Compact System Camera

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

18 July 2012 – Panasonic has announced the LUMIX DMC-G5 Micro Four Thirds digital camera. Following on from the G3, the G5 is packed with a raft of new features and updates, including a newly integrated 16.05-megapixel Live MOS sensor and redesigned Venus Engine. You only have to read the many LUMIX G5 reviews on-line to see that [...]