Canon IXUS 750

Canon IXUS 750 “With its sleek Perpetual Curve design, the contoured all-metal body of the Digital IXUS 750 represents the pinnacle of Canon design excellence” says Canon’s official website about the new Digital IXUS 750. I’m afraid I have no idea at all what a “Perceptual Curve” might be, but if it means that the 750 is a very pretty camera, then I guess Canon’s right.
Canon’s long-running IXUS range of film and digital cameras has always been designed with an eye for style rather than complexity. While superbly well made and capable of producing excellent photographs, they have usually been extremely simple to operate. Some people might say they’re designed to appeal to women, but that would be gratuitously sexist and very, very wrong, so of course I would never say such a thing. Please don’t hurt me.

Fuji FinePix Z2

It is almost as important as your wallet for a night out. The Fuji FinePix Z2 Zoom is a super-slim compact digital camera with 5.1 million pixels, 3x optical zoom and a mammoth 2.5 inch LCD monitor. But where it cruises ahead of the competition is its low light ability with a sensitivity of ISO 1600, the Z2 Zoom is four times as effective in low-light situations as comparable ISO 400 cameras in its class. And as if that were not enough, the 640 x 480 resolution movie mode at a full 30 frames per second is a truly remarkable achievement for such a small device.

The FinePix Z2 Zoom showcases a variety of Fujifilm's inventive construction techniques that help the camera achieve its sleek casing and miniature dimensions. The zoom lens has a special refractive, non-extending design that delivers 3x optical reach without any visible movement on the Z2 Zoom's flat exterior.

Fuji Finepix S9500

Ever since I got the Fuji Finepix S9500 Zoom camera I take it everywhere with me. It doubles as a great camcorder too, so lightens the load on most trips.

What made me choose this camera was the manual twist barrel 10.7x optical zoom. I never liked the push button zooms you get on most cameras as these take too long to compose a shot - and they are not very precise either.

The Fuji Finepix S9500 allows you to compose a shot so fast you get the shot you are after. Only yesterday I was out with the camera on a 9.5 mile walk along a river, with the camera round my neck. The camera was off when I scared a moorhen out of cover from some reeds, and it half flew, half ran across the river. I brought up the camera, switched it on, and zoomed in to compose the shot in such a quick and swift movement I managed to get a shot of the moorhen skimming across the water with the ripples from each footstep in its wake. The cameras wake-up time is so quick!!

Canon PowerShot S2 IS

The Canon PowerShot S2 IS picks up where the PowerShot S1 IS left off. The S1 brought Canon into the ultra zoom race for compact cameras, demonstrating that Canon was capable of transferring both their DV technology and advanced lens construction into consumer-level digital cameras. The S2 furthers the effort and provides some useful upgrades.

The Canon Powershot S2 IS, quite a mouth full, is the successor of the S1. The Powershot S2 IS was officially introduced in April of this year and is available for some months now. The Canon S2 IS camera features an impressive optical zoom of 12x combined with an almost indispensable image stabilisation. When used to working with this function, you don't want to do without it anymore. The specifications of the Canon Powershot S2 IS are impressive; 5 Megapixels, 12x zoom with optical image stabilisation, high video clip resolution and the already rather famous DIGIC II processor.

Canon Powershot SD430

Canon Powershot SD430 Wireless : Canon introduces a new digital camera, Canon Powershot SD430 Wireless. A fresh design with the cutting edge digital camera technology with wireless support and the elegance of the PowerShot series was created by splitting the camera section and the antenna section. The Canon SD430 Wireless features a 2.0-inch LCD monitor on the rear. Easy operations were achieved by finger rest and appropriately spaced controls. When you want to save or print your images, the Powershot SD430 digital camera lets you transfer them to a personal computer or printer wirelessly, without the need for cables. The Canon SD430 Wireless is equipped with a 3x optical zoom lens with a focal length of 35–105 mm (35mm format).

The new Canon S430 Wireless is equipped with Canon high-performance and high-speed processing DIGIC II. With the greatest image processing capability in another league, the DIGIC II achieves extremely high-definition processing, AF accuracy and higher-speed processing, and also the camera startup time, AF speed, response time for image display at playback and the speed to transfer image data to a memory card are considerably improved. Also, as the Canon Powershot SD430 wireless digital camera is compatible with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed that can transfer bulk data quickly to a computer, more comfortable camera operation is achieved.

Panasonic Lumix FZ30

Panasonic Lumix FZ30 - Introduction , Just before I packed my notebook and photo equipment to fly to the IFA event in Berlin (check out our IFA 2005 Show Coverage) a package arrived from Panasonic, containing a pre-production sample of the Panasonic FZ30 digital camera. This brand new Panasonic flagship is a pro-consumer model with an 8 Megapixels CCD on board. The Panasonic has a newly developed 12x optical zoom featuring a mechanically linked zoom ring, fully internal zoom and image stabilization. This powerful zoom lens also features a manual focus ring (electronic).

The Panasonic brand is becoming more and more popular among photo enthusiasts. Their engineers are designing interesting innovations which we find in their line of cameras. Today Panasonic's top model is the Panasonic Lumix FZ30, an eight Megapixel advanced digital camera with a powerful 35-420mm (equivalent of a 35mm camera) lens and image stabilization. The following preview gives you a more inside look of the new FZ30 digital camera.

Nikon Coolpix P1

Nikon Coolpix P1 Wireless review : During the IFA event 2005 in Berlin I attended the press conference of Nikon Europe. In this conference Nikon introduced their first series of digital cameras with built-in Wi-Fi functionality. Nikon were not the first to announce a camera with Wi-Fi availability, but they were definitely the very first to deliver a camera with this function built-in the camera unlike Kodak did with the EasyShare-One; using a memory card with Wi-Fi functions. Nikon has obtained a lot of experience in the professional segment and by introducing the Nikon Coolpix P1 and P2 with built-in Wi-Fi functionality they take the first steps in the consumer market.

Nikon P1 review
We already had one of the first pre-production samples in the house, but were not able to come to an end-conclusion due to its status. After receiving a full production sample, we tried out the Nikon Coolpix P1 in practice and besides its photographic quality; we tested the possibilities of Wi-Fi. Our experiences can be read in the following Nikon Coolpix P1 digital camera review.

Ricoh Caplio R3

The Ricoh Caplio R3 is official after a couple of weeks of rumors. As we reported previously - the Ricoh Caplio R3 is a 5.13 megapixel camera with a double retracting 7.1x wide angled Optical Zoom lens. This gives user of the R3 the equivelent of a 28-200mm zoom. The lens fully retracts into the body of the camera making the whole unit a very compact camera.

The Ricoh Caplio R3 has vibration correction to combat camera shake, allows macro photos at up to 1cm and Ricoh boasts a shutter lag of just 0.09 seconds. The LCD on the rear of the R3 is 2.5inches which is big enough to display 12 thumbnail prints at once on the screen in playback mode.

The Ricoh Caplio will be available in Black and Silver - stay tuned for price and availability.

Panasonic Lumix DMC FX9

Panasonic Lumix DMC FX9 introduction : Panasonic is introducing the incoming Panasonic Lumix DMC FX9 digital camera, which is the next-generation model of the world-renowned stylish and compact MEGA O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer)-equipped FX series. The Panasonic FX series boasts high picture quality, a large LCD, compactness and stylish design, features desired in a compact camera. Its startup time accelerated, the Panasonic DMC-FX9 is now with substantially upgraded with total effective pixels increased to 6 Megapixel, and includes the zoom function Extra Optical Zoom that extends zoom ratio up to 4.1x in 3-Megapixel recording and a clearer LCD based on the Panasonic FX8 that was released earlier.

Canon Powershot A620

You've never seen anything quite like the Canon PowerShot A620. Loaded with features, this high-performance camera has a 7.1 Megapixel CCD to give you magnificent pictures at a price that will amaze you. And the Canon PowerShot A620 to use. Everything about this superb camera has been designed for your picture-taking pleasure. And that makes it fun!

Fuji FinePix F11

The Photography Blog have written a summary for the Fujifilm FinePix F11, here’s a little from that overview: The Fujifilm Finepix F11 is a 6 megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom lens and 2.5 inch LCD screen. Nothing extraordinary there, but look under the hood and the Fujifilm FinePix F11 is suddenly a serious contender for the crown of “photographer’s pocket camera”. The Fujifilm Finepix F11 is the successor to the F10, which was voted European Pocket Camera of the Year 2005/6 thanks mainly to its amazing and completely useable ISO range of 80-1600.
Pocket Lint have written an in depth review for the Fujifilm Finepix F11 camera, here’s a excerpt from the review: The Fujifilm Finepix F11 steps into the company’s line-up alongside the F10, its predecessor. The Fujifilm Finepix F11 addresses a few elements of the Fujifilm Finepix F10 that were not exactly problems, more just missing, such as manual shooting control for example. So, the camera boasts more or less the same design and control layout of the Fujifilm Finepix F10 but with a smorgasbord of options and a new control switch that surrounds the shutter release on the top plate. It gives you the entrée to the new camera’s manual control options. These “options” include aperture and shutter priority, manual control of white balance, exposure compensation, ISO, and the like.

Fuji Fujifilm FinePix S5600

The Fuji FinePix S5600 measures 113.5 x 85 x 112mm and weighs 470g--relatively compact and lightweight for a digital camera of its kind. You'll look a convincing semi-professional without having the feeling of lugging a brick around.

Being the third incarnation of its S-series, the 5.1 megapixel Fuji FinePix S5600 boasts a 10x optical zoom and anti-blur mode that the camera maker claims is more effective than using image stabilization alone.

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