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Friday, July 29, 2011

Digital Photography Review's Travel Zoom Roundup

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 10:30 AM

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/q31...lzoomgrouptest/

"The so-called 'Travel Zoom' category was effectively invented by Panasonic, with the Lumix DMC-TZ1. Released in 2006, the TZ1 was the first camera with a 10x optical zoom lens that could truly be called 'compact', and although Panasonic had the field to itself for a while, it wasn't long before other manufacturers started to move into the same space. Fast forward to 2011, and almost all of the major camera manufacturers offer compact cameras with at least 10x optical zooms, up to almost 20x in some cases."

The travel zoom area is probably the last major growth area for compacts in light of compacts getting squeezed from smartphones at the low end and cheap DSLRs and cute mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras on the high end, so it would be nice to see some more innovation in this area, instead of so-so image quality tacked to a design that has not changed much from the TZ1's launch in 2006. Still, they are still popular enough, and DPReview takes a look at some of the latest round of travel zooms, and there's a surprise winner in the round-up. Hint: The brand starts with an "N". I always thought their compacts were on the lacklustre side, and in fact, the sample images are not very inspiring in some cases; the camera gets a win mostly in the way it handles and operates. Hit the link for the roundup!


Digital Photography Review's Travel Zoom Roundup

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 10:30 AM

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/q31...lzoomgrouptest/

"The so-called 'Travel Zoom' category was effectively invented by Panasonic, with the Lumix DMC-TZ1. Released in 2006, the TZ1 was the first camera with a 10x optical zoom lens that could truly be called 'compact', and although Panasonic had the field to itself for a while, it wasn't long before other manufacturers started to move into the same space. Fast forward to 2011, and almost all of the major camera manufacturers offer compact cameras with at least 10x optical zooms, up to almost 20x in some cases."

The travel zoom area is probably the last major growth area for compacts in light of compacts getting squeezed from smartphones at the low end and cheap DSLRs and cute mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras on the high end, so it would be nice to see some more innovation in this area, instead of so-so image quality tacked to a design that has not changed much from the TZ1's launch in 2006. Still, they are still popular enough, and DPReview takes a look at some of the latest round of travel zooms, and there's a surprise winner in the round-up. Hint: The brand starts with an "N". I always thought their compacts were on the lacklustre side, and in fact, the sample images are not very inspiring in some cases; the camera gets a win mostly in the way it handles and operates. Hit the link for the roundup!


Digital Photography Review's Travel Zoom Roundup

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 10:30 AM

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/q31...lzoomgrouptest/

"The so-called 'Travel Zoom' category was effectively invented by Panasonic, with the Lumix DMC-TZ1. Released in 2006, the TZ1 was the first camera with a 10x optical zoom lens that could truly be called 'compact', and although Panasonic had the field to itself for a while, it wasn't long before other manufacturers started to move into the same space. Fast forward to 2011, and almost all of the major camera manufacturers offer compact cameras with at least 10x optical zooms, up to almost 20x in some cases."

The travel zoom area is probably the last major growth area for compacts in light of compacts getting squeezed from smartphones at the low end and cheap DSLRs and cute mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras on the high end, so it would be nice to see some more innovation in this area, instead of so-so image quality tacked to a design that has not changed much from the TZ1's launch in 2006. Still, they are still popular enough, and DPReview takes a look at some of the latest round of travel zooms, and there's a surprise winner in the round-up. Hint: The brand starts with an "N". I always thought their compacts were on the lacklustre side, and in fact, the sample images are not very inspiring in some cases; the camera gets a win mostly in the way it handles and operates. Hit the link for the roundup!


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Nikon Coolpix S9100 Reviewed by PhotographyBLOG

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 12:00 PM

http://www.photographyblog.com/revi...x_s9100_review/

"The Coolpix S9100 is Nikon’s third travel-zoom camera, featuring an extended 18x zoom lens with a very versatile focal range of 25-450mm. Other key features of the slim S9100 include a 12 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor, high resolution 921k dot 3 inch LCD screen, full 1080p high-definition movies with stereo sound, sensor-shift Vibration Reduction, a shooting mode dial and a fast auto-focus system."

Looking for a compact zoom camera? Not happy with the cameras in the last round-up we linked to? Here is another option; the Nikon Coolpix S9100. Though Nikon is not as well-known as some other companies in the compact segment, I certainly can't fault them for not trying (doing well is another thing). Surprisingly the review is a favourable one, but between a Nikon and a Panasonic, I know which one I would normally go for!


Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Nikon Coolpixes: The Rest

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 12:30 PM

So, Nikon's also spamming the retail channels with a bazillion cameras. Et tu, Nikon? Since we have a lot of cameras to cover, I am going to try with a different format in presenting them.

S9100 (pictured above) - 12 megapixel CMOS sensor - 18x 25-450mm equivalent f/3.5-5.9 lens - sensor shift stabilisation - 3" VGA LCD - 1080p 30 FPS video with optical zoom - Ships in March for US$330

S6100 - 16 megapixel (sigh) CCD sensor - 7x 28-196mm equivalent f/3.7-5.6 lens - 3" HVGA touchscreen LCD - 720p 30 FPS video - Ships in March for US$200

S4100 - 14 megapixel CCD sensor - 5x 26-130mm equivalent f/3.2-6.5 lens - 3" HVGA touchscreen LCD - 720p 30 FPS video - Ships in late February for US$180

S3100 - 14 megapixel CCD sensor - 5x 26-130mm equivalent f/3.2-6.5 lens - 2.7" QVGA touchscreen LCD - 720p 30 FPS video - Ships in late February for US$140

L120 - 14 megapixel CCD sensor - 21x 25-525mm equivalent f/3.1-5.8 lens - sensor shift stabilisation - 3" VGA LCD - 720p 30 FPS video - powered by 4 AA batteries - Ships in late February for US$280

L24 - 14 megapixel CCD sensor - 3.6x 37-134mm equivalent f/3.1-6.7 lens - 3" QVGA LCD - VGA video - powered by 2 AA batteries - Ships in late February for US$120

They are all pretty good looking cameras, even the budget L cameras, though the lenses are a bit slow (f/6.5 on the long end for the S4100 is ewwww). The S9100 also picks up the panorama feature from the P series cameras. I guess whoever is supplying the software to Sony originally is now selling them to all the camera OEMs. Despite that, I can't seem to shake a sense of disinterest. Maybe it's because I expect a lot more from Nikon, and the last few years of mediocre Coolpixes have tarnished the brand enough in my mind that these batch of Coolpixes are docked a few points off in my mind.

Photos of the rest after the break.

Nikon Coolpix S3100/S4100/S6100/S9100

Nikon Coolpix L120/L24

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