compact camera

Pixiq Expert

3 months ago

Compact cameras: down, but not out

It's an inescapable, plaintive cry: the compact camera is in decline! You can scarcely go a week without hearing someone lament that sales of compact cameras are falling; that the ubiquity of camera phones is eclipsing the point-and-shoot; that on Flickr there [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

3 months ago

Get all outdoorsy with Pentax's Optio WG2 and WG2-GPS

Rugged, all-weather cameras: they're something that manufacturers seem to be having a bit of fun with right now. And why not? Having a camera that can take pictures in situations that might involve getting cold and wet or being dropped or fallen on is a [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

3 months ago

Canon's complement of compacts

'Tis the season for compact camera announcements, and today Canon has added eleven to the, ehm... canon. They range from the entry-level A-series, through superzooms, to touchscreen-tastic numbers, and a rugged camera. Just the same as with other extensive new [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

3 months ago

Ten new compacts from Nikon

Nikon announced ten new compact cameras today, ranging from the simplest point-and-shoot that starts at £70 and runs off of AA batteries, to the high-end P310 (an upgrade on the P300) at £300, via some superzooms that go up to £400 in price. [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

3 months ago

A highly specced and all-weather compact: the Sony TX200V

About three weeks ago, Sony announced three new compact cameras at CES; today, it's announced another three compact cameras. At least they've not flooded the market in one go, I suppose. And there's something that's caught my eye with the TX200V. The TX200V is [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

3 months ago

The Pentax Optio VS20, all geared up for vertical shooting

There might be a constant background wittering that compact cameras are dying, being overtaken by camera phones, but camera manufacturers haven't given up on them yet - far from it, when you look at the new releases announced at CES - and that includes Pentax, [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

4 months ago

Sony's turn to announce some new compacts at CES

Right, today it's Sony's turn to unveil its shiny new compact cameras on the world. Thankfully they've taken a restrained approach, so rather than nineteen compacts, twelve bridge cameras, six rugged cameras, and a partridge in a pear tree, there are four new [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

4 months ago

Olympus unveils seven new compacts at CES

Obviously it's new camera-central around CES, and today it was Olympus' turn to unleash its newest offerings into the compact camera market. They've announced seven new cameras, from the ultrazoom to the ideal first camera. Without wanting to induce new kit [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

4 months ago

Bring out the Canons

Just in time for CES, wouldn't you know, Canon has brought out three new cameras: two pocket-friendly IXUS models and an-itching-to-be-pro G1 X to head up the G-series line-up. G1 X Canon is calling this one the finest compact camera that it has ever produced, [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

4 months ago

Fujifilm means business with 27 new cameras

According to my count, Fujifilm has just announced 27 - yes, 27 - new cameras today. Amongst the 30× optical zoom bridge cameras and the all-weather, go-anywhere, freeze-proof, and drop-proof snappers, there's a clutch of point-and-shoots that are [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

4 months ago

The weekly round-up

Ooh it seems to have been a bit of a busy week. There's not so much in the way of news-news, but there are plenty of quirky links to keep you occupied whilst you're waiting for your gravy to thicken. Have fun! Firmware upgrades There's a firmware update for [...]

Daniela Bowker

Pixiq Expert

5 months ago

Leica's most lush V-Lux 3

Leica's just unveiled its V-Lux 3, a camera that it's touting as being a viable alternative to an entry-level dSLR. Now the only way to tell that for real is holding the camera in your hands and looking the fruits of your labours, which you won't be able to do [...]

Jose Antunes

Pixiq Expert

8 months ago

Fujifilm X10: better than the X100?

Fujifilm just announced the addition of a new premium compact camera to its digital camera line up for autumn 2011. The X10 features a large 2/3" 12 megapixel EXR-CMOS sensor and a high-definition F2.0 wide-angle and F2.8 telephoto Fujinon 4x manual zoom lens [...]

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1 year ago

The Nikon Coolpix P 300

On this last trip, I had an opportunity to carry the new Nikon Coolpix P300 and put it through its paces. A truly pocketable, high quality compact camera has been a dream of mine for some time now, and while I'm not ready to say my dream has come true, it's [...]

Damien Franco

Pixiq Expert

1 year ago

Flash

If photography is about light (and it is) then flash is often times the photographer's best friend. A flash provides additional light that can be handy for pictures taken indoors or at night. It can even be used as a fill light outdoors. All compact cameras [...]

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