News & Reviews:   camera

Apple has recently announced the 7th generation iPad, which is equipped with a 10.2-inch retina display, 10-hour battery life and iPad OS starting from the price of 329USD(~RM1370). Other than what was mentioned, the new iPad comes with an 8MP camera, TouchID, SmartConnector as well as Apple pencil support.

Samsung has announced that they will be unveiling their 108MP ISOCELL image sensor, on the 12 August 2019. The new image sensor is capable of producing images up to 12032 x 9024 in resolution, which is substantially more compared to the current industry standard of 64MP sensor. 

During the Xiaomi Future Image Technology Communication conference in Beijing, China earlier today. Xiaomi has made a rather big announcement, stating there is a big possibility that they will be releasing a smartphone equipped with a 108MP image sensor manufactured by Samsung. The sensor is capable of churning out images with a resolution of up to 12032 x 9024 pixels.

Today, Canon has unveiled two new iNSPiC instant camera printers in Malaysia, starting from RM499 and RM699 for the iNSPiC [C] and the iNSPiC [S] respectively. The product allows the user to take pictures and have them printed instantly, similar to a Polaroid camera. The difference between the two cameras mentioned above is that the iNSPiC [C] comes with 5MP camera, as well as a selfie mirror to help with selfies.

OPPO has recently released a short 15-second teaser on their Weibo account, showcasing their new upcoming under-display camera technology. The teaser video showed us a quick rundown of the various methods used by OPPO, in order to incorporate the front-facing selfie camera into the front of their smartphones.

There have been rumours floating around, hinting the possibility of smartphone manufacturers such as Samsung and Xiaomi could have their smartphones fitted with a 64MP image sensor. Surprisingly, Realme was the first to release a photo sample taken from the aforementioned image sensor, beating Samsung and Xiaomi to the punch.

XDA-Developers.com spotted a few lines of code found in the upcoming MIUI 10, which hints at the possibility of a future Xiaomi smartphone coming equipped with a 64MP camera sensor. In addition to that, the codes also revealed a functionality which applies a watermark onto the picture that was taken by the smartphone as well.

Sony has recently introduced the successor to the original RX0 ultra-compact camera, the Sony RX0 II which comes included with 4k recording as well as in-body stabilization which is a huge step up from its predecessor. Not only that, but it also comes with a tilt preview display which can be tilted up to 180-degrees and down to 90-degrees making easier for users to vlog while travelling.

According to Canalys report, OPPO is currently sitting at the number 2 spot in China, between Huawei which is currently sitting on the number 1 spot and Vivo sitting at the third runner up spot.

Sony has announced that the Full Frame Camera, the Sony A7 will be priced at RM2499 for the body only, while the kit itself including the lens will be at RM2899 exclusively on Sony Store nationwide.