CES Day 1 Announcements

The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opened today. CES serves as a showplace for all the latest in electronics gear, including cameras. Now, with the show open for business, manufacturers are really rolling out the new gear. Here's what's new today!

Panasonic:
Lumix DMC-LZ40: 42x zoom, 20Mp, optical stabilization
Lumix DMC-SZ8: 12x zoom, wi-fi, 16Mp
Lumix DMC-ZS35: 18Mp, 30X zoom, electronic viewfinder
Lumix DMC-ZS40: 16Mp, 20x zoom, no viewfinder
Leica DG Nocticron 42.5 f1.2 ASPH lens ($1,600, Q1 2104)

Sigma
50 f1.4 DG HSM Art
18-200 f3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM

Sony
A5000: “world's lightest interchangeable lens camera” at 7.4oz, ($600 with kit lens, March)

Nikon
Coolpix L830: 34x zoom, 16Mp, tilting 3” LCD ($300, February)
Coolpix S6800, S5300, S3600 compacts: (February, $220, $180, $140, respectively)
35 f1.8 AF-S Nikkor: for film/FX,DX ($600, February)
Nikon D4S (planned, further details sketchy)
D3300: 24Mp, no low-pass filter, 5fps, new processor ($650 with kit lens, February)
18-55 f3.5-5.6 VR Nikkor II: smaller than its predecessor ($250, February)

So there you go, today's CES announcements.

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