- Launched: August 2009
- Type: Digital SLR
- Sensor size: Full frame, 35.9 x 24mm
- Resolution: 24.6 megapixels
- Lenses: Sony a mount
- Key features: None
- Links: Press release, Product page
Summary: The cheaper and newer of Sony's two full-frame digital SLRs. It has the same 24-megapixel full-frame sensor but a reduced maximum shooting speed of 3fps rather than 5fps.
- Launched: August 2009
- Type: Digital SLR
- Sensor size: Four Thirds, 17.3 x 13mm
- Resolution: 10 megapixels
- Lenses: Four Thirds
- Key features: None
- Links: Press release, Product page
Summary: Super-compact Four Thirds SLR with great layout and design but hampered by an older 10-megapixel MOS sensor. The only digital SLR to use a classic rectangular design and barely larger than an SLR style hybrid.
- Launched: August 2009
- Type: High end compact
- Sensor size: 1/1.7-inch
- Resolution: 10 megapixels
- Lens: 28mm equivalent f1.9
- Key features: Dynamic range double-shot mode, Auto, manual and snap focus modes, 1cm macro mode
- Links: Press release | Product page
Summary: A very high quality fixed-lens compact camera designed for pros and enthusiasts looking for pocketability and power combined. It has a magnesium alloy body, exceptionally well-designed external controls and a great lens.
- Launched: July 2009
- Type: Digital SLR
- Sensor size: APS-C 'DX' format, 23.6 x 15.8mm
- Resolution: 12.3 megapixels
- Lenses: Nikon F (DX, FX)
- Key features: Standard HD movie mode, 7fps continuous shooting, dual card slots
- Links: Press release, Product page
Summary: Nikon's top ASP-C format DSLR and a development of the old D300, adding a faster continuous shooting speed and standard HD movies. The D300s has a tough alloy body and 150,000-shot shutter life, and is the cheapest of Nikon's professional models.
- Launched: July 2009
- Type: Digital SLR
- Sensor size: APS-C 'DX' format, 23.6 x 15.8mm
- Resolution: 10.2 megapixels
- Lenses: Nikon F (DX, FX)
- Key features: Simple user interface
- Links: Press release | Product page
Summary: Nikon's basic, entry-level digital SLR is aimed at beginners, with an interface that's both obvious and logical, but perhaps too slow and cumbersome for experts. The 18-55mm VR kit lens is very good.
- Launched: June 2009
- Type: Compact style hybrid
- Sensor size: Micro Four Thirds, 17.3 x 13mm
- Resolution: 12.3 megapixels
- Lenses: Micro Four Thirds
- Key features: Standard HD movies, Art Filters, in-built image stabilisation
- Links: Press release | Product page
Summary: Olympus's first Micro Four Thirds camera, now superseded by the slightly improved E-P2. The classic retro styling is inspired by Olympus's 'Pen' half-frame cameras of 50 years earlier.
- Launched: May 2009
- Type: Digital SLR
- Sensor size: APS-C, 223.6 x 15.8mm
- Resolution: 10.2 megapixels
- Lenses: Sony a Mount
- Key features: Quick AF Live View mode
- Links: Press release | Product page
Summary: One of Sony's older beginner-level D-SLRs. It has Sony's Quick AF Live View mode, but only a 10-megapixel sensor. The plastic construction, basic kit lens and outdated sensor mean it hasn't worn well.
