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Unfortunately we have neither the budget nor the manpower to hit up every trade show that we’d like — and truth be told, everyone’s pretty cranky for about six months after CES — so instead of getting our hands on the new gear at PMA, we’re relying on the pros to capture some quality shots of the fresh releases. To cover Canon’s unveiling of six new cams we’ve got Mark over at Photography Blog, who was able to get some quality face time with the EOS-1D Mark III DSLR, the just-revealed A-series PowerShots, and both new Digital Elphs (or IXUS, as they’re known overseas) at a London launch event. Plus, if printers are your thing, you can check out the new Pixma lineup as well. All in all a nice set of shots, so if you want to see how these bad boys look when they’re not all primped up for glossy press photos, hit the read link for a full gallery (select highlights are after the break).
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It’s been a busy morning in the sweaty-palmed build-up to the big PMA07 show — and we’re only just beginning. The premier international conference for photography wares doesn’t officially kick-off until the doors swing wide on March 8th. Here’s a quick roundup of all the new shooters, each adorned with plenty of steamy hot gallery action to get up-close and personal with anything you may have missed in the wee hours of the morn:
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And finally, bringing up the rear is Canon’s new VB-C300 PTZ pan-tilt-zoom security camera (and a coupla printers, too). A little high end for home users, the camera starts at a grand and the VK-64 / VK-16 Version 1.3 Network Video Recording Software will run you either $2.5k or another grand, respectively. Also announced are Canon’s PIXMA iP3300, iP1800, and iP90v. The first two appear to be boring loss-leader photo printer cartridge sellers which will go for $80 and $40, and print 8 x 11 and 4 x 6, respectively. No, the interesting one here is the iP90v, the $250 portable photo printer that can run off prints up to 8.5 x 11 at up to 4800 x 1200 dpi. It even comes with built in infrared and has a Bluetooth option for another $80.
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var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/Fujifilm_s_FinePix_S5700_mega_zoom’; Another hot off the pre-PMA presses, Fujifilm’s got their new FinePix S5600 followup ready to go, the S5700. It’s got a 10x zoom, 7.1 megapixel sensor, 2.5-inch display, 1600 ISO setting, image stabilization, 27MB internal memory, and, you’re not going to believe this, xD and SD support. Unfortunately it uses four AA cells instead of a nice Li-ion battery. No price just yet, but the black model lands (somewhere) at the end of March, with the silver following in April.
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var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/Fujifilm_s_FinePix_A820_and_A900_for_consumers’; Just like Canon’s new PMA-bound A Series cameras, Fujifilm’s new A820 and A900 cameras don’t really break a lot of new ground, but there sure is a lot more megapixel bang-for-buck going on here. For $180 and $200, respectively, the A820 brings 8 megapixels and the A900 goes for 9, while both camera have 4x zooms and 2.5-inch LCDs. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any form of optical image stabilisation here, nor any of those much-hyped Face Recognition AF/AE features we’ve been seeing in other PMA offerings, but if all you’re looking for is pixels and lots of ‘em, you can’t go far wrong with this pair of FinePix, which will be hitting shelves in March.
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Canon sure likes to yuk it up with the “A Series” puns. “A” for affordable, for the AA batteries you can stick in these things, for the “A” Team the cameras represent — it’s a real riot. Luckily, “affordable” doesn’t have to mean “boring” anymore, and these two PowerShots include fancy 4x zooms, 7.1 megapixel CCDs, 2.5-inch LCDs and that DIGIC III processor for speedier operation, along with 1600 ISO and Face Detection. Sound familiar? You can have it all for a few more bucks, 1x less zoom and quite a bit more pocketability in the Digital ELPH series. What the A570 adds that the A560 and those ELPH cousins lack is optical image stabilisation. You can pick one up for $280, or if you don’t mind the blur, grab an A560 for $230. Both will be out in March.
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Watch out, Sanyo, because your diminutive HD2 camcorder is about to face some very daunting competition from Canon. Like the recently announced Sanyo, the PowerShot TX1 packs a 7.1 megapixel CCD into a tiny little package capable of capturing 720p HD video as well — but unlike the $700 HD2, Canon is hanging just a $500 pricetag on this model. Besides its one-two punch of high resolution stills and videos, this device offers a 10x optical zoom (with an optically-stabilized lens), a 115,000 pixel LCD, and ISO settings ranging from 80 to 1600. You’re also getting the latest Digic image processor, advanced face detection and red eye reduction, Vista-compatibility, 14 shooting modes, and a so-called “Intelligent Orientation Sensor” to keep the display looking right no matter how you’re holding the cam. No word so far on a release date, but with all this functionality at a very attractive price, you can probably expect the TX1 to fly off shelves when it finally makes its debut.
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Two new compact and fashionable PowerShot Digital ELPHs from big C, the SD750 and SD1000. Canon seems to be mostly focused on the looks here: we’ve never seen a growed-up digicam manufacturer be so proud of “Dynamic Dual-Tone Elegance,” but there’s decent stuff under the hood. Like most of the PMA-bound cameras we’ve spotted, these include Face Detection-based auto focus, auto exposure and red-eye correction. There’s also the DIGIC III Image processor, and ISO as high as 1600, but everybody comes for the basics: 3x zoom, 7.1 megapixel CCD and a 2.5-inch LCD in each shooter. The $300 SD750 gets a bit fancy on form factor, but manages to be a mere 0.75-inches thick, while the 4.5 ounce SD1000 keeps the the classic ELPH look and retails for $300. Both should be out in march, and include 32MB SD cards for good luck, though no mention is made of SDHC. Remember, it’s fashion first for this line.
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Canon’s latest pro DSLR is officially here as of tonight: welcome the EOS-1D Mark III. This 10.1 megapixel shooter can fire 10fps in bursts of up to 110 large JPEGs or 30 RAW files with is dual DIGIC III processor. It also features a really friggin light sensitive APS-H size 28.1 x 18.7mm CMOS sensor with ISO modes up to 3200 (it’s also got a “highly usable” just-in-case 6400 mode sure to kill image quality), but the real winner here is the 3-inch live LCD (with 5 and 10x magnification for locking that zoom). There’s also a new WFT- E2A Wireless File Transmitter option for dumping to external storage and even GPS geotagging. We don’t yet have word on price or release date, but you know what they saying about having to ask.
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Pentax has apparently tapped Kodak to provide its 31.6 megapixel KAF-31600 medium format CCD for the upcoming 645 Digital, which would seem to be the company’s highest resolution digital camera to date. So far all that’s known from the pre-PMA announcement is that the 645 will sport both SD and CF slots, and will ship with a specially-built 55mm lens that’s also compatible with 645-series SLR film cameras. We should find out more about this behemoth in early March — although possibly not pricing and release info — but one thing we can say for sure is that if it’s priced anything like the Hasselblad H3D-31 whose sensor it shares, expect to pay out well into five figures.
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