Olympus VG-160, full-color compact camera

Olympus is about to launch a new compact camera that takes the name of Olympus VG-160, a camera that offers simplicity and quality at a low price.

It comes in four colors: silver, black, red and orange, and will be available in February 2012 at a price expected only $ 99.99 with a strap included.

The Olympus VG-160 has a 1/2.3 inch CCD sensor 14MP, 5x optical zoom (26mm wide) and 4x digital zoom. It features Intelligent Auto mode (iAuto) with 29 scenes built in, Shadow Adjustment Technology, AF tracking and face detection functions.

This compact and lightweight camera Magic Artprovides filters to add special effects to photos without connecting to any computer. It is capable of recording HD video at 720p with HD video recording button.

The Olympus VG-160 is equipped with a slot for SD / SDHC / SDXC and a 3-inch LCD screen.

Pentax introduces a vertical shutter camera

Pentax has released the camera Optio VS20 with a second vertical shutter release, a feature that tops the list of benefits of this model.

This feature vertical shooting, gives users the ability to make images more easily to change the orientation of the camera using the second shutter button. The camera also includes a night shooting mode allows capturing vibrant images with low noise and blur in low light.

The camera uses a compact 16 megapixel CCD sensorthat uses the mechanical image stabilization combined with software to offer reduce blur when shooting videos.

The Optio VS20 includes a large 3-inch display has a built digital camera effects, including fish-eye filter, sketch and stretch. The camera provides video recording in 720p at 30fps, while also incorporating a 20x optical zoom (equivalent to 28-560mm). There are several automatic modes for ease of use.

The Pentax Optio VS20 will be available in black and white on the website of the company for $ 250 in February.

Olympus SZ-12, super zoom compact camera

During the CES 2012, Olympus announced the Olympus SZ-12, a super zoom compact camera. This device, thin and elegant, offers many features and is ideal to be worn on a family trip.

The Olympus SZ-12 incorporates a 1/2.3 inch CCD sensor with a resolution of 14MP and 24x optical zoom (25-600mm focal length in 35mm format). There are two image stabilization (optical and electronic), and magic potions of art that allows users to edit images with a variety of effects.

This Olympus camera offers the ability to record HD video at 720p, 1280 x 720 pixels at 30 fps, 7 fps continuous shooting, support for memory cards and Eye-Fi wireless memory card slot SD / SDHC / SDXC.

Sports a 3-inch LCD screen, USB 2.0 and HDMI, shutter speed and 4-1/1700s 80-1600 ISO sensitivity range.

Begin selling the Olympus SZ-12 camera in March 2012 at a price of $ 199.99.