Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The Panasonic Lumix FX78 is a new 12.1MP compact camera with a 5x optical zoom lens and a 3.5-inch touchscreen LCD. The FX78 captures 1920 x 1080 AVCHD video and shoots still images at up to 3.7 fps for up to 7 frames.
The Lumix FX78 should be available in March with no announced price as of today.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
The Panasonic Lumix TS3 is a shockprook, waterproof and dustproof digital camera. The TS3 features a 12.1MP sensor, 4.6x optical zoom lens and a 2.7-inch LCD. The Lumix TS3 also captures 1920 x 1080 AVCHD video and offers high speed still image frame rates of 3.7 frames per second for up to 7 frames.
The TS3 is waterproof down to 40 feet, shockproof to 6.6 feet and freeze proof down to 14° F.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
The Panasonic Lumix ZS8 and Lumix ZS10 are new 14MP point and shoot cameras.
The ZS8 features a CCD image sensor, 3-inch 230k dot LCD, 720p HD video capture and a 16x zoom lens. The ZS10 steps up to a CMOS image sensor, 430k dot res LCD and 3D image capture.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
If you’ve not been keeping up with The Story Beyond The Still contest, the final short chapter launched at Sundance earlier this week. You can see the entire short film above with a total run time that’s a couple ticks under 38 minutes.
Lots more on Vincent Laforet’s site. Also, there’s a great recap of the work on the final chapter from Ryan Booth, one of the chapter directors, here on his blog.
Canon’s official press release is below. [Read more…]
Phase One has announced a new line of medium format digital backs, which is headlined by the 80MP Phase One IQ180. Additionally, the IQ160 and IQ140 digital backs offer 60.5MP and 40MP, respectively.
Prices start at around $22,000 and go up.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
The Canon PowerShot G12 is a 10MP point and shoot camera built as a compact camera for the enthusiast photographer. While it’s only a mild upgrade to the Canon PowerShot G11, it does a solid job of improving on an already great design. [Read more…]
The Canon PowerShot A2200 is a new 14.1MP, budget-oriented point and shoot camera with a retail price around $140. The A2200 offers a 4x optical zoom that gives you a 28-112mm equivalent zoom range. The A2200 can also capture 720p HD video and it sports a 2.7-inch LCD.
I had a chance to spend a few minutes with the new compact camera at CES 2011. My initial impressions are below. [Read more…]
DualEyes is a standalone program from the maker of PluralEyes and will sync your audio files for without the need to use another editing program. You may be familiar with PluralEyes, which is an audio-syncing plug-in for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Media Composer and Vegas Pro.
Singular Software has announced that DualEyes is now available for Mac. The standard price is $149 for the software, while the Mac version is available at a special introductory price of $119. There’s also a free 30-day trial available. Get more details from the Singular Software website.
The winner of the Think Tank Photo Urban Disguise 30 camera bag giveaway is Carol Tuck.
It must have been meant to be because, after notifying her, I learned that today is also Carol’s birthday!
Congratulations and happy birthday Carol. Look for your new Think Tank Photo camera bag to arrive later this week.
A big thanks to everyone who participated and to Think Tank Photo for making this awesome prize available to Photography Bay’s readers.
For everyone who didn’t win this time, I’m putting together an even bigger prize pack soon. So, stay tuned . . .
It’s time for our weekly break from the gear for a few minutes so we can enjoy another round of reader photos from the Photography Bay Flickr Group.
Check out the rest of the photos below. [Read more…]