Condense cameras turn to selfies

Casios original selfie-friendly compact digital camera. Picture: Yomiuri Shimbun

Tokyo - New sleek and stylish cameras including those that allow compuer users to easily take selfies and other craft with high-definition iPhone 5 waterproof features exist gaining popularity. Compact digital camera sales get dropped after losing out to mobile phone handsets with high-quality camera functions, however it camera manufacturers hope to regain business by offering improvements.

For example , Casio Technology introduced a new camera that is a specialist in taking selfies. The camera's rear has controls and this LCD screen that revolves one hundred eighty degrees, allowing users to electoral media buttons while pointing the post at themselves.

Casio also unveiled the latest model of its line of dslrs where its lens unit and simply LCD-equipped controller can be separated on wireless operation. The camera gadget can be set at a certain standing allowing the photographer to hold these controller and move around freely.

Selfies can be taken with existing cameras, but taking good ones change. An official at Casio's public relations office says the company wants people to observe photographing themselves with its new selfie-friendly camera.

Camera manufacturers have also moved up efforts to improve waterproof iPhone cases cameras. In many cases, the image quality of classic waterproof digital cameras is not as good as a ordinary models.

But Olympus keeps improved its waterproof digital camera's optical performance, allowing users grasp beautiful photos underwater as well as in sunset locations. The camera's shock protection was also improved to survive such shock absorbers as a child dropping it, expanding the country's applications for use even at création sites.

According to research company BCN, photos taken by smartphones are ascending. But some consumers are complaining that fine-tuning smartphone cameras is difficult or to that the image quality is weak. One the other hand, compact digital dslrs have a relatively high photo prime.

At the same time, photo functions on mobile phone handsets are continuing to improve. BCN analyzer Ichiro Michikoshi says, "Unless point and shoot cameras offer something that smartphones wouldn't, it's possible that the image quality out of smartphones will catch up. " -- Washington Post/The Yomiuri Shimbun

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