Sunday, November 30, 2014

Canon G7X One Inch Sensor Digital Camera

The PowerShot G7 X is a premium high-performance camera with a large and light-grabbing 1.0-inch, 20.2 Megapixel* High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor. The camera uses a DIGIC 6 Image Processor for  low-light photography up to ISO 12800. The image stabilization lens is a f/1.8 (W)-f/2.8 (T) with 4.2x Optical Zoom (24mm-100mm).  It has a minimum focus range of just 5cm for macro shooting.  The camera has Wi-Fi  and NFC.   G7 X is equipped with a high-resolution multi-angle capacitive 3.0-inch touch panel LCD which is easy for selfie. Other features include 31 AF points, full-resolution continuous shooting up to 6.5 fps and 1080p/60p HD video.



Saturday, November 29, 2014

Sony RX100 III 1 inch Sensor Point and Shot Camera

Sony RX100 III is an one inch sensor point and shot camera.  The camera has a 20.1 MP Exmor R® sensor for extreme low-light shots.  Maximum aperture is F1.8 Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens (24-70mm).  The camera incorporates a Built-in SVGA Oled viewfinder w/ZEISS T* coating.  The LCD is 3 inches large.  Other feature includes built-in ND filter for bright night shooting.  HDMI output is used to connect TV.  The shooting modes are P/A/S/M. It has built in Wi-Fi with NFC.  Smart phone can connect the camera.


Ricoh ME500 35mm Film Range Finder Camera

Ricoh ME 500 was an inexpensive range finder film camera made in 1980's.  It has a Rikenon 40mm f/2.8 made of 4 elements in 3 groups and is capable for multi-exposure. The shutter is mechanical leaf shutter with speeds from 1/8 to 1/500th of a second, plus bulb.The camera is made with Aluminum and plastic.  ME500 can use a spring winder to advance film.  There is a CDS meter is powered by A675 battery.






 





Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Voigtlander Vitoret 110 Subminiature pocket camera

Voigtlander Vitoret 110 Vitoret EL pocket camera was produce in the early 1980's.  It is a pretty bad camera in terms of  image quality and reliability of the camera.  It is a fixed focus camera.  The automatic shutter and aperture are controlled by a weather symbol switch for "good" or "bad" weather. The shutter speed was 1/40 sec. up to 1/300 sec.

 

Monday, November 24, 2014

Minolta Maxxum 7000 First Auto Focu SLR Film Camera

Minolta announced the first Auto Focus SLR camera in 1985.   The shutter speed is from 1/2000 to 30 seconds and "bulb". Other features include Auto film loading, auto set film speed with DX-coded films.  The rewind is using power rewind. The Minolta 7000 had its AF sensors and the focusing drive inside the camera body.  Minolta designed a new lens mount called A mount. The A lens mount is still using in Sony DSLR, hence Minolta A mount lens can be mount on Sony DSLR. 




Sunday, November 23, 2014

Sony A7 II 5 Axis Stabilization Full Frame Digital Camera

Sony recently announces the full frame A7 II 5 Axis Stabilization digital camera in Japan.  It is the first time, a full frame digital mirrorless camera  features a unique 5-axis in-camera stabilization system.  The shutter speed is between 30 to 1/8000 sec. Continuous shooting rate is up to 5 fps in continuous high and 2.5 fps in continuous low.  ISO sensitivity is 100-25600 (expandable to ISO 50-51200 with multi-shot NR).  The exposure modes has Aperture-Priority (A), Manual (M), Programmed auto (P), Shutter-Priority Auto (S).