Digital Home Thoughts: dpreview.com's Awesome Camera Specifications Tool

Be sure to register in our forums and post your comments - we want to hear from you!


Zune Thoughts

Loading feed...

Apple Thoughts

Loading feed...

Laptop Thoughts

Loading feed...



Thursday, September 3, 2009

dpreview.com's Awesome Camera Specifications Tool

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Articles & Resources" @ 07:00 AM

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs.asp

It can sometimes be a real pain in the you-know-what to figure out the specs on a new - or old - camera. The problem is that many manufacturers go out of their way to hide certain specs, or make them difficult to find. dpreview.com has a fantastic tool that they've built - it allows you to browse through a huge number of cameras and check out their specs. My favourite feature? How they list the pixel density of the sensor on the camera right up front - that's the dirty number many camera makers don't want you to see as they cram more and more pixels onto what are usually tiny sensors - the higher the pixel density, generally the worse the resulting image will be. I kid you not: the pixel density of the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 is 5 MP/cm². The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR1? A staggering 43 MP/cm² pixel density. That's a huge difference, and it shows in the photos. At any rate, be sure to check out the dpreview.com tool - it's updated frequently because the Canon 7D is already in there!


Featured Product

The Canon PowerShot S100 - The incredibly fun and small camera that offers you 12.1 megapixels with a bright f/2.0 lens and full 1080p video recording . MORE INFO

News Tip or Feedback?

Contact us

Thoughts Media Sites

Windows Phone Thoughts

Digital Home Thoughts

Zune Thoughts

Apple Thoughts

Laptop Thoughts

Android Thoughts

Reviews & Articles

Loading feed...

News

Loading feed...

Reviews & Articles

Loading feed...

News

Loading feed...

Reviews & Articles

Loading feed...

News

Loading feed...

Reviews & Articles

Loading feed...

News

Loading feed...

Reviews & Articles

Loading feed...

News

Loading feed...