Nikon Coolpix S80 Compact Announced

September 9, 2010 by Josh · Leave a Comment
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Nikon has announced the new Nikon Coolpix S80 – available in black or red (or more colours depending on location) – the camera features a large 3.5″ OLED touch screen, 5x optical zoom lens with lens-shift vibration reduction (35-175mm), 14 megapixel sensor, 720p video, multi-touch screen, USB or AC charging, HDMI output, and 150 shot battery life.

“Sophisticated, ultra-slim camera with distinctive two-tone design. Despite its slim dimensions, this camera still packs an 8.8 cm (3.5-inch) ultra-high resolution, organic LED multi-touch screen that offers vivid color and sharp contrast. This vibrant screen makes it easier than ever to compose and review your shots using the intuitive touch-screen control panel. A host of automatic functions make it easy to achieve superb results, including superior low-light sensitivity and motion-detection technologies that ensure you can capture the action even when the light is low. The COOLPIX S80 – the camera of choice for capturing life on the go in style.”

Nikon Coolpix P7000 Announced

September 9, 2010 by Josh · Leave a Comment
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Nikon has announced the new Nikon Coolpix P7000 – it features a wide angle 7.1x optical zoom lens (28-200mm, ED, with Vibration Reduction), 10 megapixel sensor, optical viewfinder, 3″ screen with 921K pixels, 720p HD Video recording with stereo sound, manual controls, RAW support, ISO3200, electronic virtual horizon (aka spirit level), 350 shot battery life and SD/SDHC/SDXC card support.

“The P7000’s superb image quality is guaranteed by a wide-angle 7.1x zoom NIKKOR lens giving a 28mm to 200mm range (35mm format equivalent), with optical Vibration Reduction (VR), two ED glass elements and Nikon’s brand new EXPEED C2 image processing system. The large 10.1 effective megapixel 1/1.7” CCD sensor facilitates wide dynamic range and exceptional low light performance whilst the 7.5cm (3.0”) high resolution LCD (920K dot) monitor assists composition, movie making and playback in brilliant detail.”

MS Optical Super Triplet Perar 3.5/35 Lens

September 6, 2010 by Josh · Leave a Comment
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Japan Exposures are selling the limited edition MS Optical Super Triplet Perar 3.5/35 Lens – a newly developed, limited edition (200) rangefinder lens in Leica M mount – it uses just 3 lens elements – sample photos can be viewed using the link below, taken with the Leica M8 – and it is available for ¥49,900 / £384.74 / $592.66 US. The lens is collapsible, as shown above, and is very small! via Japan Exposures Blog