The Olympus E-400 was announced in September 2006 as the World’s Smallest and Lightest Digital SLR. It’s the latest model to employ the maturing Four Thirds DSLR standard and while priced as an entry-level product, its new 10 Megapixel sensor makes it the highest resolution Four Thirds body yet. It’s immediately clear from…
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The Sony Cyber-shot DSC N2 was announced in September 2006 as the successor to the DSC-N1. Like many new compacts this year, the main differences are higher resolution and sensitivity, although by inheriting the N1’s screen and control system, the new N2 remains one of the most unique digital cameras on the market. Boasting…
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC LX2 is the successor to the Lumix LX1, which was the first digital still camera with a genuine 16:9 widescreen sensor. The new LX2 remains a native widescreen model, and features several enhancements including the obligatory increase in resolution from 8.4 to 10.2 Megapixels. To combat noise and allow recording…
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The *istDL is Pentax’s latest budget digital SLR. Launched in June 2005, it comes less than a year after the earlier *istDS and while both models have much in common, including 6 megapixel resolution, seriously compact dimensions, the ability to use almost any Pentax lens and, it must be said, an equally unpronounceable name, the…
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The D50 is Nikon’s first entry-level digital SLR. Launched in June 2005 with the updated D70s, it’s designed for consumers looking to upgrade from all-in-one compacts to their first digital SLR. The D50 may be Nikon’s new entry-level digital SLR, but closely resembles its predecessor the popular D70. They share the same 6 megapixel resolution…
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The Dynax 5D is Konica Minolta’s first entry-level digital SLR, designed for beginners. Launched in July 2005, it’s a smaller, lighter, simplified version of the earlier Dynax 7D, while sporting the same 6 megapixel resolution and unique built-in Anti-Shake mechanism. The 7D, launched in September 2004, was the first digital SLR to feature built-in Anti-Shake…
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introduction The Panasonic Lumix TZ1 is a 5 Megapixel compact digital camera which houses a massive 10x optical zoom. Indeed when it was announced in February 2006, it was the world’s smallest camera with these capabilities. Sporting an equivalent range of 35-350mm, the TZ1 combines the lens power and flexibility of much larger super-zoom cameras…
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Sigma’s 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 DC was announced in February 2005 as an all-round 11.1x zoom lens. Featuring coverage from wide-angle to decent telephoto, it’s ideal for a wide variety of situations – and for some photographers be the only lens they’ll ever need. The lens is designed for digital SLRs with cropped sensors and is available…
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Tamron’s AF18-200mm F3.5-6.3 XR Di-II LD IF was announced in February 2005 as an all-round 11.1x zoom lens. Featuring coverage from wide-angle to decent telephoto, it’s ideal for a wide variety of situations – and for some photographers be the only lens they’ll ever need. The lens is designed for digital SLRs with cropped sensors…
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Sony’s Cybershot DSC-R1 is the company’s first high-end all-in-one camera since the DSC-F828 back in August 2003. The F828, despite coming from a strong line of predecessors and sporting excellent design and features, infamously suffered from pronounced purple fringing. Not only must the new R1 banish this spectre while improving the specification, but do so…
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