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  • GoPro to discontinue three cameras and exit entry-level market

    This week, GoPro announced it will discontinue three of its six available action cameras and abandon the entry-level market. This follows the company’s preliminary fourth quarter results revealed last month. GoPro had stated at the time that poor holiday sales would likely result in low quarterly revenue, and that it would layoff 7% of its workforce as a result.

    In a conference call this week, GoPro’s founder and CEO Nick Woodman said the company’s recent misfortunes aren’t due to increased competition. ‘Growth slowed in the second half of the year,’ said Woodman, ‘and we recognize the need to develop software solutions that make it easier for our customers to offload, access and edit their GoPro content.’

    GoPro is banking on the improved software reversing its sales numbers, but it isn’t clear what other plans may be in place. Woodman said the company will be ‘delivering this new experience in 2016, period.’ In the meantime, though, GoPro anticipates its first quarter sales will be below analysts’ $ 300 million expectation, falling between $ 160 and $ 180 million.

    GoPro will stop selling its HERO+ LCD, HERO+ and HERO entry-level cameras in April, making the $ 200 HERO4 Session its least expensive model.

    Via: Financial Times

    Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Entry-level GoPro HERO+ action camera with Wi-Fi unveiled

    GoPro has introduced a new entry-level action camera, the HERO+ with Wi-Fi. In terms of specification, this model sits above the HERO, but below the recently launched HERO+ LCD. Read more

    Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Entry-Level Mirrorless Camera Roundup (2014)

    Entry-level mirrorless cameras provide a nice middle ground between fixed-lens point-and-shoots and lower-end DSLRs. It’s an ever-growing category with options for photographers of varying skill level and intentions. The common factors in this class are the huge step up in image quality over most compacts and smartphone cameras and the friendly interfaces. In this roundup, we’ll talk you through the current crop of entry-level mirrorless cameras. Click through to read more

    Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Entry-Level Mirrorless Camera Roundup (2014)

    What point-and-shootable mirrorless camera should I buy?

    Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Canon announces entry-level Rebel T5 (EOS 1200D) and macro ring light

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    There’s a new entry-level camera in Canon’s DSLRs lineup, and it’s the Rebel T5 (EOS 1200D). This model replaces the Rebel T3 (EOS 1100D) and features the company’s familiar 18 megapixel CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 processor, and 9-point AF system. The T5 also has a 3″ LCD, 3 fps continuous shooting, and 1080p video recording. Canon also announced the MR-14EX II Macro Ring Light, which can be controlled wirelessly using the radio-based ‘RT’ system. Both the camera and ring light are priced at $ 549, with the former including an 18-55mm lens.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Ricoh announces WG-20 entry-level rugged compact

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    Ricoh has announced the WG-20, an inexpensive rugged compact that’s waterproof to 10m/33ft, freezeproof to -10C/+14F, and able to survive a 1.5m/5ft drop. Sporting a 14 megapixel CCD sensor, it provides a 28-140mm 5x optical zoom lens and 720p HD movie recording. It’s a continuation of Pentax’s WG-line (minus the ‘Pentax’ logo), and presumably a WG-10 replacement, though the cameras appear to share the same sensor, lens and rugged specifications. Available in March, it will ship in red or white for $ 199.95. Learn more

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Fujifilm unveils X-A1: an entry-level mirrorless with a conventional sensor

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    Fujifilm has announced the X-A1, its most basic X-mount mirrorless camera yet. The X-A1 shares a body with the X-M1 but is based around a 16MP sensor with a conventional, Bayer color filter array, rather than the X-Trans design used in the other X-series models. The X-A1 retains the 920k-dot tilting LCD and Wi-Fi offered by the X-M1, and is being launched with an MSRP of $ 599 with the XC 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OIS zoom lens – $ 100 cheaper than the X-M1 cost at its launch. The company has also announced the Fujinon XC 50-230mm F4.5-6.7 OIS – a relatively small, lightweight telezoom that would pair well with either the X-A1 or X-M1.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Pentax announces K-50 and K-500 mid- and entry-level DSLRs

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    Pentax has refreshed its entry level DSLR lineup with the announcement of the K-50 and K-500. The K50 is an update of the K-30, featuring less controversial styling and slightly tweaked processing, helping it offer a maximum ISO of 51,200. The K-500, meanwhile, gets most of the K-50’s features – the main loss being weather sealing – in a less expensive package. While not radically different from the K-30, both cameras bring twin dial controls and 100% glass prism viewfinders to price points ($ 799 and $ 599 respectively), where both those features are rare. Alongside the cameras, Pentax is launching revised, DA-L versions of its 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 WR and 55-200mm F4-5.6 WR lenses.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Sony announces NEX-3N 16MP entry-level mirrorless camera

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    Sony has announced the NEX-3N, its entry-level NEX camera, replacing the NEX-F3. The 3N is, as before, aimed at users stepping up from compact cameras and gains a compact-style zoom lever around its shutter button. It features a smaller body than the F3, and Sony says it is the smallest, lightest mirrorless camera to feature an APS-C sensor, despite featuring a built-in flash. The camera will be bundled with the e-mount 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 power zoom lens, to make the most of the camera’s zoom control.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)