Compact System Camera

16 October 2013 In what will certainly kick-start a revolution in full-frame photography hardware, Sony today announced the highly anticipated a7, housing a 35mm full-frame sensor, 24.3 megapixels, interchangeable lens, mirrorless compact system camera. Sony also announced the full-frame 36.4 megapixel a7R, the bigger brother of the a7 (but only in megapixels not physical size). [...]

Fujifilm have released firmware v1.02 for the Fujifilm X100S compact system camera. The firmware update addresses a problem whereby the viewfinder’s frameline brightness did not automatically adjust when using ISO 1600 and above. At the same time, Fujifilm have also released firmware updates for the following cameras: Z2000EXR HS50EXR F820EXR F900EXR Download the Fujifilm X100S [...]

9 April 2013 Almost exactly a year from the announcement of the DMC-GF5 compact system camera (5 April 2012 to be exact), Panasonic have announced it’s successor in the Lumix G lineup, the DMC-GF6. With it, comes the almost obligatory jump in sensor resolution, up from 12 megapixels to a detail-grabbing 16 megapixels, built in [...]

7 January 2013 The 2013 Consumer Electronic Show has been the platform for many new product announcements, and Fujifilm certainly didn’t disappoint with the announcement of the Fujifilm X100S digital compact system camera, amongst others. The X100S will be available from March 2013. The X100S is the anticipated follow up to the legendary Fujifilm X100, released almost [...]

The DigitalRev after Christmas sale, aptly named “The After Christmas Big Sale“, is now on. DigitalRev’s Big Sale offers savings on digital slr, mirrorless, point & shoot cameras, camera lenses, and camera accessories while quantities last! Also, the latest best selling products are as follows: Canon EOS 650D with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Lens Kit Polaroid Z2300 [...]

What Digital Camera have posted a hands-on preview of the Canon EOS M compact system camera. The Canon EOS M shares the same APS-C sized sensor as the EOS 650D DSLR, has a touch-screen  and introduces a new lens mount system. Judging from What Digital Camera’s experience with the pre-production unit, the AF is decent, the touch-screen [...]

We spent a short time yesterday taking some photos with the new 16.1 megapixel APS-C sensor Sony NEX-6 compact system camera. All photos were shot in RAW and JPEG formats, and we’ve uploaded ZIP files of each set so you can download and scrutinise them for yourself. We used the Sony 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 E-mount kit lens [...]

24 October 2012 Nikon have announced the next generation model in their Nikon 1 V series in the form of the Nikon 1 V2 interchangeable lens compact system camera. The Nikon 1 V2 packs a 14.2 million pixel 13.2 mm x 8.8 mm CMOS sensor (Nikon CX format), a built-in flash, electronic viewfinder (EVF), Live [...]

There’s no denying that the Fujifilm X-E1 digital camera is a wonderful piece of kit, so head on over to our Fujifilm X-E1 article to learn all about it. Wait, there’s more… We’ve added a hands-on review video from DigitalRev, so head on over to the Fujifilm X-E1 article and scroll down to the X-E1 [...]

Which digital camera and mobile products are hot at the moment (well at DigitalRev anyway)? Well, according to DigitalRev here are the best sellers this week: 1. Fujifilm X-E1 With XF 35mm F1.4 R Kit 2. Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB 3. Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX AF 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens 4. Canon PowerShot S110 Digital Camera 5. Panasonic Lumix [...]

12 September 2012 Sony announce the Wi-Fi enabled, 16.1 megapixel, APS-C sized sensor NEX-6 compact system camera, very nicely positioned between the  excellent Sony Nex-5R and the awesome prosumer Sony NEX-7. Naturally, the NEX-6 shares many traits from both of those compact cameras, namely, a 16.1 megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, new Fast Hybrid AF, [...]

12 September 2012 Sony announce the world’s first 35mm full-frame 24.3 effective megapixel compact system camera in the form of the Cyber-shot DSC-RX1. The sensational news comes hot on the heels of the Sony NEX-6 compact system camera and the Sony a99 full-frame DSLR announcements, making this a very exciting week for photographers. Interestingly, the Cyber-shot [...]

6 September 2012 – Fujifilm have announced the second generation interchangeable-lens digital compact system camera in their excellent X series, the premium Fujifilm X-E1. The announcement comes following news of the Fujifilm X-Pro1, back in January 2012. Essentially, the X-E1 sits beneath the X-Pro1 in the X series line-up, absent is the revolutionary hybrid-viewfinder found on [...]

29 August 2012 – Sony have announced the NEX-5R digital compact system camera, successor to the excellent Sony NEX-5N. Complementing the 16.1megapixel APS-C sized imaging sensor, Sony has also introduced Fast Hybrid AF (which promises DSLR-like AF tracking at 10 frames per second), WiFi for easier file sharing and transfer, and interestingly (very!) the ability [...]

23 July 2012 – After what seemed an age (ok, it was an age!) Canon have announced their first ever mirrorless compact system camera in the form of the Canon EOS M. Borrowing its 18MP sensor and 3″ touchscreen from it’s bigger DSLR brother, the Canon 650D/T4i, found out more about the EOS M by [...]