Archive for the ‘Cameras & Imaging’ Category
Canon packs a powerful punch in its latest Powershots
Canon is going for power with the latest additions to its PowerShot stable, the S100 and SX40 HS. Canon is bridging the gap between the point-and-shoot and DSLR brigade with these two models, both of which are the first to feature the latest generation of Canon’s DIGIC image processor which, it says, offers faster speeds – up to 9.6 frames per second on the S100 on the new High-Speed Burst…
Sony NEX-7 and NEX-5N
Sony have just announced two new compact cameras to be released this September, and from the position of this writers lofty throne they are looking good. First up is the Nex-7, which is the more expensive of the two at around £1000. The features and specification of the camera would appear to justify such a price, though it is impossible to say for certain as it this point no models…
Budding wildlife photographers rejoice with the launch of the Samsung WB750!
Compact, digital cameras seem to be fixated on delivering more sophisticated and proficient lenses in recent months, a focus, which I believe, is well overdue. The latest camera to be promoting its assets predominantly on its lens is Samsung’s new WB750, which, in featuring the longest ever zoom in the company’s compact camera portfolio, “takes you further and faster than ever before”. Asides from its 18x Optical Zoom, 24x Smart-Zoom…
Canon expands its PowerShot, IXUS and PIXMA ranges.
Mention the name Canon to many camera aficionados and it will be greeted with an almost god like reverence, for Canon is for many, the first and last word in compact cameras. That said, the printer range is not too shabby either. So Canon fans rejoice, as not content to sit around sitting on its laurels, it has announced enhancements to its already lauded PowerShot, IXUS and Pixma ranges. …
Sony NEX-VG20E Handycam: Fun for video and audiophiles
Sony has released its best-ever Handycam – the NEX-VG20E. The problem is, it’s so well-designed that all you’ll want to do is record a mirror. In Full HD. At 50p and 25p. With Tru-Black technology and 16MP stills. Cool. Aside from looking good on the outside, crack it open and you’ll find an Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor that records at 16.1 effective megapixels. The Exmor sensors are famous for…
Panasonics latest additions to its FX range – At last digital cameras that focus on the zoom!
Panasonic have added two new cameras to its award-winning range of ‘super-zoom’ digital cameras, the DMC-FZ150 and the DMC-FX90, as well as a firmware upgrade for the DMC-LX5. I have to admit that, unlike their uncanny ability to make their subjects look remarkably more attractive and even younger, zooms don’t seem to be a digital camera’s strongest asset. No wonder therefore has Panasonic’s FZ, which boast powerful zooms that can…
Lowepro Photo Sport 200 AW Backpack
Accustomed as I am to wandering around remote locations on the lookout for the dramatic snaps that will earn me the fame and fortune I richly deserve, there is much to be said for having a decent backpack. The thing is, you can never be sure what you’ll encounter, so you stock up with all kinds of stuff just to be on the safe side and end up lugging all…
FX Photo Studio Mac app review
Remember when Photoshop first came out? All of a sudden filters were *everywhere* – especially the cut-out comic effect. While I worked at a student paper almost every other piece of art-work we saw come in had been processed in some god-awful way and it was a relief to see a “straight” photograph. And then either people stopped doing it as much, or I stopped looking but somehow up until…
Olympus SP-810UZ: Creative camera control
For anyone who may have dabbled in real estate you will know how difficult it is trying to capture shots of rooms within houses that do not do the property the justice it deserves by simply getting the whole of the room in the frame. Thankfully, instantly knocking a few grand off the asking price of a house before anyone has even viewed the dam thing may be an estate…
Sony SLT-A77 and SLT-A65: Sony surges forward in the race for photographic innovation
The photography giants are most certainly battling it out in the stakes to produce some innovative camerawork creations at the moment. Alongside the PRs from the likes of Olympus and Panasonic feverishly contacting technology-review publications to give their company’s latest arrival the PR it deserves, is Sony’s PR team. Such zealous promotion meant the press release of Sony’s new SLT-A77 and SLT-A65 cameras, found its way to Latest Gadgets. The…
