Our recent article comparing the new Panasonic Lumix LX5 and Canon Powershot S95 high end cameras has resulted in us getting a fair bit of email, so we thought we’d post a follow up article answering some of the points raised.
Canon has announced their new Canon EOS 60D dSLR, a mid-priced camera offering an 18megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and articulated LCD display.
Its predecessor, the PowerShot S90, came a close second to the superb Panasonic Lumix LX3 in our high-end compact camera shoot-out last year, but is Canon’s freshly announced PowerShot S95 now good enough to take the top dog crown?
Canon has decided to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Ixus range in style, with the launch of the Ixus 1000 HS compact camera.
Not only is their new pocket snapper a rather splendid looking affair, available in hues of silver, brown and pink, but it’s the first Ixus to pack a 10x optical zoom and be able to shoot 1080p video.
The video may be called “Guy Walks Across America,” but it seems he didn’t literally cover every step, but what the hell: it’s still a great piece of creative cinematography, and nicely shows off what the current generation of Canon dSLRs are capable of.
Top camera tech site DPReview has rummaged into a big bag of cameras to find out which are the hot superzoomin’ cameras of the summer.
No less than nine cameras were assembled for examination, with the full line up being made up of the Canon Powershot SX20 IS, Casio EX-FH25, Fujifilm FinePix HS10, Fujifilm FinePix S2500HD, Kodak Z981, Nikon Coolpix, P100, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38, Pentax X90 ad Samsung WB5000.
Canon and Fujifilm have both bashed out firmware updates for their EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR and FinePix HS1 superzoom compact cameras, both of which are available for your downloading pleasure now.
No-one likes freebies, discounts and money saving offers more than cash-strapped, beer filled students, and Canon – Gawd bless ‘em – are doing their bit to make college life a little more bearable.
Canon has released its first IXUS style compact to offer manual controls, the upmarket IXUS 300HS, a pocket sized compact that also serves up slow-mo shooting.
The camera packs Canon’s new ‘HS’ system that promises superior low-light performance and high-speed photography thanks to a mix of a 10MP back-illuminated CMOS sensor and DIGIC 4 processor.
If you’re looking for a high-end scanner capable of scanning a range of documents and film formats, the brand new CanoScan 9000F from Canon could be just the ticket.
Boasting a hardware resolution of 9600x9600dpi, the photo and document scanner can also digitise both mounted 35mm slides and film strips in 35mm and 120 format, and supports a colour depth of 48 bits.
Photography website DPReview has posted its review of the Canon EOS 550D / Rebel T2i dSLR, and as expected, it’s the most comprehensive of the lot, offering a 29 page, in-depth look at the entry level dSLR.
Canon has announced that it will be unleashing the much-anticipated (and rather overdue) firmware update for its EOS 5D Mark II from mid-March, adding professional video capabilities to the fine dSLR.
First announced in late 2009, the new firmware version 2.0.3 enhances the EOS 5D Mark II’s video performance, offering full 1080p HD video recording at 24, 25 and 29.97fps to match PAL and NTSC broadcast standards.
Canon has taken the wraps off its latest consumer digital SLR, the EOS 550D ( Rebel T2i) which packs a hefty 18MP sensor and full HD movie recording, tucked up in Canon’s familiar camera styling.
Sporting a newly developed 18MP APS-C CMOS sensor, backed by Canon’s advanced DIGIC 4 image processor plus enhanced in-camera noise reduction for low light shooting, Canon are hoping that this camera will make a splash in the highly competitive consumer dSLR market.
We’re partial to putting together the odd panorama here at Wirefresh, but nothing we’ve done comes even close to the 26GB monster created by the bods at A.F.B. media GmbH.
Those crazy cats have created a truly mahoosive interactive panorama of Dresden, Germany, which is now available to view online.
Scoring second place in our Best High End Compact Camera 2009 awards is Canon’s heavyweight PowerShot G11 digicam.
The G11 is the current flagship of Canon’s G-series range which has established an excellent reputation amongst pro photographers and dial-twitching amateurs for producing the highest quality images in a tough package.
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