Digital Camera News and Reviews

Olympus Zuiko 14-35mm f/2.0

Digitalcamerareview.com has reviewed the Olympus Zuiko 14-35mm (equivalent to 28mm to 70mm) f/2.0 Digital ED SWD lens. This is the first standard zoom lens that features a constant f/2.0 aperture. At about $2,600 this lens is part of Olympus’ Super High Grade (SHG) range of professional lenses with, among other features, weather sealing, SWD (Supersonic Wave Drive) focusing system and high quality optics.

Digitalcamerareview.com ends up giving the Olympus Zuiko 14-35mm lens, unsurprisingly, a very good rating due to the lens’ excellent image quality, silky smooth and silent focusing motor and sharp wide open. The small cons are of course the hefty price and pretty bulky size of the lens.
Seems like an excellent lens for professional Four Thirds photographers.

Read the full review of the Olympus Zuiko 14-35mm f/2.0 lens here.

Olympus E-420 DSLR

DIWA Labs has tested 3 new Olympus cameras; the new compact DSLR E-420, the superzoom compact camera SP-570UZ with a staggering 20x optical zoom and the compact µ 1020 (known as Stylus 1020 in USA) that have 7x optical zoom.

Read the full tests of the Olympus E-420 DSLR, SP-570UZ and µ 1020 here.

The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Sigma DP1

PopPhoto has reviewed the new interesting compact camera from Sigma called DP1. What is interesting about this camera is that Sigma has put DSLR type sensor in a compact camera.
Some key features for the Sigma DP1:
-Foveon 14 megapixel X3 sensor
-16.6 mm F4.0 lens (28mm equivalent)
-2.5” LCD screen
-Support for RAW files

PopPhoto ends up giving the camera a very good review due to the excellent image quality the DP1 is able to produce, even up to ISO 800. The lens quality is also very good and the design looks stylish.
On the downside the auto focus system could have been faster, there is not image stabilization and a zoom lens would be nice.
All in all this seems like a very good camera for the more professional photographers (the DP1 costs $800) out there looking for a compact camera.

Read the full review of the Sigma DP1 here.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H10

Dpreview.com has reviewed Sony’s new camera in the “High Zoom” range, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H10 digital camera.
Some key features for the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H10:
-8.1 megapixel CCD sensor
-10X optical zoom lens from Carl Zeiss (38-380mm equivalent)
-3″ LCD screen
-Optical image stabilization
-Face detection
-HDTV compatibility

Dpreview ends up giving the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H10 a “Recommended (just)” rating due to good image quality, good zoom range, good movie quality and compact size.
On the downside the camera doesn’t have any real wide angle which can be a minus for landscape photography and there is no option for setting the white balance manually.

Read the full review of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H10 camera here.