Kodak's new Zooms: the 12 megapixel Z1275 and ZD710 with 10x zoom

Egads, Kodak just busted out two new members of their Zoom series: the 12 megapixel Z1275 and 7 megapixel ZD710. That's right, 12 freakin' megapixels packed into a tiny 1/1.72-inch CCD -- thanks a lot Sharp. The Z1275 brings a 5x Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon optical zoom lens and 2.5-inch LCD powered by 2x AA batteries. As for that "HD" on the front? Well, that's due its ability to record 1280 x 720 video in MPEG-4 format. Meanwhile, the ZD710 cranks the zoom up to 10X while dialing the LCD back to 2-inches. Both shooters lack any kind of optical or mechanical image stabilization which, amongst other shortcomings keeps the price down to $249 when they ship starting August 2007.

[Via Photography Blog]

[x20mar @ Jun 12th 2007 6:19AM]

Still doesn't out do my sony w200 digital camera

[gorydetailz @ Jun 12th 2007 10:49AM]

Can you say "noise fest"?

Check this out: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/compactcamerahighiso/

[RJM @ Jun 13th 2007 1:47AM]

One of these days, camera makers (and consumers) are going to realize that more pixels ain't necessarily better. Nearly every photo I take with my lowly 6 megapixel Canon, that I actually want to use for something, sees the requisite trip to Photoshop to knock down the resolution to something manageable. Give it a rest. Put your energy into other things, like a flash that actually works from more than 4 feet away.