Wednesday 20 August 2008
Photos: Hands-on with the Casio Exilim Z19, Z85, Z250 and Z300
Tags: casio, megapixel, inch, colours
We would like to stick in a Z Cars reference here, but that's going so far back even we wouldn't get it. So rather than showing our age, we're going to crack on with introducing Casio's brand-spanking-new Exilim Z-range, comprising the Z19, Z85, Z250 and Z300.
All four cameras boast a dedicated movie button for H.264 movies, as is Casio's welcome wont, and auto shutter function. This automatically snaps when it detects a smile -- grrr -- or, much more sensibly, when your hand stops shaking long enough for crisp, clear shots. Click here for more
Monday 18 August 2008
Photos: Hands-on with the Sony Cyber-shot T77 and T700
Tags: sony, colours, lens, cyber
Sony is sending two new 10.1-megapixel models down the Cyber-shot camera runway, and they're a pair of lookers all right. The Sony Cyber-shot T77 is the thinnest, with the Cyber-shot T700 the brainy one, boasting a giant memory. But let's start with the T77.
The Cyber-shot T77 is thinner than a supermodel on that new nettles-and-cardboard diet you may have read about. But despite being only 15mm at the thickest point, it still packs in image stabilisation, and even more impressively, a Carl Zeiss 4x optical zoom lens. We're not always keen on non-protruding lenses and sliding faceplates -- we have a habit of accidentally sticking our doughy fingers in the way of the lens -- but you can't argue with the T77's thinness. Click here for more
Thursday 14 August 2008
Fujifilm FinePix F60fd: 0-60 in 12 megapixels
Tags: fujifilm, inch, resolution, detection
Fujifilm has followed the popular F50fd with the new FinePix F60fd. It's an incremental upgrade to the popular F50fd, slotting into the range below the disappointing F100fd. While the quality of past cameras in the F range have guaranteed Fujifilm a large amount of goodwill, we have to admit there's little to inspire us about the F60's specs. When it hits shelves, will it be gone in 60 seconds?
The headline figure for most consumers is the 12-megapixel resolution. Whether that's a good or a bad thing remains to be seen, depending on the quality of the 1/1.6-inch Super CCD VII HR sensor. Fuji has a good track record in that regard, so we're looking forward to getting the F60fd in for a full review. Click here for more
Wednesday 13 August 2008
Fujifilm confirms S2000HD, J150w, J110w, J100, and J120
Tags: fujifilm, inch, zoom, optical
Fujifilm has officially confirmed the launch of a bunch of new cameras accidentally leaked by the Canadians a week ago. Those crazy Canucks publically outed the S2000HD superzoom and some new entries to the compact J series: the J150w, J110w, J100 and J120.
Let's take a look at the S2000HD, pictured above. It's a 10-megapixel superzoom, sporting a honking great 15x optical zoom. The focal length is 5-75mm, equivalent to 27.6-414mm on a 35mm camera.
Features include a selection of burst modes, shooting three images at 1.1 frames per second, 33 shots at 7fps at 5 megapixels or lower, or the same at 13.5fps at 3 megapixels. Click here for more
Monday 11 August 2008
Nikon Coolpix S610, S610c, S560, S710 and S60: S Club party
Proving that there ain't no party like an S Club party, Nikon has come out all cameras blazing with a range of new Coolpix S-series compacts following the souped-up P6000. The S610 and S610c, S710 and S560 will hurl their shiny metal bodies on to the consumer electronics dancefloor over the two next months.
They come in a range of colours and specifications. First up is the 10-megapixel Coolpix S610. It boasts a 4x zoom and 76mm (3-inch) screen, with lens-shifting image stabilisation. Click here for more
Friday 8 August 2008
Photos: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T700 camera and album
Tags: sony, shot, modes, memory
The concept behind Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-T700 is to give consumers a solid snapshot camera boasting a bounty of features and modes, with an easy-to-use touchscreen interface, as well as a portable digital photo album able to hold approximately 40,000 VGA images on 4GB of internal memory. Sounds good, right?
The DSC-T700 replaces the T300 in Sony's Cyber-shot lineup and keeps its 89mm (3.5-inch) LCD touchscreen, but has a better resolution. And from the little time we've spent with it, the screen is responsive and easy enough to navigate. Click here for more
Nikon Coolpix P6000: Dripping with features
Nikon's really going all-out with the newest addition to its P series of compact cameras for amateur shooters. The Coolpix P6000, which replaces last year's P5100, is stuffed full of interesting features, such as built-in GPS, an Ethernet connection, wireless flash and a new Vista-compatible raw format. We're huge fans of integrated in-camera GPS. Seperate add-on solutions, at least from what we've seen on consumer models, can't give you an on-camera interface, which makes them too hard to configure. This is the first camera with built-in GPS that you might actually want to buy. Click here for more
Wednesday 30 July 2008
Pentax Optio M60 and E60: 10 megapixels for dummies
Tags: pentax, optical, megapixel, entry
Joining the recently announced waterproof W60 are two new Pentax Optio models, the E60 (pictured left) and M60 (right). Both cameras are straight out of the entry-level drawer, and clock in at less than a telycost. What's a telycost? About a hundred pounds.
The M60 is a 10-megapixel compact, with a 5x optical zoom, and smile and blink detection. It also boasts a whopping face-recognition system that will pick out up to 32 faces in a frame. We don't even know that many people.
This is joined by the E60, in which the E probably stands for 'entry-level', or possibly 'eejit'. Click here for more
Monday 21 July 2008
Photos: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 hands-on
Tags: panasonic, optical, compact, modes
When a camera boasts a spec sheet as impressive as the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3, we'd be happy to be introduced to it in the arcade at Butlins. So it was a bonus that we saw it in Monte Carlo instead, hence the very un-London skies in our pictures. The LX3 is a top-end compact, similar to the Canon Powershot G9.
Leaving aside all the whistles and bells, which we'll get to in a moment, the most important spec is the size of the sensor: it's a relatively large 1/1.63-inch CCD developed specially for this camera. Panasonic has sidestepped the megapixel race somewhat by keeping the LX3 at 10.1 megapixel resolution to cut down on problems with noise. Click here for more
Photos: Panasonic Lumix FZ28, FX37, FX150 hands-on
Tags: panasonic, optical, megapixel, compact
There's nowhere Crave won't go to bring you the latest mouthwatering gadgetry: one of your intrepid correspondents is looking at televisions in Slough as we type these very words. In the name of quality new cameras, we recently took one for the team by heading to Monte Carlo to meet Panasonic's new range of Lumix snappers: the FZ28, FX37 and FX150. It's a tough job.
The theme of the new additions is a general raising of the bar for compact cameras. Lenses are wider, screens bigger, features lists longer. One camera even packs the highest resolution for a compact to date. Click here for more
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