GE unveils 8 new digital cameras

The details have spilled on the GE cameras we caught in summary a few weeks ago. The four series of shooters amounts to no less than eight new digital cameras -- a bellysmack as opposed to a toe-dip entry into the chilly waters of the digital camera market. All the new cams feature face tracking technology, red-eye removal, electronic image stabilization, at least an ISO 1600 sensitivity, and the ability to stitch your panoramic shots together. The top end X "series" of cameras is limited to a single camera, the X1. It packs an 8 megapixel sensor, 12x optical zoom, 2.5-inch LCD, and is the only camera of the lot to feature optical image stabilization. Likewise, the G series consists of the lonely G1 (pictured) offering a 7 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, and 2.5-inch LCD squeezed into a slimster package in a variety of colors. The mid-priced E series brings four-to-the-store: the 8 megapixel E850, the 10 megapixel E1030 and E1040, and 12 megapixel E1240. Most pack a 3-inch LCD and 3200 ISO sensitivity with a 5x optical zoom tucked away inside the E850. Bringing up the budget tail is the A series pair of cams: the A730 and A830 offering 7 and 8 megapixel sensors, respectively with a shared 3x zoom and 2.5-inch LCD. All the cams will hit North America in May priced in the range of $150 to $429 -- the G1 should demand about $189 while the uppity X1 will ask about $429.

Gallery: GE unveils 8 new digital cameras

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[Via DigitalCameraInfo]

[Shangri-la Dee Da @ Mar 9th 2007 7:09AM]

I can't wait for the GEphone rumor.

[threegs @ Mar 9th 2007 7:15AM]

The thing experience tells me for sure about another GE product is, PR photos aside, it will have feel like crap, look like crap, and perform ...you guess it.

[k0a10 @ Mar 9th 2007 10:33AM]

You guys missed the big story here. The front of the camera (eg the first one) says 8M megapixel. 8 million megapixels! What a breakthrough! That'll be great for cropping.

[Britt @ Mar 9th 2007 12:46PM]

Since I'm not privy to colloquialism from across the Atlantic, I might bebringing down the wrath of Europe with my Ameri-centric comment. Nonetheless, I'd like to point out that I think it's called a "bellyflop", not a "bellyslap". The bellyslap sounds more like a "redbelly", IMO.

[FrankTheCrank @ Mar 9th 2007 4:32PM]

Not only do they build intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles...they make cute little cameras.

[tekdroid @ Mar 9th 2007 7:13PM]

not to downplay the humour in the comment, they don't make cameras, they license them to others for the making:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07021401generalimaging.asp

[stockguru @ Mar 15th 2007 11:33PM]

GE keeps churnung out awesome products, GE monogram was the worlds best NPI last year
, I am sure if the cameras work out well they will emerge as the owner of Gneral Imaging they dont normally license unless they can own the company down the line. Keep in mind that the president of Genreal Imaging has run other very big digital camera companies.