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Olympus announces SP810 Ultra Zoom

by Brad Soo on July 28

Olympus SP810 Ultra Zoom
Olympus announced their SP-810UZ flagship ultra-zoom camera today. The camera features a huge and record shattering (again) 36X optical zoom lens, which is currently the longest zoom lens yet on a digital camera. With the announcement of the Panasonic Lumix FZ47 a week ago, things are shaping up to bring about a potentially interesting fall/autumn 2011. I think I’d better start planning for a ‘big’ ultra-zoom group test/review… right after I publish our huge (literally) ‘compact’ superzoom/travel […]

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Panasonic Lumix FZ47 announced

by Brad Soo on July 21

FZ47
Panasonic Lumix FZ47
(Super-zoom camera)
Panasonic has just announced a new super-zoom camera with plenty of optical zoom and plenty of nice features such as high-speed continuous shooting and Full HD movie mode thanks to its Hi-Speed CCD.

12 megapixels (Hi-Speed CCD)
25 – 600 mm (f2.8 – f5.2) 24X optical zoom lens
Venus Engine FHD image processor
Optical image stabilization
3 inch LCD (460k pixels) with 0.2 inch electronic viewfinder (201k pixels)
Intelligent Auto mode plus full manual controls (no RAW mode or hotshoe though)
3D photo mode
3.7 […]

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Panasonic Lumix LS5 announced

by Brad Soo on July 21

Panasonic Lumix LS5
Panasonic Lumix LS5
(Entry-level digital camera)
Panasonic announced a new basic Lumix model today that will be going on sale near the holiday season in November. No word on pricing yet but it should be pretty affordable based on its entry-level specifications.

14 effective megapixels
26 – 130 mm (f2.8 – f6.5) 5X optical zoom lens
Optical image stabilization
2.7 inch LCD (230,000 pixels)
Automatic shooting with scene modes; no manual controls
720p (1280 x 720) 30 FPS movie mode with sound
Takes SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards
Uses 2 […]

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Casio announces Exilim ZS15 touch camera

by Brad Soo on July 18

Casio Exilim ZS15
Casio has just announced a brand new Exilim model equipped with a touchscreen outside of America. The Casio Exilim ZS15 looks to be an entry-level compact model with a 14 megapixel CCD, 5X optical zoom lens (26-130 mm) with aperture range of f3.2-f6.5, 3 inch touchscreen panel and 720p Standard HD movie mode. The camera will also support USB charging, but little else outside of these few details has been released by Casio Europe so far. Retail price […]

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Olympus PEN E-P3 announced

by Brad Soo on June 30

Olympus PEN E-P3
(Compact interchangeable lens camera)
Olympus released their top-tier PEN model today which now competes well with other entry-level digital SLR models of similar price.

12 megapixel Live MOS sensor; new sensor (Micro Four Thirds, 2.0X crop factor)
Micro Four Thirds lens mount (adapters available for normal Four Thirds and Leica lenses)
Sensor-shift image stabilization
New dual-core TruePic VI image processor
3 inch OLED touchscreen (614k pixels)
Touchscreen use includes focusing, zooming and playback
iAuto, Live Guide and built-in help menus for beginners
Full manual controls with RAW […]

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Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 announced

by Brad Soo on June 30

Olympus PEN ‘Lite’ E-PL3
(Compact interchangeable lens camera)
Olympus’ second PEN camera for today is the PEN ‘Lite’ E-PL3, which is a follow-up to last year’s E-PL2. The camera takes a small step back by losing the built-in popup flash (though Olympus does include an external one with the camera) but gains in other areas by adding a tiltable display and having an extremely similar feature set as the higher-end E-P3, although it does have fewer external controls than the E-P3.

12 megapixel […]

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Olympus PEN Mini E-PM1 announced

by Brad Soo on June 30

Olympus PEN ‘Mini’ E-PM1
(Compact interchangeable lens camera)
The third and final PEN camera Olympus had to announce today is a new spawn off the existing E-P and E-PL line of PEN cameras. The E-PM1 PEN “Mini” is even smaller (but still very similar) than the E-PL3 above and has fewer buttons. It’s obviously geared towards beginners looking for a portable (and possibly affordable) offering to set foot in the interchangeable lens camera market, though enthusiasts just looking for a plain and […]

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Pentax Q system camera announcement

by Brad Soo on June 23

Pentax Q
(Compact interchangeable lens camera)
Pentax marked their entrance into the compact interchangeable lens camera market today with the announcement of the “Q” camera that uses a new Pentax Q mount (along with five strangely named “number” Q lenses). The camera is significantly smaller than competing cameras from the likes of Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and Olympus because of its 1/2.3 inch sensor (closer to the size you’d get in compact cameras rather than digital SLR models).

12 megapixel 1/2.3″ backlit CMOS sensor
Q-mount […]

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Panasonic Lumix GF3 announced

by Brad Soo on June 13

Panasonic Lumix GF3
(Compact interchangeable lens camera)
Panasonic announced their annual refresh to the Lumix GF-series of compact interchangeable lens cameras. This time, they’ve made the Lumix GF3 even smaller (17% smaller than the Lumix GF2) and simpler, aiming it more at the ‘average Joe consumer’ than the original GF1. Check it out:

12 megapixel Live MOS sensor (Micro Four Thirds, 2.0X crop factor)
Micro Four Thirds lens mount (adapters available for normal Four Thirds and Leica lenses)
Venus Engine FHD image processor
3 inch touchscreen […]

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