Olympus E-3 DSLR

If come to DSLR digital camera, most of us will choose Nikon or Canon due to it reputation and quality. Others camera builder such as Olympus, Pentax, Sony DSLR has goes to second tier status.

Olympus has come out with their new DSLR model which is E-3 update version of E-1. After I read about this Dslr camera from other web, the conclusion I can made is Olympus has deny the status. The picture quality was even with Nikon and Canon from my point of view.

This 10.1 Megapixel camera has come with 2.5" LCD view, mechanical image stabilization, dual memory card slots, a 1/8000th of a second top shutter speed, and a top flash sync of 1/250th of second. The body has been made from magnesium alloy plus with a pro level dust reduction system and efficient dust/weather seals. The E-3 also features (according to Olympus) the world's fastest auto focus.

To read more about Olympus E-3 click here.

Canon A720 IS

Canon A720 IS is the latest canon's A-series model and its a minor update to the A710
IS. This model offer a strong feature set and good degree of user control, and its price also competitive!

The Differences compare to A710 IS:
* More pixels (8.0 vs 7.1 million)
* Face detection AE/AF
* ISO range extends to 1600

Canon A720 IS Specs:
Image Sensor (CCD)
Camera Effective Pixels: Approx 8.0 Million pixels, 1/2.5-inch type

Lens:
Focal Length (35 mm film equivalent): 6x zoom: 35(W)-210(T) mm
Focusing Range: Normal 55cm (1.8ft.) – infinity
Macro 1-55cm (0.39in. – 1.8ft.) (W)
Image stabilizer (IS) system: Lens-shift type

Imaging processor: DIGIC III

Viewfinder: Real-image optical zoom viewfinder

LCD Monitor:
Type: 2.5-inch type, colour LCD
(Effective pixels: Approx 115,000 pixels)

Focus: AF (Face Detect*/AiAF (9-point)/center/FlexiZone)
*If no face is detected, AiAF (9-points) are used.
Manual focus

Metering System: Evaluative*1, Center-weighted average, Spot*2
*1 Control to incorporate facial brightness in Face Detect AF.
*2 Fixed to center/linked to the AF frame

ISO Speed:
Auto, High ISO Auto,
ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600 (Standard Output Sensitivity, Recommended Exposure Index)

White Balance:
Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Underwater, Custom

Shutter:
Type: Mechanical shutter and electronic shutter
Speeds: 15 – 1/2000 sec.

Aperture:
Type: Iris type
f/number: f/2.8 – f/8.0 (W), f/4.8 – f/8.0 (T)

Flash:
Range: 30cm – 3.5m (W), 55cm – 2.5m (T)
(12in. – 11ft. (W), 1.8 – 8.2ft. (T))
(ISO speed: Auto)
Main features: Manual flash output setting (3 levels), flash output compensation, 1st/2nd curtain sync, Safety FE

Shooting Specifications:
Shooting Modes: Auto, P, Tv, Av, M, Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Special Scene *, Stitch Assist, Movie
* Night Scene, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium, Underwater

Digital Zoom: Still images/Movies: Approx. 4.0x (up to approx. 24x in combination with the optical zoom)
Safety Zoom, Digital Tele-converter

Main features: My Colors (Limited type)

Continuous Shooting: Normal: Approx. 1.3 shots/sec. (Large and Fine)

Number of Images shot (CIPA): Approx. 140 images (alkaline), Approx. 400 images (NiMH)

Recording Specifications:
Recording Media: SD memory card, SDHC memory card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus card, HC MMCplus card

File Format: Design rule for camera file system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant

Data Type:
Still Images Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
Movies AVI type [Image data: Motion JPEG, Audio data: WAVE (monaural)]
Audio Sound memos: WAVE (monaural)

Number of Recording Pixels:
Still Images: Large:3264 x 2448, Medium 1: 2592 x 1944, Medium 2: 2048 x 1536, Medium 3: 1600 x 1200, Small: 640 x 480, Postcard Date Imprint: 1600 x 1200, Widescreen:3264 x 1832

Movies Standard: 640 x 480 (30fps/30fps LP)/320 x 240 (30fps) Compact: 160 x 120 (15fps)

Playback Specifications:
Main features:
Still Images: Red-eye correction, index, resize, magnified, advancing and reserving through magnified images, jump, auto rotate, rotate, histogram, overexposure warning, sound memos, autoplay, transition effects, resume

Movies: Special playback

Direct Print: PictBridge, Canon Direct Print, Bubble Jet Direct

Display Languages: 25 languages

Interface:
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (mini-B)*, Audio/Video Output
* MTP, PTP supported

Power Source:
2 AA Alkaline batteries
2 AA rechargeable NiMH batteries (NB4-300/NB4-200)
AC Adapter Kit ACK800

Dimensions (excluding protrusions):
97.3 x 67.0 x 41.9 mm (3.83 x 2.64 x 1.65 in.)

Weight (camera body only): Approx. 200g (7.05oz.)

Kodak Z1085 IS

This week, Kodak has announce their new compact model digital camera, that is Z1085 IS. This new 10-Megapixel model features a 5x Scheinder-Kreuznach Variogon zoom lens with an equivalent range of 35-175mm. Additionally, this model also able to record HD format video and display stills on HDTVs. Its also offer MPEG-4 compression to help get the large 720p30 HD format files down to a sensible size.

This camera also features several preset scene modes and five color effects settings. An advertised ISO sensitivity range of up to 8000 at lower image resolution is impressive and could prove useful; at full resolution, ISO ranges to 3200.

For more information click here

Nikon D40X Dslr Digital Camera Reviews

If you wanna jump to Dslr Digital Camera and do not has alot of budget, then maybe you can consider Nikon D40X. It's picture also excellent compare to others higher quality Dslr camera. Below is a video I get from www.microglobe.co.uk. This video show you some of the D40X features, its picture taken and some more. Good video form MIcroglobe!

Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd

Fujifilm has launch their new Z siries model compact digital camera, Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd. This model is not a particularly fast camera in most ways. It doesn’t take consistently great images, and sometimes struggles to capture even acceptable ones. It doesn’t offer a long zoom, or optical image stabilization, or a flawless face recognition system.

But this 7 color model(Black, Blue, Green, Lightgreen, Orange, Pink and Red) give some aura to someone who was happy go lucky or someone who care about trendy. Just in my though... ;) It shape look "delicious", the slider that cover it lense make it eligant. Becos it still new, need to wait some time to see it performance. I will update it when I got it.

Below is the specs of this camera:
Specifications Model FinePix Z10fd

Number of effective pixels: 1 7.2 million pixels

CCD sensor: 1/2.5-inch CCD

Storage media:
Internal memory (approx. 54MB)
xD-Picture Card™ (16MB - 2GB)
SD memory card
SDHC memory card*2

File format:
Still image
JPEG (Exif Ver 2.2*3)

Movie:
AVI (Motion JPEG)

Audio:
WAVE format, Monaural sound
(Design rule for Camera File system compliant / DPOF-compatible)

Number of recorded pixels:
Still image: 3,072x2,304 (7M) / 3,072x2,048 (3:2 format) / 2,304x1,728 / 1,600x1,200 / 640x480

Lens:
Fujinon 3x Optical zoom lens, F3.7 - F4.2

Lens focal length:
f=6.3mm - 18.9mm, Equivalent to 38-114mm on a 35mm camera

Digital zoom:
Approx. 4.8x

Aperture:
F3.7 / F4.9 / F8

Focus distance:
Normal: Approx. 60cm to infinity

Macro:
Wide Angle: Approx. 8cm to 80cm

Telephoto: Approx. 60cm to 3m

Sensitivity:
AUTO / Equivalent to ISO64 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 (Standard Output Sensitivity)

Exposure control:
TTL 256-zones metering

Exposure modes:
Programmed AE

Shooting modes:
Auto, Manual, Natural Light, Natural Light & with Flash, Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night, Auction, Sunset, Snow, Beach, Museum, Party, Flower, Text, Picture Stabilization, Movie

Shutter speed:
3sec. to 1/1000 sec. (depends on exposure)

Continuous shooting:
Top-3 (max 1.4 frames/sec)
Final-3 (max 1.4 frames/sec)
Long-period (max 0.6 frames/sec)

Focus:
Auto Focus (Center, Multi)

White balance:
Automatic scene recognition, Preset (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light)

Self-timer:
Approx. 10sec. / 2sec. delay

Flash:
Auto flash
Effective range: (ISO AUTO)
Wide Angle: approx.0.7m/2.3ft to 3.9m/12.9ft
Telephoto: approx. 0.7m/2.3ft to 3.4m/11.2ft
Macro: approx. 30cm/1.0ft to 80cm/2.6ft

Flash mode
Red-eye removal OFF: Auto, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro.
Red-eye removal ON: Red-eye Reduction Auto, Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro.

LCD monitor:
2.5-inch Approx. 150,000 pixels, Amorphous silicon TFT color LCD monitor, Approx. 100% coverage

Movie recording:
640x480 pixels, 320x240 pixels, 30 frames/sec. with monaural sound

* Zoom function cannot be used during movie recording.

Photography functions:
Face Detection (with Res-eye removal), High-speed shooting, Best framing, Frame No. memory

IR Communication:
IrSimple™ / IrSS™

Playback functions:
Face Detection, Slide show, Scrap book view slide show, Trimming, Single frame, Multi-frame playback including Micro Thumbnail mode, Sorting by date, Image rotate, Voice Memo

Video output:
NTSC / PAL selectable

Digital interface:
USB 2.0 Full speed

Power supply:
NP-45 Li-ion battery (included) / CP-45 with AC power adapter AC-5VX (sold separately)

Dimensions:
91.2(W)x56.6(H)x18.8(D) mm / 3.6(W)x2.2(H)x0.8(D) in. (excluding accessories and attachments)

Weight:
Approx. 110g (excluding accessories, batteries and memory card)