Although all 5 models below are
compact, but they support shooting in Full HD with high-quality video and have
a convenient design.
Nikon 1 V2
Nikon 1 V2 is the 4th model
among the products belonging to the Nikon 1-Series mirror-less
interchangeable-lens camera family. Compared to the old version, Nikon 1 V2 has
more comfortable design when using. Specifically, the handle of the camera is
deeper and narrower designed. Parallel to the electronic, Nikon 1 V2 is also
integrated with removable Flash along with the function wheel with full of PASM
creative shooting modes.
Nikon
1 V2
The inner force of the device is the CX sensor
14.2-megapixel resolution and Expeed 3A high-speed image processors along with
integrated autofocus system. With this configuration, Nikon 1 V2 support
shooting-speed up to 15 fps; Full HD recording at 60/30 fps speed, or HD 720 at
the speed of 60 fps. With accompanying kit 10-30 mm lens, Nikon 1 V2 gives
video quality that is either good at colors and image detail. The autofocus
system of Nikon 1 V2 is not only fast but also has high accuracy. Especially, Motion
Snapshot mode is also innovated, allowing recording 1.6-second moment and slow-broadcasting
for 4 seconds instead of 2.5 seconds as before. After finishing a clip, you can
choose different background music without affecting the original file saved in
the device. Besides, with Slow View mode, users can easily pick out the right
moment that they want to save as a picture. Specifically, with this mode, once
users gently hit the shooting button, the camera will auto-save 40 consecutive
frames in a time of 1.33 seconds; then rebroadcast these images right on the
display with the speed only about 1/5 time of normal speed.
The device has the price of 899 USD
including 10-30-mm kit lens.
Nikon
1 V2 support shooting-speed up to 15 fps
Nikon
1 V2 technical specs
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Type of camera: Digital camera with support for
interchangeable lenses
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Lens mount: Nikon 1 mount
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Effective angle of view: Approx. 2.7 x lens
focal length (35mm format equivalent)
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Effective pixels: 14.2 million
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Image sensor: 13.2x8.8 mm CMOS sensor (Nikon CX
format)
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Dust-reduction system: Image sensor cleaning
Olympus Pen E-PL5
Pen E-PL5 is the product of the perfect
combination between advanced features on OM-D E-M5 model with signature compact
looks of the firm’s Pen Series line. Despite possessing a compact looks, with
the thick-rubber handheld design together with quite-convenient physical
buttons, Pen E-PL5 still offers a comfortable feeling even when using with 1
hand.
Olympus
Pen E-PL5
This medium-class mirror-less camera model
possessing a 16-megapixel sensor is also equipped with LCD 3” tilt-supporting
screen and modern sensor controller. The image quality when shooting with the
companion 14-42mm lens in general delivers result with high reliability. The Pen
E-PL5 is pre-integrated with a lot of different video features including
picture stability, autofocusing and manual-focusing modes, remove noise in
windy environment.
The video quality in QuickTime format with Full
HD resolution and 30 fps speed as well as HD 720 30 fps speed looks sharp and
have good color saturation. Users can easily refocus even when shooting by
touching directly on the objects displayed on the screen. Fast AF system and
the image-stabilized system on the body also work stably, and the autofocusing
speed is pretty fast whenever changing the shooting angle of the camera.
The full set of Pen E-PL5 product and 14-42mm
lit lens has the reference price of about 1,000 USD.
Olympus
Pen E-PL5 technical specs
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Product Type: Digital camera – Mirror-less system
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Enclosure: Color White
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Resolution: 16.1 megapixels
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3D Technology: Yes
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Optical Sensor Type: Live MOS
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Total Pixels: 17,200,000 pixels
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Effective Sensor Resolution: 16,100,000 pixels
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Optical Sensor Size: 13.0x17.3mm
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Field of View Crop Factor: 2
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Sensor Dust Reduction: Yes
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Sensor Features: Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF)
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Image Processor: TruePic VI
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Image Stabilizer: Optical (image sensor shift
mechanism)
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Auto Focus: TTL contrast detection
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 is a Micro Four
Thirds camera model having compact looks yet equipped with the useful
physical-controlling button system, hot shoe socket along with function wheel
that looks professionally. The back of the camera is the LCD 3” screen
supporting modern touch controls.
Panasonic
Lumix DMC-GX1
With 16-megapixel Live MOS, Venus Engine
integrated image processors, the perfect Lumix DMC-GX1 can operate well even in
lowlight environment. It doesn’t stop there; the device also has high and
stable focusing speed thanks to the combination between the traditional
focusing and phase focusing system.
Besides the ability to shoot 1,080/30p and
720/60p video at AVCHD format, Lumix DMC-GX1 also supports MP4 format for both
Full HD and HD720 mode. However, with MP4 format, Lumix DMC-GX1 only supports
the maximum speed of 30 fps. With the companion 14-42mm lens, Lumix DMC-GX1
offers sharp video quality, natural color. The autofocus system of the camera
meets the tasks well even when using zoom feature while shooting. Operating
zoom by the push button on the accompanying lens seems much more efficient than
the design adjusting zoom by the traditional rotation. This design help to
reduce the noise in the scenes using the zoom feature on the lens.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 has the reference
price of 850 USD.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 technical specs
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Product Type: Digital camera – Mirror-less
system
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Enclosure Color: Black
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Resolution: 16 megapixels
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Optical Sensor Type: Live MOS
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Total Pixels: 16,680,000 pixels
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Effective Sensor Resolution: 16,000,000 pixels
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Optical Sensor Size: 13.0 x 17.3mm
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Sensor Dust Reduction: Yes
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Sensor Features: Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF)
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Digital Zoom: 4 x
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Image Processor: Venus Engine
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Auto Focus: TTL contrast detection
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Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty: 23
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Digital Video Format: MPEG-4, AVCHD
Sony Alpha NEX-6
Alpha NEX-6 is one of the mirror-less
camera models standing out because of the ability to work in lowlight
condition. If compared with NEX-5R which is used to be made before, Alpha NEX-6
also possess very valuable upgraded details such as high-resolution EVF,
removable integrated Flash and hot shoe that is good-compatible to the
components from the third-party firm.
Sony
Alpha NEX-6
This 16-megapixel camera model supports
recording in general AVCDH format for 1,080/60p, 1,080/24p and 1,080/60i
standard. Not only creating good impression by image quality, the scenes using
16 – 50mm kit lens of Alpha NEX-6 also has high sharpness, colors look very
naturally and have good saturation. The hybrid focusing system of NEX-6 is
really useful even with moving objects or objects with low contrast. Besides,
users can focus manually by rotating the focusing ring on the lens.
Especially, Sony Alpha NEX-6 is also
equipped with Wi-Fi connection and integrated social network app. Users can
share photos directly from the camera to the computer, smartphone or tablet
easily.
The reference price of the full pack of
Alpha NEX-6 and kit lens is about 1,000 USD.
Sony Alpha NEX-6 technical specs
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Effective megapixels: 16.10
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Total megapixels: 16.70
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Sensor size: 23.5x15.6 mm
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Sensor type: CMOS
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Sensor resolution: 4,930x3,265
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Max. resolution: 4,912x3,264
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Min. resolution: 2,448x1,376
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Crop factor: 1.53
Samsung NX200
Samsung NX200 is currently the 5th
design of NX-series mirror-less camera lines. The stand-outs of this model are
APS-C CMOS 20.3-megapixel integrated sensor made by Samsung itself.
Samsung
NX200
Compared to NX100 version that used to be
produce before, Samsung NX200 owns many remarkably new-updated features like
Full HD 1,080/60i recording, ISO range is expanded to ISO 12,800 with many
integrated built-in image filters in the device.
With accompanying 18-55mm lens, the color
quality of images and videos Samsung NX200 is really compelling. Almost in
every light condition, NX200 delivers images color that look naturally and good
contrast. The device also supports hand-focus right at shooting time. However,
users can trust the autofocus capability of the camera. Maybe thanks to owing a
compact looks, Samsung NX200 is not equipped with electronic viewfinder (EVF)
as some other models. But instead of that, users can point and shoot through
OLED 3” screen 614,000-pixel resolution at the back of the camera.
The full package containing body and
18-55mm lens has the price of about 870 USD.
Samsung NX200 technical specs
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20.3 APS-C sensor
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NX Lens Mount
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3 inch screen, 614k dots AMOLED
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Flash Hot Shoe
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Full HD Video mode
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Lens based image stabilization
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Burst Mode: 7fps full resolution
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Manual Control, RAW
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ISO 100 – 12800
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New compact pop-up flash
