Showing posts with label HDR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HDR. Show all posts
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Olympus OM-DE-M1 earn Gold Award from DP Review
If you are looking for an extra ordinary digital camera, but you don’t want to bring a heavy Digital SLR camera, so you can rely on Olympus OM-DE-M1. Olympus OM-D E-M1 recently wona gold award from DP Review, the trusted and famous photographyreviewers. What makes the Olympus OM-D E-M1 won this prestigious award because this camera has a uniquefeature with packagingdesign and outstanding technology? Let's see whatyou can get fromthis camera, soyou have an ideabefore you decideto choose the OlympusOM-D E-M1 or PanasonicGH (GH 5) series, Canon G16 or other famous camera, which is equivalent to Olympus OM-D E-M1.
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| OM-D E-M1 looks from the back and front.Image: getolympus.com |
Olympus OM-DE-M1 is equipped with the new 16 MP Live MOS Sensor, the OM-D E-M1 automatically switches between Contrast Detection AF and Phase Detection AF to deliver blazing fast autofocus speed - no matter which Olympus Zuiko lens you use. All of our lenses -- from our super-quiet MSC Micro Four-Thirds lenses to our renowned SWD Four Thirds lenses work seamlessly and to their full potential when paired with the OM-D E-M1. Features such as Focus Peaking and Magnified Focus Assist let you use your favorite OM lens with the appropriate adapter for beautiful results.
High speed shooting
You will enjoy OMD E-M1 with High-speed sequential shooting as fast as 10fps can be accomplished when using the Tracking AF (C-AF + Tr), which works in tandem with the Autofocus to follow your subject 6fps in C-AF.
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| Olympus OM-D E-M1. Image: trustedreview.com |
For photographers who prefer composing their shots using an eye-level viewfinder, the OM-D E-M1 will be a revelation. The new, interactive high-definition EVF features a 2.36 million dot resolution, an impressive 1.48x magnification, 29ms image display lag, eye sensor for automatic switching between the EVF and monitor and intuitive functionality for real-time viewing of any shooting situation.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 is built around the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) standard, making it smaller, lighter and more portable. Pack light and pack more lenses on your important photo outings. Shoot all day without lugging around a heavy, outdated system. If you are not comfortable with a heavy Digital SLRcamera, then you willfeel the Olympus OM-DE-M1 is more convenient for you to takea vacation, adventure and suitable fora variety of daily activities such as social events, businessactivities and family events.
You will be amazed with the new viewfinder on the OM-DE-M1. The new, interactive high-definition EVF features a 2.36 million dot resolution, an impressive 1.48x magnification, 29ms image display lag time, eye sensor for automatic switching between the EVF and monitor and intuitive functionality for real-time viewing of any shooting situation.
The new, interactive high-definition EVF features a 2.36 million dot resolution, an impressive 1.48x magnification, 29ms image display lag time, eye sensor for automatic switching between the EVF and monitor and intuitive functionality for real-time viewing of any shooting situation.
New 16 MP Live MOS Sensor
With the new 16 MP Live MOS Sensor, the OM-D E-M1 automatically switches between Contrast Detection AF or Phase Detection AF to deliver blazing fast autofocus speed - no matter which Olympus Zuiko lens you use. All of Zuiko lenses -- from super-quiet MSC Micro Four-Thirds lenses to Olympus renowned SWD Four Thirds lenses work seamlessly and to their full potential when paired with the OM-D E-M1. This is your chance to create better pictures, sharp and vivid images.
The OM-D E-M1 is equipped with the world’s first 5-Axis image stabilization system with IS-Auto. 5-Axis IS compensates for horizontal, vertical, and rotational camera shake that conventional 2-axis systems could not. 5-Axis IS is built into the camera body to ensure stabilization with all lenses and makes stable movie recording possible. With this facility you do not need to worry, the image stabilizer in this camera will provide a stable and sharp images.
Take control of your OM-D E-M1, without touching it! Using the O.I. Share app, you can preview your composition, choose the AF point and release the shutter; perfect for tripod or portrait shooting. You can share you images to any social media such as Facebook.
HDR and art filters
The new Color Creator feature lets you adjust Hue and Chroma right in the EVF and preview the effect in “real time”.Mode: i-Enhance, Vivid, Muted, Portrait, Monotone, Natural, Custom, e-Portrait, Color Creator, Art Filters. Gradation: Auto, High Key, Normal, Low Key (except Art Filters).
Adjustment parameter: 4 levels (Auto, Normal, High key, Low key), Filter effect (B&W filter)
Neutral, Yellow, Red, Orange, Green for Monotone, Picture tone, Neutral, Blue, Purple, Sepia, Green for Monotone. I love this features.
Olympus also remembers to add HDR feature on this camera, and HDR art photos can easily be captured with 12EV wide-range bracketing shooting. Don't forget to Using Art Filter Bracketing when you can’t make up your mind about shooting a filter. Generate multiple pictures with Art Filters with a single shot and then view them as a slideshow.
Olympus is famous with Art Filter features, and you can use many art filters on Olympus OM-D E-M1. There are twelve in-camera Art Filters are enhanced by new filter variations, art effects and bracketing. You can use Art Filters in all shooting modes as well as filming 1080 HD movies. You can create fantastic pictures and Full HD movie; just use your wild imagination.
With editing facilities and a variety of in-camera Art Filters feature, it seems you do not need special software like Photoshop to do digital processing, all can be found easily on the Olympus OM-D E-M1. This facility is a typical Olympus most imitated other brands.
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| OM-D E-M1 compare with Sony NEX-6 and Nikon D3200. Image: cameradebate.com |
With Photo Story, users can shoot a normal, everyday scene from multiple viewpoints and combine them into one image. Simply turning the mode dial to “Photo Story”,you’ll be provided with different formats to choose from, and everyday occurrences will become memorable scenes.
All the features of the Olympus OM-D E-M1 are sophisticated and seductive. Olympus OM-D E-M1 is a camera that is perfect for you to use on vacation, business activities, social activities and family events, but if you have not decided to buy the Olympus OM-D E-M1, then you need to compare this with the Sony NEX-6, Panasonic camera GH-3, Canon EOS M, even with Nikon v or Nikon j which has been well developed by Nikon in some series.
Fujifilm also look sophisticated with the retro series lens capability and various interesting features that can also be your consideration. We're still waiting for a surprise from Pentax and Leica. You can read the reviews that can be trusted in a variety of magazines to review your digital camera or look for information on the Internet. Of course the price, features and your needs will be a major consideration before you decide to choose a camera that suits you or to you make as a special gift to someone you love.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Casio Exilim EX-100 plus HDR, Wi-Fi and new dual-bracketing setting
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New Casio Exilim EX-100. Image: ephotozine.com |
The famous Japanese watch makers Casio launched a new compact digital camera, Casio Exilim EX-100, with a bright f/2.8 optical zoom lens equivalent to 28-300mm in 35mm terms. It features manual controls, raw (DNG) recording, a large 3.5inch tilting screen on the back, a 12.1 megapixel 1/1.7inch back illuminated CMOS sensor, built in Wi-Fi, and full HD video recording.
The Casio EX-100 has a constant f/2.8 aperture while still offering 10.7x zoom should mean plenty of light reaches the point-and-shoot's imaging sensor. This camera has 3.5-inch screen, so you can view your photos and video in a larger screen.
You also can use a new dual-bracketingsetting that captures a shot nine times, varying two parameters (exposure, focus, white balance, color saturation, shutter speed) in the process, and you can you can pick which variables are switched up within the "premium bracketing" mode.
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| Casio EX-100 with 3.5 inch screen. Image: akihabaranews.com |
The premium bracketing mode allows a user to juggle between the four presets present in the camera. The Casio EX-100 features a total of 7 bracketing combinations including the new white balance and saturation combination and the new white balance and contrast combination.
You can maximize your photos with HDR exposure blending, interval shooting, time-lapse and slow motion movie recording. Casio EX-100 has a 10x optical zoom on it. There is also an all-in-focus macro feature that combines focus bracketing with high speed continuous shooting.
Casio Exilim EX-100 Major Features
- 12 megapixel backlit 1/1.7inch sensor
- 10.7x optical zoom lens, f/2.8, 28-300mm equivalent
- 5-axis image stabilization
- 3.5inch tilting screen
- Full HD Video with stereo sound
- Manual controls
- AdobeDNG raw shooting
- Control ring around lens
- Electronic level
- 30fps continuous shooting
- 6fps continuous AF shooting
- Wi-Fi built in
- Time-lapse
- All-in-focus macro
- 1000fps high speed video (at reduced resolution)
Thanks to the built-in Wi-Fi, the Casio EX-100 will allow you to share the photos to varioussocial media networks like Instagram,Facebook, Twitter or MySpace. These cameras arevery sophisticated electronics; especially the Casio EX-100 has been equipped with features anddual-bracketing HDR, so that you canget brilliant pictures. With 10 x optical zoom, you cancarry this camera for a trip to Europe orBali with loved ones or with friends, andof course suitable to hang out with friends in cafes, and office activities.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Canon PowerShot N100 uniquely created for camera enthusiast
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| Canon PowerShot N100 in different angle. Image: fotointern.ch |
Canon has just unveiled the new Canon PowerShot N100 to deliver unique storytelling capabilities for photo enthusiasts in a tiny package.
This is a new concept camera that will boast of a new body style and unique, new creative options, letting you create as well as a visual guide relate stories through the enablement of the photographer up to become part of the image being captured.
Create visual stories
The N100 is the follow-up to the strange PowerShot N camera that Canon debuted at the beginning of last year. Like its predecessor this one has social sharing built into its DNA, but there are a few new notable features. This camera is equipped with Optical Image Stabilizer,
Wi-Fi capability, a 5x optical zoom, a 24mm Wide-Angle f/1.8 lens, a 12.1-Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor and Canon’s DIGIC 6 image processor. The three-inch capacitive touch, tilt LCD panel allows users to capture images at unique angles, up to 90 degrees.
The PowerShot N100 is actually two cameras. There's a standard point-and-shoot camera on the front and a rear-facing camera plastered right on the LCD so you can snap a picture and a selfie at the same time. Like if you’re reacting to an incident you’re snapping a picture of, you can capture both moments simultaneously. The PowerShot N100 camera helps users create and tell their visual stories by allowing the photographer to become part of the image being captured. It’s definitely strange, and odd for functionality we’re used to seeing on smartphones. The N100 will attract some younger users to the camera market, which is heading south thanks to the popularity of smartphones.
Creative Shot and HDR mode
The N100 is equipped with a Creative Shot mode that would automatically create five different versions of a single shot using different color and tone settings, crops, and styles in addition to saving the original photo. With this camera you can maximize creative filters to make variety of unique photo. Please use the Retro, Monochrome, Special, or Natural - for the camera to use with a total of 46 filters available. Don’t forget to use the HDR effects, to help artistic expression reach new creative levels. You can share these photos with facilities built-in Wi-Fi. This camera also equipped with Canon HS SYSTEM to helps provide excellent low-light performance
The PowerShot N100 camera has the convenient connectivity of NFC (Near Field Communication) offered on Android devices. After an initial one-time set up, with NFC, you simply press the Mobile Device Connect Button and tap their NFC enabled Android device to the PowerShot N100 camera which automatically launches the Canon Camera Window App so you can share images from the camera to the phone with ease.
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Canon PowerShot N100 built-in Wi-Fi and NFC. Image; amazon,com |
The PowerShot N100's new body design gives the camera a portable shape and featuring a new body style and unique, new creative options. The PowerShot N100 digital camera is projected to be on hand in May 2014 in white or black for an estimated retail price of US$349.99.
If you love unique things from cutting-edge technology, the Canon N100 is suitable to meet your enthusiasm, so you can be more creative. You can share your creativity generated from this camera to a variety of social media such as MySpace, Facebook, or Twitter and also take advantage of wireless facilities which have been provided on this camera. However, you always have a chance to compare this camera with a variety of other well-known brands. Hopefully you will not grow dizzy when making decisions.
Monday, November 9, 2015
Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ powered by a 2GHz octa-core processor
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Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ with clear display. Image: gadgets.ndtv.com |
Alcatel is known for its mid-range smartphones, but the France-based company is now taking aim at the premium brands with the Alcatel One Touch Idol X+.
The OT Idol X features a 5-inch 1080p display and runs on the latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ is powered by a 2GHz octa-core processor, sporting a 2,500mAh battery.
Depending on the task, the processor will scale back or ramp up core use from one core to the full eight. Alcatel claims, offering an 18 per cent power saving over a quad-core chip.
You can enjoy an impressive 5-inch 1080p IPS 441ppi display that is rich in colours. Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ comes with an impressive 170-degree viewing angle. The 1080 x 1920 resolution screen is amazingly bright, clear and crisp with an awesome range of viewing angles, which sometimes are not featured from mid-range handset manufacturers.
HDR and Panorama features
The Idol X gives a surprisingly strong showing from a firm not known for its high-end smartphones. This smartphone has a Super slim design, equipped with an impressive 13MP with a good HD display and a 2-megapixel snapper in the front for video calling. HDR and Panorama are also activated in the setting window.
The HDR function takes several different images with several different exposures, combining them at the end to produce an image, which should show a lot of definition in the light and dark parts of the photo. The camera is also capable of 1080p Full HD video, making it ideal for Skype chatting and selfie Vine videos. Movie Solid, a video stabilization technology, has also been included to smooth out all those shaky shots.
Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ flawlessly matches design with octa-core performance. Despite the power hidden under the hood, the exterior of the IDOL X+ keeps to the slim, sleek styling of the IDOL series. IDOL X+ takes styling and choice to the next level with its unique IML spin effect and the brushed metallic frame.You will enjoy high-speed smartphone with an affordable price compared to the Samsung Galaxy S4 or BlackBerry Z30 or other high-end smartphones.
You can enjoy music from the side speakers and produce loud quality sound, supporting SACD’s 24bit/192KHz playback which is four times better than a CD, so you can enjoy your favourite music collection everyday. Teaming with JBL, Alcatel has placed amplifiers in the headphone jack and the pair of bottom-firing speakers. In addition to the aural enhancements, JBL has also created a set of headphones for the Idol X+.
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New Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ Image: axeetech.com |
Alcatel One Touch Idol X+, its very first eight-core smartphone, and one of the world's first in this category as well. The Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ is one of the big surprises so far at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this January, 2014 in Las Vegas, USA.
Alcatel has a full complement of other high-end specs on hand for its marquee smartphone, which will sell in bright white, basic black, and grey.
Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ is a high specs smartphone but you can buy this smartphone with a mid-price, below US$400. However, the company has yet to reveal which, if any, of the U.S. carriers will be picking up the device. The first initial shipments of the phone will have Android 4.2 as an operating system with later devices shipping with Android 4.4. or Android Kit Kat.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Canon G16 with Creative Effect and HDR feature
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| A beautiful girl holds the Canon G16. Image: unwire.hk |
If you're hunting a compact camera with a quality that is equivalent to a DSLR camera, then you might consider the Canon PowerShot G16. Moreover, this camera has a smaller size than a DSLR camera, making it easy to carry anywhere.
Canon PowerShot G16 is a compact, advanced point-and-shoot camera featuring a 12.1 megapixel 1/1.7" high-sensitivity CMOS sensor and DIGIC 6 image processor to produce high quality still imagery and full HD 1080p video with notable low-light quality and sensitivity to ISO 12800.
You can use a pop-up flash unit which is manually activated by sliding a small switch on the top panel just behind it. The G16 retains its standard hotshoe, which can be used to mount an external Speedlite flash.
The G16 has AF speed vastly improved; Increased continuous frames per second (JPEGs at 12.5fps vs 10fps in G15); Solid build and ergonomic, comfortable feel; Excellent f/1.8-2.8 5x optical zoom lens; Advanced photographic features, including PASM dial and RAW capture; Dedicated ISO button; Customizable buttons; Excellent macro mode; 1080p/60fps Full HD video.
This camera can shot stunning 1080p/60p Full HD video is a possible thanks to the DIGIC 6 Image Processor: vividly realistic and incredibly smooth. G16's lens while filming and the camera will also attempt to continuously autofocus while recording, and a 5x Optical Zoom offers excellent shooting versatility and the bright f/1.8 lens performs brilliantly in low light.
Canon G16 has Creative effect and Star scene mode, the latter providing two stills modes - Star nightscape and Star trails, as well as a Star time-lapse movie mode.
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| Canon G16 with HDR and creative effects. Image: reviews.cnet.com |
You will enjoy the Creative Effect because it has a special function which shoots two images and combines them to produce a shallow depth of field effect with background more heavily blurred than would be possible in a single shot at the camera's maximum aperture.
With the Canon G16 you are free to provoke your imagination, and then maximize Creative Effects and HDR features. HDR scene mode combines multiple shots into one picture, capturing a greater dynamic range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image to provide greater detail. You will enjoy the Creative Filters Mode position on the dial offers HDR, Fisheye, Nostalgic, Soft Focus, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Miniature effect, Toy Camera effect, and Poster Effect. With the optical image stabilization the G16 produces a good result in this low light interior with little evidence of noise.
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| Canon PowerShot G16 vs Olympus XZ-2. Image: snapsort |
With performance and creative expression approaching that of an SLR camera, the new PowerShot G16 camera makes unlimited imaging not just portable, but now wireless, too! Built-in Wi-Fi offers easy set-up and powerful capabilities: upload video and tills photos to Twitter Facebook, YouTube and Flickr; send to email; share to tablets and smartphones; print wirelessly; and transfer to PCs.
If you want to have a serious compact camera, the Canon G16 is an excellent choice, but you do not have to hurry to decide; you still need to compare the G16 with other famous competitors such as Fujifilm X20, the Sony Cyber-shot RX100 II, or Panasonic GF6 or Olympus XZ-2.
Make sure you compare those camera in a reliable camera store in a shopping center or mall in the city nearest you. If you are still busy, you can use the Google search engine and digital camera forums on the Internet to get more reviews, so you get a clearer picture about the Canon G16 and its competitors.
New DSLR cameras in 2013: Canon EOS 70D
If you're looking for a Digital SLR camera, then you can consider the Canon EOS 70D. The camera is supported by a new type of autofocus, the Dual Pixel CMOS. New autofocus sensor is reported to have the grasp 5 times faster than the previous model Canon EOS cameras.
Is the Canon EOS 70D is more powerful than the previous types? The most prominent feature of the Canon EOS 70D is APS-C CMOS technology with dual-Pixel CMOS auto-focus. Sensor auto-focus dual-Pixel CMOS is a new auto-focus system that serves to increase the speed of auto-focus when capturing images or recording video.
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| Dual pixel on Canon EOS 70D. Image: picturecorrect.com |
Canon EOS 70D also comes with features like a 20.2 Mega Pixel sensor APS-C CMOS and DIGIC 5 + processor. You will enjoy this camera with delight as the EOS 70D has support for 1031 EF lens, ISO from 100 to 12,800 with expansion to 25,600. There is also a continuous shooting mode 19-point AF in 7fps and optimize images for the EOS 70D also supported the Scene Intelligent Auto Mode and has Wi-Fi connectivity.
Canon EOS 70D specifications:
- 20.2 MP CMOS Sensor
- DIGIC 5 +
- 19pt AF System (All Cross Type)
- 7fps
- Built-in Wi-Fi
- 3 "Vari-Angle Touch Screen LCD
- Maximum ISO 12,800
- Dual CMOS Pixel Autofocus
- Full HD Video
- HDR
- Multiexposure Mode
- LP-E6 Battery
Canon EOS 70D also features integrated wireless connectivity such as Wi-Fi and the ability to control the camera with EOS Remote smartphone application. The application is available on Android and iOS that lets users control the camera's shutter speed, ISO and aperture. Don't forget to use HDR feature to create a better image with this camera.
If you are serious to get advanced technology from Canon's EOS 70D then you should know the price of this camera. Canon EOS will be priced at $ 1,349 (body-only). Canon EOS 70D plus EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM sells for $ 1,349, while the EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM sold for $ 1,549. Do you think the price is expensive? You could consider otherDSLR cameras made by Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, Leica, even Samsung or Panasonic.
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