megapixels

Hands-on the Hitachi DZ-HV564: HD on SD

Crave The CMOS sensor packs a creditable 5 megapixels, so stills should be half-decent an' all. The camcorder market is like a big bag that the fine folks at Flip Video have picked up and shaken about. In the current economic climate, we're still waiting...

3 December 2008, 10:32

Hands-on with the Fujifilm FinePix Z200fd

Crave The bump from 8 to 10 megapixels isn't matched by much of a change in the rest of the spec sheet, either. Pinch, punch, first of the month -- no returnsies! Today's wintry Crave is the 10-megapixel Fujifilm FinePix Z200fd, the latest in Fuji's line...

1 December 2008, 10:06

D3X: Nikon unleashes 24.5-megapixel beast

Crave The camera will also offer a 5:4 (8x10) crop mode at 20.4 megapixels, along with the same 10.5-megapixel DX crop mode as the D3, and support. Though almost everything you need to know about the new Nikon D3X leaked Friday, the 24.5-megapixel dSLR...

Tags: nikon, frames, megapixel, iso

1 December 2008, 9:10

Photos: Hands-on the Casio Exilim EX-FH20

Crave One of the criticisms of the F1 was that it packed a mere 6 megapixels, half as much as many compacts these days. The FH20 has gone to 9 megapixels, with the trade-off being a slight drop in its still-impressive speed.

10 November 2008, 11:53

Photos: Hands-on with the Sanyo Xacti CA8 waterproof camcorder

Crave It packs a 1/2.5-inch CMOS sensor, boasting 8 megapixels. Usually when a waterproof gadget arrives in Crave Towers, we bust out our cagoules and sou'westers take some pictures of said gadget in the sink.

5 November 2008, 11:27

Olympus E-30: 30-something gets out the vote

Crave Like the others, the E-30 boasts a CMOS sensor, like the D90 packing 12.3-megapixels. Those sneaky scamps over at Olympus. While the rest of the camera world scrambled to punt out entire new line-ups before Photokina had even opened its doors, we...

Tags: olympus, panasonic, art, nikon

5 November 2008, 4:00

Surprise: Nintendo DSi on sale in Japan

Crave The device does away with the Game Boy Advance card slot to make room for a smaller footprint and new features such as a VGA camera and an external camera rumoured to be 2 megapixels. Rumour had it the Nintendo DSi, a new, slimmer version of the DS...

Tags: lite, nintendo, japan, ds

3 November 2008, 9:34

Photos: Hands-on with the 3MOS Panasonic HDC-HS100

Crave The HS100 also captures JPEG stills, up to 1,920x1,080 pixels, or 2.1-megapixels of 16:9 goodness. The Panasonic HDC-HS100 we first met in Monte Carlo has arrived in Crave Towers with a raft of features, and even sporting a new name for this type...

30 September 2008, 10:14

Samsung Pixon 8-megapixel camera phone: Pixon, Pix-off

Crave To us, the Samsung Pixon's name sounds like it was chosen to reflect the phone's camera capabilities, sounding something like a mix between 'pictures' and 'megapixels'. You'll certainly be seeing this played up in the promotion, with a website...

Tags: samsung, sounds, adventures, dedicated

29 September 2008, 15:02

Pentax K-m, Eye-Fi, Lensbaby, Seitz, Minox spy cameras, Hasselblad, Kodak and the rest round out Photokina

Crave Anyone with a serious interest in photography knows it ain't the megapixels, it's the sensor -- which is why no blinkin' mobile phone will ever replace a camera. Finally, if you thought 60 megapixels was a lot, try this bad boy on for size: the...

26 September 2008, 11:55

Hold the phone: Nokia's Tube is the Nokia 5800!

Crave That big, high-res screen will make this one of Nokia's best mobile video handsets ever, if not the best, despite being a good year or so behind the rest of the world.Now, what it doesn't seem to have: a front-mounted camera for video calling, a...

Tags: nokia, megapixel, handset, mounted

25 September 2008, 9:11

T-Mobile G1 versus Apple iPhone 3G: Side by side

Crave Camera megapixels, no video recording megapixels, no video recording But we think many of you are asking if this compares well to the iPhone 3G and if it really has what it takes to be an 'iPhone killer'.

Tags: contract, band, fi, slot

24 September 2008, 11:49

Photos: Shiver me timbers, it be the Fujifilm FinePix S2000HD!

Crave Avast, ye scurvy dogs! International Talk Like a Pirate Day it be, an' the good ship Crave is here to relieve ye of yer worldy possessions. But fair exchange be no robbery, so come closer an' we'll tell ye a tale in return, a tale of the Fujifilm...

19 September 2008, 10:24

Photos: The Life Aquatic with the Ricoh G600

Crave It packs 10-megapixels, and is waterproof (JIS grade 7), dustproof (JIS grade 6) and shock-proof (MIL Standard 810F). If you love the life aquatic, you may want to add the Ricoh G600 to your holiday kit.

16 September 2008, 11:29

Sony Alpha A900: Full-frame Alpha male

Crave The larger sensor allows for higher resolution, with the A900 packing in a gobsmacking 24.6 megapixels. The Sony Alpha A900 has been knocking about in prototype form for a while, but now the official announcement has been made we can take a look at...

Tags: sony, alpha, resolution, sensor

10 September 2008, 10:52