Although it has introduced several new cameras and lenses and it has also updated an older model before the actual start of Photokina, it would seem that German company Leica still had one heck of a "rabbit" in its magic hat. And that's because the high-end digital camera manufacturer has just shed light on its new S2 professional DSLR camera, whose main point of attraction is the custom 37.5-megapixel, 30 x 45 mm sensor that is 56% larger than full frame.Despite the fact that it incorporates such a huge CCD sensor, the new camera combines the performance parameters of a medium-format digital camera with the ergonomics, form factor, an... [read more >>] Over the past few weeks, you've been able to see just what some of the biggest names in digital photography have planned for this year's Photokina show. However, one name was missing (Pentax), but it seems that the company's not about to let this major event go by without launching a new product, so they've just made public their K-m (or K2000, in the US) model, a camera targeting especially inexperienced digital SLR photographers.The core of the PENTAX K-m is a large, 10.2-megapixel CCD image sensor (23.5mm by 15.7mm), accompanied by the manufacturer's own PRIME (PENTAX Real Image Engine) image processing unit. The... [read more >>] Ever since Canon's EOS 5D arrived on the market back in 2005 and proved its worth, photographers have been waiting to see what its successor would look like and what innovative features it would provide users with. And now, the company has finally decided to put an end to all that waiting and officially announced the EOS 5D, which packs a couple of very attractive functions, the most interesting of them (at least for a good number of consumers) being, probably, the possibility of shooting full-frame, high-definition videos.Since Nikon has actually established a trend by introducing video recording capabilities in a DSLR, Canon wasn... [read more >>] Most video cameras (amateur or professional) currently available on the market apply a certain degree of compression to the recorded video, simply because it would otherwise occupy way too much space. However, Ikonoskop has decided to try a completely new approach to this issue and developed the A-cam dII, a camera that only takes care of the recording process and ditches compression altogether.Thus, according to the company's statement, the A-cam dII is the only camera providing totally uncompressed images in RAW format. This means that users can record video and metadata at 1920 x 1080 pixels, at framerates ranging between 1 and 60 f... [read more >>] Since one of the most important annual events in digital photography, Photokina, is just around the corner, the biggest names in this particular segment are coming out with all sorts of new models or updates to previous ones. We've already seen Panasonic, Sony and Canon do it, and now Casio has also come up with its own little novelty, the Exilim EX-FH20, which, together with the EX-F1, will form the company's High-Speed series.Actually, the EX-FH20 brings what could be described as a "mixed blessing." While the resolution has increased up to a maximum 3456 x 2592, due to the new 1/2.3-inch Type, 9.1-megapixel CMOS sensor, the fra... [read more >>] For the past fifty years or so, photo camera viewfinders have been optical-only systems. However, times have changed, and one of the most important innovations in this field has just been announced by Panasonic, namely the DMC-G1, which, according to the company, is the world's first interchangeable-lens camera to use the Micro Four Thirds System, as well as the world's first to feature a Full-time Live View Finder.Introduced earlier this year, as a result of a collaboration between Panasonic and Olympus, the new Micro Four Thirds standard for interchangeable lens cameras introduces approximately 50% shorter flangeback distance (m... [read more >>] Photokina is just around the corner, so it's about time for the big boys in the imaging industry to start rolling out the big “guns” in preparation for this very important show. Thus, today, Sony has just announced the release of its first full-frame DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, the α (alpha) DSLR-A900, accompanied by a couple of very useful accessories, which include two new lenses, a flash unit and a grip.But first things first, let's take a look at what the A900 has to offer. Although it's largely based on the previous A700 (as far as the chassis and the controls are concerned), Sony's n... [read more >>] Rumors regarding Nikon's upcoming digital single-reflex camera, the D90, have been going around the Internet for the past few weeks, the device popping up (and then being immediately withdrawn) on various websites, online vendors in particular. So, in order to put an end to this long streak of leaks, Nikon has finally decided to get official with the new D90, which builds upon the successful platform of its predecessor, the D80, while adding some features that will most likely draw even more fans (or alienate others). First and foremost, let's see what the major improvements and innovations brought by Nikon's new DSLR ... [read more >>] Rumors regarding the EOS 50D have been "floating" around the Internet for quite a while now, the most important confirmation being a more or less "accidental" leak on Canon's Chinese website, a few days ago. However, Canon has finally decided to put an end to speculations and officially announced the launch of EOS 50D, a rather expected upgrade of the previous 40D model that offers quite an interesting set of features for the advanced amateur digital SLR photographers. According to the company's own statement, the EOS 50D builds upon the platform of the 40D, with a few visible enhancements. For example, its 15.1-megapixel CMOS APS... [read more >>] Since camcorders capable of shooting videos in full high-definition resolution tend to become the standard nowadays, it was to be expected that HD recording would soon be implemented in digital cameras as well. And one of the first companies to go down this road is FujiFilm, which has just announced the FinePix S2000HD, a bridge/long zoom digital camera whose main points of attraction include the 10 megapixel CCD sensor, the 15x optical zoom lens, as well as the HD movie recording and output capabilities. Before going deeper into the issue of HD recording, let's take a look at the imaging system of the S2000HD. The digital camera has b... [read more >>] | 
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