Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Tamron has announced a new 18-270mm travel zoom lens for DSLRs. The 15x zoom lens features a Piezo ultrasonic motor for fast and silent AF. It also features Tamron’s vibration compensation to reduce camera shake image blur.
The new lens should be available in December for Canon and Nikon mount versions, while a Sony version of the lens is planned for a later date.
Nikon has refreshed and extended its DSLR and lens rebates through the remainder of the holidays. Cameras included in the rebates are now the Nikon D3000, the new D3100, D90, D300s and the D700.
Up to $400 in rebates are available when purchased with qualifying lenses. B&H Photo has the complete rundown on qualifying DSLR and lens combos here.
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Adobe has released final versions of Lightroom 3.3 and Camera RAW 6.3, which are now available. The new versions add RAW file support for the following camera models:
More details and download instructions on Adobe’s website.
The above Canon commercial from Director Saman Keshavarz features a game of “freeze tag” using Canon cameras. As part of the commercial, they handed out Canon cameras to various people running through the halls, with many of their shots making it into the final cut of the commercial.
The behind the scenes video is embedded below. [Read more…]
The PhotoFast G-Monster X Drive is a USB 3.0 enclosure for CF cards and 1.8″ hard drives. Essentially, the G-Monster X Drive turns a CF card or micro-sized hard drives into an ultra-compact, high speed hard drive.
Recently, I added a USB 3.0 PCIe adapter and an external USB 3.0 hard drive to my desktop PC as a media drive for video editing. So far, it has worked very well – with no discernable difference in performance from my internal hard drives. I have since become a big fan of USB 3.0 tech and was glad to hear about the G-Monster X Drive from Photofast. [Read more…]
There are several solid instant savings deals on Sony DSLRs and lenses that last through the holidays.
The rebates are valid through January 1, 2011. The list of cameras, links and details on availability are below. [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…]
The yet-to-be-released, Red Scarlet S35, has been redubbed by Red Leader, Jim Jannard, as the EPIC Light. As he puts it, the price and features have changed as well.
The Scarlet S35 was originally announced in late 2008 and was spec’d with a 5120 x 2700 resolution Super 35 sensor that would capture 5k footage at 30 fps (w/ 72fps burst rates). The initial price point for the Scarlet S35 was $7000 for the body (brain) only and would be available in Canon, Nikon, Red and PL mount options.
No word on the revised specs or price; however, according to Jannard, we should know something next week.
[RedUser.net via PhotoRumors]
The above commercial is the latest creations from Vincent Laforet, who you may recall launched the HDSLR frenzie with his short film Reverie in the Fall of 2008 (shot on the 5D Mark II). Laforet served as the director of photography on this commercial for Famous Footwear. It was shot on a Phantom HD Gold camera at 600 frames per second, which required 250,000 watts of light to get the proper exposure.
Laforet has a nice tech write-up on his blog here, along with a behind the scenes video.