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Camera Nikon 1 J4 with an improved autofocus

Nikon introduced a new camera 1J4 which has tracking abilities higher than the DSLR. The design is compact and simple that gives the ease and portability, while having a number of "advanced functions".

Nikon's camera 1J4 has a 105 points for phase-detection autofocus and a 171 points for contrast-detect autofocus. This is particularly important for recording moving subjects or the continuous shooting up to 20fps with autofocus and 60fps if the autofocus is locked. The camera can film in FullHD quality (1080/60p). Sensitivity is in the range of 160-12800 ISO.

Model 1J4 equipped with a high-speed 18.4-megapixel CMOS sensor with low-pass filter, processor EXPEED 4A, a 3-inch TFT LCD touchscreen, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0 and Mini-HDMI. Сapacity of the battery is 1020mAh.

Nikon 1 J4 is available now. Kit also included a lens  1-NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 PD-ZOOM. A waterproof case is sold separately.

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New favorite of mirrorless cameras

After the announce of two new lenses for NX bayonet Samsung decided to show off the fresh flagship in mirrorless cameras segment. Let the Samsung NX30 is very similar to the prototype Samsung NX300M but no doubt it has own unique character.

Novelty has received a XGA-viewfinder with full frame coverage and rotation up and down. It's easy to use on a beautiful sunny day without having to overshadow the display trying to hide it from the glare. There is no need to squat or kneel when shooting from the belt. Raised tongue viewfinder up and shoot. 3-inch touchscreen SuperAMOLED display with a resolution 720 × 480 pixels moves along two axes through hinging up to 180° and 270° vertically.

Samsung NX30 uses a APS-C CMOS sensor with a resolution of 20.3MP and new DRIMeIV IMAGE processor providing FullHD video recording with 60 fps in progressive scan mode. The burst speed is 9 frames per second. For recording high-quality stereo sound there exists the external microphone input which undoubtedly should be noted.

Minimum shutter speed for the model NX30 is 1/8000. ISO sensitivity value may be selected in the range of 100 to 25600. AF System 2 will run faster and more precisely than ever before. You can also control the camera via a mobile application to change basic settings: shutter speed, ISO, shutter, aperture, focus and flash control.

Given the fact that Samsung again confirms the innovator glory, NFC and Wi-Fi modules allow share your shots on the tablet or smartphone in one-touch via application TagGo. Novelty as well has an HDMI port, USB 2.0 port and a slot for memory cards SD/SDHC/SDXC, or send full-sized images in your account Dropbox, Flickr, e-mail or instant publication of pictures directly in social networks. Additionally, Samsung NX30 camera can be used as a Baby Monitor. Set it in the nursery and from time to time looking through the screen of the smartphone or tablet.

Samsung NX30 is available here

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Olympus Stylus 1

Earlier, Olympus introduced a new generation of mirrorless camera OM-D E-M1, and now the Japanese manufacturer has another main digital compact camera - Stylus 1, also known as the OM-D Mini. Olympus Stylus 1 is fully retained the design of older model, but the word Mini clearly indicates that the new product is much less.

Olympus Stylus 1 is equipped with BSI 1/1,7” CMOS matrix with an effective resolution of 12MP and a measure of the sensitivity of ISO 100-12800. High speed operation provides the graphics processor TruePic VI which allows to saveing a series of 7 shots in just one second. The manufacturer also declared support of recording Full HD-movies (1080p, 30p) with stereo sound in RAW-format and slow-motion recording function at the frequency of 120 or 240 fps. Circle around the lens works in one of two modes: analog and digital exposure adjustment for easier manual focusing and zoom ratio control.

Olympus Stylus 1 got a new 3 "swivel touchscreen display (1.04 million pixels) with the ability to focus in a single touch and the electronic viewfinder (1.44 million pixels with 100% frame coverage and 1.15-fold increase). Application Olympus Image Share 2.1 uses a screen of smartphones and tablets as a remote viewfinder. Olympus also took care of the optical image stabilization system and the Neutral Density filter. Camera has built-in flash, the port micro-HDMI, a memory card slot SD / SDHC / SDXC and wireless adapter Wi-Fi. In addition, the camera is equipped with c GPS-module to add to pictures the information of location.

Olympus Stylus 1 is available here

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