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Archives for November 2008

 

Canon 5D Mark II Accessories = Price Gouging?

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I noticed that Canon put up the retail prices for the Canon 5D Mark II accessories.  Holy smokes!  I had to double check to make sure I wasn’t on the Canon Australia website.  Sure enough though, it’s US dollars.

Check these out:

  • Battery Charger LC-E6 – $80 (it’s a freaking battery!)
  • Battery Pack LP-E6 – $100 (are you kidding me?)
  • Battery Grip BG-E6 – $380 (the current price of a Rebel XT)
  • Car Battery Charger CBC-E6 – $270 (isn’t this just a battery charger with a different cable?)

I’m a big fan of battery grips, but come on . . . $380!?!  Granted these are retail prices, but these are still off the charts for retail.

I suppose Canon is making the most out of that attractive price point for the 5D Mark II body.  Well, maybe we’re just a couple days or so away from when you can put all these fancy accessories on your new 5D Mark II.

Who’s going to get in line for these accessories?  Which ones are must-haves?

Got Any Fall Pics?

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Keep’em coming folks.  You’ve got a week to go until Fall photo contest is over and it’s in the hands of the judges.  Do what you can get your shot at the prizes between now and then.

  1. First Place – Seagate FreeAgent Go Drive 500GB ($240 value)
  2. Second Place – Seagate FreeAgent Go Drive 320GB ($140 value)
  3. Third Place – Seagate FreeAgent Go Drive 250GB ($120 value)

Group Pool:

http://flickr.com/groups/photographybay/

Read the Rules and Details:

http://www.photographybay.com/2008/10/27/seagate-freeagent-go-drive-fall-photo-contest/

The 4 judges are as follows:

1. Rich Legg of LeggNet’s Digital Capture (Subscribe to LeggNet’s Feed)

2. Brian Auer of Epic Edits – (Subscribe to Epic Edits’s Feed)

3. Jeff and Lisa (jointly) of Beyond Megapixels – (Subscribe to Beyond Megapixels’ Feed)

4. Darren Rowse of Digital Photography School – (Subscribe to DPS’ Feed)

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Review at PhotographyBLOG

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PhotographyBLOG has posted a review of the Canon PowerShot SX10 IS.

A sturdy plastic brick of a camera, the Canon PowerShot SX10 IS builds on its S5 predecessor chiefly with that bigger and better lens range, though ease of use has also been improved.

For additional info, see Photography Bay’s Canon SX 10 IS Reviews and Resources.

5 Cameras That Don’t Live Up to Their Hype

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I get really excited when I hear about new cameras coming out.  I’m a very gadget-oriented and have way too many toys that do so many things that I don’t need or won’t use.  That doesn’t stop me from wanting the next big thing though.

Unfortunately, the next big thing sometimes turns out to be an over-hyped flop. Here’s 5 cameras that have failed to live up to their hype.

1. Nikon Coolpix P6000.  The P6000 was supposed to be great because it enabled photographers to capture RAW images and, therefore, should directly compete with the Canon G10.  Unfortunately, the P6000 didn’t quite live up to the hype. Image quality was nowhere near that found on the Canon G10, which succeeded the very popular G9 (another RAW shooter).

Feature for feature, the Nikon P6000 is a pretty good match-up to the Canon G10. Unfortunately, it fails to deliver where it really matters – image quality.  Perhaps Nikon got a little pixel-happy by stuffing 13.5 megapixels onto a tiny sensor that probably just needed about 6 or 8 megapixels.  Maybe some day camera manufacturers will go back to making compact cameras with image quality as the end-result in mind, instead of letting marketing continue to push the megapixel hype. [Read more…]