Canon Celebrates 50 Years of SLR Innovation
Canon is celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the introduction of their first SLR – the Canonflex.
Introduced in May of 1959, the 35mm focal-plane shutter SLR camera used a high-quality, breechlock lens mount. The lens flange ring was turned to lock the lens onto the camera flange’s bayonet lugs. The lens flange and camera flange [...]
Cyber-shot® DSC-T500 – High Def Movies on a Budget
Sony is adding high-definition movie recording to its digital camera line starting with the Cyber-shot® DSC-T500 model. The 10MP DSC-T500 features wide and full-screen 720p movie recording at 30fps in fine, standard and VGA recording modes. This resolution is three times higher than standard-definition movies. The movie function is based on the MPEG4 AVC/H.264 codec [...]
Canon EOS Rebel XS 10MP Digital Camera
Canon USA has announced a new camera in the Rebel line – the Canon EOS Rebel XS. Clearly a replacement for the EOS Rebel XTi at the bottom of Canon's dSLR line, the new camera retains the 10MP CMOS sensor and 2.5-inch LCD while using the same body as the 12MP Rebel XSi.
While [...]
Canon EOS Rebel XSi 12MP Digital Camera
Canon USA has announced a new camera in the Rebel line – the Canon EOS Rebel XSi. Clearly a replacement for the very popular EOS Rebel XTi, the new camera jumps resolution to 12MP.
What else is new? Image processing now uses a 14-bit A/D converter. That means 14-bit RAW files! Also, there is new [...]
Panasonic DMC-LS80 8MP Compact, AA-Battery Powered Digital Camera
Panasonic has introduced the LUMIX DMC-LS80, an 8.1MP compact camera with a newly developed LUMIX DC VARIO 3x lens system. The entry level DMC-LS80 digital camera sports a compact design and is powered by AA batteries (alkaline or rechargeable).
The DMC-LS80 continues on the success of Panasonic’s 2007 line of LUMIX digital cameras, by including two [...]
