Two things make Panasonic’s Lumix GH1 Micro Four Thirds camera stand out from its G1 forebear: The mondo 14-140mm kit lens and its 1080p full HD video powahs.
Panasonic has just gotten around to releasing their next Micro Four Thirds camera, and it looks awfully familiar! That’s because the GH1 is, more or less, the G1, with added 1080p HD video capabilities.
Spec-wise, there’s nothing truly spectacular (har har) about Fujifilm’s waterproof 10-megapixel Z33WP—which doesn’t even fully climb aboard the tough-cam bandwagon by promising shock or arctic defenses—but there’s one thing about it that I love.
Kodak, masters of the digital camera that is relatively cheap and easy to use, just went public with their EasyShare Z915, which packs 10x, image-stabilised optical zoom into a 10-megapixel point and shoot body.
Sony’s HX1 can everything but make pancakes in the field it seems: Fast and easy panoramas, low-light anti-blurring, and don’t forget 1080p video. But how does all that work?
Sony’s DSC-HX1 20x superzoomer with 1080p HD video isn’t a rumour anymore. It’s got a 9-megapixel CMOS sensor (like a legit DSLR) and automagically pumps out 224-degree panorama shots with a single sweeping motion.
The really swell thing about Olympus’s E-620 DSLR really is the swingy live view display, which twists and contorts like a limber yoga master—compared to every other DSLR screen, anyway.
See what I did there? Cause Samsung’s TL320 HD video capable camera has an ooooOLED screen and cool retro analogue gauges? So, just how great are they in person?
Sorry to already shatter your expectations. An exception to the mostly mainstream camera gear we’re scoping today is this working prototype of Leica’s super-high-end S2 DSLR, a spartan tank of a 37-megapixel camera.
Today and tomorrow at the PMA photo show, we’re going to be checking out tomorrow’s—well, next month’s and the rest of the year’s—cameras.
