Kodak's 24x megazoom with vertical grip

Leonard Goh | Jan 05, 2009

The rumored Z980 megazoom shooter from Kodak. Credit: Engadget

Although Kodak is one of the pioneers of modern photography, it has been overshadowed by other brands in this digital era. You probably don't know this, but the US company was one of the first to announce a point-and-shoot with HD video-recording capabilities.

Before CES kicks off on January 8, Kodak has already slipped out a prosumer shooter with 24x optical zoom, according to Engadget. The Z980 houses a 12-megapixel sensor, and, as with most of its siblings, HD video capture. The long lens is optically stabilized and offers shutterbugs a nice 26mm at its widest.

But what really caught our attention was the vertical grip, an attachment once reserved only for dSLRs. This accessory has another shutter button to facilitate taking pictures in portrait orientation. To complete the package, the Z980 comes with a hotshoe for external flashlights.

Engadget reports that says the shooter will be available from March with a retail price of US$399.95.

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FishSM

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FishSM says...
Cool! Increasing in zoom but still NO Optical Viewfinder (Helps reduce power usage on LCD and increase battery life???)... 12 MP should be taken into consideration due to it's sensor size... And i suppose it support AA size batteries...

Wonder will it reach 30+ zoom by end 2009? How bout HD Camcorder? Increasing in Optical zoom also (instead of 12x for better recording of further objects)?

Jan 05, 2009 23:26

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Guwahati

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Guwahati says...
I have been using the 10x zoom, 5mp Kodak DX-7590 from which the Z series came up and must say that picture quality was always good except those taken at night or low light conditions.
The only minus point that this baby has is that it does not have a tilt screen and Olympus already has a 26x model out.
I am afraid of Kodak only becouse of its low flash power, otherwise its been always great to own a Kodak.

Mar 06, 2009 21:30

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