Olympus unveils the Pen E-P5. After announcing its little brothers in the digital mirrorless cameras range, Olympus today unveils a serious, very serous, mirrorless camera that gets a lot of DSLRs. With the Pen E-P5, Olympus advances the high-end of the PEN family to tickle the OM-D supposedly higher. The Pen E-P5 brings many progresses [...]
Look at this interesting little piece of camera ! The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LF1 is really small, but yet, it embarks a large format sensor, 1/1.7″, a 12-megapixel backlit CMOS. This small compact camera also receives WiFi with the great addition of the NFC for ease of setting and an electronic viewfinder. As mentioned, the Panasonic [...]
Did you like the Sony HX20, this megazoom compact camera stuffed with technology? If so, then, you will probably love the HX50, 2013 update of the Cyber-shot technology showcase. This year, the Sony HX50 adopts a new more powerful zoom featuring a range of 30x receives the Wi-Fi which takes the place of the GPS. But [...]
Panasonic updated today its advanced mirrorless camera in MFT mount, the Lumix DMC-GF6 replaces the DMC-G5. It brings some changes starting with a more powerful processor of the lastes generation that will be responsible for improving the noise reduction of the 16-megapixel Live MOS sensor. The autofocus has been boosted to be more efficient in [...]
Just one year after its announcement, it was in April 2012, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5 is replaced by the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF6 which brings some improvements in terms of the already very convincing autofocus of its predecessor and image quality with the adoption of a new 16-megapixel sensor. The Panasonic mirrorless camera accesses WiFi and [...]
Samsung today unveils a new smartcamera based on the Galaxy Camera but wthout its 3G connectivity : the Samsung Galaxy Camera Wi-Fi. It is also a 21x compact camera with a CMOS BSI sensor of 16MP / 1080p video recording. It inherits of the huge multitouch screen (OLED !!!) of its bigger brother 3G. The [...]
Panasonic’s 2013 waterproof digital camera, the new Lumix DMC-FT5 follows the lead set by the TZ40 in replacing the TZ30: boosting connectivity with new Wi-Fi and NFC technologies. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT5: a tough player The new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT5 is quite a rugged device. Panasonic is announcing it can dive 12 meters under water, [...]
Here’s the new (2013) crusher compact ultra-zoom from the Panasonic line: the Lumix DMC-TZ40 (EU) / DMC-ZS30 (USA). On the really strategic of ultrazoom digital compact cameras, Panasonic comes today with the developed on the evolution of the TZ30. The TZ40 / ZS30comes to the market putting the accent on the possibilities offered by a [...]
Canon unveils today the Ixus 140, an ultra-compact camera in a beautifully designed body. It features a stabilized 8x optical zoom and Wi-Fi connectivity for wireless photo and video sharing. Connect it to a smartphone and you can even share on the go. In this CES 2013, along with the Ixus 140, Canon announced the [...]
With The Powershot N unveiled today ahead of the CES 2013 opening, Canon innovates and targets amateur photographers who want to sharpen their creativity as well as sharing their works of art on social networks on the go. This little high-tech ultra-compact camera is unmatched on the market today. It has a touch-screen, gets the [...]
Like its predecessor the NX200 / NX210, the Samsung NX300 mirrorless camera gets an APS-C CMOS sensor of 20.3 megapixels. Samsung announced it as a new sensor. The technical data provided by Samsung about it are patchy to say the least, but it is likely to adopt a hybrid autofocus borrowing some photo diodes to [...]
It is now Panasonic’s turn to unveil its new camera for the Photokina 2012 opening day (well the press day). And, as I was expected, they decided to refresh the antique mirrorless camera aimed towards videographers, the GH2 which will be replaced by the GH3. It can be considered as a prosumer mirrroless camera. It has [...]
Canon is back for the 2012 Photokina with a successor to the S100 pocket size large sensor camera : meet the Powershot S110 that is imporved wityh a BSI CMOS sensor (still of 1/1.7″) of 12 megapixels and Wi-Fi. The Canon S110 sensor is a 12-megapixel BSI CMOS at the generous 1/1.7″ format, which can [...]
Coincidence ? No, certainly not. A few days only after Nikon unveiled the almost-affordable compact Full Frame DSLR D600, Canon unleash today the EOS 6D, more or less answering the same need for a lower priced FF DSLR, yet bringing Wi-Fi and GPS as top features. If the Nikon D800 has a little brother with [...]
Sony finally unveil today a very well thought out mirrorless camera that synthesizes the needs of the prosumer photographers and real amateur photographers by providing an user interface less convoluted than the NEX-7 with high-end features and ergonomic : swivel high definition touchscreen, a gorgeous OLED EVF, 1080p (50fps) video recording, Sony’s only Superior Auto Mode, [...]
Here we are. We finally have THE forts real smartcamera and no folks, it is not Apple that pulled the trigger first, but Samsung that has learnt both the camera manufacturing and telecommunications know-how. The Galaxy Camera can be summed up as a WB850F camera fused with a Galaxy S III smartphone. From the WB850 [...]
As the IFA 2012 opens today, Sony unveils its forst Wi-Fi mirrorless camera based on the NEX-5N launched last year. Meet the Sony NEX-5R. I told you so, you have been warned, you were expecting that anxiously : this is the Wi-Fi cameras / smartcameras season ! Sony comes today with a Wi-Fi camera, the [...]
The Fujifilm FinePix F800EXR is very near to the F770EXR launched last year but instead of getting a GPS sensor, it gets a Wi-Fi connexion that will open its content to the world. But you won’t lose the possibility to geotag your images : the FinePix F800EXR can connect to your iPhone or Android smartphone [...]
As every year, in July, Panasonic renews a portion of its range including the traditional high-end bridge camera (FZ200) and the enthusiast photographer camera (the LX7). Panasonic Lumix G5 The Panasonic G5 is Panasonic latest advanced mirrorless camera. This MFT camera gets a “newly developped sensor” say Panasonic but let me remind you that they tell us [...]
GoPro unveils today BacPac, a Wi-Fi module that lets you wirelessly connect your GoPro HD HERO2 action ready camcorder and broadcast the video you are shooting live. It has Wi-Fi, but also supports Bluetooth to connect a wireless external mic and also share your comments. But that is not it : GoPro also launch a [...]
