The Sony Alpha SLT-A77 is Sony’s flagship SLT camera. Announced in August 2011 alongside the simpler A65 it features a 24.3 Megapixel APS-C sensor, 12fps continuous shooting with AF, full 1080p HD video at 50 or 60 frames per second and a 2.4 million pixel ultra high resolution OLED electronic viewfinder. Like all SLT models,…
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Canon’s EOS 5D Mark III is the third in the enormously successful series of full-frame DSLRs for enthusiasts and pros. A classic model.…
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Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-ZS20 (or TZ30 as it’s known outside North America) is the latest version of its enormously popular travel zoom camera. Announced in January 2012, one year after the best-selling Lumix ZS10 / TZ20, the latest model is once again the first of this year’s crop of new pocket super-zooms and takes an aggressive…
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Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-TZ20 (or ZS10 as it’s known in North America) is the latest version of its enormously popular travel zoom camera. Announced in January 2011, one year after the best-selling Lumix TZ10 / ZS7, the new model may physically resemble its predecessor, but now features a broader 16x optical zoom range, a touch-screen display,…
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The Canon PowerShot G1 X is a compact camera with a large sensor, 4x zoom, optical viewfinder and articulated screen packed into a metal body. Announced in January 2012, the G1 X joins the PowerShot G series, but rather than replacing the existing G12, it’s positioned as a new premium model – because while the…
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The Nikon D4 is the company’s new flagship professional sports DSLR. Announced in January 2012, it replaces the D3s with upgrades in resolution, movie capabilities, AF performance, metering and connectivity. The previous D3s was optimised for speed and sold alongside the externally-similar, but higher resolution D3x for those who demanded the maximum detail. It’s currently…
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The Sony NEX-7 is the flagship model in Sony’s NEX compact system camera (CSC) range that also includes the NEX-5N, NEX-C3, along with the original NEX-5 and NEX-3. More than any Sony CSC to date though, the NEX-7 is aimed squarely at serious photography enthusiasts. Like other NEX cameras, the NEX-7 features an APS-C sized…
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The Lumix GX1 is Panasonic’s fourth ‘pocketable’ camera to employ the Micro Four Thirds standard it co-developed with Olympus. Like all Micro Four Thirds models, it’s a mirror-less compact system camera, or CSC for short, which packs a DSLR-sized sensor into a relatively small body; in this case, the 16 Megapixel sensor of the Lumix…
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The Nikon D7000 is the company’s latest mid-range DSLR. Announced in September 2010, the D7000 technically replaces the enormously popular D90, although that model will remain on sale while stocks last. The new numbering clearly positions the D7000 above the D5000, with the D3100 below both. Like the D90 before it, Nikon has deployed the…
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The Olympus PEN Mini E-PM1 is one of the most affordable mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras (ILCs) to date. It was announced in June 2011 alongside the mid-range E-PL3 and flagship E-P3, and like all Olympus PEN cameras, is based on the Micro Four Thirds standard it jointly developed with Panasonic. Unlike previous PEN models which…
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