Fujifilm X-S1 has a 26x optical zoom
There's a new bridge camera in town and its name is the Fujifilm X-S1. And good news if you want to capture snaps from afar, as it's packing a quite ridiculous 26x optical zoom.
The X-S1 is the third in Fujifilm's X series, joining the X100 and X10. It's the bulkiest of the three, sitting midway between the other two offerings, and from the looks of things, it should give other bridge cameras a run for their money. Continue reading...
Nikon D800 36-megapixel DSLR leaks into view
It’s been rumoured since last month that Nikon is close to releasing a new high-end DSLR called the D800, and now we may have got our first glimpse of the beast.
Dug up by the appropriately-named Nikon Rumors, two photos show what could well be the D800 in all its glory. It looks fairly similar to the current Nikon D700 (which it’ll likely be replacing) but there are enough differences to suggest that these shots are indeed genuine and not merely the work of a Photoshop user with too much time on his or her hands. Continue reading...
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Biographer: Steve Jobs reinventing TV, cameras and textbooks
Walter Isaacson, writer of the recently released biography of Steve Jobs, has revealed that the late Apple supremo was working on 'reinventing' three key areas of technology: television, photography and textbooks.
And despite the famed secrecy surrounding the development of Apple products, it seems Jobs may have been uncharacteristically candid with Isaacson -- although we shouldn't expect the writer to reveal any of the details he discovered. Continue reading...
Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1 shoots two things at the same time
Panasonic is heading for the next dimension. Its latest piece of 3D kit is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1, a compact camera that can not only shoot tri-dee photos and videos, it can record two different things at the same time.
The Lumix 3D1 packs not one but two 25mm wide-angle lenses. When you're shooting 3D, each lens records a slightly different image and combines the two to form a 3D picture or video, mimicking the effect of your two eyes. You can then watch the 3D footage on a Panasonic Viera 3D TV, or any other 3D telly. Continue reading...
Panasonic Lumix GX1 leaks with X-series lens
What's this saying cheese? It appears to be a Panasonic DMC-GX1, a forthcoming Micro Four Thirds camera that's popped up on a Taiwanese forum, as spotted by SlashGear.
On the front is an X-series lens, which packs the same great aperture range and zoom capabilities into a housing that's less than half the size of its predecessor. Continue reading...
Canon EOS-1D X marks the full-frame, 1080p and Ethernet spot
X marks the spot for the latest monster dSLR from Canon. The Canon EOS-1D X is an 18-megapixel, full-frame professional camera complete with high-definition video and an Internet connection.
The 1D X boasts not one but two dual DIGIC 5 processors for super-fast processing. It shoots 14 JPEGs per second or 12 raw shots in a second. A multiple exposure mode fires up to nine times and combines the shots into one high dynamic range image with loads of detail and colour. Continue reading...
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Nikon 1 J1 and 1 V1 debut new lens-swapping system 
Nikon has waded into the lens-swapping game with the new Nikon 1 system. Two new cameras, the Nikon 1 V1 and Nikon 1 J1, throw out the traditional camera rulebook for a new system of interchangeable lenses.
Nikon 1 is the name of the new lens format, and the J1 and V1 are the first in the range. They're compact cameras that do away with the moving mirror found in a traditional dSLR, giving you the ability to swap lenses like a dSLR but in a much smaller body. Continue reading...
Samsung NX200 supersizes your snaps
The NX200 is the follow up to the NX100, and is Samsung's third compact-sized camera with interchangeable lenses. It's aiming to compete with the Micro Four Thirds gang and its ilk, such as the Olympus Pen Lite E-PL3, Panasonic's DMC-GF3 and Sony's NEX-7, so you'd be right in thinking it's got its work cut out.
The big selling point is the 20.3-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor. Samsung notes that's "more than any product offered in the market". Well, maybe it should take a look at the Sony NEX-7, announced last week, as that packs in a whopping 24.3-megapixels. Though 20.3 is still a vast great number, giving you prints far bigger than you're likely to need. Unless you're aiming to make a bedspread out of them. Continue reading...
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX90 packs Wi-Fi, touchscreen
So you've taken some humiliating photos of your friends on a debauched night out, but you want to make sure the photos find their way to Facebook before you sober up and think better of it. Enter the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX90, which has built-in Wi-Fi capability, and ensures you never have to wait to get your photos online.
You can post images to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa or YouTube using the camera's Wi-Fi capability, or back them up to your PC, which sounds a bit more boring, but is probably, y'know, less likely to get you fired. Continue reading...
Panasonic DMC-FZ150 is a 24x snapper
Panasonic's got a brand-new toy with a 24x zoom -- the Panasonic DMC-FZ150 is a superzoomin' snapper with Full HD video capture, perfect for snooping on neighbours, or capturing photos of elusive rare birds.
Design-wise, the FZ150 is near-identical to the FZ100, a camera we awarded three and a half stars in our review back in September. That's not a terrible score, but we're hoping the FZ150 can fare a little better. Continue reading...
Nikon updates Coolpix range with S100, S8200 and AW100
Not had enough cameras after Sony's set of new snappers? Feast your eyes on this mighty haul from Nikon -- six new digital cameras sporting all kinds of funky jazz, including one we want to chuck in a stream. Continue reading...
Sony NEX-5N, NEX-7, NEX-VG20 are next-gen cameras
Sony's camera chaps have brought Christmas early with a veritable Santa-sack of new shooters to suit anyone from the snap-happy amateur to the more serious videographer.
First out of Father Sony's seasonal goodie bag are two new models in the NEX series of compact digitals with interchangeable lenses. Continue reading...
Fujifilm FinePix F600 EXR shows you the way with augmented reality GPS
There are three grim inevitabilities about holidays: sunburn, foreigners, and never knowing where anything is. We can't help with the first two, but the new Fujifilm FinePix F600 EXR compact superzoom can take care of the last one.
The F600 includes GPS to tag your snaps with a location which can be plotted on a map of your holibobs, and borrows a technology from the mobile phone: augmented reality. The augmented reality landmark navigator automatically locates places of interest from a built-in database of around 1 million locations, and shows you where they are and how far away they are, right on your camera's 3-inch screen. Continue reading...
ESA's Gaia camera packs one billion pixels, maps entire Milky Way in 3D
How big is the image sensor on your camera? Five megapixels? Eight? 16? It hardly matters, because the European Space Agency is about to make you feel very inadequate. It's just flopped out a '1 billion pixel' (that's, one thousand megapixels) imaging device known as Gaia, which will map the Milky Way galaxy in 3D.
One billion pixels is actually a tiny bit of an understatement. Gaia's surface combines 106 credit card-sized charged coupled devices (CCDs), each the thickness of a human hair. The CCDs, which are effectively 'miniature' cameras in their own right, feature 4,500 pixels in the 'along scan' direction and 1,966 pixels for 'across scan', providing an overall total of around 8,847,000 pixels per CCD. Multiply that by 160 and you have a giant CCD consisting of 1 billion, 415 million, 520 thousand pixels. Zoinks! Continue reading...
Olympus E-P3 lens-swapping snapper adds a little flash
Eee by gum it's the E-P3! The Olympus Pen E-P3 is the new flagship of the Olympic Micro Four Thirds range of lens-swapping cameras, and it's adding a little flash -- a pop-up flash, that is.
The E-P3 is a 12.3-megapixel snapper that lets you swap lenses for different situations and effects. The kitsch, vintage styling and dSLR power should appeal to shutter nutters and enthusiastic beginners alike. Continue reading...
Olympus Pen Lite E-PL3 isn't light on lens-swapping features
The Pen E-PL3, or Pen Lite, is a new lens-swapping entry to Olympus' Micro Four Thirds range.
The 12.3-megapixel E-PL3 lets you change the lens on the front of the camera for different situations and effects. It packs a new fold-out screen so you can see what you're shooting from different angles too. Continue reading...
Olympus Pen Mini E-PM1 has plenty of colour but no flash
It's time we had a splash of colour about the place. The Olympus Pen Mini E-PM1 is one of the smallest lens-swapping cameras around, and it brings with it a rainbow of colour options -- even if it is missing a flash.
The Pen Mini is a 12.3-megapixel snapper that lets you swap lenses for different situations and effects. Features like a handy 'live guide' and special effects, including soft focus and colourful pop art, make it easy to use for beginners. Continue reading...
Pentax Q is latest lens-swapping system
It may not fire lasers or whistle up a dose of stun gas, but the new Pentax Q interchangeable-lens camera has a very James Bond-esque retro style -- and a crazy pop-up flash. Pay attention, 007.
The Pentax Q camera is the first to use the new Q lens mount, announced today. It's the first step for Pentax into the ever-growing market for cameras that swap lenses like a digital SLR, but in a much smaller frame. Continue reading...
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