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