Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Fuji F850EXR
Fuji announced several new compact cameras yesterday:
The F900EXR and F850EXR are both 16MP superzoom, compact cameras with a 20x optical zoom. The F900EXR offers a few premium features (like Wireless Image Transfer and higher continuous shooting frame rates) over the F850EXR, but otherwise appear to be the same cameras. [Read more…]
Leica has unveiled its new V-Lux 4 with a 24x zoom lens (25-600mm equivalent) and a 12.1MP CMOS sensor. The V-Lux 4 captures 1080p HD video and includes a 3-inch articulating LCD, as well as a 1.3MP EVF.
The Leica V-Lux 4 is essentially a rebranded Panasonic FZ200, which is about $300 or so cheaper without the Leica nameplate.
The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS is the latest superzoom from Canon, and packs a whopping 50x zoom lens. The SX50 HS features a 12.1MP CMOS sensor, DIGIC 5 image processor (for faster AF and shot-to-shot times) and a 2.8-inch vari-angle LCD.
Additionally, the SX50 HS will capture 1080p HD video and 12-bit RAW images. The new superzoom also sports a hot shoe for Canon Speedlites.
The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS should be available in October for $479.99. Check availability here at B&H Photo.
Through Sept. 8, you can get $100 off the Fuji X-S1 superzoom camera, which sports a 24-624mm equivalent zoom lens and 1080p HD video capture. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
After some earlier leaks of the camera, Pentax got official with the new X-5 superzoom camera today. The Pentax X-5 sports a stabilized 26x optical zoom lens (22.3-580mm equivalent) and a 16MP BSI CMOS sensor. While its not quite the reach as the massive 40x zoom Olympus SP-820UZ announced today, that’s still a great wide angle to telephoto reach.
The X-5 also features a 3-inch tilting LCD, an electronic viewfinder and 1080/30p HD video capture. It can capture up to 10fps for a max of 30 images per sequence.
The X-5 is powered by four AA batteries and should be available in September 2012 for $279.95. You can order the Pentax X-5 here at B&H Photo.
Olympus just launched the Stylus SP-820UZ iHS, its flagship Ultra Zoom compact camera. It features a 40x optical zoom lens (22.4-896mm equivalent) a 14MP CMOS image sensor.
The zoom is further magnified by what Olympus calls Super-Resolution Zoom, which doubles the focus distance, enabling up to 80x zoom magnification.
The SP-820UZ iHS also sports a 3-inch LCD 1080p HD video, as well as 720p video at 60fps for smooth slow motion footage.
The Olympus Stylus SP-820UZ iHS should be available in September 2012 at a retail price of $329.99. You can order the SP-820UZ here at B&H Photo.
Full specifications below. [Read more…]
Pentax has a new superzoom camera in the works – the X-5. These images leaked out ahead of the official unveiling, which is sure to happen soon. [Read more…]
Panasonic Lumix FZ60
Along with the new constant aperture FZ200, Panasonic has released two more Lumix superzooms – the LZ20 and FZ60.
The FZ60 is a step down from the FZ200 and features a 24x optical zoom (25-600mm equivalent) with a variable aperture (f/2.8-5.2), a 16.1MP CMOS image sensor and the ability to capture 1080/60i or 1080/30p video. The Panasonic Lumix FZ60 retails for $349 and is available here at B&H Photo.
The LZ20 rounds out the bottom end of the superzooms and sports a 21x optical zoom lens (25-525mm equivalent), a 16MP CCD image sensor and 720p video at 30fps. The Panasonic LZ20 retails for $249 and is available here at B&H Photo. [Read more…]
The Panasonic FZ200 is the first superzoom camera that sports a f/2.8 constant aperture throughout its 25-600mm equivalent zoom range. The FZ200 features a 12.1MP image sensor and can capture full res images at 12fps.
The FZ200 also features HD video capture at 1080/60p, as well as HD video (presumably 720p) at 120fps and VGA-res video at 240fps.
The FZ200 retails for $599 and is currently available for pre-order here at B&H Photo.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Fuji X-S1
The Fuji X-S1 is a new ultrazoom model that takes a place next to the Fuji X10 and Fuji X100 in the premium X-series line.
The Fuji X-S1 features a 12MP EXR CMOS sensor that is a larger 2/3″ format. The X-S1 features a manual 26x zoom lens (24-624mm equivalent) at f/2.8-5.6 and 2x enhanced digital zoom, which Fuji claims offers expanded reach with minimal quality loss.
The Fuji X-S1 captures full resolution images at 7 fps and will record 1080p HD video.
The X-S1 should be available later this month at $799.95. Check availability at Amazon.com.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]