First ever Android-powered camera the Coolpix S800c by Nikon

We have seen how technology rises and Nikon has released the newest and the first Android-powered camera the “Nikon Coolpix S800c”. It’s really meant to link the worlds of mobile technology and cameras like nothing had before. With Coolpix S800c, you can have access to most apps for photo editing, sharing and shooting from a devoted camera.

As most of us know, smartphones swiftly develop into the most challenging to face the conventional compact digital camera since they have emerged in the market first. Nikon have stand up to this challenge to develop a camera that would become responsive to the masses, and now they introduce the Nikon Coolpix S800c. The first major camera manufacturer to widely open an Android mobile based operating system.

Smartphones are more persuasive as a photographic tool due to some reason. One of them is that, the devices are well connected to mobile data services that allow automatically uploading and sharing images. In addition, the benefit has come from those emerging apps and platforms with lots of third-party apps that would add new capabilities to the device that can be used. From those social networks like instagram, twitter, facebook, etc. to games like the most played Angry Birds.

The S800c is a full Android 2.3 (Gingerbread OS) device; it means that it can run through any apps equivalent to what a smartphone can offer. So you can improve images through Photoshop Express. Furthermore, there’s nothing could pass with a quick game of your choice from Temple Run or Angry Birds.

The Coolpix S800c as a compact camera still got the advantage through its larger sensors (having a better image quality, particularly in lower light), and the standard optical zooms a greater photographic flexibility, and also comes with a removable memory, having an easily expand and swap storage of your camera as what most smartphones could give. It offers the same 10x zoom lens and 16MP backlit CMOS sensor as Coolpix S6300 has, a great device of a compact camera capability and a full-function tablet computer.

Specifications of Nikon Coolpix S800c:

- 16MP 1 /2.3" – BSI CMOS sensor

- Android v2.3 Operating System

- Includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS

- 3.5" WVGA OLED touchscreen

- 25-250mm equivalent F3.2-5.8 lens

- 2GB of internal memory

- 1080p30 video

- Up to 8fps continuous shooting

As OS is concern, Gingerbread isn’t the latest version of Android, with 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) taking hold on flagship smartphones and 4.1 (Jelly Bean), though it’s the most commonly supported. Nikon isn’t that clear on whether it may upgrade to one of Android’s newer versions operating system, which enables users to use Chrome web browser. Most current apps are compatible on Android 2.3 OS.

As Nikon been the first to release the Android-powered digital camera than Samsung camera. If Nikon continues down to this path and hoping it does, with a more advance versions of Android merging with more sophisticated cameras. It would lead to a better digital control that comes next from the shuttering speed and white balance, augmented-reality games that take advantage of the optical zoom, and more…

Those would be an exciting promises and an edge over the growth of the new smart camera era. As a start, people need to respond to the Nikon Coolpix S800c and to convince the masses of an idea that a digital camera would behave like a smartphone. Would you do believe digital camera will rise with a different edge of innovation?

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A Digital Camera plus Smartphone equals Samsung Galaxy Camera

Another revelation that Samsung add to its technology through another life experiencing innovation and that is the Samsung Galaxy Camera.  A camera of its own powered by android, the second of its kind after Nikon Coolpix S800c. And officially on sale in the U.S market last Nov. 16 through AT&T. The Galaxy Camera starts at a selling price of $499, it’s Galaxy Camera takes it further to a greater concept with a 4G cellular connection with its rear panel identical  as of a phone.

The so-called “camphone” was introduced during the Samsung’s press event last Aug 2012 at the IFA tech trade conference in Berlin. A camera with a phone features on it, a very different yet a new device to have to experience. It runs an Android OS 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box, a user access of the full Google Play Market and downloads Android Apps. A camera device that can take advantage ahead over the limits of what smartphones these days can achieve. 

The camera is amazingly consists of a 21x zoom and its reasonably bright F/2.8 wide angle, with a contoured grip and a zoom rocker with a combined shutter button. That contains a standard point-and-shoot of a 16-megapixel 2/3 inch CMOS sensor. Like those numerous Android phones, Galaxy Camera has all its controls on its screen though its design seemingly less appealing.

Among other things, phones section more or less likely a high-powered smartphone, sharing almost similar with its Samsung’s flagship the Galaxy S3, having a 4.8 inch 720p screen, GPS and 1.4 GHz processor.

The Galaxy Camera is a SIM card capable and can connect to a cellular network (3G or 4G) plus WiFi. Can easily stored and backed it up on Google Cloud and upload photos via sites like Instagram, Pinterest, etc. and stored via SD slot up to 32 GB on its phone and as well can download your favorite games from the Play Store, checking e-mail, and also Samsung includes a numerous of a non-standard features of a vigorous camera app.

Returning back the favor after reading this, is the Samsung Galaxy Camera interests you of buying it?

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A Professional-grade DLSR Camera the Canon EOS 1D X

A new flagship on the Canon’s professional line of DSLR’s the Canon EOS 1D X, a full-frame CMOS sensor image, autofocus beefed-up capabilities and sporting shooting speed improved. With the prior 1D-series models, 1D X merges its portrait and landscape grips, with all manual control that a professional need, and with a durable design. The 1D X has increasingly assimilates the professional-quality video features needed in this industry. It’s focused on multimedia capability, the ergonomics improvement on the previous 1D-series for sports, news photographers and wildlife. It was announced last fall but it’s just recently entering the market.

The 1D X is built around a full-frame 18 MP CMOS imaging sensor that distributes effective resolution. Basically, that it has the same size (containing the same surface area) on a single frame of a 35mm strip of film. The 1D X sensor measures in at 36 x 24mm, whereas the 1D Mark IV of an APS-H chip inside measures 27.6 x 18.6mm.

 

In such a way Canon have one reason manufacturing it, in the past. With the less over-all resolution, it tends to use slightly smaller sensors on professional DSLR for their more performance-oriented image files. In which it turns to make faster process, they produced extensively smaller in size. This has allowed Canon to enhance its continuous shooting speeds on the camera with the high-resolution, were full-frame models are capable of. Nevertheless, in recent years image processors become more powerful and technology has caught up. That means it can turn more crunch data in less time so that huge image files are no longer an obstacle for a speedy shooting that they were.

The twin DIGIC 5 processors that the 1D X’s give has a power to munch those image data, that also includes Raw image flies lossless, with an extremely fast shatter rate of 12fps in standard mode that in which the camera offers to allow or 14 fps in a super high speed mode (JPEG capturing only), making 1D X on the market the fastest DSLR, nearest to its rival fractionally quicker than the 11fps Nikon D4.

The 1D X able to offer it’s widest on any camera based on sensitivity ranges, with standard ISO ranging 100-51,200. Further expands at the low end to its equivalent to ISO 50 and ISO 204,800 in its H2 settings. Two-stop improvements over the 1D Mark IV over the 1D X. Canon has taking care of its metering of 100,000-pixel RGB AE metering system with partial or evaluative all offered metering forms.

There are no vivacious shooting forms or digital filters built-in, though the full suite of shutter-priority, program, aperture-priority and fully manual exposure modes (PASM) are present and correct. Video capture has a maximum quality setting of 1080p Full HD support at 30, 25 or 24fps. While recording video there is no functionality of continuous autofocus, need to manually adjust the focus once the camera is recording. Movies stored using H.264 (.MOV) density with timecodes embedded. The side camera body you’ll find a HDMI mini output on a HDTV for easy playback of movies. And there’s an Ethernet port to transfer images to a PC.

Through its battery life, whether you’re assigned to a basketball championship games or on an event on the sidelines. One thing you worry about how to swap batteries and able to be in good shape on that. With an extensive of about 2,000 images and through several hours digging on the menus and photo reviewing on its built-in LCD during a week-long trial, in observing the camera availability it’s still through a well deserve 41% condition. Performance wise, of course it depend on it’s diverging external condition and the time you reviewing images after each capture on the LCD.

This is much of the things that I could share but if you’re an owner of a 1D Mark IV a new professional DSLR in the market, probably you’ll be upgrading a camera by buying the 1D X. With spending most on a 1Ds Mark III in a studio having to jump with less motivation, nonetheless, considering the value of that camera with its benefits of the X when shooting in controlled lighting environments. Never owned one of those cameras but if your burning a bundle of cash, you’ll be happy on the D1 X. Just keep a massive size mentality, and figuring it out on how to fit it through your lifestyle.

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Sony Alpha 99 the edge over DSLR camera

A new piece on a standard professional-class DSLR camera set of Sony is the Apha 99 digital camera; this merges all of the benefits of a full-frame imaging that has a Translucent Mirror Technology with responsiveness and speed. The next to Sony’s flagship the SLT-A99 and the A900 DSLR, it has a brand new 24.3 MP full-frame sensor imaging, a dual phase-detect unique AF system and with a mass innovative technologies to bring the best image and a full HD video quality on Sony’s milestone on the line of the Alpha cameras

The Sony Alpha 99 model unite it’s Exmor CMOS sensor on a 24.3 effective Megapixel through a BIONZ highly advanced imaging processor engine, delivering both still and video shooting performance in an unprecedented level. The Sony Alpha 99 has a full frame sensor that’s enhanced with optional low-pass filter that is a newly developed multi segment, resolving an increase in power. The BIONZ engine, assisted by a front-end LSI can massively process full amounts imaging signal data from a very high speed at its sensor. With an impressive powerful noise reduction (NR) algorithm area-specification, that allows the Sony A99 camera to complete a 14-bit raw output, nuance rich and low noise. The BIONZ processor evolved also through the Sony Alpha 99 DSLR camera at its maximum of range sensitivity (sensitivity mode expanded) and wide as ISO50-25600, a range of nine stops. It enables the camera to have an unprecedented processing power to shoot up to 6 frames per second at full resolution of burst images or up to 10 fps in a high speed Tele-zoon shooting mode.

This newly digital camera has a unique features of a dual AF system, the world’s first for digital cameras. The main focusing system of this camera, has a 19-point AF system with 11 cross sensors – means it’s AF sensor overlying main image sensor focal plane phase detection has complemented by a 102-point. The power connecting on the Translucent Mirror Technology, that simultaneously and continually passes the light on both phase-detection AF sensors that measures the subject distance and completely positioning it from the rest other most cameras. The integrated unique Dual AF System the Alpha 99 is ultra-fast, an accurate autofocusing that preserves tracking focus even it temporarily leaves the frame.

The LCD display features has a Tru-Finder XGA OLED viewfinder that offers 100% frame coverage with exceptional contrast, brightness, clarity and resolution, which ensures a desired scene and subject detail-packed view. This digital camera has exceptional electronic viewfinder that also maintain a field view with DT lenses that are optimized camera sensors (APS-C), the image recording and display has an automatic converting angle viewing. The Tru-Finder EVF has a 3-way tilting 1229k-dot (VGA alike) with WhiteMagic technology the XtraFine LCD display will boost generally screen vividness. This especial framing and shooting are use with the LCD in outdoor and even in sunny conditions.

Furthermore, this digital camera is weather-sealed and all buttons and has a ruggedized controls. The shutter block redesigned and this digital camera ensures reliability and stamina. With its grip was redesigned with enhanced ergonomics and that allows for instinctive fingertip operational bottoms and also with several switches that distinguish the designs. The Sony Alpha 99 mode dial lock has new exposure that prevents unintentional rotation, and developed a newly Quick Navi Pro interface, that has shooting parameters and controls with a perceptive one-handed access. This can be also operated remotely via PC connection.

A nice piece of DSLR camera that would level-up your photo capturing more refined, Sony really got the edge with their Alpha 99 digital camera. I could say a good choice to buy.

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