Pentax finished Monday with a unique take on the rapidly growing compact ultrazoom camera field. Its Optio RZ18 fits an 18X zoom 25-450mm equivalent lens with an f3.5-4.9 aperture into a consciously minimal design that stays relatively thin. A 16-megapixel sensor puts it at the higher end of the range, and it has an unusually […]
Ok back row concert goers, Canon may have a camera for you. Canon has claimed ownership most poweful zoom on a point and shoot camera with the debut of the PowerShot SX30 IS. The Camera has a new 35X, 24-840mm equivalent lens and has extra hardware to compensate for the shake. Its image stabilization can […]
Panasonic launches today two long-zoom cameras. The Lumix FZ100 and FZ40 both shoot 14.1-megapixel images at 24X (25-600mm) distances. The two are pitched as “hybrids” and record video in AVCHD/H.264 with a dedicated control and a wind noise reduction option. The FZ40 is the entry level and uses a conventional CCD sensor, captures video no higher […]