Pentax Optio S12

Pentax Optio S12The Pentax Optio S12 (announced 23 January 2008) is a 12 megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom lens (28mm – 114mm equivalent).

The Optio S12 features a 2.5 inch LCD, 21 megabytes of internal memory, face recognition, dynamic range adjustment, digital shake reduction and 18 shooting modes with 15 playback modes including a ‘green mode’ for beginners.  Continue reading

Pentax Optio M50

Pentax Optio M50The Pentax Optio M50 (announced 23 January 2008) is an 8 megapixel point and shoot digital camera with a 2.5 inch LCD screen and 5x optical zoom lens (36mm – 180mm equivalent).

The Optio M50 features face recognition technology (exposure and focus based), ‘auto picture’ mode which picks the best shooting mode for you, digital shake reduction and a variety of other shooting modes.

It has 51 megabytes of internal memory and comes in silver, light blue and pink. Continue reading

Pentax Optio E50

Pentax Optio E50The Pentax Optio E50 (announced 23 January 2008) is an 8.1 megapixel point and shoot camera with a 2.4 inch LCD and 3x optical zoom lens (38mm – 113mm equivalent).

The Optio E50 features face recognition technology (Auto Focus and Auto Exposure), digital shake reduction, auto picture mode, panorama mode, 16 frames of continuous shooting and a ‘green mode’ which is especially for beginner users. It also has 9.5 megabytes of internal memory. Continue reading

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35

Panasonic Lumix FX35The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35, known in Asia as the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX36 (announced 29 January 2008) is a 10.1 megapixel (CCD) camera with a 4x optical zoom lens (25mm – 100 equivalent).

The Lumix DMC-FX35 features a 2.5 inch LCD (230,000 pixels), 50 megabytes of internal memory, digital red eye correction, intelligent ISO, intelligent scene selector, face detection and comes in silver, black and blue.

The LUMIX FX35 is also capable of recording 720p High Definition motion pictures and 1920 x 1080 pixel High Definition-ready photos that perfectly fit a wide-screen (16:9) HDTV.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20

Panasonic Lumix FS20The Panasonic Lumix FS20 (announced 29 January, 2008) is a 10.1 megapixel point and shoot camera with a 4x optical zoom lens (30mm – 120mm equivalent)

The FS20 features a 3.0 inch LCD (230,000 pixels), and a variety of ‘intelligent’ modes that sense moving subjects and camera movement to choose the right settings for you.  It also has 50 megabytes of internal memory, face detection technology and Quick Auto Focus for focussing without having to hit the shutter button at all.
 
The Panasonic Lumix FS20 is available in red, black and silver.
 

Ricoh Caplio R8

Ricoh R8

The Ricoh Caplio R8 is a 10 megapixel compact digital camera featuring a 2.7 inch 460,000-pixel HVGA LCD, and a 7.1x optical wide angle zoom (28-200 mm in 35 mm focal length).

The Ricoh R8 also features dual vibration correction functions, macro functions, and face recognition mode, and the R8 has a shooting function for square format photography allowing for an image size aspect ratio of 1:1. Continue reading

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5

Panasonic Lumix FS5The Panasonic Lumix FS5 (announced 29 January 2008) is a 10.1 megapixel camera with a Leica DC Vario-Elmarit branded f3.3 – f5.8 4x optical zoom (equivalent of 30mm – 120mm).

The Panasonic Lumix FS5 features a 2.5 inch LCD with 230,000 pixels, 50 megabytes of internal memory and comes with Intelligent ISO, intelligent scene selector, quick auto focus (for focussing without having to push down the shutter half way) and has face detection technology.

The Panasonic Lumix FS5 is available in Red, Black and Silver.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3

Panasonic Lumix FS3The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3 (announced January 2008) is an 8.1 megapixel point and shoot camera with a 3x optical zoom lens (33mm – 100mm).

It features a 2.5 inch LCD, face detection technology, image stabilization, intelligent scene selection, intelligent ISO, 50 megabytes of internal memory plus a range of other intelligent features.

The FS3 comes in blue, pink, green, silver and black.