Canon U.S.A. Announces World’s Smallest And Lightest DSLR Camera

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New EOS Rebel SL1 Digital SLR Camera Fuses Advanced Image Quality and Features into an Ultra-Portable Body

MELVILLE, N.Y., March 21, 2013 – Continuing the quest to deliver superb product innovations, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the world’s smallest and lightest DSLR* camera: the EOS Rebel SL1 Digital SLR Camera. It features a newly developed 18.0-megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor and high-performance DIGIC 5 Image Processor for exceptional image quality and speed. With its combination of lightweight size, ease of use and outstanding image quality, the EOS Rebel SL1 is perfect for users looking for the ideal camera to bring sightseeing on vacation or to capture the everyday.

“The EOS Rebel SL1 Digital SLR Camera represents a new era in DSLR versatility: ultra-portable, full-featured DSLR cameras,” said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies & Communications Group, Canon U.S.A. “The EOS Rebel SL1 combines the high speed, high image quality and expanded shooting range of a DSLR camera, with the easy and fun usability of a point-and-shoot camera.”

Advanced Image Quality in a Compact Body

As the world’s smallest and lightest DSLR, the new camera body is 4.6″ (w) x 3.57″ (h) x 2.74″ (d), and weighs only 14.36 oz.** In comparison, the EOS Rebel SL1 is approximately 25 percent smaller and 28 percent lighter than the EOS Rebel T4i digital camera.

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Samsung’s mirrorless NX1100 digital camera revealed in user manual

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By: Brittany Hillen, Mar 7th 2013 (http://www.slashgear.com)

Last month, rumors surfaced that Samsung would be releasing a mirrorless NX1100 digital camera in the near future. Those rumors were just substantiated by Samsung itself, which posted a manual for the camera on its website ahead of the camera’s official unveiling, giving us a detailed look into its specs and particulars. Check out a picture of the device after the jump.

New Samsung NX1100 Digital Camera

New Samsung NX1100 Digital Camera

According to the manual, the Samsung NX1100 features a 21.6-megapixel CMOS sensor and a 3-inch TFT LCD display with VGA resolution. Focus is comprised of contrast auto focus, as well as single point/free selection focus, 15 to 35 point multi-point focus, and face detection that can spot up to ten faces. There’s also a green auto focus lamp to help ensure images are crisp.

ISO has a nice range from 100 to 12,800, and there are the standard modes: Single, Continuous, Burst (limited to 5-megapixel shots), Timer, and Bracket. Images can be taken in JPEG and RAW format. Burst mode ranges from 10 to 30 shots per second, depending on setting. There are 10 white balance modes, including Tungsten, Cloudy, Fluorescent, and Custom, as well as micro adjustments Amber, Blue, Green, and Magenta.

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Nikon Unveils Coolpix A, Coolpix P330, Coolpix S3500 Digital Cameras

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Shane McGlaun (Blog) – March 5, 2013 (http://www.dailytech.com)

Nikon has added three new cameras to its line of point-and-shoot digital offerings. The first, and most advanced of these new cameras is the Coolpix A featuring a DX-format CMOS sensor. The camera has a wide-angle 18.5 mm F/2.8 lens which makes it appropriate for a range of shooting scenarios according to Nikon.

The Coolpix A also uses a seven-blade iris diaphragm allowing for natural blur characteristics. The camera has a resolution of 16.2-megapixels, can shoot 14-bit compressed RAW images, and can record full HD resolution digital movies. Nikon promises that the Coolpix S will deliver the kind of image quality typically reserved for D-SLR cameras

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Craft Camera: A DIY Digital Camera Made with Cardboard and Arduino

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By: Michael Zhang · Feb 25, 2013 (http://www.petapixel.com)

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Craft Camera (DIY)

Enjoy playing around with Arduino and want to try your hand at making your own digital camera? Photographer Coralie Gourguechon has come up with a DIY digital camera called Craft Camera that consists of a simple cardboard body and Arduino guts.

Aside from the Arduino board, you’ll also need a Lithium Backpack (~$47) for the power and a Snootlab Memoire ($25) for the SD card slot:

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New Nikon D7100 DSLR

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The new flagship of Nikon’s DX-format HD-SLR lineup. Achieve a thrilling new level of image quality and sharpness thanks to a specially designed 24.1-MP DX-format CMOS sensor. Enjoy speed, precision and convenience at every step, from shooting up to 6 fps to instantly sharing your shots with the optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter. Create dazzling Full HD 1080p videos and ultra-smooth slow-motion or time-lapse sequences. Unleash the power of Nikon’s nimble DX-format system.

Nikon D7100 DSLR Camera

Nikon D7100 DSLR Camera

Capture every detail true to life Pure Sharp Images

The D7100 marks an exciting advancement in image quality for high-resolution DX-format cameras. Nikon specially designed its 24.1-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor without using an optical low pass filter (OLPF), resulting in the purest, sharpest images using D7100’s DX-format CMOS sensor. Combine that with fantastic ISO performance at both ends of the spectrum—down to ISO 100 and up to ISO 6400—the processing speed and intelligence of EXPEED 3 and the extra lens reach of a 1.5x crop factor, and the D7100 is the ultimate tool for those seeking a lightweight DX-format HD-SLR.

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Kickstarter Hit Memoto Gets Ready To Ship Wearable, Life-Recording Cameras

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By: Parmy Olson, Forbes Staff (http://www.forbes.com) Tech.

Tucked away in Stockholm’s snow-covered Old Town, about half a dozen engineers with tech startup Memoto are making the final tweaks to the world’s smallest, wearable camera.

Oskar Kalmaru, the firm’s co-founder and marketing director, meets me outside in the frozen slush and invites me into the company’s apartment-style office. He offers a round, Swedish sponge cake to mark the last day before the country’s pseudo-secular celebration of Lent. Were he to wear the Memoto camera through our meeting, it would document that, sadly, the cake remains untouched through the entire interview. That is largely because what he says is so intriguing.

Kalmaru and his co-founders have built a device that could change the way people reflect and remember things. From the moment it is turned right-side up and uncovered, Memoto’s camera takes a constant stream of 5-megapixel shots, every two seconds. It costs $280 plus a monthly subscription fee for server space.

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