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Pentax is going to release the Limited Edition Silver K-5 digital SLR camera. The Silver camera will be available in the US in limited quantities featuring an …

Pentax Optio WG-1 GPS

Pentax announced two new adventure series digital cameras, the Optio WG-1 and the Optio WG-1 GPS that are waterproof, dustproof, shockproog, coldproof and crushproof, “taking adventure photography to new heights”. Two cameras are nearly identical, with the WG-1 GPS comes with GPS functionality to track and record positional data recording with images making it easy for users to check the shooting locations of captured images.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V

Sony announced two new ultra-zoom Cyber-shot digital cameras in its HX-series, the DSC-HX100V and DSC-HX9V. They are the first Cyber-shot cameras to get the 16.2 Megapixel Exmor R back-illuminated CMOS sensor with support for a brand-new Intelligent Sweep Panorama HR (High Resolution) mode. The HX100V is the first camera to include a 27mm Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar T* lens with 30x optical zoom while the HX9V is the first to get a 24mm Sony G lens with 16x optical zoom.

Panasonic SDR-H100

In addition to new Full HD camcorders, Panasonic also brings three new standard definition camcorders, the SDR-H100 with 80GB hard drive (enough for 74.5 hours of recording), the SDR-T70 with 4GB internal flash memory for 3 hours and 20 minutes of video and the SDR-S70. All three models can record to SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards.

Sony’s Cyber-shot DSC-H70 is a compact digital camera with a 10x optical zoom Sony G Lens with 25mm wide angle. This long-zoom camera, successor to the Cyber-shot H55, is equipped with a 16.2 Megapixel Super HAD CCD image sensor and a large 3-inch Clear Photo LCD display.

Sony introduces a new compact touchscreen digital camera, the Cyber-shot DSC-T110 with a 3-inch touchscreen for easy touch operation. The 16.1 Megapixel camera features a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with 25mm wide angle and 4x optical zoom, BIONZ image processor, and supports 720p MP4 HD video recording.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W560 Blue

If W510 and W530 just do not fit your needs, consider Sony’s other two entry-level offerings, the Cyber-shot DSC-W560 and Cyber-shot DSC-W570, both with 720p HD video recording capabilities. The W560 has a 14.1 Megapixel Super HAD CCD image sensor, a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens with 25mm wide 4x Optical Zoom and a 3-inch Clear Photo LCD display; while the W570 packs a 16.1 Megapixel sensor, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 5x optical zoom lens and a 2.7-inch LCD display.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W510 Red

Sony has two entry-level compact digital cameras, the 12.1 Megapixel Cyber-shot DSC-W510 and the 14.1 Megapixel Cyber-shot DSC-W530. Each of them gets Super HAD image sensor and a Sony Lens with 4x Optical Zoom and 26mm equivalent wide angle and a 2.7-inch LCD display. As entry-level models, they don’t include HD video recording but 640 x 480p VGA video recording at 30fps.

Ricoh adds to its CX line the new CX5 model with the new Hybrid AF system and 10.7x optical zoom lens. With the new Hybrid AF system, the CX5 has a higher auto focus speed than other CX models. Its AF focusing times are decreased to as low as 0.2 sec. for both wide-angle 28 mm and telephoto 300 mm, up to half as short compared to the CX4.