Olympus E-P3 lens-swapping snapper adds a little flash 
Digital CamerasEee by gum it's the E-P3! The Olympus Pen E-P3 is the new flagship of the Olympic Micro Four Thirds range of lens-swapping cameras, and it's adding a little flash -- a pop-up flash, that is.
The E-P3 is a 12.3-megapixel snapper that lets you swap lenses for different situations and effects. The kitsch, vintage styling and dSLR power should appeal to shutter nutters and enthusiastic beginners alike. Continue reading...
Olympus Pen Lite E-PL3 isn't light on lens-swapping features
Digital CamerasThe Pen E-PL3, or Pen Lite, is a new lens-swapping entry to Olympus' Micro Four Thirds range.
The 12.3-megapixel E-PL3 lets you change the lens on the front of the camera for different situations and effects. It packs a new fold-out screen so you can see what you're shooting from different angles too. Continue reading...
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Olympus Pen Mini E-PM1 has plenty of colour but no flash
Digital CamerasIt's time we had a splash of colour about the place. The Olympus Pen Mini E-PM1 is one of the smallest lens-swapping cameras around, and it brings with it a rainbow of colour options -- even if it is missing a flash.
The Pen Mini is a 12.3-megapixel snapper that lets you swap lenses for different situations and effects. Features like a handy 'live guide' and special effects, including soft focus and colourful pop art, make it easy to use for beginners. Continue reading...
Pentax Q is latest lens-swapping system
Digital CamerasIt may not fire lasers or whistle up a dose of stun gas, but the new Pentax Q interchangeable-lens camera has a very James Bond-esque retro style -- and a crazy pop-up flash. Pay attention, 007.
The Pentax Q camera is the first to use the new Q lens mount, announced today. It's the first step for Pentax into the ever-growing market for cameras that swap lenses like a digital SLR, but in a much smaller frame. Continue reading...
Panasonic Lumix GF3 is lightest lens-swapping Lumix yet
Digital CamerasThere's yet another lens-swapping Lumix on the block, and it's a mere slip of a thing. The Panasonic Lumix GF3 is the lightest, smallest interchangeable lens camera in Panny's Micro Four Thirds range.
The 12-megapixel GF3 is wrapped up in a rounded aluminium chassis, with a 3-inch touchscreen and built-in pop-up flash. Continue reading...
Sony Alpha SLT-A35 is like a digital SLR but faster
Digital CamerasSony's new Alpha camera looks like a digital SLR and behaves like a dSLR, but it isn't one. The Alpha SLT-A35 boasts a 16.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and dSLR features, but it's much faster.
The SLT part of the name refers to the fact that, despite looking, smelling and working like a dSLR, the A35 isn't technically a dSLR at all. The mirror inside the A35 is translucent so light passes through it as it stays fixed in place, unlike the mirror in a dSLR, which flips quickly out of the way when you take a photo. The fixed mirror means the cameras in Sony's SLT range focus and take photographs faster than a traditional dSLR. Continue reading...
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Sony NEX-C3 is latest lens-swapping snapper with an SLR sensor
Digital CamerasIt may be a couple of letters short of a translation droid, but the Sony NEX-C3 is a new lens-swapping camera with an SLR-sized sensor. The NEX-C3 boasts a 16.2-megapixel APS-C image sensor and Sony reckons it's the smallest of its kind.
The NEX range puts advanced photography in the hands of the beginner with simple instructions and an uncluttered, user-friendly interface. The C3 features a new Photo Creativity interface that uses novice-friendly words, replacing technical terms such as 'aperture', 'exposure value' and 'white balance' with 'background defocus', 'brightness' and 'colour'. Continue reading...
Leica V-Lux 30 superzoom makes retro-loving hipsters swoon
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If you're a retro-loving, skinny-jean wearing, floppy haired hipster, Leica's new V-Lux 30 compact superzoom camera will be right up your Shoreditch side-street. With an optional natty leather satchel and some choice photo-editing software included, you'll be the toast of your deck shoe-wearing chums.
Protecting this £550 beauty from the cruel elements -- and looking hench while it does it -- the tan leather case with shoulder strap comes in at a modest £80, while the smaller, soft brown leather pouch is priced at £63. Unfortunately they aren't included in the price. Continue reading...
Eye-Fi Mobile X2 Direct Mode streams photos from camera to smart phone
Digital CamerasEye-Fi has our photography bones a-tinglin' with Direct Mode, a new feature that lets you wirelessly transfer photos from Eye-Fi's range of X2 Wi-Fi enabled memory cards from your camera to your iPhone or Android device, more or less instantly.
Eye-Fi's X2 cards are capable of generating their own wireless networks, so they can be used away from your home Wi-Fi. You'll need to install either the Android or iOS Eye-Fi app on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone or tablet as well, but they're both free. Continue reading...
Fujifilm FinePix Z900 EXR takes multi-touch tips from the iPhone
Digital CamerasThe Fujifilm FinePix Z900 EXR takes some tips from the Apple iPhone -- not only is it sleekly stylish, it boasts a single button and multi-touch controls. And it does at least one thing the iPhone can't do...
The Z900 is a sliding snapper sporting a giant 3.5-inch touchscreen with 460,000-pixel resolution. The screen adds iPhone-style multi-touch controls, so you can pinch with two fingers to zoom in and out of photos, or swipe through photos with your fingertip. Next to the screen is a single home button, just like an iPhone. Continue reading...
Pentax Optio RS1500 dresses up with your own designs on the front
Digital CamerasGadgets fans -- are you tired of boring old black rectangles? Would you like to stamp your own personality on the little box of high-tech tricks in your pocket? Then take a look at the new Pentax Optio RS1500.
The RS1500 can be customised with stickers or with your own photos, designs and drawings on the front. You can stick on a picture of your family or friends, or choose your favourite colour, or disguise the RS1500 as a different camera entirely. Continue reading...
Sony planning 3G camera?
Digital CamerasSony could be planning a 3G camera. Gdgt reports that unnamed sources within Sony are working on a Cyber-shot camera that can wirelessly connect to the Internet via the 3G phone network.
That means you could be out and about with your new Cyber-shot, like the new DSC-WX10 or DSC-HX9V, and you'd be able to upload pictures directly to Facebook, Flickr or Twitter from wherever you are. Continue reading...
Pentax Optio S1 is a stylish obsidian and scarlet snapper
Digital CamerasThe S1 in Pentax Optio S1 is the most stylish compact camera we've seen from Pentax in a long old while. It sets aside the toy-like styling of previous models with a sensuous black and scarlet frame, and all for a very reasonable price.
The S1 is a 14-megapixel point-and-shoot with a 5x optical zoom and a 28mm wide angle, equivalent to a 35mm camera. At the back there's a 2.7-inch screen. The settings offer face, smile and blink detection and 22 scene modes. There are also nine special effects to choose from, adding a miniature or retro feel to your pictures, among others. Continue reading...
The best 3D cameras for 3D photos
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Everything's 3D these days. It started in the cinema and quickly spread to TVs, but you don't have to be in Hollywood to make your own 3D memories. We've rounded up some of our favourite new cameras for 2011 that take your snaps to an extra dimension.
3D pictures work by recreating what we see with our two eyes. Because our squishy sight-globes are set slightly apart, they each see a slightly different view of the world. Our wonderful human brain combines those to create a sense of depth: the third dimension. 3D cameras capture 3D snaps by taking two pictures from slightly different angles and combining them, either with two lenses or by asking you to capture two slightly different pictures. Continue reading...
Olympus SZ-30MR and SZ-20 are HD and 3D multi-tasking marvels
Digital CamerasCrave struggles to do one thing at a time, let alone two. So we're overawed by the new Olympus SZ-30MR and SZ-20, two 16-megapixel, high-definition superzoom cameras capable of multitasking pictures and video.
The SZ-30 packs a 24x optical zoom. The focal length is 25-600mm, equivalent to a 35mm camera. Olympus reckons the SZ-30 is the first ever camera to capture full HD movies and 16-megapixel photos at the same time. Continue reading...
Olympus TG-810 dives down, down, deeper and down with 3D and GPS
Digital CamerasThe Olympus Tough TG-810 is an armoured car of an outdoor camera, fully loaded and ready to head out on adventures over land and underwater. Throw it in the drink and it'll keep snapping down, down, deeper and down than almost any other rugged compact camera.
The TG-810 features GPS and 3D shooting among its features. It manages 3D snapping with one lens by taking a picture, then when you move slightly, it snaps a second picture automatically. The camera rolls those two together for a photo that can be viewed on a 3D device such as a 3D laptop or 3D television. Continue reading...
Altek Leo A14 Android camera phone's sensible sensor in hands-on photos
Mobile PhonesTake a look at the camera above. Looks like any compact point and shoot, right? Right up until the point you pick it up, turn it over and discover the 14-megapixel Altek A14 Leo is a mobile phone too.
It's obvious straight away that this Android 2.1-powered blower is no ordinary camera phone, thanks to the honking great pop-out lens on the front. It's no bigger than an average smart phone -- we almost wonder where the 3x optical zoom actually goes when it's folded away. Also on the back is a xenon flash. On the front is a 3.2-inch capacitative touchscreen. Continue reading...
Panasonic P-03C Lumix phone in hands-on photos
Mobile PhonesHola amigos -- and konichiwa. Crave is in Barcelona to snag the latest in mobile phone news, but this next story comes all the way from the Land of the Rising Sun. We got our hands on a Panasonic P-03C, otherwise known as the Lumix phone.
Lumix is Panasonic's excellent camera brand, offering such CNET UK favourites as the Lumix TZ10 and Lumix GF2. Continue reading...
Olympus VR-320, VR-330 and VG-110 offer 3D, 12x zoom or £80 price tag
Digital CamerasOlympus has announced a trio of budget-friendly cameras that are exclusively available through selected shops. With the VR-320, pictured above, the VR-330, and the VG-110, you can choose from 3D snapping, a 12x zoom or an £80 price tag.
The two VR cameras sport a 12.5x optical zoom, with a 24mm wide angle. They're both 14-megapixel snappers that capture 720p high-definition video, and they both come in silver, black, red and blue. Continue reading...
Olympus SZ-10 18x superzoom camera goes 3D
Digital CamerasThe Olympus SZ-10 is a new superzoom that's 18 with a bullet. It has an 18x optical zoom, anyway, as well as snapping 3D pictures.
The 18x zoom lens has a focal length of 28-504mm, equivalent to a 35mm camera. The long zoom is supported by sensor-shifting image stabilisation, so there's less camera shake even when you're zoomed right in. Continue reading...
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