Could 2014 be the year of the “Smart Lens”? I’ve you haven’t heard these lens-style cameras you probably will soon. These devices are self-contained cameras in their own right, but they harness the power of your smart phone to take care of tasks like monitoring, lens control and image editing. These “half cameras” could seriously up the game in terms of quality vs price for both stills and video usage.
When Sony launched its quirky QX lens-style cameras last year, they were something of an oddity and very different to anything else on offer. But now other firms are getting in on the action, including JK Imaging, which recently announced a pair of Kodak-branded smart lens cameras that offer 10x and 25x optical zooms.
The SL10 will feature a F3.2-F5.6 10x optical zoom, giving a 35-mm-format focal length equivalent of 28-280-mm. It’ll boast optical image stabilization, be capable of Full HD 1080p video recording, and store to a micro SD card. The SL25 is much the same, but ups the lens ante with a wider and longer 25x 24-600-mm equivalent F3.7-F6.2 offering.
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Kodak smart lens cameras try to take on Sony
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