Digital Camera News and Reviews

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700
Photography Blog has reviewed a new compact camera from Panasonic. The camera is called Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 and features a large 3″ LCD screen with touchscreen abilities. The camera should also have enough megapixels for most needs and a nice wide angle zoom lens that starts at 24mm.

Some key features for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 :
-14.1 megapixel image sensor
-5x optical zoom lens (24-120mm)
-Optical image stabilization
-3″ LCD touchscreen
-1080p HD video in AVCHD format
-iA (Intelligent Auto) mode
-Uses SD and SDHC memory cards

Photography Blog ends up giving the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 a “Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4 out of 5 possible stars. The Panasonic camera gets a perfect score on features, a little lower on ease of use and design while it gets a lower score on image quality and value for your money. The biggest problem with the FX700 is the image quality as it has some noise at even low ISO sensitivities, but it is still a good digital camera with a very fast lens and it is nice to have such a wide lens even though Panasonic should have put a lower price tag on this Lumix camera.
Read the full review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 digital camera here.

Canon PIXMA MP280
Trusted Reviews has tested a budget all in one photo printer from Canon. The inkjet printer is called Canon PIXMA MP280 and Canon claims that is able to make a borderless photo print in about 43 seconds. Let us hear what the reviewer thinks about this budget printer.

Some key features for the Canon PIXMA MP280 printer:
-All-in-One inkjet photo printer
-Resolution up to 4800 x 1200 color dpi
-Able to print borderless 4″ x 6″ photo in about 43 seconds
-Full HD Movie Print Software
-Hybrid Ink System

Trusted Reviews ends up giving the Canon PIXMA MP280 and overall score of 7 out of 10 possible points. The Canon printer scores highest on value for your hard earned money. The MP280 scores a little lower on print quality and print speeds, while it scores lowest on features. If you are looking for a cheap printer this might be your choice, but if you spend a little bit more you can get more features from a printer like the Canon PIXMA MP495.
Read the full review of the Canon PIXMA MP280 All-In-One Inkjet Photo printer here.

Canon EOS 60D
Canon keeps pushing the amounts of megapixels they can fit into their DSLR cameras. Their latest offering, the Canon EOS 60D, can offer 18 megapixels, a large 3″ LCD screen, full HD video recording and much more. This seems like an interesting camera for people wanting to step up from entry level DSLR cameras. Let us hear what Photography Blog thinks about this Canon DSLR camera.

Some key features for the Canon EOS 60D:
-18 megapixel image sensor
-3″ vari-angle LCD screen
-Full HD video capture
-5.3 frames per second
-9-point all cross-type autofocus AF system
-ISO sensitivity up to 12800
-Uses SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards

Photography Blog ends up giving the Canon EOS 60D a “Highly Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4.5 stars of 5 possible. The Canon camera gets a perfect score on image quality and almost perfect on features, design ease of use and value for your money. The 60D seems like an excellent camera, especially if you are looking for a step up from the EOS 500D DSLR. One would think that all those megapixels crammed into a relatively small image sensor would make the image quality poorer, but this is quite the opposite as the camera is able to produce pictures of very good quality even at high ISO levels. It seems like Canon has made another winner with the 60D.
Read the full review of the Canon EOS 60D DSLR camera here.

Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
Photography Blog has reviewed a new superzoom camera from Canon. The Canon camera is called Canon PowerShot SX30 IS and has an impressive 35x zoom lens which makes it class leader at the moment when it comes to zoom range. Other features are over 14 megapixels and a flip out LCD screen combined with the ability to record HD video.

Some key features for the Canon PowerShot SX30 IS:
-35x optical zoom lens (24-840mm)
-14.1 megapixel image sensor
-Optical image stabilization
-2.7″ flip out LCD screen
-ISO sensitivity from 80 to 1600
-720p HD video
-Ultrasonic zoom-motor

Photography Blog ends up giving the Canon PowerShot SX30 IS a “Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4 out of 5 possible stars. The Canon compact scores highest on features where it gets a perfect score, a little lower on design and ease of use while the SX30 scores lowest on image quality and value for your money. If you are looking for a camera with extreme zoom this Canon might be your choice, but there are a few shortcomings like not the best image quality in low light and the PowerShot has a hefty price tag. Other than those issues the camera seems to be of high quality.
Read the full review of the Canon PowerShot SX30 IS superzoom camera here.