Nikon with a shrewd marketing move has released a mysterious picture and almost no information about its forthcoming Digital SLR release. What we do know is that the camera will have a 10.2 megapixel sensor. Nikon also reveled that camera will provide more power, control and versatility to photographers. Look for the camera to be an upgrade of the popular consumer D70 and D50. More info on these when the info drops in august.
Panasonic newest digital camera, Lumix DMC-FX3, features new technology, which is called the Venus Engine III. This technology detects both chromatic and luminance noise separately, which enables the digital camera to shoot at ISO 800 in full resolution. DMC-FX3 features a 3x optical zoom, and 6MP of image with resolutions of 2816 x 1586 on 16:9 aspect ratio. Moreover, the camera allows you to choose the aspect ratio between 4:3 or 3:2. It can also record stunning full-size movies in wide-aspect VGA (848 x 480) @ 30 fps. The support file formats for still image is in JPEG or DPOF and movie file formats is in QuickTime Motion JPEG. This digital camera weighs 125 grams and measures 94.1 mm x 51.1 mm x 24.2 mm. It will be available from September for USD280.
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The Samsung Digimax S700 is a 7MP digital camera which has a 2.4 Inch LCD screen and an onboard 3x zoom lens. This camera includes a number of scene modes like Landscape, Close-Up, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks and Beach & Snow. The Special Effects Hot Key allows one access cool effects like B/W, sepia, blue, red, green or Negative, Highlight, Photo Frame and Composite Shot. Moreover, this camera has an internal memory of 16MB to store videos and pictures. The Samsung Digimax S700 will be available in August 2006 at a price of $249.99.
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The Pro X2 from Hi-Cam is an aerial video system which is incredibly small and can be mounted on just about anything. The Pro X2 system is designed to allow for live transmission of high-quality video and audio. The receiver is included in the package, and can be mated to a TV monitor, VCR or camcorder.
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Sanyo introduced the Xacti CA6, which is a water-resistant digital camera. This 6 MP camera has camcorder capabilities, 5x optical zoom, and 12x digital zoom. Unfortunately, it has only 2-inch display screen and you can only capture 640 x 480 pixels MPEG movies. The Sanyo Xacti CA6’s price is US$400.
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