Steve's Digicams Most Popular News Stories  Fujifilm has just released information about an all new X-series retro camera, the X30. Building upon the sophisticated X10 and X20 models, the X30 adds some interesting new features to help it appeal to a broader range of photogs. While the X30 shares the same 12-megapixel 2/3" X-Trans CMOS II image sensor as the X20, Fuji has updated the processor to the EXR Processor II, which boasts improved speed and function over the previous model. Burst shooting has remained the same at up to 12fps, and the camera sports a similar 4x optical zoom lens with a fast f/2.0 maximum aperture. Perhaps the most notable change to the X30 is the new 2.36 million dot (that's not a typo) real-time OLED viewfinder. This unit replaces the OVF that we were not all that fond of with the X10 and X20, so we're glad to see this new technology being added to this series; and we're hoping it performs well. To learn more about this exciting new camera... Continue Reading  Sony releases the world's smallest APS-C ILC; the Alpha 5100 Sony has just unveiled their smallest Alpha series ILC to date, with the introduction of the all new a5100 (aka the Alpha 5100). Positioned between their popular a5000 and a6000 models, the new a5100 borrows many of its features from its big brother, the a6000. These include the same 24.3-megapixel APS-C sized CMOS image sensor, BIONZ X processor, and Fast Hybrid AF system (which uses 179 Phase-Detection AF points + 25 Contrast-Detection AF points). While not quite as fast as its more expensive sibling, the A5100 does boast some fast AF performance, with Sony claiming it can lock focus within 0.07 seconds. Other interesting features include a 180 degree tilting LCD screen, 6fps burst shooting with continuous AF/AE, XAVC S full HD video at various frame rates (60p, 25p, etc.), Wi-Fi with NFC tech, and a built-in pop-up flash unit. To learn more... Continue Reading  Good Samaritan Tracks Down Lost Digicam Owners A nightmare scenario for any traveling family. Touring the sites. Managing a tight budget. Keeping the kids in line. So many interruptions and distractions. So many new places. Only seconds to figure out if this is your train or bus stop. And when the doors slam shut behind you, a question pops into your mind. Where's my camera? Gone. Thundering away at speed on a train or bus. Sitting underneath your seat on the plane. Laying forgotten on a bench in a quiet park. You make a few calls, frantically hoping for the impossible, but it does not come. Worse than the financial burden of dropping a few hundred dollars on the ground... The memories. The moments. The smiles and the tears. Everything you captured on your vacation is gone too. That's where the story usually ends, friends... Continue Reading |
