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Panasonic Lumix G3 is the smallest and lightest interchangeable lens cam it offers

Shane McGlaun, May 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

Panasonic and its line of G-series cameras are very popular with photographers that want high quality images and a portable design. Panasonic has added a new camera to the G family called the Lumix DMC-G3. The G3 is hailed as Panasonic's smallest and lightest interchangeable lens camera with a viewfinder. The camera has all the high-end features you expect from a G-series camera too. It will record full 1080p resolution video for instance. Read The Full Story

Olympus PEN Pro packing homegrown sensor and integrated EVF?

Shane McGlaun, May 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

In late March, I mentioned that Olympus had a touchscreen camera that was coming called the PEN Pro. The camera is a micro four-thirds offering and has some other cool features that will make it appealing to people shopping in the category. Today some new rumors about the PEN Pro micro four-thirds digital camera have surfaced that point to it being an interesting device indeed. Read The Full Story

Design concept combines Leica camera with iPhone

Shane McGlaun, Apr 26th 2011 Discuss [1]

We have seen all manner of Leica cameras over the years and they all have a few things in common. These things include great photo quality, cool retro style, and a massive price tag. A new design concept that combines the cool Leica camera design with the high-tech iPhone smartphone has been unveiled. I will admit that the design is a bit weird. I'm not sure why you would want to combine an iPhone with the little digital camera myself. Read The Full Story

Casio TRYX hits Best Buy in bendy white

Chris Davies, Apr 18th 2011 Discuss [1]

Casio's distinctive TRYX digital camera, announced back at CES 2011, has been on sale in black at Amazon for a short while now, but if you demand that your gadgets match your Stormtrooper costume then you need to head down to Best Buy today. The retailer has clinched the exclusive on the white TRYX, which will go on sale - alongside its black sibling - for $249.99 in stores today. Read The Full Story

Networked Police – Facial Matching Glasses

Kevin Fubar, Apr 15th 2011 Discuss [5]

Brazilian police have come up with a system to scan the faces of people in crowded areas, checking them against a central database to see if they're wanted bad-duded. I love this. Truly, these are like the grandpappy of the wearable systems from Snow Crash. It's a set of glasses with a camera fitted to them. The camera can grab 400 faces per second out of a crowd and send them all to a central database. If there's a match, a notifier pops up on a screen and lets the officer know that there is a wanted criminal afoot. Read The Full Story

Fujifilm planning X200 and X300 interchangeable-lens versions of X100?

Chris Davies, Apr 7th 2011 Discuss [3]

Salt-cellars at the ready, humans, because it's camera rumor time. Buoyed by the runaway success of the X100, Fujifilm is reportedly readying both entry-level and interchangeable lens versions. According to Canadian photographer Bob Todrick, a Fuji rep confirmed to him that the X200 - a point-and-shoot version of the X100 - is due for release this fall, while an X300 pro-version will arrive in 2012. Read The Full Story

Nikon D5100 DSLR packs ISO 102,400, Full HD, built-in effects

Chris Davies, Apr 5th 2011 Discuss [1]

Nikon's latest DSLR is official, the D5100, promising Full HD video recording, 16.2-megapixel stills, and fancy features like in-camera HDR photography, ISO 102,400 for extreme low-light shots, and effects like selective color sampling. The Nikon D5100 also gets the company's EXPEED 2 engine, along with a vari-angle 3-inch monitor and 4fps continuous shooting. Read The Full Story

Lensbaby Composer Pro promises smoother photo effects

Chris Davies, Apr 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

Lensbaby has outed its latest model, and the company is now targeting professional photo and video experts. The Lensbaby Composer Pro takes the existing Composer and upgrades its ball and focus mechanism with a metal version that, it's claimed, makes for smoother focus and tilt. Read The Full Story

Apple iPod nano seventh-gen regaining camera?

Chris Davies, Apr 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

An image of what's purported to be Apple's next-gen iPod nano chassis has leaked, with a space in the back panel for a camera. The picture, sent to Apple.pro, shows a nano casing in the same square style as the existing 6th-gen model, but seemingly with camera functionality restored from the 5th-gen version. Read The Full Story

Sony CEO takes potshots at “burning” iPads

Chris Davies, Apr 2nd 2011 Discuss [9]

It's not just accidentally confirming that Apple is using Sony CMOS sensors, presumably for the iPhone 5, that CEO Howard Stringer has been doing; the outspoken exec also spent some time taking pot-shots at his rivals. On stage with the WSJ's Walt Mossberg at an event earlier this week, Stringer cautioned an iPad owner in the audience to "be careful it doesn’t burn you if you wave it around" in what was seemingly a bizarre reference to Apple devices overheating. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 8MP camera tipped after Sony CEO slip

Chris Davies, Apr 2nd 2011 Discuss [2]

Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer has apparently let slip the camera hardware specifications of the iPhone 5, Apple's fifth-generation smartphone. Speaking to Walt Mossberg this week, 9 to 5 Mac reports, Stringer discussed the impact of the Japanese earthquake on CMOS sensor production at the company's Sendai plant. "Our best sensor technology is built in one of the affected factories" he said, "those go to Apple for their iPhones… or iPads. Isn't that something? They buy our best sensors from us?" Read The Full Story

Canon Exec: Mirrorless is the reserve of DSLR failures

Chris Davies, Mar 18th 2011 Discuss [3]

A Canon exec has accused Micro Four Thirds and mirrorless camera manufacturers of entering the segments because their mainstream DSLR models were market failures. Canon's European head of consumer imaging, Rainer Fuehres, told Amateur Photographer that the company had no need to look to Micro Four Thirds or similar, because it had no issues selling either DSLRs or compact cameras. Read The Full Story