Here is our regularly updated round-up of the month's news snippets from near and far, this month: April 2005:
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Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews of the Sanyo Xacti C4. The Sanyo Xacti C4 is quite unlike any other digital camera available today, looking more like a tiny version of a digital camcorder than a conventional digicam.
Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z5. The Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z5 is the replacement for the popular DiMAGE Z3 digital camera and is currently Konica Minolta's highest-specced ultra-zoom digital camera.
Joshua Waller, digicamreview, reviews the 5 megapixel Konica Minolta Dimage Z5 - it features an impressive 12x optical zoom lens, anti-shake, a large 2" screen, plus VGA video recording.
Joshua Waller, digicamreview, reviews the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS1. It's Panasonic's new 4 megapixel digital camera, featuring a 3x optical zoom lens with image stabilisation (very cool!), and a 2" screen. The camera also takes AA batteries and is surprisingly small.
Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z20. The Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z20 is an ultra-zoom digital camera that promises a lot in exchange for a relatively small amount of money.
Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews the Nikon Coolpix 5900, the stylishly designed 5 megapixel compact digital camera that was first announced at the PMA show back in February 2005.
Keith Cooper over at Northlight Images reviews of the new Convert to B/W pro 3' Photoshop plugin. This converts colour images to black and white, simulating traditional filter, film and paper characteristics.
Joshua Waller, Digicamreview.com, reviews the Nikon Coolpix 4800 - a 4 megapixel digital camera with an 8.3x optical zoom lens, and a 1.8" screen
Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, review of the Fujifilm Finepix F440 digital camera, the 4 megapixel version of the Finepix F450.
Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG reviews the Epson PictureMate. This printer allows you to print 10x15 cms borderless photos at up to 5760 x 1440dpi-optimized dpi in the comfort of your own home. You can also read our review of the Epson PictureMate.
Joshua Waller, Digicamreview.com, reviews the Olympus Mju Digital 500 (5mp, weatherproof, 2.5" screen, 3x optical zoom)