Fujifilm announced a new compact mirrorless camera, the X-M1. The camera uses the same 16MP APS-C size X-Trans CMOS sensor as the X-Pro1 and X-E1, but instead of the usual shutter speed and exposure compensation dials, the X-M1 uses twin electronic control dials to change exposure parameters. The X-M1 also has a 920,000 dot 3.0” tiltable LCD screen, but lacks an eye-level … [Read more...]

The winners of the 6th Annual iPhone Photography Awards were announced. Awards were given out this year across 16 categories (Animals, Architecture, Children, Flowers, Food, Landscape, Lifestyle, Nature, News & Events, Others, People,Seasons, Still Life, Sunset, Travel, and Trees), and a separate category for “Photographer of the Year”. The top three winners in the … [Read more...]

Pentax Ricoh Imaging Co. announced the launch of a new compact interchangeable lens camera, the Pentax Q7. The camera has a 1/1.7-inch 12.4MP CMOS sensor, one larger than the erstwhile models in the Pentax Q series. The camera also comes with a 3.0” LCD monitor and a 23-69mm (in 35mm format) lens. The camera is expected to be available for 40,000 yen for just the body, 50,000 … [Read more...]

Panasonic announced the new DMC-FZ70, the newest compact camera in the FZ series, with a powerful 60x optical zoom. The camera features a 16.1MP High Sensitive MOS sensor, and a 20-1200mm (equivalent in 35mm) lens. The zoom can be boosted to 120x equivalent using Intelligent Zoom that maintains picture quality even after enhancing further using digital zoom. A separate … [Read more...]

Nokia launched the Lumia 1020 smartphone, featuring the same 41MP sensor camera seen previously in their iconic 808 PureView phone. The smartphone, running Microsoft Windows Phone 8 off a Dual-Core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, features a 6-element F/2.2 Carl Zeiss lens, with Xenon Flash. The camera also supports full-HD 1080p video recording at 30 fps, and is … [Read more...]