Earlier Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 Micro Four Thirds camera had success. The compact form factor and slew of advanced imaging features not only won the hearts of users upgrading from point-and-shoots, but also professional photographers. This year, the Japanese electronics giant announced the GF 2. First things first, we’re not quite sure if the GF2 is [...]
The DSLR market is dominated by Nikon and Canon. These are brands that have captured the largest market share, and they certainly keep an eye on each other. However, this is something that often seems to have a somewhat negative impact on the creativity of the manufacturers, as it generally means they lose a little [...]
Kodak produced some really innovative products recently, including the Play Sports: PocketCam one with a waterproof body, and now the Slice. Available in black, pink or our smooth, nickel-finished body, with an internal 5x optical zoom Schneider-Kreuznach lens, the Slice is the most stylish Kodak camera we’ve seen. Controls are minimal, so there’s just a [...]
Fujifilm has quite a reputation for super zoom cameras. This year the HS10 model, for example, earned a decent amount of praise from reviewers for its fast performance, full HD video, and 30x zoom. This is a very good camera, able to compete with major players like the Panasonic or Canon SX30 FZ100. Newest super [...]
Since the company was acquired by Hoya Corporation in 2008, the future of digital cameras from Pentax is a subject of debate. It was generally thought that Hoya was primarily Pentax for its advanced medical technology, and the camera company would be sold, possibly to Samsung, but in fact Hoya continued to develop new Pentax [...]
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1 is a stylish, compact digital camera with an effective resolution of twelve megapixels from a 1/2.33″ RGB CCD image sensor, which is connected to a Panasonic Lumix DC Vario branded 5x optical zoom lens with a useful 28mm-equivalent wide. More importantly, the Panasonic FH1 lens features a true optical image stabilization [...]
The Nikon D200 is a powerful digital SLR camera designed to meet the requirements of demanding photographers requirements. It combines brand new technologies with advanced features inherited from the D2X professional digital SLR camera. The D200 uses a newly developed 10.2-megapixel DX Format CCD image sensor, a sophisticated 1005-pixel 3D Color Matrix Metering II system [...]
Nikon with their D3S the required ISO bar late last year. With a top ISO of 12,800 and the real possibility of shooting a 3 H equivalent ISO of 102,400, you can almost shoot without any light at all. Almost! Admittedly, the picture quality on these sparse speed is nothing to write home about, but [...]
The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (known as the EOS 350D outside the U.S.) is a leap forward from its predecessor, the original Digital Rebel, with more than one would expect the addition of a couple consonants to the name. The XT is a zippy performer. It offers more creative control than its predecessor and [...]
Since the introduction of the acclaimed Nikon D200 in 2006, Nikon has earned itself a strong position in the high resolution segment and caused a shock wave last year in the market for advanced semi-pro cameras DSRL. Nikon repeated that remarkable feat with the introduction of the 10 megapixel Nikon D80. We had access to [...]