Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
PHOTO IMAGING EXPO, TOKYO, 19 March 2008 – Phase One A/S and Mamiya Dig ital Imaging Co., Ltd. today unveiled the world’s most flexible, open medium format digital camera platform. Known as the Phase One 645 Camera or the Mamiya 645AFDIII, the co-developed platform will be sold exclusively by Phase One and Mamiya respectively. [Read more…]
Canon has release new firmware versions for the aging Canon 5D and 30D cameras. [Read more…]
The Consumerist has an interesting post, which details 10 Confessions of a Ritz Camera Salesperson. The most alarming “confession” was the practice of selling demo cameras as new:
Demo Cameras– We sell them to you and you don’t even know it. Everyone’s grubby hands have probably been on your camera. It’s probably been dropped at some point, not to mention the boxes we get shipments in from UPS look like they’ve been kicked all the way from the home office to our store. We sell demo cameras at no discount, we just clean them up and put them in a box. Then we are told to lie to you and tell you it’s brand new.
I really hope this is not a company practice; however, it is disturbing regardless of how widespread it is. What kind of experiences have you had with Ritz? Any other salespersons or representives from Ritz care to chime in on this one?
Sigma has announced a new large aperture 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM standard lens for Sigma, Canon, Nikon, Pentax* and Sony* mount cameras.
Pentax has announced the PENTAX Optio V20 compact digital camera with a 5X zoom lens, 8.0 megapixels, and a generous 3.0 inch LCD monitor. Ultra-slim and stylish in design, this latest Pentax compact digital camera makes it easy to capture and to view images. [Read more…]
Careful folks, it’s open season on rumors and Canon seems to be the prey of choice as of late. If you’ve been following Photography Bay, you know that the pot has been stirring for some time now on the Canon 5D Mark II. However, it’s been a while since we heard any rumblings about the Canon 1D Mark IIIn. [Read more…]
A commenter on the Sony A350 sample images got me thinking about who needs what. So I’m putting it to you. Do you really need all those megapixels or could we do without a few of them? Have your say by voting in the poll below. If you’ve got additional thoughts on the topic, sound off in the comments at the bottom of the post.
Several sample images are now online (see below) from the Sony like.no.other ad shoot. If you missed Photography Bay’s Sony A350 preview, check it out now and see my thoughts on the fast Live View AF and articulating LCD panel.
When viewing the samples, please note that all images are from in-camera JPEGs. Due the overwhelming amount of white foam in the images (and resulting underexposure), almost all of them were slightly tweaked in iPhoto for brightness or exposure adjustments. Additionally, all shots were handheld and most had the Super Steady Shot feature enabled. [Read more…]
Adobe has upgraded Camera RAW to version 4.4 and Lightroom to version 1.4. Both programs now offer support for the following new cameras:
Canon
EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi/EOS Kiss X2)
Fujifilm
S100FS
Nikon
D60
Olympus
SP-570 UZ
Pentax
K20D
K200D
Sony
A200
A300
A350
You can read more and download the updates on this page.
Canon has announced three new PowerShot point & shoot cameras. The SD890 IS features a 10 megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom, 2.5-inch display and a sub 1-inch macro mode. The SD790 IS and SD770 IS both feature a 10 megapixel sensor and 3x optical zoom. The cameras are priced top to bottom at $399.99, $349.99 and $299.99 and will be available around early April. [Read more…]
