Posted at Sat Apr 27 12:00:00 2013
I really like Ming Thein's reviews, and his introduction regarding the Coolpix A is on-point:
"Nikon has finally entered the large-sensor compact game (I don’t count the 1 series, which is a bit of an odd beast in that logically it’s all the system camera most people need, but not the camera that most people want.)"…
Posted at Wed Apr 17 12:00:00 2013
Fujifilm continues to update their XF lens roadmap, and have released the XF 55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS lens. The lens starts-out fast, with F3.5-4.8 at the wide end (a 300mm equivalent) and adds optical image stabilization, allowing 4.5 stops according to their literature.…
Posted at Tue Apr 9 12:00:00 2013
The latest WiFi enabled camera is another Panasonic, and this time one of their Micro Four Thirds cameras. The Lumix GF line is Panasonic's entry-level/newbie model, aimed at ease of use and point-and-shoot upgraders; helpfully they have designed the WiFi feature to be trivial for Android phones th…
Posted at Tue Apr 2 12:00:00 2013
Fujifilm has released the latest XF lens, announced back with the release of the X-Pro1. The 14mm F2.8 Fujinon lens is a high-quality wide-angle priced at $900. Dissapointingly, the lens does not support full-time manual focus (although we've found this less important on wide-angle lenses, your needs may be different and it is annoying). Helpfully, when manual focusing, there is a useful distance scale which Fujifilm has thankfully kept on its XF lenses while most other systems have removed it.