Just about every digital device these days, from the cheapest mobile phones to the newest tablets, feature a calculator function. Thanks to this easily-integrated function, we rarely see stand-alone calculators being used outside of physics classrooms anymore. But in case you’re the type of person who really needed an easily-accessible adding machine, but don’t see why you have to pack an extra calculator in your bag, here’s a good idea: slap a dedicated calculator onto something that you already carry with you, like a mouse. Canon did just that, by combining a basic calculator with a three-button Bluetooth mouse called the X Mark I Mouse Lite.
We’re not sure if there’s an actual “record” for a point-and-shoot cam that packs the longest zoom range, but if there were, Canon’s new PowerShot SX30 IS brings home the trophy. Or medal. While it doesn’t come with all the bells and whistles (or dials and buttons) found on the PowerShot G11 to satisfy advanced shooters, Canon’s SX series are designed to take you close with a long zoom range (last year’s SX20 IS packed a 20x zoom lens). For those purposes, this cam stands out by taking you even closer to the action with a 35x, 24-840mm lens.
Canon has finally unveiled their new top-end PowerShot, the G12. Advanced amateur photographers rejoice! Well, at least for those of you who prefer Canon’s G-series advanced compacts more than, say, Nikon’s P-series or Panasonic’s Leica lens-loaded LX cams. It looks a bit different compared to the G11—notably because of the front control dial that you’ll usually find on an EOS than on a point-and-shoot—but the good stuff is still in here, including the 2.7-inch swiveling LCD display, 28-140mm lens, 10MP CCD sensor, RAW format support, and full manual controls for advanced shooters.
Well this is embarrassing. Not for us, but probably for Sony. It was recently discovered that the deftly blurred PR shots Sony used for their new 3D-capable Cyber-shot compacts–the new cams that boasted of DSLR-like depth effects that we posted just yesterday—were evidently shot using a Canon DSLR.
Canon unveiled something interesting at the Shanghai World Expo called the Wonder Camera Concept. Much like concept cars, it comes with a weird future-y shape that may or may not appeal to pro photographers and hardcore enthusiasts (we’re banking on “no”), but comes with a tech that’ll make life easier for anyone who ever had to camp out for hours in a spot waiting for “the perfect shot.”
