Yashica’s Metropolis vary of compact cameras has proved to be extraordinarily common with Era Z photographers in search of a step up from utilizing their telephones to take photos. Dinky and light-weight, however packing highly effective optical zoom lenses, they’re totally featured cameras that belie their tiny kind components.
And in response to Yashica’s teaser marketing campaign, the 2 current cameras are about to be joined by a 3rd mannequin. The Yashica Metropolis 100 has a 3x zoom vary and the Yashica Metropolis 200 has an enormous 10x vary, so what may the Yashica Metropolis 300 add to the road?
Apart from the darkish teaser picture that Yashica has launched, the corporate is giving treasured little away. The one point out of the brand new mannequin on the Yashica web site states: “Now, are you able to expertise a professional-grade sensor and cutting-edge imaging expertise, the primary of its sort on a digital digicam on the earth? Keep tuned for Metropolis 300.”
The Metropolis 100 and Metropolis 200 are constructed round 13-megapixel 4:3 ratio Sony 1/3.06in sensors, and this means that we should always see an improve to a extra superior imaging chip within the new digicam. However precisely what “professional-grade” and “cutting-edge imaging expertise” actually means stays a thriller.
There may be one other clue: whereas the picture reveals little element, the letters ‘OS’ may be seen, etched into the highest proper of the digicam face. My guess is that this denotes that the digicam has an optically stabilized sensor, which ought to give crisper, clearer photographs when capturing at sluggish shutter speeds, akin to in low mild.
We might be bringing you opinions of the Metropolis 100 and Metropolis 200 (and ultimately the Metropolis 300) simply as quickly as we are able to get them into our lab for testing.
I managed to have a play with the Yashica Metropolis 100 on the Images & Video Present in London, and was blown away with simply how teeny it’s within the hand. You’ll be able to learn my hands-on report right here, and be taught extra about each current cameras in my earlier report.