eK-gadgets info

The final group of cameras announced at CES are from Olympus. Like Sony, Olympus finally woke up and smelled the coffee, and dumped the xD memory card format, switching to SD/SDHC (thank you!). The first three Olympus cameras are in their compact and stylish Stylus series: Stylus 5010  14 Megapixel CCD F2.8-6.5, 5X optical zoom lens,... Read more

Stylus Tough 3000  12 Megapixel CCD F3.5-5.1, 3.6X optical zoom lens, equivalent to 28 – 102 mm Sensor-shift image stabilization Waterproof to 10 feet, shockproof from 5 feet, freezeproof to -10C/+14F 2.7″ LCD display with 230,000 pixels Point-and-shoot operation with Intelligent Auto mode Same AF tracking feature, Magic Filters as the Stylus models above Some camera functions can be controlled by “tapping” the top ... Read more

The final Olympus cameras are two entry-level FE-series models: FE-47  14 Megapixel CCD F3.5-5.6, 5X optical zoom lens, equivalent to 36 – 180 mm 2.7″ LCD display with 230,000 pixels Point-and-shoot operation with Intelligent Auto mode Same AF tracking. Magic Filter features as above In-camera help system Records movies at 640 x 480 (30 fps) with sound 18MB onboard memory + SD/SDHC slot Uses two AA batteries Comes in silver, black,... Read more

Still catching up on today’s endless number of announcements, it’s time to talk about the seven new cameras from Sony. The first two use the same Exmor R back-illuminated CMOS sensor and have many of the same features, but I’ll break them into two articles since they’re for two different audiences. One feature... Read more

Cyber-shot DSC-TX7  Same 10.2 Megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor as the HX5V F3.5-4.6, 4X optical zoom “Carl Zeiss” lens, equivalent to 25 – 100 mm Optical image stabilization (without the “active” mode) Ultra-thin body comes in silver, blue, and red 3.5″ touchscreen LCD display with 921,000 pixels Point-and-shoot operation Same features as the HX5V above, except there’s no GPS Uses... Read more