Camera
Canon PowerShot SX620 HS
- Briefly about the device: classic pocket compact with a 25 x optical zoom
- Competitors: Panasonic Lumix TZ57
- Release date: already available
- Price: $280
Around Canon in may, walked a lot of rumors. First, all have been waiting for the EOS 5D Mark IV and greedily swallow the smallest semi-official details. And secondly, does not give anyone the rest of the 120-megapixel CMOS sensor, which the company recently introduced. Say multiple cameras based on it will see the light this year. In may, however, nothing happened. Instead, the company renewed its line of compact superzoom.
PowerShot SX620 HS offers a 25-fold optical zoom, which corresponds to the range 25-625 mm. Preceding model in the line could boast of only 450 millimeters on the long end, and here about a quarter more. Of course, not without stabilizer: GX620 uses the HS system, Intelligent IS.
During the capture of image meets the 20-megapixel sensor BSI CMOS size 1/2. 3’ (6,17×4,55 mm), and the camera works only with JPEG images. There is a three-inch screen 922 thousand points, and built-in Wi-Fi modules and NFC. The camera is already beginning to sell, but only in the US.
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-Tracker
- Briefly about the device: compact, robust camera, crossed with a Swiss army knife
- Competitors: none
- Release date: June 2016
- Price: $350
In Olympus, it seems, was so interested in cloning your own cameras from the past that I almost forgot about one of the most favorite lines of cameras – Tough. However, the latest novelty at all is hard to call a camera that is more video camera, and even with a bunch of extra features.
Thus, the Stylus Tough TG-Tracker contains a CMOS sensor format 1/2,3’, 13,9 mm (equivalent) lens with an aperture of F2.0 and the angle of view is about 204 degrees. She knows how to shoot 4K video at 30 frames per second and Full HD at 60 frames per second and photos in a resolution of 8 megapixels. Apparently, full-fledged photography will not, and instead you’ll have to deal with screenshots. But it is easy to go through.
Housing Olympus Stylus Tough TG-Tracker-protected from dust, moisture (you can even dive to a depth of 30 metres), it withstands drops from a height of 2 meters and quietly works in the cold. But that’s not all. Inside the camera has a compass, barometer, GPS transmitter, thermometer and accelerometer. All these sensors collect and record data about the route, elevation, temperature and other things. However, for clear display of data will need the application Olympus Image Track App.
Xiaomi Mi Drone
- Briefly about the device: Xiaomi debut quadcopter – awesome and cheap
- Competitors: DJI Phantom 3
- Release date: late summer 2016
- Price: from $380 to $460
Here we are not often reminded of Xiaomi, and its stores in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan it is hype, not inferior to any Apple Store. But if people now line up mostly smartphones by the end of summer will patiently wait for the opportunity to purchase a quadcopter.
Presented in late may, the product is called Mi Drone and offers almost the same as the popular DJI Phantom. Only cheaper. The drone will come with a flying platform, triaxial stabilized gimbal, a private camera and a remote that uses a smartphone as the viewfinder. Although the camera will actually be two. One will offer the video in 1080p and records photos in JPEG format, the second will boast of 4K video and 12-megapixel images in RAW format.
Bullets control works on distance up to 2 kilometers, and the drone of the aircraft supports all the usual functions. For example, an automatic takeoff, Autonomous landing, return home when low battery level and the signal loss from the controller and navigation. Overall, I have no doubt that Mi Drone will be good from the point of view of filming it, the older model uses a familiar Sony module with a resolution of 12 MP. So the main question is how well this thing flies.
Optics
Canon EF-M 28mm F3.5 Macro
Great news for those who for some reason bought a mirrorless Canon, and then got bored waiting for the new optics. Company and though not particularly in a hurry to develop the Park lenses, but now there’s something really interesting.
Macro lens EF-M 28mm F3.5 will allow you to shoot poorly lit scenes without a flash. The fact is that around the front of the lens from the led backlight, the brightness which can be adjusted manually. If not too wide 28 millimeters to the macro? In General, Yes, but in the case of Canon, we have the equivalent focal length of 45 mm, so that will be just right. In addition to the illumination lens has an optical stabilizer and STM motor. He needs to go to the end of June at a price of about $ 300.
Samyang 14mm F2.8 and 50mm F1.4
The Korean company Samyang Optics previously presented two new lenses designed for full frame Sony cameras with bayonet E. the First lens is a Samyang 14mm F2 sverkhshirokopolosnykh.8 ED AS IF UMC, the second – poltinik Samyang 50mm F1.4 AS IF UMC.
Samyang 14mm F2.8 ED AS IF UMC and Samyang 50mm F1.4 AS IF UMC
Both lenses will be compatible with hybrid autofocus system of Sony, and will work in both phase and contrast modes. Case in both cases of metal plus the lenses have the same thread for filters – 67 mm. it is Known that sales should start in late July 2016, but the cost has not yet been announced.
Other
Google Camera Testing RAW + JPEG Support
The Google Camera app, which already allows you to shoot in RAW on some smartphones may soon receive also the function of simultaneous saving of images in two formats – RAW + JPEG. Although this feature has long been present in all serious cameras, mobile devices before this is not reached. The opportunity lies in the HDR+, which is exclusive to Nexus smartphones. However, in the future it can easily be integrated into Android itself.
Google Camera
As a RAW-format will be used open Adobe DNG. In General, while all of this is available for developers only. But overall this is very good news for the market. It is possible that Apple will try to do something like that.
Medium Format Time Lapse
Well, in conclusion, take a look at something truly extraordinary. Photographer Martin heck shot a time lapse video of Patagonia, in the resolution of 8K medium format camera. The resolution is not the most important thing, because the same thing could be removed from virtually any modern DSLR, but if you talk about drilling, no SLR is not dream.
Six weeks of filming, seven and a half thousand kilometres of road and about 100 thousand frames. And filmed it all on the Pentax 645Z.
Past editions of “the main novelties of the month”
- The main novelties of April 2016: camera and optics
- The main novelties Mar 2016: camera and optics
- The main novelties of February 2016: camera and optics