Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The Think Tank Rotation 360 camera backpack is a pretty amazing contraption. It’s a new take on the camera backpack concept. We’ve seen sling bags and other variations on the backpack. As far as I know though, the Rotation 360 is the only one that lets you keep the backpack completely on your back while retrieving your camera. [Read more…]
Everyone needs a good tripod and head combo. I’ve spent some time lately with the Benbo Trekker MK3 tripod. In this review you’ll find my impressions of this kit, what it can do for you, and what kind of photographer that I think the Trekker MK3 is built for. [Read more…]
Interesting in shaking things up in your photography? How about shaking things up by using a single, 50mm lens for a year?
That’s what Project 10-50 is all about – “making pictures of the year 2010 with the use of 50mm prime lenses only.”
It doesn’t matter the brand of your camera or the model of your lens – so long as it’s 50mm in length. And, we’re big fans of the 50mm lenses.
Here’s the pitch from the Project 10-50 crew to you:
We’ve just started a new initiative: Project 10-50.
It’s all about photographing with nothing but 50mm prime lenses – one year long: 2010 (hence 10-50 …).
Any brand camera or lens will do – as long as it’s a 50mm prime only. Besides beautiful stunning pictures we’re looking for something to learn from eachother as well. So every picture posted has to contain the EXIF data and if possible ‘the story’ behind it. We want to read how people had to ‘work’ to ‘make’ the picture instead of just ‘taking’ it with a comfortable super-dooper-zoom lens.
The word is starting to spread already and people are starting to join.
Will you help us making it a little bigger too?
Learn more at Project10-50.com.
Camera Bits has launched a new camerabits.com website for its forums, library of video tutorials and other content. Additionally, Camera Bits has introduced version 4.6.2 of Photo Mechanic, which adds features including improvements to uploading templates, stability, speed and service improvements for both Leopard and Snow Leopard and more.
See the press release below for more details. [Read more…]
RitzCamera.com (not the bankrupt brick & mortar stores) is clearing out some Pentax stock. I checked on a few of the prices and it seems like a pretty good deal for those of you Pentax shooters out there.
There are DSLRs (the K20D seems to be discontinued at most retailers), point and shoot cameras, lenses, flashes, batteries, grips, etc. in the clearance. Here’s the link.
Adobe has released a Photoshop app for the iPhone. It’s a available for free from the iTunes App Store.
In the new Photoshop app, you get adjustment features like cropping, exposure, saturation and tint, along with a number of presets and stylized effects. The overall user interface is pretty slick, which you would expect from Adobe. You slide your fingertip across the image in several of the settings to add or reduce their intensity. The crop tool is so smooth too – it just works the way cropping should. Overall, the app feels very intuitive.
One thing I really like about the app is that it leaves your photos on your camera roll untouched and creates a copy for you to edit. As a result, you get a second version of your image to process and you’ve always got your clean original if you want to do something else. The new, edited photo is saved as the last image in your iPhone’s camera roll when you are done with it in the Photoshop app. I’m not sure if or which other apps do this, but I appreciate this feature. [Read more…]
The Nikon D3s may be announced on October 14. Apparently, there is a Nikon press event set for that date and all signs point to a D3s, which is consistent with previous rumors. The Nikon D3 is out of stock just about everywhere. Rumored specs include a frame rate of 14 fps and 1080p HD video capture, as well as a sensitivity range of ISO 200-12800 (expandable up to ISO 102,400 equivalent) on a tweaked 12.1 mp FX sensor.
The rumored release date is next Wednesday folks. Stay tuned to see what, if anything, Nikon has in store for us.
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Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography is a new book by Harald Woeste, who lives in Bonn, Germany where he works as a designer and photographer for international clients. Digital photographic panoramas was the subject of his thesis at the “Universitaet der Kuenste” in Berlin, and it has become one of the tools for his work as an artist and designer. One of the widely recognized projects of Harald Woeste is the panoramic capture of the exhibit “Einstein, Engineer of the Universe” in Berlin.
Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography carries a retail price of $34.95; however, it can be at Amazon.com for $23.07.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Users of the Nikon D40 through Nikon D5500 cameras are probably aware of the fact that these cameras cannot autofocus with all Nikon-compatible lenses. These cameras lack a built-in autofocus motor and, therefore, must rely on the motors inside the lenses in order achieve autofocus.
Since the introduction of the D40, Nikon has shown a commitment to making lenses that are compatible with all its DSLRs by putting autofocus motors inside. The cameras listed below all share the same AF motor characteristics and, therefore, need the appropriate lenses:
The following list contains those current lenses from Nikon and will be amended as new, compatible lenses are introduced. [Read more…]
Photographers of all backgrounds and experiences have some form of interest in Micro Four Thirds. Some use them as backup cameras, some have completely switched over, etc. A reader from Cuba has a question on the benefits of Micro Four Thirds that can not only be answered by myself, but the entire PhotographyBay.com community. [Read more…]