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New Samsung cameras

Samsung made an announcement of several compact digital cameras today. The first one is a compact (for a big zoom camera) which features a 10X lens starting at an ultra-wide 24 mm; no doubt this will target and directly compete with Panasonic’s TZ-series cameras. Check all of them out:

samsung hz10w

Samsung HZ10W
(Compact super-zoom camera)

  • 10 effective megapixels
  • 24 – 240 mm (f3.3 – f5.8) 10X optical zoom lens
  • Optical image stabilization
  • 2.7 inch LCD
  • Full manual controls
  • New Beauty Shot and Smart Album
  • 720p HD 30 FPS movie mode with sound
  • Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
  • Uses a lithium-ion battery
  • Available this month for $400
  • Comes in your choice of silver or black

samsung tl100

Samsung TL100
(Ultra-compact 12 megapixel camera)

  • 12 effective megapixels
  • 36 – 108 mm (f3.0 – f5.6) 3X optical zoom lens
  • 2.7 inch LCD
  • No manual controls
  • New Beauty Shot, Smart Auto (camera detects and picks a mode for you) and Smart Album
  • SVGA 30 FPS movie mode with sound
  • Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
  • Uses a lithium-ion battery
  • Availability and pricing to be announced

samsung sl420

Samsung SL102/SL420
(Ultra-compact entry-level cameras)

  • 10 effective megapixels
  • 3X optical zoom lens (SL102) and 5X optical zoom lens (SL420)
  • 2.5 inch LCD (SL102) and 2.7 inch LCD (SL420)
  • No manual controls
  • VGA (SL102) and SVGA (SL420) 30 FPS movie mode with sound
  • Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
  • Uses a lithium-ion battery
  • Availability and pricing to be announced

Two new Pentax cameras

Pentax announced two new cameras today, one is an ultra-compact camera and the other is an entry-level model.

pentax p70

Pentax Optio P70
(High-resolution compact camera)

  • 12 effective megapixels
  • 28 – 110 mm (f2.6 – f5.8) 4X optical zoom lens
  • 2.7 inch LCD
  • No manual controls
  • Auto Picture mode recognizes scenes automatically, digital 21 mm wide and image recovery/undelete
  • 720p 15 FPS movie mode with sound
  • Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
  • Uses a lithium-ion battery
  • Available in February for $200
  • Comes in your choice of silver, white or red

pentax e70

Pentax Optio E70
(Entry-level camera)

  • 10 effective megapixels
  • 35 – 105 mm (f3.1 – f5.9) 3X optical zoom lens
  • 2.4 inch LCD
  • No manual controls
  • Auto Picture mode recognizes scenes automatically, digital 21 mm wide and image recovery/undelete
  • VGA 30 FPS movie mode with sound
  • Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
  • Uses 2 AA batteries
  • Available in February for $140
  • Comes in your choice of gold, red or blue

New Kodak cameras

kodak z980

Well here come the first camera announcements for the year 2009… from Kodak. They’ve got four cameras to reveal today: the 12 megapixel Kodak EasyShare Z980 ($400) features a HD movie mode, vertical grip (!!) and a 24X zoom lens which starts at 26 mm. The other three are compact cameras: the EasyShare M320 ($130) with 9 megapixels, a 3X lens and 2.7 megapixels, the 10 megapixel EasyShare M340 ($150) and the EasyShare M380 ($180) which has 10 megapixels, a 5X zoom lens, 2.7 inch LCD and will come in your choice of three colors; black, red or turquoise. Unfortunately, Kodak didn’t provide many details about the two so I can’t have my usual specifications run-down over here.

Stay tuned for more new camera announcements as the CES 2009 (Consumer Electronics Show) approaches this weekend.

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