Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Every camera manufacturer is blaming the failure of the compact camera market on the growing use of smartphones. No doubt, the iPhone and Android camera capabilities are pushing the boundaries of the compact camera market. In practical use, it seems the iPhone has taken over the sheer volume of images captured today, as evidenced by the images uploaded to Flickr. [Read more…]
B&H has a couple of deals on Nikon D7100 bundles now through September 28. First, the D7100 is available with the 18-140mm VR lens for $1446.95 (reg. $1796.95).
Additionally, the D7100 is available with the 18-140mm and a 55-300mm VR lens, along with a 32GB SD card, camera bag and tutorial DVD, for $1726.95 (reg. $2,226.95). Check out both deals here at B&H Photo.
Recent rumors suggest that a Nikon D610 is just around the corner to serve as a replacement for the Nikon D600. New evidence that the launch is impending comes from Nikon Rumors’ finding that the Nikon D600 has been removed from Nikon’s Minimum Advertised Price list. [Read more…]
creativeLIVE is hosting a full week of photography instruction this week. It is 100% free to watch the instruction live and if you want to view some of the classes later, that’s where creativeLIVE asks you to pay for the classes.
Here are the highlights of Photo Week from creativeLIVE:
Corel recently updated PaintShop Pro with a 64-bit version. PaintShop Pro X6 now supports 64-bit processing and is proudly available from Corel as a perpetual license application, as communicated in Corel’s press release and in correspondence from Corel’s PR department (take that as a direct shot at Adobe’s Creative Cloud subscription-only licensing).
If’ you’ve been looking for Photoshop alternatives, this might be worth a closer inspection for the price and performance. It even opens your .PSD files if you drop your Photoshop subscription… [Read more…]
Sony recently introduced a new line of rugged, professional hard drives in SSD and standard spinning hard drive flavors. The SSD version (PSZ-SA25) is available as a 256GB capacity drive, while the spinning hard drives are available in 500GB and 1TB capacities (PSZ-HA50 and PSZ-HA1T). The drives feature one USB 3.0 and two FireWire 800 ports. [Read more…]
It’s time for our weekly break from the gear for a few minutes so we can enjoy another round of reader photos from the Photography Bay Flickr Group.
Check out the rest of the photos below. [Read more…]
SanDisk has unveiled the world’s first CFast 2.0 memory card with its new Extreme Pro model that is available in 60GB and 120GB capacities.
The Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 just laid claim to the world’s fastest memory card, with read speeds of up to 450MB/s and write speeds up to 350MB/s, offering up to double the shot speed of today’s fastest cards. [Read more…]
Apple has issued an update to Digital Camera RAW to version 4.09, which adds RAW image compatibility for the Olympus E-P5 to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11.
It also includes changes that:
You can download the update from Apple’s website.
Along with the new Olympus E-M1, several new accessories were announced alongside it. Below is a complete list of those new accessories that are coming soon and are currently available for pre-order. [Read more…]