Digital Cameras
Olympus Tough TG-820 compact digital camera
When the going gets rough, it is rather obvious that the tough get going – and Olympus subscribes to that school of thought with their latest addition, the Olympus Tough TG-820 compact digital camera. I clearly remember back in the days when owning a digital camera was considered to be a luxury item for the average man on the street, and Olympus was the only one in town to deliver a rugged digital camera – waterproof, even. While other imaging companies have caught up in this department, Olympus continues to forge new ground with their latest offering, the Tough TG-820.
It is their toughest shooter just yet, being waterproof up to 10 meters, is shockproof and also freezeproof. This 12-megapixel shooter comes with a backlit CMOS sensor and the powerful image processor that can be found in the Olympus PEN range, you know for sure that your images will turn out great right from the get go, never mind if you do not know anything else about digital photography.
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Nikon D800 delivers a new level of image quality
So your compact digital camera manages to pack in a whopping 16-megapixels for each image? Well, here is news for you – the mighty DSLR will always bully the standard point-and-shoot devices into submission, and the same applies to Nikon’s latest shooter – the Nikon D800. Professionals will definitely fall head over heels in love with this, you know for sure that wedding photographers will be lining up for this puppy as soon as it is unleashed from Nikon’s stables.
The D800 is a new FX-format model that delivers a mind-boggling 36.3-megapixels, and at its core is superior image quality that is equal to that achieved with medium-format digital cameras. Not only that, the D800 will also boast a number of new functions for a high level of added value, and Nikon manages to cram all of that goodness into a compact and lightweight body.
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Canon updates PowerShot range of digital cameras
No matter how many high end cameras are released to the market, the bread and butter for most imaging companies, I would boldly presume, would be compact point-and-shoot digital cameras. After all, not everyone is able to splash out hundreds of dollars near the $1,000 mark and beyond, for a DSLR, unless you are really serious about developing your photography skill. Canon’s family of PowerShot compact digital cameras have just been updated, where the Elph 530 HS and Elph 320 HS both come with integrated Wi-Fi connectivity so that you are able to hook up to your home network, hotspot, or via an app on your iOS or Android device.
Having said that, this capability would enable you to wirelessly transmit photos and videos from the cameras directly to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and the Canon Image Gateway online service without requiring a pesky cable – that is one less thing to bring around for sure on your travels. The iOS app should be released sometime in April, while the Android version is set to follow a month after that.
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MicroOLED offers super high resolution display
Rewind the clock by 10 years, and back by a decade, did you envision a future (today) where phones sported touchscreen displays, and are of resolutions which put your old school monitors to shame? And this newfangled genre of consumer electronics devices known as tablets, those too, are dotting the landscape with a flurry of popularity that was previously unknown. The resolution count on monitors, TVs, and phones have increased steadily, and there does not seem to be any signs of stopping anytime soon. MicroOLED has a spanking new bright and detailed low power OLED panel which will cater for the digital camera market, where it is heralded to be the end all and be all of digital camera displays – signaling the death knell of the optical viewfinder in such devices.
Electronic viewfinders (EVF) at this moment enable photographers (professionals or otherwise) to access a wide range of important information such as exposure or white balance whenever one frames a shot, and to check out how different settings would affect a particular image on the fly, the optical viewfinder is still a mainstay regardless of how expensive a particular camera is. Some of the reasons put forward include a lack of dynamic range, noticeable lag as the digital image is processed, as well as battery life concerns.
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Nikon Coolpix L810 delivers super zoom capability
Nikon is back with yet another digital camera for the mass market, pushing out its Coolpix L810 shooter this time around. Just what does the L810 have in terms of improved performance over its predecessors? For starters, it will come with a CCD image sensor that has an effective pixel count of 16.1-million pixels, in addition to a 26x optical zoom NIKKOR lens which is capable of covering angles of view from the wide-angle 22.5 to super telephoto 585 mm (equivalent in 35-mm format), and a new lens-shift vibration reduction (VR) function.
Despite all of those capabilities, the Coolpix L810 will still deliver the same form factor that will be able to support a firm, steady grip and side zoom control which has become the signature physical format for its predecessors, delivering high performance without a second thought.
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Sony DSC-TX200V digital camera is super slim
Thin is still in where digital cameras are concerned, and while we took a look at a couple of shooters from Panasonic yesterday, Sony too, did not want to lose out on the game, and the Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer has just added yet another model to the ultra-thin Cyber-shot T series – with the model number DSC-TX200V. You might want to look into expanding that external storage space collection of yours if you happen to pick up the new TX200V camera though, considering it is capable of shooting 18.2-megapixel images thanks to its “Exmor R” CMOS sensor.
This would clearly place the Sony DSC-TX200V as the highest-resolution digital camera that is currently on offer in the “point and shoot” market segment, and when coupled with the spanking new BIONZ processor, both of them will work in tandem to create images as well as video files with extremely low noise.
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Panasonic Lumix TS20 rugged digital camera
For those of you out there who tend to be a little bit careless with your belongings, no matter how expensive they are, then it would always be better to pick up something which is cheap instead of gunning for an expensive make or model all the time. After all, it is rather difficult to predict just when you are going to be at your butterfingers best – which is why Panasonic figured out the consumer digital camera market has a need for the Panasonic Lumix TS20 rugged digital camera.
This entry-level shooter is not only shockproof and dustproof, it is also waterproof, so that you can continue to shoot photos with this puppy even when it pours outside, or should you want to go snorkelling and take underwater shots, the Lumix TS20 would also deliver results just as well.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 is slimmest digital camera with 20x optical zoom lens
Superlatives are often used to describe a particular product or device in order to have it stand out from the rest of the crowd – and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 is one of them, where the Japanese manufacturer has proudly proclaimed this as “the world’s slimmest digital camera with a 20x optical zoom lens” – measuring a mere 1.1″ thin compared to its rivals in the market. The Lumix ZX20 will tote around a powerful zoom, a 24mm ultra wide-angle LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR lens and the ability to shoot full-High Definition (HD), making it a formidable choice if you are in the market and on the lookout for a spanking new digital camera.
The reason it can be this slim is due to the newly-redesigned lens system, where the Lumix ZS20 will carry a new mechanical structure and optical system that is said to further improve image quality as well as getting the help of Nano Surface Coating technology. More on the camera right after the jump.
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