09.30.06
Posted in Sony, Reviews at 9:54 am by Contact
Digital Photography Review
The Cyber-shot DSC-H1 was Sony’s first foray into the increasingly crowded compact, image stabilized ’super zoom’ market, and it was a very successful one too. The DSC-H5 (along with little brother the DSC-H2) arrived almost exactly a year later in February 2006. The H5 is notable as the first ‘big zoom’ compact camera to feature a 7 megapixel sensor (a new Sony 1/2.5″ CCD), and for its huge 3.0″ screen. Otherwise the specification is pretty much the same as the H2, itself a fairly subtle update to the original H1 - no bad thing given the very high standards set by that model.
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Posted in Sony, Reviews at 9:50 am by Contact
Imaging Resource
The newly-released DSC-H2 model updates the H1 with a larger CCD at 6.0-megapixels, and extends a few capabilities as well, with a wider ISO range and an optional function guide for onscreen help. Most of the H2’s functions will be familiar to users of other Sony digital cameras, and newcomers to the line will appreciate the camera’s simplicity. The Sony H2 features the same 12x optical zoom lens and Image Stabilization technology as the H1, and offers full manual to full auto exposure control, with a nice selection of creative tools at the user’s disposal.
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Posted in Nikon, Reviews at 9:45 am by Contact
Digital Photography Review
Announced just before PMA in February 2006, the 8 megapixel Coolpix P3 replaces the P2 at the top of Nikon’s compact Coolpix range, adding a few features (the headline change being the introduction of optical image stabilization) and sleeker, simpler styling. Like the P2 the P3 is one of the small, but growing, band of cameras with built-in wireless (802.11 b/g) Wi-Fi capabilities, and like most of Nikon’s higher-end Coolpix models it is stuffed to the gills with features, options and controls. Nikon also announced a sister model (the Coolpix P4) that offers exactly the same specification without the Wi-Fi for around $40 less. It is safe to assume that the image quality and handling aspects of this review are equally applicable to the P4.
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Posted in Canon, Reviews at 9:40 am by Contact
Digital Camera Resource Page
The Canon PowerShot S3 IS is an update to last year’s very popular PowerShot S2 ultra zoom camera. The S3 isn’t a revolution compared to the S2 — in fact, the upgrades are fairly minor for the most part. New features on the S3 include:
- Uses a 6 Megapixel CCD (instead of 5MP)
- New ISO range of 80 - 800 (instead of 50 - 400); lower noise than previous sensor
- 2″ LCD display (versus 1.8″)
- Live histogram in record mode
- New widescreen (16:9) still image mode
- New Sports scene mode
- Black-colored body; slightly larger and heavier than S2
Everything else is the same as on the PowerShot S2. That means that the S3 has a 12X optical zoom lens, optical image stabilizer, rotating LCD, full manual controls, and enhanced movie mode.
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Posted in Pentax, Reviews at 9:34 am by Contact
Digital Photography Review
The new ‘flagship’ in Pentax’s long-running Optio range was announced at the CES show in January. The basic specification is fairly standard for a camera in this class; 3x optical zoom, 8 megapixels, 15 scene modes (including a high sensitivity / ISO 800 ‘candlelight’ option) and a large 2.5-inch screen, but the Optio A10 does have a couple of tricks up its sleeve, including a CCD-shift image stabilization system, in-camera effects and frames, and the ability to record movies in the highly efficient (and widely used) MPEG-4 DivX format.
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Posted in Kodak, Reviews at 9:30 am by Contact
Imaging Resource
The Kodak EasyShare Z650 Zoom updates the previous Z740 with a 6.1 megapixel sensor, a two-inch LCD, live histogram and three more Scene modes. It features the same 10x optical zoom lens in a mini-SLR form factor with that provides a full range of exposure modes and EasyShare simplicity.
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Posted in Casio, Reviews at 7:56 am by Contact
Lets Go Digital?
In response to user???s high demand, the Casio Exilim EX-Z850???s Super Life Battery supports 440 shots per charge, providing convenient, long-lasting usability. Notable new features on the EX-Z850 include flash functions for a variety of settings and situations, including; Rapid Flash, which enables three flash photos in only one second to completely capture a given moment; Soft Flash, which prevents overexposure of subjects photographed up close; and High Power Flash, which ensures that subjects are properly illuminated even when photographed as far away as approximately 12.1 metres. The EX-Z850 also includes Revive Shot, which refreshes faded colours of old photos by bringing them back to life in digital format, automatically adjusts for obliquity even when photos are shot while still in the album.
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Digital Photography Review - Casio Exilim EX-Z850
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09.12.06
Posted in Canon, Reviews at 8:12 am by Contact
Digital Photography Review
Announced just before PMA in February, the A700 is the new flagship of the ever-growing ‘A’ series of affordable feature-laden PowerShot models. As well as sporting a 6x (35-210mm equiv) optical zoom and 2.5-inch screen the A700 is the first of many cameras launched this year to use the latest 1/2.5″ 6MP CCD, and the first to feature an ISO 800 mode.
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09.10.06
Posted in Canon, Reviews at 7:22 am by Contact
Trusted Reviews
The EOS 30D is the replacement for the extremely popular EOS 20D, which was launched in August 2004. It is the latest incarnation of a range of models which started back in 2000 with the EOS D30, which was followed by the D60 in 2002 and the 10D in 2003. The 30D gets a larger and sharper 230,000 pixel 2.5in LCD monitor, a larger selection of ISO settings at 1/3-EV intervals, and spot metering, something that was inexplicably omitted from the 20D. Other additions include a slightly larger image buffer, an RGB histogram function, a second lower speed continuous shooting setting (3 fps as well as 5fps), and a new more durable shutter mechanism that is supposedly good for 100,000 shots. Changes to the ISO setting are now shown in the viewfinder, and file sizes are shown in playback mode. I???ll pause here for your pulse to stop racing.
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09.04.06
Posted in Panasonic, Reviews at 9:05 am by Contact
Photography Reviews?
The Panasonic Lumix Dmc-FX01 is currently the smallest compact digital camera to sport a 28mm wide angle? lens. Gary Wolstenholme takes a look at how wide this camera’s appeal is.
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