Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
GigaPan, famous for the giga-pixel panoramic of President Obama’s Inauguration, has introduced its new Epic. The Epic is a robotic mount that enables you to captured amazingly detailed panoramic images with a point and shoot camera.
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DP Interface has posted a review of the Canon PowerShot E1.
The E1 deserves my recommendation for being a capable point-and-shoot camera which manages to balance price, style, features and image quality.
PhotographyBLOG has published its review of the Olympus E-30.
Image quality from the smaller 4/3rds sensor isn’t as good as that from the APS-C competitors, with noise in particular an issue at relatively slow ISO speeds.
For more news and reviews, stay tuned to Photography Bay’s Olympus E-30 Reviews and Resources.
Canon Professional Network has published a Technical Article for the Canon PowerShot G10. My favorite (with a wink and a nudge) comment from the article follows:
First off, sensor resolution has been increased from 12.1 to 14.7 megapixels. Before anyone groans, the addition of the latest DIGIC 4 processor has made those pixels genuinely useful and image quality has been upped, even at higher ISO settings.
For the latest news and reviews, see Photography Bay’s Canon G10 Reviews and Resources.
DP Interface has posted a review of the Olympus FE370.
No doubt the FE370 produces some pretty decent photos (some competition can do better though) but the camera still compromises other key areas of shooting such as performance and battery life.
If you are a Strobist follower, you no doubt know of the Honl Photo Speed System. ExpoImaging, maker and distributor of the ExpoDisc, is now distributing the Honl products in the US.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 and DMC-ZS1 are a pair of new point and shoot cameras featuring 10.1 megapixel sensors and each have a 12x optical zoom lens.
Our indoor image samples show the same great exposure and color, as well as a crisp image from edge to edge. ISO 400 is the first time noise appears in the image. Even then, the level is acceptable and will not be noticed in prints of 8×10 or larger.
Though image quality is a little soft in the corners at wide-angle, distortion is low at both zoom settings, and overall image quality is excellent.
What we see is what’s become the norm for cameras in this resolution class, with acceptably clean (though, under careful analysis, still rather grainy) shots at ISO 80 and 100, a decided escalation in noise between ISO 200 and 400, and extremely compromised fine detail at ISO 800 and beyond.
As long as you don’t want much in the way of manual features, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 is a very nice camera that can handle a variety of shooting situations.
Image quality was very good in most respects. The DMC-ZS3 takes well-exposed photos, without a lot of highlight clipping that’s common on compact cameras (you’ll still encounter it, though).
The ZS1 carries a retail price of $299.95 and the ZS3 rings in at $399.95. Both should be available in April 2009.
Check ZS1 availability on Amazon.com. Check ZS3 availability on Amazon.com.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 is a 12.1 megapixel point and shoot camera, which offers a 5x optical zoom and wide-angle end at a 25mm equivalent. It also features a 3″ LCD screen and optical image stabilization. The FX580 carries a retail price of $399.95 and should be available in April 2009. Check availability at Amazon.com.
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The Panasonic Lumix FS25 is a 12.1 megapixel point and shoot camera with a 5x optical zoom and 3″ LCD screen. The FS25 also features Panasonic’s Mega O.I.S., which is optical image stabilization. The retail price will be $249.95 and should be available in April 2009. Check availability on Amazon.com.
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX48 is yet another 12.1 megapixel point and shoot camera introduced by Panasonic today. It features a 5x optical zoom and optical image stabilization. The FX48 carries a retail price tag of $349.95 and will be available in April 2009. Check availability on Amazon.com.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]