Digital Camera News and Reviews

Sigma DP1s

Photography Blog has tested the Sigma DP1s. This compact digital camera from Sigma has a big 14 megapixel Foveon image sensor so it seems that Sigma has created a compact that takes image quality serious. But now that Panasonic and Olympus has released their Micro Four Thirds camera is seems Sigma has got it tougher. Let us hear what the reviewer thinks about the DP1s.

Some key features for the Sigma DP1s camera:
-14.06 megapixel Foveon X3 sensor
-28mm f/4 prime lens
-2.5″ LCD screen
-RAW format support
-External hotshoe

Photography Blog ends up giving the Sigma DP1s an “Above average” rating with 3.5 out of 5 stars. The Sigma camera scores highest on image quality while scoring lower on value, features, ease of use and design. It is able to take pictures of excellent quality, but the camera lacks all the features you can get with Micro Four Thirds camera and on top of that it is quite expensive. The DP1s still seems like an interesting camera if you want the unique Foveon quality on your pictures.
Read the full review of the Sigma DP1s compact digital camera here.

Samsung ST1000

Photography Blog has reviewed the Samsung ST1000 digital camera. This Samsung camera has several interesting features like geo-tagging and a big 3.5″ touch LCD screen with 1152k pixels resolution.

Some key features for the Samsung ST1000:
-3.5″ touch LCD screen with 1152k pixels resolution
-Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi
-GPS for geo-tagging
-12.1 megapixel sensor
-5x optical zoom lens (35-175mm)
-HD-video recording

Photography Blog ends up giving the Samsung ST1000 an “Above average” rating with 3.5 stars out of 5. The Samsung camera scores highest on features, ease of use and design while scoring lower on image quality and value. Samsung has a lot of nice ideas, but it does not receive top score because the image quality could be better, the price tag a bit lower and the GPS system does not work as good as it should do. Hopefully it will work better in the next model from Samsung.
Read the full review of the Samsung ST1000 digital camera here.

Olympus mju-7040

CNET UK has reviewed the Olympus mju-7040 compact digital camera. The Olympus camera has nice specifications like 14 megapixels and 7x optical image zoom, and a big chunk of internal memory.

Some key features for the Olympus mju-7040 camera:
-14 megapixel image sensor
-7x optical zoom lens (28-196mm)
-3″ LCD screen
-Optical image stabilization
-2GB of internal memory
-High Definition video in 16:9 widescreen ratio
-Face detection

CNET UK ends up giving the Olympus mju-7040 a good review with a total score of 7.6 points out of 10 possible. The reviewer the speedy zoom lens and it has a usable zoom range. He also likes the way Olympus has implemented high definition video and that you get a whole of 2GB of internal memory. On the negative side you find issues like heavy noise reduction even at low ISO levels and the camera sometimes overexposes the pictures it takes. If Olympus had not crammed so many megapixels into a small sensor I believe the mju-7040 would have got a top score.
Read the full review of the Olympus mju-7040 compact digital camera here.

Casio EXILIM G EX-G1

Photography Blog has tested the Casio EXILIM G EX-G1 compact digital camera. Digital camera that are able to withstand rough conditions seems to be fashionable these days so it will be interesting to see how good this Casio camera is.

Some key features for the Casio EXILIM G EX-G1:
-Waterproof down to 3 meters for 1 hour
-Able to operate at -10°C
-Shock-resistan to drops from up to 2.13 meters
-12.1 megapixel image sensor
-2.5″ LCD screen
-3x optical zoom lens (38-114mm)

Photography Blog ends up giving the Casio EXILIM G EX-G1 an “Average” 3 out of 5 stars rating. The camera scores highest on ease of use, features on design while scoring pretty low on image quality and a little better on value. The camera sure has many good features, but that does not help much when the actual image quality is lacking. The reviewer often find pictures taken with the EX-G1 to have a very “digital” feel to them which I do not find appealing at all.
Read the full review of the Casio EXILIM G EX-G1 digital camera here.