From high-end devices for professionals to paper cameras, the market is full of new gadgets for all digital pictures fans.
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Ricoh Imaging announced that the release date of the Pentax K-3 Prestige Edition is changed from August 8 to August 29. Only 2,000 units will be available all over the world as the company has a small problem with parts. Pentax K-3 Prestige Edition comes with K-3 camera in gunmetal coating, a battery grip D-BG5, a special strap O-ST1403, and a presentation box. The special edition model was sold out during a pre-order period. Ricoh Imaging received the "BEST DSLR EXPERT" award at the 2014 TIPA Photo & Imaging Awards.
And now something totally different from the top camera from Ricoh: Paper digital camera Paper Shoot by Paper shoot Technologies hit the market in Japan. The body of the camera base covered with paper. Heavy and durable but still paper. It's 12mm thin and weights 80g. On the paper body, you can draw or stick-on anything you want and make your unique digital camera. Nice idea for people that love constant changes. The camera features a 5MP CMOS sensor and offers four different shooting color modes.
Casio presented a new digital camera EX-ZR1300 from the High Speed Exilim series. The main feature of the new camera is the Art Shot Bracketing function, which simultaneously takes a normal photo and four photos with different effects with just one press on th button. EX-ZR1300 has 1/2.3-inch effective 16.1MP backlight CMOS sensor, the Exilim Engine HS Ver.3 processor, 12.5X zoom lens 24-300mm (35mm equivalent), and 3-inch tiltable LCD monitor. It has 0.99 second start-up time, 0.15 seconds autofocus, and 0.25 seconds shooting interval.
For you kit fans out there, Canon has something for you: EOS Kiss X7i Triple Zoom Kit. It comes with the DSLR EOS Kiss X7i camera and 3 different lenses (EF-S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM, EF-S 55-250mm F4-5.6 IS STM, and EF-S 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 IS STM). With these 3 lenses, you are able to cover a 35mm equivalent focal range of 16-400mm. EOS Kiss X7i is an entry-level DSLR camera featuring an 18MP CMOS APS-C sensor, DIGIC 5 image processor, and 3-inch variangle multi-touch display. You can take photos while checking the images with seven filters on the live view monitor.
And now something totally weird. Well, it's weird at the first look but there's no doubt it will find it market. Casio EX-TR35 maybe looks like any other camera but it's made specifically for making selfies. It features a 12 megapixel CMOS sensor and a 3.8mm lens (equivalent of 21mm) lens in a small plastic body. The camera can rotate in the frame which also serves as a stand. Casio is marketing it as a selfie camera and what to say, it does what is promised and it looks decent. There's no doubt, there are customers who think it's sooo cool. ■
