The new compact film camera, Klasse W from Fuji seems to be the refreshing the old days memoirs. Well, this is not a digital camera, so I won’t suggest it to the digital buffs except the admirers of classic items. However, the film camera has some good features to boast about. The Klasse W film camera, along with its elegant make, employs a 28mm F2.8 lens that won’t let you down with the image quality. The 1/500 seconds speed and multilayer electron beam coating on the lens also account for the good image quality. Well, the Fuji Klasse W will make its debut in December with a price tag of US $800. One thing more, there are only 8000 of them.
Sea&Sea 860G comes with underwater housing
The guys having a passion for the underwater photography will love the neat make of the new slim six megapixeler compact camera from Sea&Sea, Japan. The new Sea&Sea 860G comes wrapped in aluminum housing and is mere 23mm thick. The camera manages to pack 3x optical zoom and a wide 2.5-inch LCD along with its 6.2 million pixels CCD. Well, the 860G comes along with a underwater housing that you canremove anytime you need to. It is also capable of shooting video with 640×480 pixel quality at 24 frames per second. It is expected to hit Japanese stores by the end of this month for 54,800 Yen ($462).
Casio Adds EX-S770D to its line of DivX-certified digicams
Casio has just announced its latest DivX-certified digicam EX-S770D that comes as an upgrade to the previous EX-S600D. The glossy compact camera enables the users to shoot high quality DivX video with one hour recording on a 1GB card. Other salient features of the EX-S770D are a 7.2-megapixels CCD, 2.8-inch screen, 16:9 aspect ratio recording, video-sharing with DivX supported gadgets. The DivX-certified EX-S770D will go on sale for a price of €298 in Europe.
Fujifilm goes rugged with BIGJOB HD-3W digital camera
Fujifilm’s new rugged digital camera is aimed directly at the construction professionals and the guys who are in search for a tough camera that can withstand unideal weather conditions. The new BIGJOB HD-3W comes waterproof, dust-resistant and can survive a 27-inch drop. The BIGJOB HD-3W manages to pack 6-megapixel CCD, 3x optical zoom, ISO 1600, VGA recording at 30fps, 23MB of internal memory, and an xD slot. No words on pricing and availability.
Panasonic goes high-def with HDC-SD1 and HDC-DX1 AVCHD 1080i camcorders
Panasonic will start shipping its two new AVCHD camcorder, HDC-SD1 and the HDC-DX1, in the month of December for $1,531 and $1,361 respectively. The HDC-SD1 will come rocking a 3CCD sensor to record videos at 1080i. Other features include an impressive 12x optical zoom Leica DICOMAR lens, 3-inch LCD, 1.5-hour battery, HDMI, and capacity to shoot 1.5-megapixel photo. We have one more video camera fro m Panasonic that is HDC-DX1 featuring almost the same specifications like HDC-SD1 except the fact that it records to 8-cm DVDs. Some more shots of both the camcorders after the jump.
Sharp’s worthless 12-megapixel sensor for compacts
Sharp has something bigger to compensate for now. They have developed a new 12-megapixel 1/1.7′ image sensor with 1.88 microns. But, I think they haven’t seen the fate of so many compact cameras with the 10-megapixel sensors. Now, I really don’t think you will be going for such a big superfluous pixel count with a small sensor. If some of you still love the approach, you need to wait till January when Sharp will start shipping it for Rs.7,500 ($64).
Archos presents Helmet camcorder for its Gen 4 PMPs
The manufacturer of portable media players, Archos has introduced the new Helmet Camcorder to enable the users to record anything, anytime on the go. The new camcorder works well with all the Archos PMPs namely 404, 504, 604 and 604 WiFi. The plug-in mini-cam records directly in MPEG-4 to playback via the player. It also features an integrated remote with microphone. The remote control controls the recording functions without the aid of PMP. It boasts a 0.25-inch Sony Super HAD CCD that results in a DVD quality outcome with a resolution of 640 x 480. The Archos Helmet camcorder will sell for $149.99.
Ricoh brings Caplio RR730 7.16Mpix digital camera
For a price tag of $248, the new Ricoh Caplio RR730 manages to pack some good features at such a levelheaded price. The new 7.16-megapixel digital camera sports a 2.5" color TFT-LCD, 3x optical zoom, six built-in scenic modes including Auto, Program, Portrait, Landscape, Sports and Night Scene. Other key specs are video shooting, 32MB internal memory, SD slot, and USB support. I don’t think it’s gonna be too bad deal to get one if you are a beginner. The Caplio RR730 will be out for sale this month.
Pentax K10D DSLR honored with "CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering" award
And the award goes to ‘Pentax K10D digital SLR camera’. Well, the Consumer Electronics Association has bestowed the Pentax K10D DSLR with the title of CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering award. The award is meant for the honors striking design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products. Anyway, the Pentax K10D boasts 10.2-megapixel CCD sensor, Pentax-developed Shake Reduction (SR) system, weather-resistant body, dust reduction system, and a newly-developed Pentax Real Image Engine.
Samsung shows DMB-enabled digicam, SDC-K50/D512S
Sensing the convergence drift of stuffing an array of applications into a single device, Samsung is hoping to launch a digital camera in the Q1 of 2007 that will either be WiFi-enabled or supporting DMB playback. We can hope for a blend too. Now, Samsung Electronics has introduced the Miniket Photo, the SDC-K50/D512S that ‘which shows free TV programs thanks to a built-in terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) tuner." It comes rocking a superior 2.5-inch LCD crystal display monitor that has the size bigger than that of a cellphones, which usually feature a 2.2′ display. Moreover, Samsung Techwin official said: Together with SK Telecom, we are to debut a product early next year with a universal serial bus (USB) slot where a communication `dongle’ can be installed. The USB dongle is handy modem like device that can hook the digital devices to high-speed HSDPA network. There have been dongles for laptops, desktops, and PMPs but integrating it into a digital camera will fend off the need of a WiFi hotspot.