Nikon Coolpix S52 and S52c compacts announced

Together with the Coolpix P80 superzoom, Nikon today also announced the Coolpix S52 and S52c compacts. Their main features are:

• 9 megapixel sensor.
• Sensitivity up to ISO 3200.
• Limiting to ISO 800 in auto to avoid high noise pictures. Limiting to ISO 2000 for high sensitivity mode.
• Optical stabiliser.

Nikon Coolpix P80 Superzoom announced

Nikon today announced new models. One of them is the Coolpix P80 superzoom. Let’s see what you get:

• 10 megapixels resolution.
• Massive 18X zoom, 27-486mm equivalent.
• Manual controls.
• 2.7 inch screen.
• Electronic viewfinder.
• In-camera D-Lighting picture fixing plus in-camera red-eye reduction.
• Face-priority AF.

Sony DSC-H10 superzoom reviewed by dpreview

Now that DSLR cameras have come in terms of price so low, camera manufacturers had to come up with a solution to preserve the intermediate category between real compacts -i.e.: pocketable- and DSLRs. Superzooms seem to be -for now- the answer. Dpreview reviews the Sony DSC-H10 in order to check whether there have been improvements over its predecessor the DSC-H3 that was review only in January.

Apperently, apart from the larger 3 inch screen, there is hardly any real difference between the two models. Resolution remains the same 8 megapixels, results are good and sharp, while metering and stabilisation do their part in a satisfactory way. What I found disappointing was that manual options do not work so great and for better results the user is limited to the automatic mode.