By Brandon Russell |
This is not a smartphone, despite the device’s pedigree. Nor is it any plain old point-and-shoot. With Galaxy S III guts, Samsung’s Galaxy Camera is bravely attempting to merge the very separate and conflicted worlds of point-and-shoot photography with hyper-connected smartphones. It sounds like the…
By Mike Perlman |
The iPhone 4S is blessed with the best still image and video quality in the smartphone world, but its wafer-thin, diminutive stature causes major problems for more serious photographers and videographers. It’s so easy to capture beautiful 720p HD videos that look like they were…
By Mike Perlman |
The Canon EOS 5D Mark III is the worthy replacement of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the full-frame DSLR that changed everything. The 5D Mark II was a phenomenal success when it was released back in 2008 and the camera is still one of…
By Brandon Russell |
The Kogeto Dot by itself is a curious looking iPhone add-on. Designed to attach almost like a protective case, the Dot’s bulbous orb allows users to capture video in a single 360-degree panoramic shot. It’s basically like Google’s Street View, but for videos. What is…
By Mike Perlman |
The Lytro camera is the most revolutionary product in photography since the digital camera. Developed by Stanford graduate Ren Ng and his team of light field-obsessed colleagues, the Lytro captures images in Megarays rather than Megapixels. As a result, images can be focused after the…
By Mike Perlman |
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V has one heck of a model name, but it’s also known as Sony’s top-of-the-line Super Zoom digital camera. Filling the shoes of last year’s Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V, the HX200V brings a lot of nifty new features to the table. The camera…
By Mike Perlman |
The Pentax K-01 is an odd duck that breaches the borders of traditional digital camera aesthetics. That’s because this mirrorless nonconformist was designed by Marc Newson, a popular name in contemporary product design. Though Newson has designed everything from watches to boats, the Pentax K-01…
By Mike Perlman |
Olympus is known to stay true to its heritage, and the new OM-D EM-5 is a sparkling example. The company debuted its first film OM model 40 years ago in 1972, and I actually shot with an Olympus OM-1N a decade ago in my high…
By Mike Perlman |
In Photography Land, the full frame DSLR market is mostly governed by Canon and Nikon. Up until the release of the Nikon D800, Canon had ruled the roost with the 5D Mark II for one prodigious reason: its scintillating HD video capture. The Mark II’s…
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 Mike Perlman |
Monitoring the Coolpix lineup closely over the last half decade, I’ve come to the conclusion that Nikon likes to stick to its guns. The Nikon Coolpix S9300 is nearly identical to its predecessors, which includes last year’s S9100, in fact both look like twins. The…
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 |
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…
By Mike Perlman |
18.2-megapixels, Full HD video, a 5x optical zoom, 1.2 million-pixel capacitive touchscreen and dozens upon dozens of shooting features and technologies in a camera the size of a stack of business cards? This has to be a joke, right? Nope, it’s the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX66…
By Mike Perlman |
The Super Zoom wars are ever-expanding as manufacturers strive to produce digital cameras with the biggest possible optical zooms in this solar system. Yes, in the digital camera world, size does matter, and the Nikon Coolpix P510 is currently the most well endowed model with…
By Mike Perlman |
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS15 ($280) compact Mega Zoom is the company’s second-in-command to the venerable Lumix DMC-ZS20. While the new ZS20 benefits from GPS, a longer 20x optical zoom lens and 60P HD video, the Lumix DMC-ZS15 shares the same sensor technology and main features…
By Mike Perlman |
Canon’s compact PowerShot SX lineup has ruled the roost for the past half of a decade, and the Canon PowerShot SX260 HS ($349.99) picks up where the SX230 left off. In the last episode, the Canon PowerShot SX230 HS had boosted its optical zoom capabilities,…
By Mike Perlman |
Although I’m a little late to the game with this review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150 ($430 online), I can safely tell you that this is a camera that will remain quite popular when its newer iteration is released later this year. The Panasonic Lumix…
By Mike Perlman |
Just the other day I was perusing Canon’s Digital Compact Cameras webpage when suddenly I was submerged in a vat of relentless consternation. The company offers 25 point-and-shoot models in the sub-$350 category. In my opinion, that’s far too many, and it’s part of the…
By Mike Perlman |
This review shootout is for all the motocrossers, mountain bikers, skiers, surfers, boarders, bladers, racers and extreme walkers. It’s the GoPro HD Hero2 vs. Contour’s flagship Contour+ in this action cam fight to the finish line. Which POV cam will prevail? Start up your engines…
By Mike Perlman |
The Super Zoom digital camera market is one of the most fearsome battlegrounds in the photography world. Super Zoom cameras represent any fixed-lens compact camera that boasts a long optical zoom. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ47 has a 24x optical zoom lens, though that’s merely an…
By Mike Perlman |
In the Photography world, 35mm, or “full frame” is the standard by which nearly all cameras are judged. Focal lengths, crop factors and other camera traits are all based on the 35mm equivalent. Granted, a 35mm digital camera sensor is the largest sensor available in…
By Mike Perlman |
Nikon arrived a bit later to the Mirrorless party with the Nikon 1 V1 and Nikon 1 J1 compact interchangeable lens cameras. What sets both mirrorless cams apart from the Micro Four Thirds crowd (pioneered by Olympus and Panasonic) is that they both feature a…
By Mike Perlman |
The Nikon Coolpix P7100 ($499.95) is one of those cameras that will send the average consumer running for the hills because this badass has more controls, dials, bells and whistles than R2-D2. On the other hand, the Nikon Coolpix P7100 will turn an advanced photographer…
