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Olympus SH1 24x 5-Axis Image Stabilization Camera

Olympus SH1 is a super zoom camera with 24x zoom (25-600mm 35mm Equivalent) and 5-axis image stabilization.  The camera has a 16MP 1/2.3" BSI CMOS sensor.  The monitor features a 3.0" 460k-Dot Touchscreen LCD.  SH-1 can record full HD 1080p video at 60 fps. Built-In Wi-Fi connectivity enable to connect smart phones. Other features include ISO 6400, 11.5 fps continuous shooting, interval shooting and Time-Lapse movie.

Raspberry Pi Camera

Raspberry Pi camera is a digital camera module for Raspberry Pi computer. The Raspberry Pi is an inexpensive, credit-card sized computer that connected to computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. IThe camera module is capable of taking full HD 1080p photo and video and can be controlled programmatically.  The camera module connected the Raspberry Pi computer's socket with a flex cable.  The camera socket is sitted between the HDMI port and Ethner port. Unix command or Python programming is required to command the picture or video taking.  It is a 5 mega pixel camera with video mode of 1080p30, 720p60 and 640x480p60/90.  The picture formats are JPEG (accelerated) , JPEG + RAW , GIF , BMP , PNG , YUV420 and RGB888.  It can create effect of negative , solarise , posterize , whiteboard , blackboard , sketch , denoise , emboss , oilpaint , hatch , gpen , pastel , watercolour, film , blur and saturation.  Exposure modes include auto , night , nightpreview , backlight , spotlight , sports , snow , beach , verylong , fixedfps , antishake and fireworks. The meter has features of average, spot, backlit and matrix.  It is capable to take time lapse picture.  White balance can be adjusted off, auto , sun , cloud, shade, tungsten, fluorescent , incandescent , flash and horizon.

Samsung NX1 Mirrorless Digital Camera

Samsung announces the new  NX1 recently, which features 4K 24fps, UHD at 30 fps, and full 1080p HD video at up to 60 fps, and a 28.2MP BSI APS-C CMOS sensor.  Other features include  3.0" 1036k-Dot Tilt-Touchscreen LCD, 2360k-dot XGA OLED electronic viewfinder, advanced hybrid autofocus system, 205 phase-detection AF Points, 15 fps burst with AF.  The camera includes Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.

Sony A5100 Mirrorless Digital Camera

Sony a5100 mirrorless digital camera replace the a5000.  Sony a5100 has a 24.3 MP APS-C Exmor HD CMOS sensor with hybrid AF  179 phase-detect point system and video recording features (full HD 1080p video in XAVC S at 50Mbps). The 3 inches 921.6 k dot LCD can be tilted.  The camera is able to shoot up to 6 fps and ISO 25600.  It has Wi-Fi and NFC.  A pop-up flash is one of the features.

Nikon Point and Shot APS-C Sensor Camera - Coolpix A

The Nikon COOLPIX A is a point-and-shoot digital camera incorporated a16.2MP DX-format (APS-C) CMOS sensor. The lens focal lenth is 18.5 which is equivalent to 28mm of 35mm film camera. The maximum aperture is F2.8.  Coolpix A LCD is 3 inches 91k dot. The camera can take full 1080p HD video. ISO sensitivity is between 100-25600. The exposure modes include AE Bracketing, AE Lock, Aperture Priority, Auto, Manual, Programmed Auto and Shutter Priority.