Casio has announced its new Exilim G EX-G1 shock-resistant camera—and where most ruggedized cameras are distinguished by the bulky cases and substantial footprint, the EX-G1 claims to be the world’s slimmest ruggedized camera, measuring just 0.78 inches thick. And that’s not all: the EX-G1 is dustproof, waterproof to depths of 10 feet, and can even handle freezing conditions—though battery life will be shorter than at normal temperatures.
Category: Cameras
Best Stocking Stuffers 2009
Looking for some petite and practical gadgets to fill your stockings this holiday season? Mini MP3 players, diminutive digicams, technicolored iPods, and slim and sleek headphones are perfect items to top-off that holiday stocking. We’ve rounded up the ten best stocking stuffer gadgets and electronics of 2009.
Best DSLR Cameras: Top Ten DSLR Camera Reviews and Ratings
DSLR cameras are becoming more popular and turning the everyday picture taker into a professional photographer. We’ve searched the web and interrogated our editors to find the ten best DSLR cameras available today. Check out our Digital Camera Tips and Tricks: 10 Reasons to Buy a DSLR.
Olympus E-P2 Camera Gets Needed Upgrade
It was just back in June that Olympus introduced its Pen E-P1 micro four-thirds camera, promising to being DSLR-like quality to a small, consumer-friendly form factor. But today Olympus is already rolling out an improved model in the form of the Olympus Pen E-P2, adding a fe key features to address photographers’ gripes about the E-P1 and packing one of two high performance lenses. But where the E-P2 improves on the E-P1, the E-P2’s price tag is substantially higher.
Hot Shots: 10 Fashion Friendly Digital Cameras Ready for a Night on the Town
When it comes to digital cameras, there’s a time and place for function, and one for fashion instead. Case in point: The hefty five-pound DSLR cameras you see pros muscling around at press conferences and football games are the tools of the trade for shooting magazine covers and Pulitzer award winners. But when it’s time for a night out on the town? That’s when you leave the big guns and tripods at home. Whether club hopping or twirling around a ballroom, the ideal point-and-shoot digital camera needs to fit the tiniest suit pockets and handbags, fire up at a moment’s notice, and, most of all, look good doing so. Here are a few of our favorite models that fit the bill.
Nikon DS3 DSLR Offers Wide Dynamic Range, HD Video Capture
Nikon is again upping the ante in digital single lens reflex (DLSR) cameras aimed at serious amateurs and pro photographers, introducing the Nikon DS3 with a vastly expanded dynamic range and 1,280 by 720-pixel HD video capture capability. The DS3 features a reworked 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor that enables the camera to boast light sensitivity all the way to 12,800 in normal use…and an enhanced mode can extend that range all the way to ISO 102,400 for settings with very (very) low light. And the expanded dynamic range applies to video capture too, so videographers can take advantage of the camera’s low-light capabilities while shooting high definition video. Photographers can also trim video clips within the camera (no need to export to a PC to lop off unwanted video at the start and stop of a clip), as well as extract single frames from video as still images.
Fujifilm Instax mini 7 Camera Taps into Analog Magic
Old-school analog point-and-shoot photographers have lamented the demise of Polaroid instant cameras, with their point-and-print results giving instant pictures you could pass around to friends. These days film-free digital cameras absolutely dominate the industry—but that doesn’t quite mean inexpensive analog picture-taking is dead! Fujifilm has just rolled out the Instax mini 7, a compact fully analog camera that offers point-and-shoot prints: find your subject in the viewfinder, check the LED exposure indicator, then press a button: a few minutes later, you have a credit-card sized color photo in your hands.
Booq Python Blur
Booq’s Python Blur may very well be the ultimate SLR backpack. Why? It can hold and protect your camera, 2-3 lenses, MacBooks up to 17 inches, and don’t get us started about the ridiculous amount of compartments and pockets for the rest of your gear. Link: $230
Samsung TL225 Front-LCD Camera
People love to shoot themselves – on camera, that is. Take a spin through Facebook and you’ll find any number of self shots: in front of statues in Rome, riding shotgun on epic car trips, and posed with theme park mascots. All of them framed incredibly poorly.
When you don’t have a tripod or a friend, it’s the best option you’ve got – but Samsung’s trying to improve the process with its latest duo of cameras: the TL225. Besides the typical LCD in the rear, it sports an additional 1.5-inch screen up front, specifically for composing those solo shots destined for the Web.
