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A radical new camera system in which lens-plus-sensor modules are changed via a slide-in mounting.Ricoh has unleased a design revolution with its new GXR system. It’s the first camera body that accepts interchangeable sensor-plus-lens modules, allowing buyers to choose the body/lens combination that suits them and providing a camera system with great flexibility for upgrading and expansion.
A well-built and pocketable wide-angle digicam with features to attract serious photo enthusiasts.
An enhanced successor to the popular GR Digital III, featuring a new image engine and Hybrid AF System.The GR Digital IV arrives a little over two years since Ricoh released the GR Digital III, offering incremental improvements in features and performance. Most are internal, due to the introduction of an updated GR ENGINE IV processing chip. The body design is essentially unchanged. Because it’s small, light and inconspicuous, the GR Digital IV is well suited to candid and street photography.
A beautifully constructed slimline camera with an innovative user interface and plenty of user-adjustable controls.There’s a ‘quality’ feel about Samsung’s ultra-slim NV10 camera, thanks largely to its well-balanced metal body, which is very nice to hold. A 10.1-megapixel CCD partners a Schneider-Kreuznach Varioplan 3x optical zoom lens, which carries a distinctive blue ring and tucks neatly away behind a built-in lens cover when power is switched off. No viewfinder is provided and most of the rear panel is covered by a 2.5-inch LCD.
A smart, easy-to-use slimline digicam with built-in image stabilisation and some useful functions for everyday photographers.Panasonic’s new DMC-FX07 is a minor upgrade to the DMC-FX01 model with slightly higher resolution (7.2 megapixels vs 6.0 on the FX01) and a marginally smaller and lighter body. The lens is the same in both models but the FX07 boasts the new Venus Engine III image processor and a couple of new functions that claim to improve its shooting prowess.
Panasonic’s latest waterproof camera adds a GPS antenna, Full HD video and a LED light to improve video quality when shooting in low-light and under water. Panasonic’s DMC-FT3 represents the third generation of a line that began in with the FT1, which set the benchmark for rugged, waterproof cameras. The lens hasn’t changed since the first model; nor has the LCD monitor. After a brief flirtation with 14.1 megapixels on the FT2, Panasonic has returned to 12.1 megapixels for the FT3 but added some worthwhile improvements.
An attractive-looking, well-built, slimline camera that delivers above-average performance for point-and-shoot photographers.We have long believed that eight megapixels is more than enough for a digicam, so we were interested to see whether fitting a 12-megapixel imager in Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-FX100 digicam was a worthwhile exercise. Equipped with the same optically-stabilised Leica DC Vario-Elmarit zoom lens and 2.5-inch LCD as the 8-megapixel FX33 model the FX100 has an identical control layout and many of the same features, although its arrow pad buttons are square instead of round.
A high-resolution compact digicam with a 12.5x optical zoom lens, Full HD video recording and some useful multi-frame capture modes.This year, Olympus has created a new ‘traveller’ category in its super zoom camera range with three models that are more compact than the SP-series models and more competitive with similarly-featured cameras from other manufacturers. Announced on 10 March, the SZ-20 sits bang in the middle of this range and is designed to suit both travellers and family photographers.
An affordable slimline digicam that is easy to use and offers excellent battery life. Nikon’s entry-level Coolpix L6 is even more basic than the Coolpix L5 model we reviewed in December. Featuring a 6-megapixel imager and 3x optical zoom lens it is simple to use, thanks to a drastically restricted control suite. Exposure control consists of scene modes and exposure compensation. You can’t adjust sensitivity, flash output is non-adjustable and focusing options are limited to centre-point AF, with a minimum distance of 30 cm for general photography and 10 cm for close-ups. No viewfinder is provided.
A well-built, ultra-slim digicam that produces natural-looking pictures in most shooting conditions.Almost identical in specifications to Panasonic’s substantially cheaper DMC-FX07 model (which we reviewed last year), the new Leica C-Lux 2 has the same 7.2-megapixel imager and a similar Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 3.6x optical zoom lens, but its focal length range is marginally shorter (28-100mm vs 28-102mm). Focusing distances are the same for both cameras, as is body weight, although the C-Lux 2 is a tad longer, higher and slimmer.
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