Digital Camera News and Reviews

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 USM L IS

Photozone has reviewed the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 USM L IS lens. This zoom lens with image stabilization has been tested by Photozone on a full frame camera to see how well it performs on a bigger image sensor.

Photozone ends up giving the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 USM L IS lens a “Highly Recommended” rating. The lens is a very good performer even on a full frame camera with little vignetting and and it has very good resolution. The build quality is excellent and is has even built in image stabilization so this seems like a very good lens. The only downside is a hefty price tag.
Read the full review of the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 USM L IS lens here.

Ricoh CX1

One of my favorite camera reviewing websites, dpreview, has posted 30 sample pictures taken with the Ricoh CX1 compact camera. It is interesting to see how new dynamic range double shot mode works out.

Some key features for the Ricoh CX1:
-Dynamic range double shot mode
-9 megapixel sensor
-3″ LCD screen
-7.1x optical zoom lens (28-200 mm)
-4 frames per second continuous shooting

See all the 30 sample pictures taken with the Ricoh CX1 here. Most pictures seem to be taken at ISO 80.

Samsung ES55

The reviewing site Buy-n-Shoot has tested the Samsung ES55 camera. This budget camera seem to offer quite a deal for the money with a 10 megapixel image sensor.

Some key features for the Samsung ES55:
-10.2 megapixel sensor
-3x optical zoom lens
-2.5″ LCD screen
-digital image stabilization
-face detection
-640×520 VGA movie mode

Buy-n-Shoot ends up giving the Samsung ES55 camera a “Gold medal” score as the camera has a lot of features for a nice price. There are some minor downsides like noise at higher ISO levels but you can’t expect too much from a cheap compact camera.
Read the full review of the Samsung ES55 camera here.

Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR

Lets Go Digital has reviewed the Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR compact digital camera. The Fujifilm camera is the first camera with the new Super CCD EXR image sensor. Supposedly this sensor gives you more dynamic range, less ISO noise and better resolution so it will be interesting to see if the image sensor is able to live up the hype.

Some key features for the Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR:
-12 megapixel Super CCD EXR image sensor
-5x optical zoom lens (28-140mm)
-Image stabilization
-3″ LCD screen
-Manual controls

Lets Go Digital ends up giving the Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR a “80% Recommended” rating. The digital camera from Fujifilm is able to take pictures of high quality, but the reviewing website is not certain if the new sensor helps or not.
The F200EXR does not get a top score because it does not really stand out from all the other compacts on the marked, but it is still a good digital camera that they recommend.
Read the full review of the Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR camera here.