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Kodak EasyShare C813

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Thursday 31st, January 2008

This one just slipped through I guess. The Kodak EasyShare C813 features a Kodak AF 3x Optical Aspheric Zoom Lens (35 mm equivalent: 36-108 mm) that captures crisp details and gets you closer to your subjects without losing picture quality. 5x digital zoom enlarges your pictures even more. The Kodak C813 offers 8.0 Megapixels for stunning prints up to 30 x 40 in. (76 x 102 cm). The Kodak EasyShare C813 camera incorporates a digital image stabilization. Blur caused by camera shake or subject movement will be reduced by this feature. The 2.4-inch (6.1 cm) color display lets you view your pictures with brilliance and clarity. You can even view your pictures in high definition on an HDTV or other HD device.

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Nikon Coolpix S550 digital camera

Posted by: Nic Rossmüller Thursday 31st, January 2008

The Nikon Coolpix S550 has just been introduced, a stylish new camera that elegantly packs high performance and advanced functions into the smallest body in its class. Built on a custom application of Nikon's innovative Expeed digital image processing concept and incorporating the precision optics of a Nikkor lens, the Nikon Coolpix S550 brings new ease and fun to capturing smiling faces in the full beauty of special moments. The Nikon S550 teams 10 megapixels of resolution with quick response, and maintains image quality when taking advantage of sensitivity settings as high as ISO 2000. Enhancing compositional freedom is a 5x Zoom-Nikkor lens with the range to ably cover scenes from buildings and group pictures to close-up portraits.

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Nikon Coolpix S520 digital camera

Posted by: Mark Peters Thursday 31st, January 2008

Nikon Corporation introduces the Coolpix S520, a stylish new camera that pushes the level of photographic performance, operating ease and design elegance to new heights. Built on a custom application of Nikon's innovative EXPEED digital image processing concept and incorporating the precision optics of a Nikkor lens, the Nikon S520 makes it easier to express individual expression in beautiful fashion. The Nikon Coolpix S520 offers 8.0 effective megapixels of sharp resolution, quick response, and maintains image quality and clarity with sensitivity settings as high as ISO 2000. It also includes the clarity and precision of a 3x Zoom-Nikkor lens featuring Nikon's optical lens shift VR image stabilization.

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Nikon Coolpix S210 digital camera

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Thursday 31st, January 2008

Nikon Corporation announces the Coolpix S210, a stylish new camera that’s a pleasure to carry and a joy to shoot with. Built on a custom application of Nikon's innovative Expeed digital image processing concept and incorporating the precision optics of a Nikkor lens, the Coolpix S210 places advanced shooting functions comfortably in the hand for greater fun with photography. Outstanding imaging ability begins with 8.0 effective megapixels of sharp resolution. It gets even better with its digital image processing engine that faithfully reproduces fine details and subtle tones, delivers quick response, and maintains image quality and clarity when taking advantage of extended light sensitivity settings as high as ISO 2000.

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Nikon Coolpix L18 digital camera

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Thursday 31st, January 2008

Nikon Europe launched a new member to its successful Coolpix Life-Series, the Nikon L18 compact digital still camera. The Nikon Coolpix L18 is affordable, compact and easy to operate. The Nikon L18 delivers great close-ups, finds faces and fixes red eyes automatically to help everyone create beautiful images. The Nikon Coolpix L18 offers 8 megapixel resolution, a 3x optical Nikkor zoom lens, and a big, easy to view 3.0-inch, high quality 230,000-dot LCD screen. The Nikon L18 includes a 5.7-17.1mm lens equivalent to 35-105mm in 35mm format, with an aperture range of f/2.8-f/4.7. The camera can focus from 50cm (1 ft. 7.7 in.) to infinity. Estimated street price for the Nikon Coolpix L18 is €139.

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Nikon Coolpix L16 digital camera

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Thursday 31st, January 2008

Nikon Europe launched a new member to its successful Coolpix Life-Series, the Nikon L16 compact digital still camera. The Nikon Coolpix L16 is affordable, compact and easy to operate. The Nikon L16 delivers great close-ups, finds faces and fixes red eyes automatically to help everyone create beautiful images. The Nikon Coolpix L16 offers 7.1 effective megapixel resolution and a 2.8-inch wide-angle LCD screen. It has a 5.7-17.1mm lens with a 3x optical zoom, with an aperture range of f/2.8-f/4.7. The Nikon L16 is available in silver or matt black and has an internal memory of 16MB and a slot for a SDHC memory card. The Nikon Coolpix L16 runs on widely-available AA batteries.

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Casio Exilim EX-Z200 digital camera

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Thursday 31st, January 2008

Casio America, Inc. and its parent company, Casio Computer Co., Ltd., announced introduces the new Casio Exilim Z200 just in time for Spring. The Casio Exilim EX-Z200, while naturally offering significant enhancements in function and performance, focuses on style with a new body shape that keeps height to a minimum and exudes a sense of premium design quality. With its newly developed lens, the Casio Z200 camera gives users the freedom to enjoy a range of different photo styles, from wide angle to telephoto. The Casio Exilim EX-Z200 includes a highly visible Super Clear LCD as well as Casio’s AUTO BEST SHOT scene recognition function that automatically chooses an appropriate shooting mode.

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Casio Exilim EX-Z100 digital camera

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Thursday 31st, January 2008

Casio America, Inc. and its parent company, Casio Computer Co., Ltd., announced introduces the new Casio Exilim Z100 just in time for Spring. The Casio Exilim EX-Z100, while naturally offering significant enhancements in function and performance, focuses on style with a new body shape that keeps height to a minimum and exudes a sense of premium design quality. With its newly developed lens, the Casio Z100 camera gives users the freedom to enjoy a range of different photo styles, from wide angle to telephoto. The Casio Exilim EX-Z100 includes a highly visible Super Clear LCD as well as Casio’s AUTO BEST SHOT scene recognition function that automatically chooses an appropriate shooting mode.

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The digital SLR camera market is booming. Compared to last year the DSLR camera sales increased with impressive numbers and it seems the digital SLR camera has become a mass consumer product. New entry level D-SLR cameras with 6 Megapixels surprisingly were welcomed very well by the amateur photographer and it seems that within this segment of the digital camera market the resolution range of 6 - 10 Megapixel fulfils the need of the amateur photographer. Without lenses the digital SLR camera would not be complete and it is for that reason we see a huge number of digital SLR lens introductions appear this year. There are multiple camera manufacturers offering their best own brand solution for its DSLR camera, but there are even more specialized lens manufacturers who offer an impressive number of lens solutions too. Keep your eye on the digital SLR lens section of this PMA 2007 report for the latest introductions!

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