new camera announcements archives (709 posts)
Blackmagic 4K Production Camera becomes official product with Super35 sensor and $4K price tag, April 8, 2013
At the NAB 2013 trade show in Vegas, Blackmagic Design announced the 4K Production Camera, an official product with a $4,000 price tag. With a Super35mm sensor, global shutter, built-in SSD recorder, compressed Cinema DNG RAW and more. Interview with...
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New Phantom Flex 4K camera records 4K at 1000fps (PL, EOS, Nikon F), April 8, 2013
This is video priority week as the NAB 2013 trade show is under way in Las Vegas [see Trade Show Calendar]. 4K is emerging as one of the major themes of this year's show. One such new product announcement is...
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New Fuji S8400W superzoom (44x) with Wi-fi joins the other CES 2013 S-series superzooms, March 25, 2013
Fuji already announced at CES 2013 four superzooms at 40x or more zoom ratio, but apparently Fuji forgot the milk and the Wifi! To correct the latter, Fuji announced a new superzoom, the Finepix S8400W,a Wi-fi superzoom with a 44x...
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New Fuji XP200 waterproof CMOS camera with Wifi (with hands-on previews), March 25, 2013
The Wifi camera party continues to grow. Fuji announced a new XP-series waterproof camera with Wi-fi included. It is the new Finepix XP200. Other features include a 5x (28-140mm eq) lens with sensor shift stabilization, 16mp 1/2.3" CMOS sensor, 3-inch...
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New Olympus VH-520 slim-zoom (14mp CMOS, 10x), March 21, 2013
Spring is the air, and the new camera flowers are blooming! Olympus has announced a colorful new consumer-tier 10x slim-zoom, the VH-520, with a 14mp 1/2.x" CMOS sensor and an easy to remember 26-260mm equivalent zoom range. Press release parade...
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New Canon SL1 aka 100D: a new smaller Digital Rebel with Optical Viewfinder, March 20, 2013
Canon has decided to put on the skinny jeans on their new Canon Digital Rebel SL1 aka 100D. As hinted repeatedly during earlier interviews months/years ago, Canon is attempting to counter the popularity of the more compact mirrorless cameras with...
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New Canon Digital Rebel T5i/700D with 18mp sensor and DiGiC 5 (and new 18-55 kit lens), March 20, 2013
We have a new Digital Rebel leader! Canon has announced the new Digital Rebel T5i aka 700D with an 18mp APS-C sensor and the DiGiC 5 imaging processor with 14-bit A/D conversion, ISO 100 to 12800 (expandable to 25600). Burst...
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New Canon Powershot SX280 HS 20x superzoom with DiGiC 6 (and new SX270), March 20, 2013
It is Canon announcement day today and Canon has a new compact-travel-zoom leader, it is the new Powershot SX280 HS with a 12mp CMOS sensor with the new DiGiC 6 image processor (up to ISO 6400) and a 20x stabilized...
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New Minox 14mp CMOS tiny little digital camera with detactable optical viewfinder, March 19, 2013
Digital did not kill all the bijou digital cameras! Minox announced last week in Europe a new tiny little Minox digital camera, with a 14mp CMOS sensor and a detachable optical viewfinder and of course a prime fixed lens. Details...
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New Nikon A, a 16mp APS-C camera with a 28mm eq f2.8 prime lens [samples available], March 4, 2013
Nikon joins the party of big sensor primes today with the announcement of the Nikon A, a 16mp APS-C digital camera with a 28mm equivalent f2.8 prime lens. Starting price is $1100, interestingly priced below the Fuji X100S. The European...
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New Nikon P330 has RAW and larger 1/1.x" sensor [samples available], March 4, 2013
The Nikon Coolpix P3xx-series featured 1/2.x" sensors and no RAW. This changes today with the new Nikon Coolpix P330, moving up to a 12mp backlit CMOS 1/1.x" sensor and finally adding RAW! Starting price will be $380. Nikon Coolpix P330...
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New Superzoom: Nikon Coolpix L320 (26x zoom ratio) [samples available], March 4, 2013
Superzoom fans, don't feel left out! Nikon has also announced yet another L-series superzoom, it is the 26x superzoom that goes by the name of Coolpix L320. Details at dpreview and Nikon Press Center et al. One full size JPEG...
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New Medium Format Digital Backs: three new Phase One IQ2 series (one is Black and White with no Bayer nonsense), March 4, 2013
New cameras alert! Of the mainframe variety! Well, digital backs, not proper cameras-cameras. Phase One has announced three new IQ2 series medium format digital backs, the conventional IQ280 and IQ260 and the IQ260 Achromatic, which, as the name suggests, is...
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New Nikon Coolpix S3500 P&S digital camera, February 21, 2013
Hiding in the shadow of the Nikon D7100 DSLR announcement, there was also a P&S Coolpix digital camera announcement, another "Every day is like Sunday" model, the S3500. It is will be available in many delicious colors, and have a...
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New 24mp Nikon D7100 APS-C dSLR without anti-aliasing filter for $1200, February 21, 2013
Nikon is slowly but steadily progressing upwards in their APS-C DSLR line-up and releasing new 24-megapixel models. The latest new model is the Nikon D7100, a follow-up to the critically-acclaimed D7000. The D7100 also jumps on the 24mp APS-C bandwagon...
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