Posts from 'Digital Cameras, DSLR, Camcorder' category

Image has been from the ancient times more than just a picture, it has been entertainment. The last ten years technology made the moving image to go from cinemas in the homes of people who have something to tell or to share or both. This is how the web camera gain ground and became popular among people worldwide. Why is that? Simple, we all have our stories to tell!And the image is more than s...

Pictures do tell stories. They have done that from the most ancient times when people tried to scratch cave’s walls in order to tell something about someone or just something else (like phenomena, for instance). Nowadays, we don’t scratch walls anymore; we post on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. And that is why a webcam has become a useful tool of communication. The criteria in choosing one are ...

On 9 February 2011, Nikon announced nine cameras from the Coolpix series. Among them one is the Nikon Coolpix P300 model, a compact camera designed for high end users. Even if at first sight it looks like an ordinary camera the P300 has very interesting characteristics. Design and build characteristics The metallic case offers a classical and elegant design. On the front side you will find the N...

In a past article we presented the new Nikon Coolpix P300, and now it is time for us to tell you a few things about the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT3 (also known as TS3). If the model launched by Nikon is for advanced photographers, this one is for a completely different target. As Panasonic says on their official site, the Lumix FT3 is dedicated to adrenaline amateurs. Design and build From first si...

The budget DSLR market got another under-thousand dollar camera last month, as Nikon launched their D5100.The D5100 is developed as a comprehensive link between the high-end D7000 and the novice-oriented D3100. Up until now, whoever was advanced enough to graduate from the entry level D3100 but did not feel like coughing up the price tag of a D7000 was left with only the old D90 which, let’s...

When I wrote the article about the Sony NEX-3 and 5 cameras I was not expecting to write another article about two Sony cameras so soon.  This time the Sony Alpha SLT A33 and A55 cameras with a DSLR aspect hide a few significant changes when it comes to their build characteristics and specs.SLT means Single Lens Translucent. This means that the mirror in front of the photo sensor is fixed and...

Camera producers are trying to enrich the niche market as much as they can through a trick. They either use common components for more cameras, or combine more elements which apparently seem different.Panasonic decided to use this idea and came up with a professional camera that is based on a Micro Four Thirds sensor. The result was named Panasonic AF100 and can be seen in the photo presented ...

This year’s spring brought us 2 cameras from the G series the G2 and the G10, addressed to different targets. It only took a few months until Canon came out with a new G model which is in the competition in one of the most competitive niche markets: prosumer compact.The G12 is the successor of the G11. Even if I had not mentioned this it would have been very easy to notice because both model...

Synonymous with the restart of activities after the summer holiday, the autumn is a period well-known for the avalanche of new products that are released on the IT market. Camera producers make no exception.The Japanese from Olympus took advantage of this and decided to refresh the Digital SLR niche, which had not received any new cameras from Olympus ever since the E3 model launched in 2007. ...

Nikon introduced their latest addition to their S9xx category in February. The camera, called the Nikon S9100, is a pocket megazoom that both fits comfortably in your pocket and zooms to a whopping 18x.The megazoom - or ultra zoom - category is a specialized branch of point-and-shoot cameras that combines the maneuverability and spontaneity of a small pocket sized camera with the performan...