The Nikon Coolpix S640 is a 12.2-megapixel point and shoot camera with a 5x optical zoom. Nikon touts the S640 as having a “fast AF” feature that helps you get rid of shutter lag. Keep reading to find out whether the S640 is lacking lag, or just plain lacking. [click to continue…]
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Carl Zeiss has announced the ZF.2 series for the Nikon F mount. While the lenses are still manual focus, the lens CPU supports all other important operations like auto aperture settings and EXIF transmission. [click to continue…]
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Transcend has introduced its latest line of speedy CF cards with a 400x speed rating. The cards come in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB flavors and are capable of theoretical transfer rates as up to 90MB/s read and 60MB/s write speeds. The 400x label isn’t quite as speedy as we see in the latest SanDisk, Lexar and Photofast cards, but it’s still pretty darn quick and will require the latest UDMA mode 6 capable DSLRs to take full advantage of their speed.
Check availability on Amazon.com.
More details in the press release below. [click to continue…]
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The Casio EX-FH25 is a 20x superzoom camera that succeeds the Casio EX-FH20. The 20x zoom range covers the equivalent of 26-520mm on a 35mm camera.
The EX-FH25 features a 10-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor and is capable of capturing 40 fps bursts at the 9-megapixel size. The EX-F25 also captures Casio’s signature high frame-rate videos at up to 1000 fps, albeit at the customary low-resolution settings as you push the frame rates higher.
The FH25 also looks to capture RAW format images via Adobe DNG format. The FH25 will have an ISO range of 100-3200 and built-in sensor-based stabilization.
We’ll update this post when Casio drops an official word in the US.
[h/t 1001noisy]
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As we saw with the announcement of the Nikon D3s, it looks like Nikon intends to squeeze as much as possible out of that 12.1-megapixel FX format sensor . . . for good reason though, it’s an awesome sensor that has been producing great images for over 2 years now.
Rumors of succeeding models to the popular D3 (which saw a recent refresh with the D3s) and D700 bodies have been floating around for several months. Rumors of the D800 or a D700x seemed to gain momentum after Nikon announced the top-end D3x. Many expected to see a high-megapixel equivalent of the D700, which came roughly 9 months after after the D3. Since its introduction, the D700 has been characterized as sort of a “Nikon D3, Jr.” [click to continue…]
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Pentax is offering a $100 prepaid VISA card when customers purchase a qualifying lens with the 14.6-megapixel Pentax K-7 DSLR.
You can buy up to 5 lenses with a new Pentax K-7 and receive a total of (5) $100 prepaid VISA cards. Obviously, you can buy more, but only 5 of them will qualify for the rebate. This promotion is set to expire January 15, 2010. The rebate form can be downloaded here.
The qualifying lenses are listed below. [click to continue…]
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