By Adriana Lee |
I recently tried snorkeling for the first time. I was on the Big Island of Hawaii, celebrating my husband’s birthday, when he stated he wanted to eye some fish in the clear, blue waters off the Kohala Coast. I was nervous, but agreed to his…
By Brandon Russell |
If you keep a close eye on the camera world, you already know all about Olympus’s PEN E-P5. The retro-styled micro four thirds camera was leaked all over the Internet over the past few weeks, and every single detail was spot on. But at least…
By Brandon Russell |
Sony is bringing some of the aesthetics that made its RX100 such an attractive point-and-shoot and dressing it up into its new HX50V. For $450, the new Cyber-shot is for all intents and purposes a spiritual cousin to last year’s RX100, a cheaper option of…
By Brandon Russell |
The attraction of point-and-shoot cameras has traditionally been their compact size. But, with so many great smartphones on the market, that attraction has been overshadowed by advancing mobile technology. And so companies began taking a new approach. More features are nice but, taking that even…
By Brandon Russell |
The Nikon Coolpix A looks like any old point-and-shoot: compact, attractive and handy as a possible vacation camera. But this is far from your typical shooter, and in fact further blurs the line between gear for professionals and the average consumers—at a cost, both in…
By Adriana Lee |
Socialmatic‘s dream of producing a physical Instagram camera just got real, thanks to a new agreement that gives the company the right to build the device under the Polaroid brand. So what do you get when you combine the filter-happy, photo-sharing service with one of…
By Brandon Russell |
Olympus on Tuesday announced the Stylus XZ-10, a very pocketable point-and-shoot that’ll be available in the U.S. in late March for $399. This is essentially the bigger XZ-2 crammed into a very attractive smaller body, meaning you’ll still get a quality experience you can more…
By Sean P. Aune |
If the idea of having to pay for a cellular connection is what stopped you from picking up a Samsung Galaxy Camera, you’ll be happy to know that a Wi-Fi only version is on the way. While the first version of the Galaxy Camera wasn’t…
By Brandon Russell |
Polaroid is still a company that makes stuff and things, and that rumored mirrorless camera with Android is the real deal. The company officially unveiled the iM1836 on Monday, and when you stop and think about everything this device is trying to do, it’s not…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung has an entirely new Smart Camera portfolio that aims to bridge the gap between smartphones and point-and-shoots. But a Galaxy Camera these are not. But don’t fret. They’re all coming with new technology called Smart Camera 2.0, which makes sharing photos to your favorite…
By Brandon Russell |
Samsung’s Galaxy Camera experiment is heading to Verizon on Dec. 13, and it’ll come equipped with 4G LTE. The point-and-shoot/smartphone hybrid has thus far exclusively resided on AT&T here in the states, but one carrier wasn’t enough for this unorthodox piece of tech. Really, a…
By Brandon Russell |
AT&T might not be the only carrier to offer Samsung’s peculiar Galaxy Camera. The point-and-shoot/Android cyclops has reportedly shown up in a new FCC document with Verizon as a possible suitor — that means LTE is onboard rather than AT&T’s HSPA+ version. Interestingly, although the…
By Sean P. Aune |
AT&T announced today that the Samsung Galaxy Camera will be available on Nov. 16 for $499.99. For those of you interested in an Android-powered camera, your dreams will be coming true this Friday when you can pick up the Galaxy Camera. Not only will you…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to a new rumor, Samsung is working on a point-and-shoot camera that will be based off of its Galaxy S III phone. If you’re a fan of the Galaxy S III and photography, then you may want to have a seat while we blow…
By Brandon Russell |
To help differentiate itself from the pack, and maybe even attract a few old dogs to the digital game, FujiFilm is allegedly preparing to infuse a very retro look to its X line. Maybe (maybe not) known as the XP1, or even the XF1, the…
By Killian Bell |
Rumors surrounding Nikon’s first Android-powered point-and-shoot have been circulating since early August, but today, the company finally made it official. The Coolpix S800c runs stock Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and offers full, unrestricted access to the Google Play Store. This opens up a world of possibilities…
By Brandon Russell |
An Android-powered point-and-shoot is an interesting concept. Rather than fumbling through a camera company’s unintuitive UI, or using services that confine the owner, why not take advantage of the most widely used OS on the market? Now you’ve just opened yourself up to the second…
By Mike Perlman |
Various camera manufacturers have attempted to incorporate Wi-Fi in the past with limited success, but that hasn’t stopped Samsung from releasing eight models with advanced wireless capabilities. The Samsung WB150F is one of the lower-tier point-and-shoot Wi-Fi cameras offered by the maker of the Galaxy…
By Brandon Russell |
Steve Jobs was very candid about Apple’s future agenda: to reinvent television, textbooks and photography. The jury is still out on the TV despite incessant rumors, and the company is currently dabbling in the textbook industry. So what of photography? We heard all the way…
By Mike Perlman |
The fixed-lens point-and-shoot market has been forever altered by the release of the Canon PowerShot G1 X and Fujifilm X10. As I adumbrated earlier this year, sensors on point-and-shoots are getting larger, and they’re beginning to compete with DSLRs. I saw it on the Canon…
By Mike Perlman |
Ever since it was announced back in August, the Fujifilm X10 has been on every photographer’s radar. Upon first glance, the camera woos the vintage crowd with architecture that rivals an old Yashika film SLR. On the inside, the X10 is a manual control dynamo…
By Mike Perlman |
Canon and Nikon, lookout! Ikea has just released a fearsome point-and-shoot digital camera called the KNAPPA, and it’s made out of cardboard. While traditional point-and-shoot cameras are typically bulky and feature too many buttons, the KNAPPA is as compact as a small stack of business…
By Mike Perlman |
The Point-and-Shoot market has evolved substantially within the past few years. Pocket-sized models can shoot better in low light, are faster with up to 10fps full resolution burst modes, have enhanced optics and focusing capabilities, to name a few general improvements. But it wasn’t until…
By Mike Perlman |
The Canon PowerShot G1 X hoodwinked the digital camera market when it was announced back in January at CES. Traditionally, no fixed lens point-and-shoot camera had ever dabbled with a large sensor before, if you exclude the very expensive Fujifilm X10. But even the X10′s…
