristic large mouthed fish that the D20 looks like.
Sony Announces New Point and Shoots with Lots of Megapickels
This evening, Sony announced three new additions to their point and shoot line of cameras. At a glance, the TX200V (above) is their tough camera that it waterproof up to 16 feet, and has a fairly thick layer of glass right in front of it (when we asked if it was Gorilla Glass, they couldn’t comment.) Plus, they announced the new WX70 with a 3.0 inch touch screen LCD and the WX50: which is their latest entry level CMOS model.
Interestingly, Sony said that the cameras will continuously autofocus and try to find something to focus on until you half-press the shutter button and lock it. That means that in real life use, the battery life may suffer. They also claim that these cameras have 1/6th the noise as their previous generation. During the presentation, we saw charts that we’re not allowed the publish; but the technology is called, “pixel super resolution technology.”
No press release here: just all the details you’re probably curious about after the jump; like more megapickels on those itsy bitty teenie weeny sensor.
Review: Leica V-LUX 3 (Panasonic FZ-150)
When Leica announced their new V-LUX 3 (or VLUX3) digital camera, I had thought to myself that the camera perhaps incorporates all of the standard changes that their Panasonic clones have. For those of you that are confused, when Leica clones a Panasonic camera (in this case, the Panasonic FZ-150), they usually update the firmware, menu system and lens coatings to differentiate it a bit. Otherwise though, the camera functions and acts the same. This time around though, there seems to be absolutely no change except for the outside cosmetic appearance.
So does this superzoom camera meet your standards?
An Analysis of Apple’s iPhone 4S Camera: What We Know So Far
Image from This is My Next’s Liveblog of the Apple Announcement, by far the fastest and best one that didn’t crash.
Today, Apple announced the iPhone 4S. In the world of photography, we mostly care about the camera to help spur on our creative initiatives. The iPhone 4 had an impressive range of features like an f2.4 lens, ISO 80-2000 and 1/1000th shutter speeds. Indeed, after our field test we saw that use of Apple’s iPhone 4 really took off with the amount of apps that came out such as Hisptamatic, Instagram, etc.
Apple proclaimed that they wanted to create a camera that is better than a point and shoot. So, have they? Without having our hands on the product at all, we’re going to do a breakdown the specs.
4 Reasons Why the Fuji X10 Isn’t Just a Fashion Accessory
“Holy crap, it’s pretty.” Those are the words right out of Copy Editor Julius Motal’s mouth when I showed him the Fujifilm X10 (or Fuji X10). Indeed, as I sat in on the conference call with Fujifilm’s reps, my mind went crazy as I got all hot and sweaty thinking about the naughty things I would do to it when I got my hands on it later on about just what the Fuji X10 might look like after talking about the specs. But underneath it all, the Fuji X10 seems to be a powerhouse on the inside.
And yes, we realize that it looks just like the Fuji X100.
