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Canon, Japan’s top camera maker, will stop developing new single-lens reflex film cameras as more people abandon film for digital, company officials said Thursday.

The Tokyo-based Canon’s move followed a similar move by its closest Japanese rival, Nikon, which announced earlier this year it would stop making seven of its nine film cameras and concentrate on digital models.

Canon will continue making film cameras already on the market as long as their demand remains. Whether to withdraw from the film camera business will be “decided appropriately by judging the market situation,” said Canon spokesman Hiroshi Yoshinaga.

[Source: Boston.com]

I’m always intrigued when a new Rollei camera is announced, even in these digital days — my first camera was a Rollei twin-lens 2 1/4″ square, and it still remains my favorite.

Imagine my surprise then, when investigating the new Rollei da 6324 and finding it virtually identical in every visual respect to a point-shoot camera I bought recently.

The Advent MP8 is a very nice camera, made in China and, with 8 mega-pixels and many good features, a classy product for its price range (I paid £130 GBP).

The new Rollei da 6324 is identical, front and back, in a way that can’t be simple coincidence. The Advent does have a couple of extra megapixels and part of the lens spec differs too, but the case and presentation are the same.

Did Rollei go to China, pick out a nice camera, and rebadge it with the Rollei imprint?

I’d love to know. Just think, for the same price I could have sported a Rollei. Bah!

PCMag has reviewed the Nikon Coolpix L4 digital camera. Review summary: ‘For most first-time digital camera users, the bells and whistles on many of today’s high-end point-and-shoots are more daunting than desired. The Nikon Coolpix L4 ($149.95 list) is the fourth member of the Nikon Coolpix L-clan. Novices will appreciate its simple menu navigation and useful in-camera features such as cropping and repairing dark images. I was satisfied with both its picture quality and in-camera features, but the lack of a viewfinder and the inability to record video with sound hurt the camera’s rating. Still, if you’re a camera newbie or just need to return to the basics, the Nikon Coolpix L4 is a good choice.’

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