BREAKING NEWS: Canon has just announced their new flagship sports digital SLR, the new EOS 1D Mark 4! The Canon EOS 1D Mark 4 is set to compete with the likes of other sports digital SLRs (the Nikon D3s announced last week comes to mind). Let’s check out the EOS 1D Mark 4’s mind blowing specifications now:

Our hands-on preview and sample photo gallery from the camera will come later today!
16.1 megapixel CMOS (1.3X crop factor)
Canon EF lens mount
10 FPS burst mode at full resolution (up to 85 pictures in a burst)
ISO range of ISO 100-12,800 (Expandable to 50-102,400)
45 point AF (39 cross type points)
3 inch high-resolution LCD (921,000 pixels)
Full manual controls with RAW mode and flash hotshoe
Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) movie mode with sound; frame rates (24, 25 or 30) and other resolutions available
Dual memory card slots (Compact Flash Type I/II and SD/SDHC)
Uses a lithium-ion battery
Available in November 2009

Canon Event Live Coverage
3:45 am GMT – DPInterface is proud to present our first ever live event coverage to our readers. Today, we’ll be covering a VERY important Canon event. So… keep checking back as our Canon event live coverage begins NOW!
4:10 am GMT – The doors have opened! I heard something is happening at 5 am =)
4:30 am GMT – Still waiting. I’m writing from my Windows Mobile phone by the way, since there’s no open WiFi network for my netbook. Have yet to setup tethering.
5:00 am GMT – Canon 1D Mark 4 official! Check out the dedicated post about it here (complete with specs and all).
6:00 am GMT – Canon gives the green light for testing out the camera. Sample photos (pre-production) and preview coming later today!
That’s all for our live coverage of the Canon EOS 1D Mark 4 launch today folks! Hope you enjoyed it.
UPDATE: I apologize for the lack of pictures here (they’ll be posted later) since my phone isn’t the best thing (usability and performance wise) to post up pictures. I’ll be posting pictures of and from the EOS 1D Mark 4 later once I get a stable, good connection on my netbook.

Here’s my review of the Panasonic Lumix ZS3 aka TZ7, Panasonic’s latest compact camera in their ‘Travel Zoom’ series. The Lumix ZS3 AKA TZ7 packs 10 megapixels of resolution, 12X optical zoom, a 3 inch screen and point-and-operation. Be sure to check out full-sized photos taken straight out of the camera in the Panasonic Lumix ZS3 photo gallery too. The full review of the camera awaits after the link.

Read the Lumix ZS3 review

Nikon just announced an update to their sports/flagship camera today – the new D3S adds a new sensor (though the same resolution), movie mode and super high ISO. Makes me wonder if we’ll see a Nikon D3Xs in the near future… but for now, here’s the Nikon D3S. I can’t wait to see what *someone* is brewing in response to Nikon’s latest….

Nikon D3s
(Professional high-speed SLR)

• 12.1 effective megapixels (Full-frame CMOS, new sensor)
• Nikon F lens mount with no conversion factor; two new ‘crop’ modes allow 1.2X and 1.5X crop to 8.4 MP and 5.0 MP respectively
• NEW: Dust reduction
• Rugged, weather-sealed body
• 3 inch super-high resolution LCD (920,000 pixels); live view available
• 9 FPS burst in FX-mode, 11 FPS in DX-mode (crop)
• Full manual controls with RAW mode and hotshoe
• ISO range of 200-12800 (expandable to 102,000!!!)
• 51-point AF with 3D tracking
• NEW: 720p 24 FPS movie mode with mono sound; external microphone jack available
  New: Nikon has come up with solutions to reduce the ‘rolling shutter effect’ (an issue in most SLR movie modes) and allow high sensitivity recording for low-light
• Dual Compact Flash memory card slots
• Uses a lithium-ion battery
• Available in November for $5200 (body only)

On a side note, our review of the Panasonic Lumix ZS3 aka Lumix TZ7 will be posted later today, so stay tuned for that!

Here’s the Panasonic Lumix ZS3 aka TZ7 Photo Gallery containing full-sized pictures taken by the camera. Be sure to check out the Panasonic Lumix ZS3 aka TZ7 review for more about the camera as well.

Visit the Lumix ZS3/TZ7 gallery

After a long and busy week, I was still able to slip in some time to write my review of the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS. The PowerShot SX20 is an evolutionary upgrade to last year’s SX10, featuring 12 megapixels, a flip-out and twist LCD screen, full manual controls and now, a 720p HD movie mode. You can also check out photos taken straight out of the camera in the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS photo gallery. What are you waiting for? Hit that link for the full review of the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS.

Read the Canon SX20 review

Here’s the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS Photo Gallery containing full-sized pictures taken by the camera. Be sure to check out the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS review for more about the camera.

View Canon SX20 sample photos