Tag: Compact
Olympus gets in on the Micro Four Thirds scene with its compact SLR concept
Things are ALL GO on the hot Micro Four Thirds SLR scene right now. Panasonic revealed its Lumix G1 just last week, shrinking the traditional SLR into a very fancy-looking body.
Olympus, Panasonic’s partner in the new system, has different plans. It’s using the shrunken optical internals to create a compact-styled camera that boasts the power and lens connectivity of an SLR. And a lovely little orange faux-leather band. To be honest, we’re only mentioning this because of the leather band.
The unnamed Olympus device is, sadly, just at concept stage at the moment, so there’s a very real risk that that leather detailing will be replaced with a cheaper plastic…
Digital Summer Special: Olympus compact and DSLR cameras
Olympus was out in force at Digital Summer, showing off a line of their recent digital compact and SLR cameras. We’ve covered some of them already on Tech Digest, and most have been out for at least a couple of months, but it’s still worth taking a closer look.
Olympus SP-570 UZ
This DSLR offers up a 20x wide optical zoom, 10 megapixel sensor, dual image stabilisation, sequential shooting at up to 13.5 fps, super macro mode, face detection, shadow adjustment, BrightCapture technology for low-light shooting, 23 preset scene modes, automated and manual settings. Unusually for a DSLR it runs on four AA batteries.
Available now priced £389.99.
Pentax adds to compact range with 8MP Optio V20
Newly-launched in the US, but sure to follow in Europe in a matter of days is the latest compact camera from Pentax – the Optio V20…
Samsung extends its compact range with i80, i100 and S1060
And still those cameras keep coming, with Samsung adding to its compact range with the i80, i100 and S1060.
CES 2008: Fujifilm launches super-thin FinePix Z100fd digital camera
If you are going to buy a compact, make sure it is just that – and at just 19.8mm thick, that’s certainly the case with the Fujifilm FinePix Z100fd.
Sony intros Cyber-shot S730 compact digital camera
Sneaking in past the remains of the Christmas turkey comes Sony’s latest Cyber-shot offering. The S730 compact digital camera (not to be confused with Samsung’s offering with the same model number) offers 7.2 megapixel image capture, 3x optical zoom lens, high sensitivity ISO 1250, multi-point autofocus mode, macro settings, self-timer, flash, a 2.4-inch colour LCD screen with wide viewing angle and on-screen function guide.
Phantom Miro 3 High Speed Compact Camera
The Miro 3 can take 1000 photos a second at 800×600 resolution, which is probably a few too many for Timmy’s birthday party.
Reduce the resolution to 32×32 and it records at 95,000 fps…
Five perfect compact digital cameras for the party season
The party season is almost upon us – a time for much drinking, much merriment and much snapping with your digital camera, mainly to embarass your friends and work colleagues the morning after. Over at Shiny's top men's blog Brandish,…
