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Pentax Q10 Miniature Mirrorless Camera
Pentax has expanded their mini mirrorless Q camera system with a second camera, a new telephoto zoom lens and a K-mount lens adapter. For the most part, the new Pentax Q10 appears to be the same as the original Q (Pentax Q Announcement), which Pentax introduced a little over a year ago. Like the Q, […]
Read More »The Impossible Lab – Instant Prints From iPhone Photos
Do you love Polaroid / instant prints but, like most of the world, you actually take most of your pictures with your camera phone? Well, if you’ve got an iPhone, then the Impossible Project has a solution. They just announced a new Kickstarter project to fund something they’re calling, “The Impossible Lab;” a device for […]
Read More »Fujifilm X-E1 Makes X-Pro1 Performance More Affordable
Fujifilm X-Pro1 digital rangefinder is his dream camera. Every time I write about the X-Pro1 I get an excited call from him so he can pump me for details. He loves how the X-Pro1 combines traditional rangefinder styling with modern digital features and excellent image quality. Alas, the X-Pro1 is out of his justifiable price […]
Read More »Sony NEX-5R Mirrorless Camera Adds Wi-Fi & Improved Auto Focus
Sony announced a new mid-range NEX interchangeable lens mirrorless camera this week. The new Sony Alpha NEX-5R is a follow-up to last year’s popular 16-megapixel NEX-5N, which I loved (read my Sony NEX-5N Pro Review). The NEX-5R is mostly the same with a few key changes, namely the addition of built-in Wi-Fi, user-installable camera apps, […]
Read More »Adobe Lightroom 4.2 and Camera Raw 7.2 Release Candidates Available
Adobe has announced new “release candidate” updates for their Lightroom and Camera Raw programs. The updates add support for new cameras and lenses, including the Canon EOS M and T4i / 650D, the Fujifilm FinePix F800EXR, Nikon 1 J2, Panasonic G5 and LX7, the Pentax K-30 and the Sony RX100. Some problems have also been […]
Read More »New Olympus SP-820UZ iHS Superzoom – Point-&-Shoot Simplicity With 40x Zoom & High-Speed Video
The new Olympus Stylus SP-820UZ iHS superzoom camera incorporates a 40x 22.4-896mm (equivalent) optical zoom lens, the longest optical zoom yet in an Olympus compact camera. And yeah – you read that right – it’s got a 22.4mm wide-angle. That’s crazy wide for a compact camera. The sensor is a 14-megapixel CMOS complimented by Olympus’s […]
Read More »The Pentax X-5 – New 26x Superzoom DSLR Lookalike
Pentax just announced a new superzoom camera, the 16-megapixel X-5. It looks pretty much just like a digital SLR except it has a long 26x 22.3-580mm (equivalent) zoom lens and an electronic viewfinder. There’s no digital SLR that comes with a kit lens like that – no one even makes a digital SLR zoom lens […]
Read More »New Nikon Coolpix P7700 Updates High-End Compact Line
Nikon has updated their popular P-Series high-end compact camera with the new P7700 – “”the ultimate go-to travel camera or D-SLR companion.” The Nikon Coolpix P7700 bumps resolution from 10 to 12-megapixels, increases video resolution to 1920 x 1080 full HD and replaces the P7100’s tilting LCD screen with a fully articulated 3-inch display. But […]
Read More »Nikon’s New Android-Powered Coolpix S800c Point-and-Shoot Camera
Nikon has taken the Wi-Fi camera concept to a new level with their new Android-powered Coolpix S800c digital camera. The Nikon Coolpix S800c looks more like a Smart Phone than a camera from the display side and with a touch screen OLED display, Internet connectivity and an Android operating system, it’s just one step short […]
Read More »New Nikon Mini Coolpix – The Ultra-Compact Nikon Coolpix S01
Looking for a smaller digital camera? Nikon has a new “Mini Coolpix” super compact point-and-shoot digital camera that’s smaller than a standard business card (excluding camera depth) so you can carry it in your pocket all the time. The Nikon Coolpix S01 has a 10-megapixel CCD sensor, a 3x 29-87mm optical zoom lens and it […]
Read More »New Canon PowerShot SX500 IS With 30x Zoom Lens
The Canon PowerShot SX500 IS, a 16-megapixel compact camera with a huge 30x 24-720mm (equivalent) optical zoom lens, was announced today. The SX500 IS superzoom camera’s 30x zoom lens makes it a great all-purpose choice for families, small businesses and travelers who want as much flexibility as possible. To help keep long zoom and low […]
Read More »Canon PowerShot SX160 IS – Affordable New 16x Superzoom Camera
Canon announced an affordable new compact superzoom camera today, the PowerShot SX160 IS. The 16-megapixel Canon PowerShot SX160 IS has a 16x 28-448mm (equivalent) zoom lens with Canon’s Intelligent IS system to help keep things steady in low light and when zoomed in for long telephoto shots. The SX160 IS has DIGIC 4 image processing, […]
Read More »New Olympus Pro DSLR In Development
Over the weekend, Olympus UK dropped a bit of a bomb on their Facebook page. In a pretty vague but dramatic status update with the headline, “BREAKING NEWS!!,” they appear to (sort of, maybe) confirm that they intend to continue their E-System digital SLR line. Or at least that’s how many readers are interpreting the […]
Read More »Pimp Your Camera, Yo!
By Photo-John
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Over the past few years camera makers have started adding a lot of color options for camera owners. It used to be cameras came in tough guy black or maybe silver, with the odd gold-trimmed Hasselblad, Rollei or Leica for photographers who had more money than they knew what to do with. If red, white, […]
Read More »Nikon Coolpix L610 – Affordable 14x Superzoom Camera
Looking for a powerful point-and-shoot camera for a technophobe friend or family member? The Nikon Coolpix L610 is an affordable new compact superzoom camera with an image-stabilized 14x 25-350mm optical zoom lens, 1080p full HD video and a state-of-the-art 16-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor. Taking good pictures is simple thanks to Nikon’s Easy Auto Mode, which […]
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