Digital cameras: News
-
Review: Panasonic Lumix GF6 Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 21/05/13 14:07Panasonic is boosting its "geek-appeal" with an updated version of the Lumix G entry-level mirrorless camera that's packed with a load of extra tech. Although it's not all necessarily cutting-edge...
-
Camera Review: Canon PowerShot N
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 21/05/13 09:07Canon's PowerShot N is a fresh new take on the digital camera, rolling a tilt-touchscreen, a minimalist interface and onboard Wi-Fi into a sleek pocket snapper with an original design....
-
Camera Buyer's Guides Updated
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 19/05/13 13:53We've tested some great cameras recently on DigitalVersus, so it was about time we updated our pick of the best compacts, bridges, mirrorless cameras and SLRs. As the price...
-
Camera Review: Canon PowerShot SX280 HS
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 14/05/13 14:19Following last year's attractive SX260 HS, Canon's SX280 HS is an updated superzoom compact for 2013. But Canon hasn't made a whole lot of changes this time around, as the...
-
Camera Review: Panasonic Lumix TZ40 Superzoom Compact
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 14/05/13 09:06The Lumix TZ40 is brimming with Panasonic's ambition to bring its TZ range of compacts back to the forefront of the high-end superzoom compact market. To do so, Panasonic has...
-
Camera Review: Fujifilm X20 Excellent Expert Compact
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 07/05/13 14:10The Fuji X10 was the leader of the retro revolution currently under way in the world of expert compacts, sealing its success with a sleek and original old-school look and...
-
Samsung NX2000 Mirrorless Camera: It's All About the Touchscreen
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 07/05/13 11:47After announcing the NX300 in January, Samsung is updating last year's entry-level mirrorless hybrid, the NX1000, with the NX2000, carrying its Smart Camera concept a step further. The first time...
-
Camera Review: Nikon 1 S1 Beginners' Lens-Switcher
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 30/04/13 14:07Nikon announced the S1 back at the beginning of 2013, bringing a new entry-level model to its 1 range of mirrorless interchangeable lens compacts. The S1 offers beginners, point-and-shoot snappers...
-
Review: Casio Exilim EX-ZR700 Compact Camera
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 30/04/13 09:06After the fun and nice-to-use ZR1000, Casio is back with the Exilim ZR700. This camera has a rather interesting trick up its sleeve, as it uses two image processors—a reconfigurable...
-
Sony Cyber-shot HX50: Springtime Superzoom Announced
Morgane Alzieu - Digital Cameras - 24/04/13 07:00Sony has announced its updated superzoom compact a little later than usual this year. The Cyber-shot HX50 is 2013's flagship model for Sony's superzoom range, taking over from last year's...
-
Review: Samsung WB250F Smart Camera
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 23/04/13 09:06Samsung has some pretty lofty ambitions for itself in the camera market—the compact camera market, that is. And the tech giant isn't doing things by halves with the WB250F, packing...
-
Pentax Presents GR Expert Compact With APS-C Sensor and Prime Lens
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 17/04/13 07:00Pentax is the last major camera-maker to out an expert compact with an APS-C sensor and a fixed-focal-length lens (leaving aside micro four-thirds cameras and Sony skipping straight to a...
-
Camera Review: Fujifilm X100s Expert Compact
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 16/04/13 14:07The X100s is effectively a souped-up version of the X100. With its added "s", Fujifilm sets the tone for this new camera—the X100s is the same, but better. XTrans technology...
-
Camera Review: Nikon Coolpix A Expert Compact
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 16/04/13 09:05Nikon's Coolpix A is the latest expert compact with APS-C sensor to join ranks with models from Leica (X2), Sigma (DP Merrill series), Ricoh (GXR) and Fujifilm (X100S). This advanced-level...
-
UPDATE: Nikon D7100 Review
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 15/04/13 14:33We've updated our recent review of the Nikon D7100 to clarify which settings can be changed in the camera's video mode. Apologies for any confusion or inconvenience the original text...
-
Panasonic Presents Lumix GF6 Micro Four-Thirds Lens-Switcher
Arthur Azoulay - Digital Cameras - 09/04/13 12:52Panasonic today presented a replacement for its Lumix GF5 micro four-thirds camera with interchangeable lenses. The Lumix GF6 brings some nice changes compared with its predecessor, including a new sensor,...
-
Camera Review: Sony Cyber-shot TX30 Stylish Waterproof Compact
Morgane Alzieu - Digital Cameras - 09/04/13 11:05With spring now (apparently) upon us, this year's waterproof compacts are starting to come out of hibernation. For its 2013 model, Sony has carried over the basic design and trademark...
-
A Full-Frame Sony NEX Put to the Test
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 04/04/13 14:31Like many of our readers, we're passionate about photography, technology and newfangled things. And like many of our readers, we can't wait to see which mainstream camera-maker will be first...
-
Camera Review: Nikon D7100 DSLR
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 02/04/13 11:05In a long line of expert-level APS-C SLRs, the Nikon D7100 has arrived as a descendant of the D7000—a favourite of Nikon aficionados and a hit among reviewers—while also taking...
-
Fujifilm Presents FinePix S8400W Bridge and XP200 Waterproof Compact
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 27/03/13 15:46So far, it seems like 2013 is all about connectivity. That's right people—chuck out your cables, as you'll now be able to share and transfer photos to a computer or...
-
Review: Sony WX300 Premium Compact Camera
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 26/03/13 11:05In early 2013, any camera-maker wanting to build a high-end compact that's bang on trend has a pretty simple formula to follow. First, there needs to be a BSI-CMOS sensor...
-
Olympus Presents VH-520 Compact
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 26/03/13 09:01Olympus has added a new camera to its V range of family all-rounders. The VH-520 is a compact that's billed as a simple and effective snapper for non-expert users. The...
-
Canon Presents SX280 HS and SX270 HS Superzoom Compacts
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 22/03/13 14:03Like Panasonic with its TZ35/TZ40, Canon has updated its superzoom compacts with a pair of new models. The SX270 HS and SX280 HS are due to replace last year's SX240...
-
Canon Announces EOS 100D and EOS 700D DSLRs
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 21/03/13 07:45Canon has outed two new consumer-level EOS SLRs for the price of one. First up, the 100D promises the most compact SLR body on the market, while the 700D will...
-
Camera Review: Olympus TG-2 Flagship Waterproof Compact
Morgane Alzieu - Digital Cameras - 19/03/13 14:05The TG-1 headed up the Olympus Tough range of waterproof compacts with style, offering good specs and performances, even if its lens wasn't quite up to scratch. The TG-2 is...
-
The Real Potential of Mirrorless Cameras
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 12/03/13 14:05Our recent review of the Sony NEX-3N shows just how far performances have come in the mirrorless interchangeable lens camera market. As a result, we thought it was about time...
-
Review: Sony Cyber-shot H200 Bridge with 20-MP CCD
Morgane Alzieu - Digital Cameras - 12/03/13 09:05The bridge market is continuing to expand, buoyed in particular by Fujifim's competitively priced ranges. Four years after outing the H20, Sony is back with the H200, a bridge with...
-
Review: Sony NEX-3N Entry-Level Mirrorless Camera
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 05/03/13 14:05Sony is reaffirming its position as top dog in the mirrorless camera market while also giving entry-level SLRs and expert compact a run for their money with its NEX-3N. This...
-
_130x130.jpg)
Nikon Presents Coolpix A (APS-C) and Coolpix P330 Expert Compacts
Morgane Alzieu / Pierre Caillault - Digital Cameras - 05/03/13 07:00Nikon sprung a bit of a surprise on the "expert compact" world today, as while the freshly unveiled P330 is a more-or-less predictable replacement for the P310, the all-new Coolpix...
-
Compact Camera Review: Olympus TG-630
Morgane Alzieu - Digital Cameras - 26/02/13 14:00This year doesn't hold many surprises in Olympus' Tough range, the moniker the company uses for its waterproof, dustproof, freezeproof and shockproof compact cameras. Three mid-range compacts (the TG-630, TG-2...
-
Camera Review: Pentax MX-1 Expert Compact
Catherine Barraclough - Digital Cameras - 26/02/13 09:05While some camera-makers are already on their twelfth generation of expert compacts (e.g. Canon's G series, launched in 2000), Pentax has finally got round to outing its first advanced compact...
-
Nikon Presents D7100 SLR: Look, No Low-Pass Filter!
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 22/02/13 09:56After two years of loyal service, the Nikon D7000 is stepping aside to make way for the new and improved D7100. Like the entry-level D3200 and mid-range D5200 in the...
-
Sony Alpha 58: New Entry-Level SLT Announced
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 20/02/13 15:23Entry-level SLRs are facing tough competition from mirrorless cameras (including Sony's NEX range) and seem to be gripped by the same general moroseness as the rest of the SLR market,...
-
Sony Presents WX300 Expert Compact, HX300 Bridge, TX30 Waterproof
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 20/02/13 13:51Over the years, Sony has become a major player in the digital camera market. While the firm isn't quite up there with the likes of Nikon and Canon in terms...
-
Sony NEX-3N Gets Smaller, More Creative
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 20/02/13 10:25Sony is back with a brand new NEX 3-series mirrorless camera. Following on from the NEX-3, C3 then F3, the Sony NEX-3N is the firm's fourth-generation entry-level NEX. Freshly announced...
-
Camera Review: Nikon 1 J3 Mirrorless Lens-Switcher
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 19/02/13 11:05I am ... able to start shooting before you've even pressed the shutter-release. I am ... available in black, white, silver, red and champagne ... I am ... built with...
-
Camera Review: Panasonic Lumix TZ35
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 12/02/13 11:10Some of you may already have seen test shots from the Panasonic Lumix TZ35 in our Face-Off camera comparison tool. You can now find out more about the TZ35's design,...
-
Olympus TG-630 Test Shots Online
Morgane Alzieu - Digital Cameras - 10/02/13 12:18With so many new cameras landing in our test lab after CES 2013, we have to admit that we're running up a bit of a backlog. It may therefore be...
-
View and Compare Test Shots from the Nikon 1 J3
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 08/02/13 10:51The latest Nikon 1 J-series camera lands in stores today. As the third version of Nikon's J mirrorless camera, this new model is logically called the J3. One, two, three...
-
Camera Reviews: Casio Exilim ZR1000 and Nikon Coolpix S800c
Morgane Alzieu / Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 05/02/13 14:05This week we're reviewing two very different cameras, the Casio Exilim ZR1000 compact and the Nikon Coolpix S800c on Android. Following the nice, but rather basic Exilim ZR200, Casio is...
-
Panasonic Lumix TZ35 Test Shots Online
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 04/02/13 14:21Fashion has its week, Denver has its dynasty and Panasonic has its Lumix TZ range of superzoom compact cameras. Every year, Panasonic gives its star superzooms a mini face-lift, adding...
-
Nine New Compacts From Nikon
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 31/01/13 13:28We may still be stuck in the depths of winter, but Nikon is already presenting its spring/summer camera collection for 2013. Keen to maintain its market domination, no less than...
-
Olympus Presents Stylus VR-370, VG-180 and XZ-10
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 30/01/13 09:44Ahead of the CP+ trade fair, which opens in Yokohama (Japan) on 31 January, Olympus has announced two new point-and-shoot compacts and an advanced compact with a fast lens. The...
-
Pentax Announces Optio WG-3 GPS and Optio WG-10
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 30/01/13 08:54Pentax has updated its range of rough, tough compact cameras for 2013. The Optio WG-3 (with or without GPS) is due to take over from the WG-2 (with or without...
-
Camera Review: Nikon D5200
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 29/01/13 14:00Just shy of two years after the D5100, Nikon is releasing the successor to its popular DSLR model in a bid to counter its greatest competitor, the Canon EOS 650D....
-
Reviews: Panasonic FZ62 and Pentax X-5 Affordable Bridge Cameras
Franck Mée - Digital Cameras - 29/01/13 09:10There are some pretty pricey bridge cameras out there right now, boasting monster zoom lenses and SLR-style features. But there are also plenty of lower-cost options, including the Panasonic Lumix...
-
Canon Presents IXUS 255 HS, 132, 135 and PowerShot A2500
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 29/01/13 08:40With 48 hours to go until the CP+ trade fair opens, Canon is first off the mark to announce a set of new cameras with four compacts to add to...
-
Camera Reviews: Canon EOS 6D and Sony NEX-6
Renaud Labracherie - Digital Cameras - 22/01/13 12:10The two cameras we're reviewing today are essentially scaled-down versions of higher-end models. Another thing the Sony NEX-6 mirrorless camera and Canon's EOS 6D full-frame SLR have in common is...
-
Review: Samsung Galaxy Camera
Morgane Alzieu - Digital Cameras - 15/01/13 09:05The Samsung Galaxy Camera is like a cross between a Galaxy S3 smartphone and a WB850F compact. This Android 4.1 snapper is a new kind of camera that's geared up...
-
Nikon 1 Series Joined By S1 and J3
Bruno Labarbere - Digital Cameras - 10/01/13 15:27Although Nikon was a little late to arrive in the mirrorless camera sector, the firm has managed to bag itself an impressive market share with its 1-series cameras (no doubt...
DigitalVersus on...