Digital Camera News and Reviews

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.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70

About.com has tested a digital camera from Sony with a wide angle zoom lens starting at 25mm. The camera called Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70 has over 16 megapixels, a large LCD screen and is able to record HD movies.

Some key features for the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70:
-16.1 megapixel image sensor
-10x optical zoom lens (25-250mm)
-Optical image stabilization
-3″ LCD screen
-HD Movie mode (720p)
-Sweep Panorama Mode

About.com ends up giving the DSC-H70 a good review with an overall score of 4 out of 5 possible stars. The reviewer likes aspects such as very good image quality, useful zoom range, the flash is good and the camera is easy to use. There are a few negative points that hinders the Sony camera from getting a perfect score including slow autofocus, response times could be better, some overexposure when photographing outdoors and little manual controls. If you can overcome this few shortcomings and enjoy the great image quality this Cyber-shot camera might be your choice.
Read the full review of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70 camera with wide angle zoom here.

Samsung ST95

CNET UK has tested a very compact digital camera from Samsung. The camera is called Samsung ST95 and has over 16 megapixels combined with a large LCD screen and a wide angle lens starting at 26mm.

Some key features for the Samsung ST95:
-16.1 megapixel image sensor
-5x optical zoom lens (26-130mm)
-Digital image stabilization
-3″ LCD screen with touchscreen abilities
-Movie recording (720p)
-ISO sensitivity up to 3200

CNET UK ends up giving the ST95 a good review with an overall rating of 4 out of 5 possible stars. On the positive side the reviewer finds aspects such as good and slim design, value for your money and the touchscreen works well. There are a few negative sides including no HDMI connection, the video function could be better and the camera only supports micro SD when it comes to memory cards.
Read the full review of the Samsung ST95 compact camera here.

Kodak EasyShare Max Z990

Photography Blog has reviewed an ultrazoom camera from Kodak with an extreme zoom range. The Kodak EasyShare Max Z990 sports a zoom lens that starts at 28mm and ends at an amazing 840mm. The Kodak camera also has a big LCD screen and 12 megapixels.

Some key features for the Kodak EasyShare Max Z990:
-30x optical zoom lens (28–840 mm)
-12 megapixel image sensor
-3″ LCD screen
-Optical image stabilization
-ISO sensitivity 64-6400

Photography Blog ends up giving the EasyShare Max Z990 a “Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4 out of 5 possible stars. The digital camera scores highest on value for your money and features, a little lower on design and image quality, while it gets a lower score on how easy it is to use. If you are looking for a camera that is easy to carry everywhere this Kodak might be your choice. One big downside is unresponsive buttons which hopefully Kodak fix with their next camera in this line.
Read the full review of the Kodak EasyShare Max Z990 digital camera with 30x zoom here.