Fujifilm Launches FinePix XP30 GPS-Enabled Digital Camera

FujiFilm has unveiled their new GPS Enabled FinePix XP30 digital camera that is touted as the world’s first outdoor compact camera with GPS functionality. The look and feel of this digital camera is pretty cool, it comes with a sturdy looking rugged chassis/casing with 5 different color choices (Black, Silver, Brown, Blue and Green).

Inside the hood, Fujifilm FinePix XP30 has 14.2-MP sensor with CCD-shift image stabilization, 5x optical zoom, as well as face detection and automatic panorama functionality. As for the ruggedness, Fujifilm FinePix XP30 compact camera is waterproof down to 5 meters deep, dustproof, sandproof, freezeproof, as well as shockproof up to 1.5m drop.

FujiFilm FinePix XP30 GPS Compact Camera will be available in this February 2011 for $239.95 per unit.

 

Panasonic FH5 and FH2 Series point and Shoot

Panasonic introduced today a new series of camera with the FH Series. Both models come with a new retractable 28mm Wide angle Lens, a 4x optical Zoom, 720p video mode and Panasonic Venus Engine IV image processor, Optical IS, Face detection, 70Mb of internal memory, and a 16Mpix Sensor for the FH5 while the FH2 will only be available with a 14Mpix censor.

Panasonic FP Series, slim and elegant

And here you are two new Lumix point & shoot from Panasonic with the DMC-FP7 (16.1Mpix) and DMC-FP5 (14.1Mpix). Both models comes in a tiny elegant design, 720P video mode, Venus Engine VI, Mega O.I.S, 70MB of internal memory and featuring a 3.5” touchscreen for the FP7 and just 3” for the FP5.

SH100 a new WiFi enabled point and Shoot from Samsung

Here we are, Samsung’s latest Point & Shoot the SH100 was just announced for CES 2011, the SH100 is not your average 14.2Mpix camera with a 5x optical zoom and 720p video mode, but a really capable camera featuring an WiFi BGN wireless connection and DLNA support that will let you not only send picture or video to friends or any to any compatible Web services once connected to a WiFi access point, but also let you use your phone, for example an Galaxy S, to both capture your phone GPS Data for photo geo-tagging but also use your phone’s internet connection to send pictures on the go, like you would with an Eye-Fi Card for example.

Also like an Eye-Fi, your SH100 could automatically backup any shot you make to a nearby PC and even use its WoL (Wake on Lan) feature, if set correctly, to never lose the chance to transfer data from your camera to your PC or even your TV where you will now be able to stream all photos and videos without the needs for any cables, if of course you own a WiFi capable TV.

Finally Samsung will ease your pain to find an open access point by teaming up with KT in Korea and Boingo and giving access to your SH100 to over 200,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide.

 

Samsung WB700 ultra-zoom gets official

In addition to unveiling mirror-less NX11 camera, Samsung also announced the WB700 featuring 24X ultra-zoom. The WB700 has a 24mm ultra-wide Schneider-KREUZNACH lens that supports up to 18X of optical zoom and 1.3X Smart Zoom.

The point-and-shoot camera can take pictures at up to 16MP resolution and supports full manual control, dual optical image stabilization, zoom noise reduction, full HD video recording, HDMI-out, RAW image support and more.

WB700 will go on sale from April carrying a $299.99 price tag.

 

Samsung announces NX11 with i-Function lens support

Samsung has unveiled a new camera from the NX Series that will be showcased at the CES next week. The NX11 is an upgrade from NX10 with a new design and i-Functions lens support. The NX11 will support three i-Function lenses – 18-55mm, 20mm pancake and 20-50mm zoom that allows users to easily adjust settings like shutter speed, aperture, EV, WB, and ISO directly from the lens.

The NX11 is similar to other NX Series cameras and is equipped with an APS-C sensor, 14.6MP resolution support, 3-inch AMOLED display, electronic VGA viewfinder, 720p HD video recording, face detection, RAW image support and various scenes and picture modes.

The NX11 will be available from February with bundle zoom lens for $6

 

Pink NEX-3, Sony’s latest camera is now “women” Ready

So today, ladies and who knows, gentlemen, here you are Sony latest attempt to please women in Japan and soon around the world with a Pink NEX-3 Camera, the little brother of the NEX-5. Specs are identical to other NEX-3, but pink is now another color to choose from whenever you want to invest in this very good and capable Camera.

Ladies… Feel free to comment and share your thought about this Pink Camera in the comment section here below.

 

Fujifilm FinePix AX250 compact camera announced in Japan

Fujifilm today took the veil off its latest FinePix series compact digital camera, the AX250 model which packs a 14 megapixel CCD sensor, can record 720p video (at 30 frames per second), and is scheduled to hit Japanese stores on October 23rd.

The upcoming compact also features 5x optical zoom, 24MB of internal storage, an SD/SDHC slot, a sensitivity of up to ISO 3200, a 2.7-inch (230,000-dot) LCD screen, a USB connector, and is powered by two AA batteries. Pricing info was not provided.

 

Motorola going after business users with the Droid Pro smartphone

The second Verizon-tagged smartphone unveiled this week by Motorola is the Droid Pro, a model pre-loaded with Android 2.2 and the Quickoffice Mobile Suite, which features both a 3.1-inch multi-touch display, and a QWERTY keyboard which is very handy when typing emails and chatting.

The incoming phone has a 1GHz OMAP 3620 processor, 512MB of RAM, 2GB of internal storage, a 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and dual LED flash, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, DNLA connectivity, 3G mobile hotspot capabilities, and various security features like AuthenTec IPSec multi-headed VPN integration, remote wipe of device and SD card, and complex password support.

The Droid Pro will become available from Verizon Wireless in the coming weeks.

Foolography’s New Nikon DSLR Geotaggers

Foolography has Unleashed new modules for Nikon’s D90 and Dx000-series DSLRs which serve as Bluetooth 2.0 dongles for GPS units to allow photos taken by the camera to be automatically geotagged. It’s not a dedicated GPS receiver so you’ll have to get a seperate GPS unit, but these modules (only five milimeters thick!) are available for 125.21 EUR without tax.