We’ve been big fans of the useful set of tools at CameraSize.com, which let you visually compare the size of cameras, so we’re chuffed to see that the site has now been updated with a groovier interface,
The Samsung Galaxy S2 remains our favourite smartphone of the year, delivering handsomely in every department except one: the annoying camera noises which can not be turned off.
It drove us mad for weeks until we finally found a way of finally silencing the thing – without the need to fiddle about rooting the phone.
When you’re in the market for a new camera, the size of the thing can be an important factor – especially if you’re looking for something that is truly pocketable.
If you have a fairly large lens attached to your dSLR, then you inevitably end up walking about with a large appendage thrusting from your loins, with the camera straps keeping the camera inconveniently horizontal .
Anyone who’s a keen photographer will have a lot of respect for rich heritage and reputation of the Rollei brand, which makes their latest tacky offering all the more tragic.
We’ve just spent a couple of weeks over in New York and seeing as our trip was a mix of work and pleasure, we needed to pack all the tech we needed without ending up with a ten ton bag full of gear.
So what gear made the grade and which gadgets let us down badly? Read on…
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There’s never been a better time to to buy dSLRs and mirrorless digital cameras, but trying to find out what lenses will best suit both your camera and your shooting needs can prove a perplexing affair.
Image quality
For a compact camera, we were very impressed with the output of the LX5. Its new 10.1 MP sensor delivered distinictive improvements over its predecessor, with an enhanced dynamic range controlling burnt out highlights and more shadow detail being visible.
Part 2: Handling, controls and build
The build quality of the LX5 remains as robust and as high quality as its predecessor, with the updated model sporting an improved rubberised grip and exuding the kind of old school charm that should keep vintage snappers happy.
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We loved the Panasonic Lumix LX3 high-end compact camera so much that we made it our high end compact camera of the year in 2009, and when its successor, the LX5 was announced, we found ourselves being tempted again.
This time around the competition has heated up, with an array of equally seductive high end compacts providing tempting alternatives (in particular the Canon S95, which we nearly bought) – so can the LX5 still cut it as the best of the lot?
As any fule knows, digital camera image quality has never been purely been about piling on the megapixels, with other factors such as sensor quality, sensor size and the all-important optics all playing a part.
The iPhone comes with a fairly rubbish camera, and there’s no shortage of camera apps promising to improve things for frustrated snappers, like CrowdCafe’s 7.0 Megapixel Camera app.
Brought to you by the company that created the legendary Gorillapod bendable tripods, the new Gorillacam app introduces a slew of useful tools to improve your iPhone snapping.
The free app adds a ton of nifty improvements to the iPhone’s basic snapper, including timed shots, time-lapse, burst mode, grid overlay and more.
Coming in at third place in our Best High End Compact 2009 awards is Canon’s sleek and bijou Powershot S90 digicam.
Considerably smaller than its chunkier and more expensive brother, the Canon G11, the S90 serves up a very similar prosumer-orientated feature set, offering program AE, aperture-priority, shutter-priority and manual modes – as well as the ability to shoot RAW files for the best image quality.
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