- Launched: October 2009
- Type: Digital SLR
- Sensor: APS-H, 27.9 x 18.6mm
- Resolution: 16 megapixels
- Lenses: Canon EF (not EF-S)
- Key features: 10fps continuous shooting, full HD movies
- Links: Press release, Product page
Summary: High-speed digital SLR for professionals. It has a unique sensor size mid-way between APS-C and full frame, which puts it at a slight disadvantage to the Nikon D3s, though the Nikon only shoots standard HD movies.
- Launched: October 2009
- Type: Digital SLR
- Sensor: Full frame 'FX' format, 36 x 23.9mm
- Resolution: 12.1 megapixels
- Lenses: Nikon F (FX, DX in 'crop' mode)
- Key features: 9fps continuous shooting, high ISO performance; standard HD movies
- Links: Press release, Product page
Summary: Second-generation version of Nikon's original full-frame D-SLR optimised for speed, with a 9fps continuous shooting speed (11fps in 'crop' mode) and a maximum ISO raised to 12800.
- Launched: October 2009
- Type: Fixed lens hybrid
- Sensor size: APS-C Foveon X3, 20.7 x 13.8mm
- Megapixels: 4.7 (x3)
- Key features: Foveon X3 sensor, fixed lens
- Lens: 28mm equivalent f4
- Links: Press release, Product page
Summary: Fixed lens hybrid camera using unique Foveon X3 sensor for low apparent resolution but high image quality. The plain design and fixed lens restricts its appeal to enthusiasts only.
- Launched: October 2009
- Type: Digital SLR
- Sensor size: APS-C, 23.4 x 15.6mm
- Resolution: 14.6 megapixels
- Lenses: Pentax KAF2
- Key features: In-built anti-shake, expanded dynamic range, distortion and chromatic aberration correction, standard HD movies
- Links: Press release, Product page
Summary: D-SLR for enthusiasts and professionals, featuring metal construction, good continuous shooting speeds and a host of well thought out and useful features.
- Launched: September 2009
- Type: Rangefinder compact
- Sensor: Full frame, 36 x 24mm
- Resolution: 18 megapixels
- Lenses: Leica M mount
- Key features: Rangefinder focussing, direct vision viewfinder
- Links: Product page
Summary: Full-frame digital version of Leica's classic rangefinder camera. The M9 is expensive and specialised, but the Leica brand is in a class apart in the world of photography.
- Launched: September 2009
- Type: Fixed lens hybrid
- Sensor: APS-C, 24 x 16mm
- Resolution: 12.2 megapixels
- Lens: 36mm equivalent f2.8
- Key features: Fixed focal length lens
- Links: Product page
Summary: The X1 combines a fixed focal length lens with an APS-C sensor in a top-quality body, though it works like a conventional hybrid rather than Leica's M-series rangefinders.
- Launched: September 2009
- Type: Compact style hybrid
- Sensor: Micro Four Thirds, 17.3 x 13mm
- Resolution: 12.1 megapixels
- Lenses: Micro Four Thirds
- Key features: Standard HD movies
- Links: Press release, Product page
Summary: Panasonic's compact style hybrid camera uses the same Micro Four Thirds lenses as the G-series cameras. It's now been superseded by the GF2.
