Tag archive: Digital Camera

In more camera news that everyone saw coming from a mile away, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 has been officially announced, marking a new series from the manufacturers that brought you the very popular Micro Four Thirds PEN series. While it has a stylish body and MFT, interchangeable lens systems in common with the former, the OM-D line is an entirely different animal.   The OM-D series pays homage to the original OM SLR series, with its triangular… Read More

Nikon introduced a slew of new cameras, seriously expanding its successful Coolpix lineup. Instead of running down each of the new cameras in all their compact glory for you, we decided to pit them against the last-gen iteration so you could see exactly what Nikon has improved in the latest models. The Coolpix P510 and P310 are easily the standouts of the bunch with their impressive 16-megapixel Backside Illuminated CMOS sensors and new… Read More

Canon has announced a slew of new cameras, chief among them being the much-anticipated PowerShot G1 X. The legacy brand has taken its sweet time answering the call of the mirrorless market, and while it doesn’t boast interchangeable lenses, there’s plenty else in the G1 X to take stock of. The new camera has a 1.5-inch, 14.3-megapixel CMOS sensor. That’s a larger sensor than the PowerShot S100 had, a device that in many respects bested former… Read More

Nikon has announced its new full frame DSLR, the D4. And true to recent DSLR form, the camera isn’t built with only stills in mind, its HD video capture is just as important a feature. The Nikon D4 houses a 16.2-megapixel FX format CMOS sensor–for reference, the D3S has a 12.1-megapixel sensor. The other major area of improvement is video recording. The D3S (which is, mind you, still a $5,000+ camera) was limited to 720p24 capture. Now,… Read More

Just prior to CES, Fujifilm is announcing a whole slew of new cameras. And before you get too excited, we’ll kill your buzz right now: no, this will not include a mirrorless/micro-four-thirds device. Hopefully we haven’t lost your attention because Fujifilm will be revealing some impressive new cameras—including a new member of its well-loved X-series family. Read on for a first look.  Fuijfilm X-S1 Right off the bat, it needs to be said that… Read More

As reported by the Wall Street Journal earlier today, Eastman Kodak may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection if company officials aren't successful in selling off 1,100 patents over the next few weeks. While the company would continue to operate during the bankruptcy procedure, Kodak would be forced to sell the patents during a court-supervised bankruptcy auction and wouldn't get the full value for the patents. The… Read More

If you were excited about the speed of the Canon 1D X, expect to be blown out of the water. The MIT Media Lab’s Camera Culture Group have created a faster-than-fast imaging system—which actually is being coined “the world’s slowest fastest camera.” The camera can capture images at a rate of one trillion frames per second, which is how the team was able to capture the motion of light. “There’s nothing in the universe that looks fast to this… Read More

Don’t get us wrong—doing camera reviews is a lot of fun but there’s a lot more to it than charging the battery, going for a walk–digital camera in hand–and snapping away. Here’s how we do it. At Digital Trends, we want our product reviews to provide readers with insight into a product’s technical performance–and its usability. To that end, we go beyond specs and measurements by placing emphasis on the user experience. For… Read More

Cameras are getting smaller and smaller, but the most pocket-friendly point-and-shoot can’t compete with a new concept from Yeon Su Kim. The designer has created a mechanism appropriately called the Air Clicker for using nothing more than your hands to capture images. Two small ring-like devices wrap about a user’s pointer finger and thumb. Then making certain hand gestures and connecting to your smartphone via Bluetooth, you send photos to your… Read More

We recently reported that various signs (including some revealing leaked photos) point toward a mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera from Fujifilm in our near future. Rumor has it the device, while sharing various similarities with its MFT brethren from Olympus, Sony, Panasonic, and Nikon, will actually sport an APS-CMOS sized sensor. That sets it considerably apart from this competition (with the exception of the Sony NEX-7, which has a… Read More

Hot on the heels of the Canon 1D X’s announcement comes the Nikon D800. Last month we heard that both legacy brands were preparing to introduce us to their latest DSLR cameras, and now we’re getting our first glimpse at the upcoming Nikon device. Nikon Rumors has the leaked pictures and specs, both of which lineup with earlier speculation. So here’s what we know about the camera so far: ISO 100-6400 Smaller, lighter body with a larger display… Read More

Put down your iPhone 4S and listen up: Cameras—actual cameras—still exist and are worth using. More and more people claim they are foregoing owning a digital camera because their smartphone can “basically” get the job done. Let it be said that if you don’t intend to cherish your photos, then maybe you are too far gone and a digital camera really isn’t necessary. But that seems to be increasingly untrue. And just know that many of you are forcing… Read More

Whispers about Lytro’s super steal plenoptic camera have been ramping up as the device heads into production, and today the company is finally unveiling its game-changing digital camera. We recently spoke with various Lytro beta testers, who claim the camera is something of a revolution for the digital imaging industry, and now we’re finally getting a look at it. After a brief recap of Lytro’s short history, and CEO and founder Ren Ng’s time at… Read More

Yesterday we formally introduced you to Canon's latest DSLR, the 1D X. The newest addition to Canon's lineup of action-shooters sounds impressive to say the least, and boasts three DIGIC image processors, a full-frame 18-megapixel CMOS sensor, and of course, shoots at blazingly fast speeds. But we won't bore you with anymore specs, except to say that this hands-on video from PetaPixel shows off what shooting an 18-megapixel… Read More