Digital Camera News and Reviews

Canon PowerShot A3200 IS

Photography Blog has reviewed an entry level camera from Canon called Canon PowerShot A3200 IS. Even though the camera comes with a cheap price tag it has nice features such as 14 megapixels, HD video and zoom lens starting at 28mm on the wide side.

Some key features for the Canon PowerShot A3200 IS:
-14.1 megapixel image sensor
-5x optical zoom lens (28-140mm)
-2.7″ LCD screen
-Able to record HD movies 720p with Dynamic IS
-Face Detection, FaceSelf-Timer and Auto Red-Eye Correction

Photography Blog ends up giving the PowerShot A3200 IS a “Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4 out of 5 possible stars. The Canon camera scores highest on value for your money, image quality, features and ease of use, while it scores a little lower on design. If you are an entry level photographer looking for a fun and cheap camera the A3200 might be your choice.
Read the full review of the Canon PowerShot A3200 IS entry-level compact camera here.

Tokina AT-X 16-28mm F2.8 Pro FX

The Tokina AT-X 16-28mm F2.8 Pro FX is a nice zoom lens with a fast and constant aperture at F2.8. This Tokina lens is designed for full frame DSLR camera from Canon and Nikon, like the Nikon D700 and Canon EOS 5D Mark II. The lens comes with a new silent motor and a new faster autofocus sensor. Let us hear what Photography Blog has to say about this professional lens from Tokina.

Photography Blog ends up giving the Tokina AT-X 16-28mm F2.8 Pro FX a “Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4 out of 5 possible stars. The lens scores highest on design and image quality, and a little lower on features, ease of use and value for your money. For such a wide angle lens it produces excellent pictures and the auto focus is good, but the Tokina lens is heavy and costly. It also lacks image stabilization which can be a negative point for some photographers.
Read the full review of the Tokina AT-X 16-28mm F2.8 Pro FX zoom lens here.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3

The same day as the new Micro Four Thirds camera from Panasonic is announced, Photography Blog is able to release their review of the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 digital camera. It is amazing that this blog are so quick, but let us hope they have done a thorough review. The DMC-G3 is the seventh Micro Four Thirds camera from Panasonic and sports a new 16 megapixel image sensor and the camera body is 25% smaller and 9% lighter than the previous model DMC-G2.

Some key features for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 :
-16-megapixel compact mirrorless system
-3.0-inch free-angle LCD with touch control
-1080/60i HD video capability in AVCHD format
-ISO sensitivity 160-6400
-Photo Style and Creative Control filters

Photography Blog ends up giving the Lumix DMC-G3 a very good review with an “Essential” rating and an overall score of 5 out of 5 stars. The camera gets a perfect score on image quality, value for your money and features, and only a little lower on design and ease of use. The reviewer claims that this is the best Micro Four Thirds camera from Panasonic to date, and it even is able to compete with DSLR cameras from Canon and Nikon even though it has a much smaller size. If you want a Micro Four Thirds camera the G3 should definitely be on your list of cameras to check out!
Read the full review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 micro four thirds camera here.

Fujifilm FinePix F550 EXR

Photography Blog has reviewed a compact camera with a pretty wide zoom lens starting at 24mm. The camera is called Fujifilm FinePix F550 EXR and is a follow up to the Panasonic camera F300 model. The F550 has 16 megapixels, a big LCD screen and the ability to GEO-tag your photos.

Some key features for the Fujifilm FinePix F550 EXR:
-16 megapixel image sensor
-15x optical zoom lens (24-360mm)
-3.0-inch High-Contrast LCD
-GPS Geo-Tagging Function
-Mini HDMI port
-Capture movies in Full HD 1080p resolution
-Uses SD and SDHC memory cards

Photography Blog ends up giving the FinePix F550 EXR a “Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4 out of 5 possible stars. The Fujifilm camera scores highest on features where it gets a perfect score, a little lower on design and ease of use, while it gets a lowest score on value for your money and image quality. This camera has many great features including excellent geo-tagging, but it suffers from not so good image quality on photos taken over ISO 200. Let us hope Fujifilm works a bit more on the image quality with the next model of this series.
Read the full review of the Fujifilm FinePix F550 EXR compact digital camera here.