The Canon PowerShot SD980 IS Digital ELPH camera features a 12.1MP sensor with a 5x optical zoom, an ultra wide 24mm lens, a 3.0-inch touchscreen PureColor System LCD screen, and an optical image stabilization. The camera also has 720p HD video shooting capabilities plus HDMI output connector for easy playback of video and photos on HDTV’s to share with friends and family. Available in silver, blue, purple and gold, the Canon PowerShot SD980 IS Digital ELPH Camera will go on sale in October this year for $329. [Canon via Digital Camera Blog]
Check out the latest AVCHD powered camera from Sony, the HDR-CX12. Measuring 69mm x 67mm x 129mm and weighing 420grams (with battery), the camcorder features a new Exmor CMOS sensor with 10MP ClearVid 1/3.13-inch and the BIONZ technology. The HDR-CX12 sports Full HD recording 1920×1080i in AVCHD (Mpeg4 AVC/H.264, 16Mbps), the HDV support (1440×1080i) in 5/7/9Mbps and HDMI output. Other features include smile shutter and face detection, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T 12 optical zoon lens, a 2.7-inch LCD, 5.1 surround sound microphone, and Memory Stick PRO Duo (4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo (Mark2) in the box) storage. Sony HDR-CX12 will be out in Japan in July but will hit stateside by August for around $900. It will be sold with a 8GB Memory Stick since it has no Hard Disk Drive. [Akihabara via Digital Camera Blog] More
Canon has unveiled its new EOS Kiss F DSLR or you can call it the Kiss X2 light. The 10MP DSLR camera is priced at €420. There is no further info about this low end DSLR camera. Stay tuned for more updates. [Akihabara via Digital Camera Blog]
BenQ comes back with its brand new thin digicam. The BenQ T850 is a 8MP digital camera that measures only 15mm in thickness. The camera also features 3x optical zoom lens, ISO 1600, stainless steel body, 3 inch touch screen LCD display, face recognition technology, anti-shake mechanism and SDHC memory card slot. No word on pricing or availability yet. See more pictures after the jump to get more details. [PhotographyBLOG via Digital Camera Blog] More
Here is a video of the Casio Exilim PRO EX-F1 press conference. Casio has released the camera in Korea. The Casio Exilim PRO EX-F1 features a high speed CMOS sensor and a high speed LSI processor, an ultra-high speed 60fps burst rate for still images. The digicam is also able to capture 1,200 fps high speed movie recording and record movies at full HD quality. The camera will be available in both Japanese and Korean markets on April 30th, 2008 for 1,000,000 Korean Won. Click this link to watch the video. [AVING via Digital Camera Blog]
One of the most attractive parts on the Photo Imaging Expo 2008 is the babes. Here are some pictures of Fujifilm’s babes at the PIE 2008. These girls look like a bunch of Asian Fembots! You can also see the FinePix Z100FD line-up and its accessories. Enjoy the gallery after the jump. [Akihabara] More
The new Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ50 features WiFi connectivity allowing users to upload images from any WiFi hotspot. The camera will be released in Japan this May 16th for ¥49,800 or approx. $500(after conversion). [Panasonic Japan via Digital Camera Blog] More
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FX500 is the company’s first digicam that comes equipped with a 3 inch touch-screen display and has a 25mm ultra-wide angle Leica DC lens, 5x optical zoom and 10.1MP sensor. The digicam also has the ability to capture High Definition (HD) video. No word on pricing so far. [Akihabara via Digital Camera Blog] More
Sanyo has decided to introduce to the world their new Xacti CG9 digital camera. This entry level video camera offers 9.1MP CMOS sensor, 40MB of internal memory, a 5x optical Zoom and H.264 Video codec. Let’s watch the video after the jump to see what its like. [Akihabara via Digital Camera Blog] More
Now you can capture your diving action with this new Olympus ‘μ850SW’. This waterproof digicam can snap your pictures up to 3m of depth with 3x optical lens. Supporting ISO 1,600 with 2.5-inch LCD monitor, this 8M compact digicam will soon be released in Japan for suggested price of $376.
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