The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ60, or Lumix DMC-FZ62 as it’s known outside North America, is a 16.1 Megapixel super-zoom camera with a 24x stabilised optical zoom. Announced in July 2012, it replaces the Lumix FZ47 / FZ48. Like its predecessor, the Lumix FZ60 / FZ62 is the more affordable of two Panasonic super-zoom models in the…
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Announced in February 2012, The Canon ELPH 520 HS / IXUS 500 HS is a pocket super-zoom with a stabilised 12x optical range, 3in screen and sensor with 10.1 effective Megapixels. It’s not the top of the range ELPH / IXUS model, that title belongs to the ELPH 530 HS / IXUS 510 HS, identical…
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The Canon EOS Rebel T4i, or EOS 650D as it’s known outside North America, is the company’s latest upper entry level DSLR. Announced in June 2012, it replaces the massively popular Rebel T3i / 600D which has held the upper entry-level position in the EOS line-up since its introduction in Feb 2011. Following Canon’s usual…
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The Canon ELPH 110 HS, known outside North America as the IXUS 125 HS, is a 16.1 Megapixel compact with a 3in screen and a 5x zoom lens. Announced in January 2012 it will likely replace the ELPH 100 HS / IXUS 115 HS. As well as a boost in resolution from 12.1 to 16.1…
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The Nikon D800 is a full-frame 36 Megapixel DSLR with Full HD video capabilities. Announced in February 2012, it arrives three and a half years after the D700, Nikon’s first ‘affordable’ full-frame DSLR. Three and a half years is a long time in the digital camera industry and to describe the D800 merely as highly-anticipated…
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The Olympus OM-D E-M5 is the latest Micro Four Thirds compact system camera from Olympus and its first with a built-in viewfinder. Announced in May 2012, the E-M5 design is based on the popular and, for it’s time, diminutive Olympus OM series of SLRs, from the late 1970s. Those lucky enough to have lived through…
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS15 (or TZ25 as it’s known outside North America) is one of two new travel zooms released by Panasonic in January 2012. The other is the Lumix ZS20 / TZ30, the latest incarnation of Panasonic’s flagship market-leading travel zoom. The Lumix ZS15 / TZ25 is a more affordable version of the ZS20…
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The Nikon D3200 is the company’s latest entry-level DSLR. Announced in April 2012, it replaces the best-selling D3100 and like that model, makes a number of key improvements. The headline upgrade is pure resolution with the new D3200 boasting nothing less than 24 Megapixels, a whopping ten more than its predecessor – indeed it subsequently…
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Announced in January 2012, the Fujifilm X-Pro1 is the company’s first interchangeable lens compact system camera. Like the earlier fixed lens X100, it has rangefinder styling and an abundance of analogue controls going even further into the retro aesthetic than the vintage-styled Olympus PEN range. But this is about more than mere looks. The X-Pro1…
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The Canon PowerShot A2300 is a budget point-and-shoot-compact introduced in January 2012. It has a 16 Megapixel CCD sensor and a 2.7in screen with 230k pixels. The 5x zoom boasts a 28mm wide angle and a bright f2.8 maximum aperture, an improvement on the 4x zooms of the 2011 budget PowerShots. The A2300 lacks the…
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