GE intros E1055W, E1050TW and A1030 point-and-shoots

Hurry on over! We had originally thought that Kodak had this award in the bag, but now that General Imaging (GE) has pumped out a trio of cameras that nearly put us to sleep, we'd say the race for the lamest introduction at Photokina is officially back on. Up first on the chopping block is the E1055W, a GE-branded point-and-shoot with a 3-inch LCD monitor, 10.1-megapixel sensor, blink / smile detection and a 5x optical zoom. Following that is the E1050TW, which packs most of the same hardware but also includes a 720p movie mode. Lastly, we've got the 10-megapixel A1030, which features a 3x optical zoom, 2.5-inch LCD, ultrathin design and super-simplistic button arrangement. All three cameras should be landing real soon for under three bones each, and no, they aren't really that awful... on paper.

[Thanks, David]

Read - GE E1055W
Read - GE E1050TW
Read - GE A1030

[Mrix @ Sep 25th 2008 1:06AM]

Third link is broken.

[lost..civantares @ Sep 25th 2008 2:21AM]

Okay, who even knew GE made cameras? Arn't they supposed to deal with power and that kind of thing?

[michas_pi @ Sep 25th 2008 3:38AM]

That, and aircraft engines, refrigerators, microwaves, radios, and locomotives.

[Jaws @ Sep 25th 2008 4:45AM]

If Sylvania can make a netbook... why can't GE make a digi-cam (or... get someone else to make it for them, and then just plaster a GE logo on it... whichever is easier).

And yeah... what the other guy said too.... :P

[Metkis @ Sep 25th 2008 3:17AM]

If you say anything bad about this camera, all 3 GE fanboys will be up in your business.

[avester @ Sep 25th 2008 4:34AM]

Since the iPhone has better optical zoom, real autofocus, and 10.1 megapixels that aren't noisy or disorted.

[Yusuke @ Sep 25th 2008 4:41AM]

Wow that looks like the last two Kodak I bought. I'm going to keep my eye on this when it trickle down on ebay!

[Zach @ Sep 25th 2008 9:28AM]

looks amazingly like my casio exilim....wow.

[To: Hell @ Sep 25th 2008 9:25AM]

GE wth?

[JayMonster @ Sep 25th 2008 11:17AM]

Aww... I think you do a disservice to GE here. These cameras may be boring, poorly made, and noisy even at ISO 100, but compared with the Kodak's that were released, these are sleek elegant, understated stylin' cameras (I said by comparison).

[MrCayne @ Sep 25th 2008 3:22PM]

I played around with the E1055 at Photokina and I must say that it is made of nice materials, well built and the pictures look quite good at ISO 200. So don't worry; there were a lot crappier cameras to be found in Cologne...

[MrCayne @ Sep 25th 2008 3:23PM]

I played around with the E1055 at Photokina and I must say that it is made of nice materials, well built and the pictures look quite good at ISO 200. So don't worry; there were a lot crappier cameras to be found in Cologne...