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Nikon Tops The D-SLR Megapixels Count
Nikon quickly followed up its announcement of the D4 in January with another new ‘FX’ format D-SLR, the D800. Now that it’s recovered from both the devastating north-eastern Japan earthquake and the flooding in the Bangkok region, Nikon says it has a number of other major announcements to make during 2012 and you’d have to [...]
Canon updates its popular PowerShot A-Series
In more new model news from the Canon camp, the latest A-Series PowerShot models – the A810, A1300, A2300, A2400 IS, A3400 IS and A4000 IS – all feature 28mm wide-angle lenses that are perfect for family and group shots as well as tackling sweeping landscapes. What’s more, the new models also boast a 16-megapixel [...]
Canon Enhances Premium Compact Camera Ranges
Canon has introduced a glut of brand new compacts that widens its superb range of PowerShot and Ixus models, including a decidedly rugged PowerShot D20, Ixus 510 HS, Ixus 240 HS, an array of new PowerShot A-series cameras and two updated superzooms: the PowerShot SX260 HS and SX240 HS. Available from the end of May, [...]
Pentax Launches New CSC K-01
Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company has entered the highly competitive Compact Camera System market with a brand new interchangeable lens camera: the K-01. With headline features including a 16.28-megapixel, 23.7 x 15.7mm CMOS sensor, 5fps high-speed continuous burst shooting, wide sensitivity range with a top (expanded) setting of ISO 25600, in-body Shake Reduction and Full HD [...]
Canon Launches Long-awaited EOS 5D MARK III
The Canon EOS 5D Mark III borrows many features from the company’s recently announced EOS-1D X DSLR flagship, in a body aimed at enthusiasts and professionals. The Canon EOS 5D Mark III is set to bring the EOS-1D X’s 61-point AF system and high-powered Digic 5+ processing engine to the semi-professional market, combined with a [...]
Nikon Reveals ‘Professional’ Coolpix P310
The Nikon Coolpix P310 is billed as a powerful compact for serious photographers. Due on sale on 22 March, priced $329.99, the 16-million-pixel model sports a lens designed to deliver the 35mm viewing angle equivalent of a 24-100mm zoom. Boasting ‘professional handling’, features include Nikon’s advanced lens-shift Vibration Reduction, also present on the Coolpix P510 [...]
Canon Packs A Big Sensor Into G-Series PowerShot
While everybody still thinks Canon will launch a compact system camera (CSC) sooner or later, in the meantime it’s decided to match a bigger sensor with a fixed lens in the new PowerShot G1X. Curiously though, the latest G-series PowerShot has neither an ‘APS-C’ format imager or a Four Thirds Standard one, but something in-between [...]
Canon Debuts New Compacts
Canon has confirmed the upcoming launch of the Ixus 500 HS and Ixus 125 HS digital compacts that are designed to enhance images of friends and family they recognise in a scene. The metal-bodied Ixus 500 HS and Ixus 125 HS boast face identification (ID), which, states Canon, ‘works with smart auto to ensure those [...]
Samsung To Fight Kodak Lawsuit
Samsung is set to rigorously defend its digital imaging technology after Kodak announced it was suing the camera maker for patent infringement In January, Eastman Kodak alleged that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd had breached five digital imaging technology patents. However, the South Korean giant hit back, claiming that Kodak’s allegations will not stand up in [...]
Samsung Promises High-End CSC
Samsung is working on plans to launch a higher-end compact system camera (CSC) to rival DSLRs, and has moved all camera production from South Korea to China to cut production costs. Sunhong Urn, Samsung’s newly recruited Digital Imaging sales and marketing vice-president, outlined the plans in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in [...]
