The year 2010 started with a bang, didn’t it? Except for Nikon, almost everybody has announced their compact cameras. Some impressive, some not so. Some stand out for being alone, others for being in competition with several others.
Kodak EasyShare Z981 is a camera that stands out for being alone. At the time this entry is written, the Z981 is the only super telephoto compact camera announced so far this year.
Kodak Easyshare Z981
It’s a 14-megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon lens with 26x optical zoom (26–676 mm) and a fast f/2.8–f/5.0.
The only other camera with this zoom range is Olympus SP 595UZ announced a year ago.
It remains to be seen where this segment of the market is heading this year but judging from the recent trend of camera announcement, it looks like camera makers are not too interested in it, preferring instead the shorter zoom range segment.
Further information on the Z981 can be obtained here.
