They keep gettin’ longer and longer: compact maxi zoom digicams, that is. No-one else has touched Canon with its 35x zoom in the SX30 IS model but this one maxes out Olympus’ lineup with a 24x optical zoom. That means you can zoom from a 35 SLR equivalent of 25mm wide out to a 600mm [...]
As mentioned elsewhere, I bought this camera’s predecessor — the HX5V — about a year ago for family use. And enjoyed every still and video pixel it shot! Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX9V Features So what do we get with the new boy? We can now enjoy a 16x optical zoom, (24-384mm on a 35 SLR). In [...]
The Koreans are coming! Correction: they’re already here! Samsung had already gained a market presence with compact digicams, then surprised everyone when it delivered the interchangeable lens DSLR-style NX10 about 18 months ago. Samsung NX11 Features The NX11 continues the story: an APS-sized CMOS sensor, viewed with a 7.6cm Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode [...]
About this time last year I fell upon a Sony DSC-HX5V compact digicam with great glee, buying one to use for my family picture making. It has since traveled with us on all our excursions, elegantly and easily recording our trips as HD movies. Admittedly, there are a few hangups with it, mostly to do [...]
And on they come! Compact maxi zoom digicams. This one has an 18x optical zoom, equating to a 28-504mm lens as 35 SLR equivalent, As I’ve said before, try to fit out a DSLR with an 18x zoom and you hit a brick wall! The SZ-10 is nicely configured and slips easily into any pocket, [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the PEN E-PL1 and this one comes at the right time — and price — for an entry level camera following the Four Thirds plan. In keeping with the PEN format the camera is mirrorless, dispensing with the pentaprism and optical viewing. The review Olympus PEN E-PL2 was [...]
Many notable 20th century photographers began their snapping with a very basic box or folding camera. The attractions were simplicity, a large original image plus, unexpectedly and ‘unwantedly’, a wild and woolly capture. So, today, we find many exploratory photographers on the search for the feral rendering capability of their youth, as do many younger [...]
This camera in Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds series is highly desirable from a number of angles, not least of which is the touch screen system. And you can buy it in three body colours: black, red and blue The test camera was supplied with the f3.5/14-42mm kit zoom lens, an average and quite useful optic [...]
For me, nature and wildlife photography is up there, in the degree of difficulty, as challenging as Formula One racing photography. It’s all about camera position, subject behaviour and the challenge of firing the shutter at precisely the right moment. Author Guy Edwardes has been shooting nature and wildlife for over 20 years and sells [...]
While nipping at the heels of its top level sibling, the D7000, this baby has a couple of advantages: a smaller size and arguably a less challenging user interface. It is in fact an excellent prosumer or enthusiast camera. In the hand it’s a practical camera and, at a pinch, could be used single-handed, with [...]
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