New Pentax Optio Generation: Three New Point-and-Shoot Cameras
Pentax also has news on the point-and-shoot end. The Optio M50 is an 8-megapixel model with 5x zoom lens and wide-view 2.5-inch LCD screen. It ships in March for $230. The Optio S12 is a pocket-sized 12-megapixel shooter with 3x zoom and a dynamic range adjustment function for avoiding blown-out highlights. It arrives in April with a price tag of $280. The Optio E50 is a budget 8.1-megapixel camera that runs on AA batteries and will cost $150 when it arrives in March.
[ Via Wired, PENTAX ANNOUNCES COLORFUL OPTIO M50, TINY OPTIO S12 AND MORE ]
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/new-point-and-s.html
Powerful Credit-card sized video players: Impressive High resolution screens, 8 hour battery life
The world’s becoming pocket-sized and crunchy enough to get rid of all the bulk and do things the small, sexy and Chinese way. What you see above just exemplifies a little more of that lifestyle change. These are nothing but credit card sized video players, that are totally packed with the best features, so don’t just go by their size. Not just that, they are just the right size for you to make a last minute stuff into your pocket to catch up on all that video or presentation you need to. Priced at $99.99, they’re worth their weight in gold. Read more
Black Friday Deal Madness: Latest Adorama photo deals
Folks, here’s the latest addition to to this years Black Friday Camera Deal Madness from Adorama. The New Yorkers have combed their shelves to bring you a collection of unbelievable deals sure to please everyone on your holiday list, including yourself. They also offer free shipping on many of these items. Hurry guys, quantities are limited and some of the offers expire this Saturday – and all are history on November 30th.
For example: The highly popular Nikon Coolpix L11 Digital Camera, featuring a 6 Megapixel chip and 3x Optical Zoom/4x
Digital Zoom, sells for only $99.95* + FREE Shipping. The *Nikon Coolpix S51 Digital Camera sells for $199; regular street price is $250 and more.
Check out the Adorama website for more deals.
Review: FinePix F50fd is downright disappointing
Our dear colleauges at PhotographyBLOG/Engadget just reviewed the latest Fuji FinePix camera, the FinePix F50fd point-and-shoot. The result is crushing: “picture quality is downright disappointing”, says the tech site.
Unfortunately, everybody’s worst fear about the FinePix F50fd seems to be true — according to a recent review over at PhotographyBLOG, anyway. Apparently, stuffing a 12-megapixel sensor into this pocket-friendly digicam wasn’t exactly the most intelligent idea, as reviewers found the picture quality to be downright disappointing. Read more
Mustek’s Soccercam: The cam for the insatiable soccer addict
Okay if you’re an ardent soccer fan, chances are you already have everything around you screaming that fact out loud. But if you’d stop at nothing short of having everything that has Soccer imprinted on it, how about the cute and adorable looking Mustek’s Soccer Ball shaped all-in-one Digital Camera? Read more
FujiFilm FinePix Z10fd : The teenager’s venture into great photography
Fruity colors seem to be the hottest thing this season, whether its USB keys, the ever shortening skirts, mobile phones, or well better still, digital cameras. What I’m talking about IS FujiFilm’s trendy tot-cam. Apart from being available in 7 attractive colors for the stylish youngsters, this one also packs in face recognition, auto-red eye correction, a dual-shot mode, xD/SD/SDHC support, and an over-inflated “blog mode” which quickly resizes any image into VGA or QVGA sizes. As if that’s not enough, it also arms kids with the ability to share their snaps with any IrSimple capable infrared device. Cool init? I mean the plethora of options kids have these days, I wonder how I grew up without enjoying all these. Due to launch in September, this one clicks in some 7.2 megapixel capacity. Pretty neat, I think. Kids don’t need to worry about having a camera which whoozes water when clicked. They can seem completely in tune with technology with this made to order camera.
Samsung S85: 8.2 Megapixel plus Intelligent Face Recognition Technology
Are you someone who loves getting clicked? Feel like the prettiest thing on the planet when you’re being shot, but are always unhappy with what the end result of the photo session is? Wondering why you even bothered spending on that photographer? The good news is that you can now stop wondering and get your best pictures clicked just by handing the Samsung S85 to your toddler! No kidding. Getting your best pictures clicked is going to stop seeming like rocket science. At least to me it would. You don’t need to worry about making all those oh-so-technical adjustments Read more
Review: Pentax Optio W30 waterproof digital camera
Digital Camera Info just published an interesting and super detailed 15-plus pages review of the Pentax Optio W30. Their conclusion si surprising:
The Pentax W30, simply put, is a fun camera to use. It will likely find a wide audience, eliciting praise from Michael Phelps types to kids wanting to play Mikey from the Goonies. With waterproof, dustproof (and kid-proof) abilities, the Optio W30 functions as an all-around camera that can be transported on land or water. It also includes basic PDA functions such as alarm and calendar. With an array of internal editing, the camera makes it easy to bypass the computer. Read more.
Simply Overpriced: BenQ DC C740i 7 Megapixel cam w/ Pentax lens
BenQ just released a new 7 Megapixel digital camera. The newest addition to the companies compact digital camera line is called DC C740i and features an 3x optical zoom and a pretty good lens (made by Pentax). It also comes with a Vibration reduction mode so pictures do not come out blurry from the camera being shaken. The Down side: With a street price of around $600 C740i is certainly overpriced.
via Gizmonistas!
HP touch-screen camera series: Appeals to simplicity lovers
Okay, HP may not be on your list of the most sought-after tech gurus, but in my opinion, it’s definitely re-inventive and a true blue competitor. What I especially love about the company, is their ability to make technology feel unlike rocket science, which many companies like Sony and Acer manage to do with utmost ease! Now of course, it’s not the first one to have introduced touch-screen technology in digital cameras, what with Sony and Toshiba having done that long ago, but the cool thing is that it’s managed to look behind the intricacies and bring a series of cameras that have bigger displays (something I consider a must-have) and are guaranteed compatibility with Windows Vista (remember the Microsoft Newbie that has a great photo-storer software?). Sure, an Olympus or Canon might beat it sore when it comes to market-share (at least of the digicam market), but HP is sure to give them a run for their money! Read more
