| Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Review With smartphones gaining on point-n-shoot cameras as one's means of capturing day to day snapshots, innovative manufacturers, like Samsung, are looking to create products that will give consumers the portability and functionality they seek; with some quality and performance to boot. Enter the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, the world's first smartphone to offer a 10x optical zoom lens. This hybrid smartphone/point-n-shoot camera is the second model we've seen from Samsung in the Galaxy line-up. While it shares some of the same functionality we saw with the Samsung Galaxy Camera, the S4 Zoom has taken things to the next level. Not only does the S4 Zoom offer a fully capable Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS, but it's also a 3G/4G capable phone. Currently, only available via the AT&T network, the S4 Zoom operates like any of Samsung's popular Galaxy smartphones. However, this one packs a 16-megapixel digital camera with a 10x optical zoom lens. This combination gives you the functionality and versatility of sharing photos and videos with friends and family on the go, while still giving you the ability to capture pleasing still photos and full HD video; that are more in line quality wise with entry to mid-level point-n-shoots, versus your average smartphone. Other features include a nice 4.3" OLED touchscreen display, Optical Image Stabilization technology, 8GB or internal memory, a microSD card slot, 1.5GB or RAM, and... Continue Reading | Nikon AW110 REVIEW | | Steve's 2013 Gift Guides! | | Sony NEX-5T REVIEW | | | "If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff." -Jim Richardson | Are you a Steve's Fan on Facebook? Steve's Digicams now has over 7,170 awesome fans around the world and we'd love for you to join our social network. It's a fun place to see high resolution Photo of the Day albums, interact with other shutterbugs, post your own photos, and read our latest articles or reviews! | Steve's Digicams Most Popular News Stories Fantasea Announces a New Waterproof Housing for the Canon PowerShot G16 Fantasea Line, a well known maker of high-quality underwater housings for Canon and Nikon cameras, has just released information about their new FG16 for use with the Canon PowerShot G16. Like their past housing systems, the FG16 gives you the ability to take the G16 down to depths of up to 60 meters (200 feet) underwater, while still offering the full functionality of the camera. The FG16 is also supported by their full line of external accessories, like underwater lighting sets, color correction filters, and even some wide angle and telephoto conversion lenses. One really cool feature of the FG16 is that Fantasea included a built-in moisture detector inside the housing, which gives you even more confidence that water won't get to your PowerShot G16... Continue Reading Must See Photos: Macro Snowflakes by Alexey Kljatov Winter is coming, friends, which means all across the world millions of children will learn, for the very first time, how "no snowflake is ever alike" thanks to tiny variances in temperature and humidity as water freezes whilst falling. And we all know it's true. Maybe we've even seen a few snowflakes under a microscope to appreciate their miniature beauty. But, friends, you've never seen snowflakes look quite as magical as this... Online art and design magazine, Bored Panda, uncovered a wonderful series of macro snowflake photographs taken by Russian photographer, Alexey Kljatov. And the best part? Kljatov used a consumer grade camera, an old macro lens, and leftover materials from around the house to do it. Kljatov literally... Continue Reading Olympus adds new firmware updates for the OM-D E-M1, STYLUS XZ-2, and the M.Zuiko 12-50mm EZ lens Olympus has released three firmware updates this week to several of their current offerings; including their flagship micro Four Thirds camera, the OM-D E-M1. The update for the OM-D E-M1 adds: Supports compensation for chromatic aberration when using the E-M1 and Panasonic's LUMIX G VARIO 14-140mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH./POWER O.I.S. (H-FS14140) together; enhanced stabilization of shooting in the Sports mode and Children mode of the SCN mode or C-AF; improved live bulb image quality while noise reduction is on; and... Continue Reading | | This bi-monthly newsletter was sent to subscribers and forum members of Steve's Digicams. Steve's Digicams does not rent, sell or lease customer information. You can view our online privacy policy here. Rather not receive our newsletter anymore? We will miss you, but you can click here to unsubscribe. This email was sent by: Steve's DigiCams 909 N. Sepulveda Blvd., 11th Flr El Segundo, CA, 90245, USA
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