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B&H Offers Free Overnight and 2nd Day Shipping for Procrastinators

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If you were thinking that you had waited a little too long to order a Canon or Nikon camera and figured you’d just pay a little more at a retail store, B&H Photo has got you covered.

You can still get some solid deals at B&H on Canon and Nikon cameras and get them shipped quick and free – with plenty of time to wrap them up before Christmas.

Here’s the Canon free 2nd day shipping promo items:  Canon cameras @ B&H Photo.

And, here’s the Nikon free overnight shipping promo items: Nikon cameras @ B&H Photo.

 

Animoto Holiday Greeting Card Alternatives

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Want to jazz up your Christmas cards this year and be a little greener in the process?  Animoto has a cool product for you.

They’ve got three variations of dynamic, animated holiday video greetings that can be easily shared online via email or website. In minutes, Animoto lets anyone create personalized videos – just upload your favorite photos and video clips, add personalized text, pick a song to match the mood, and Animoto takes care of the rest.

It’s not only a paperless, Earth-friendly way to send your holiday well wishes out, it’s also budget friendly – 30-second videos are free, full-length videos cost just $3, and an annual subscription is only $30; high-resolution downloads are just $5 and DVDs cost $20.

The above video took me about 10 minutes or so to make, which included importing photos from a SmugMug gallery (a very cool feature that’s integrated within Animoto).

You can see the other holiday themed videos on this page at Animoto.

The full press release below contains additional details. [Read more…]

CES 2010 Preview

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CES 2010

The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show takes place January, 7-10 in Las Vegas.  There will be a whole lot of photo tech on display at CES this year.  Some of the manufactures present include Canon, Casio, Fuji, Lowepro, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony.

This page will be our ground zero for CES news through the event.

Traditionally, CES has been the time for camera manufacturers to release a barrage of point and shoot cameras.  With the market moving lots of low-end DSLRs at a much broader consumer base, it will interesting to see whether this affects the product announcements at CES which offers much more exposure to general consumers than say a PMA show (directed specifically toward pro and enthusiast photographers).

In this evolving page, we’ll highlight some of the big movers and shakers in the photography world as more details come in as related to their presence at CES 2010.

If you’re on Twitter, consider following Photography Bay as I may have some instant updates from the show floor and some mobile pics of new gear coming out as Tweets quicker than what you’ll find here or on the front page.

Canon

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II

New Canon Point & Shoot Cameras: A3100 IS, A3000 IS, A495 & A490

Casio

My guess is more of those high frame-rate point and shoot cameras, like the FC100.  Most likely they’ll be smaller and have better image quality.

Fuji

More EXR-equipped cameras maybe.  These are good little cameras that seem to be doing well for Fuji.  That’s for a good reason though, everything that I’ve seen from them really seems to produce solid images.

Kodak

New Kodak Point & Shoot Cameras: Kodak Slice, Kodak M580, Kodak Playsport

Nikon

More point and shoot cameras.  Maybe we’ll see the camera that sends emails?  Of course, we’d all love to see the Nikon D800 or D700s.  Don’t hold your breath though.  I wouldn’t expect this to be a CES ticket – perhaps a pre-PMA 2010 announcement?

Olympus

Olympus Stylus Tough 3000

Olympus Stylus 7030, 7040 & 5010

Olympus FE-4020 & FE-47

Panasonic

Pansonic F3

Panasonic FH20, FH3 & FH1

Panasonic FP3 & FP1

Pentax

Expect some point an shoot cameras like everyone else.  What I’m really curious about though is whether they’ll release the much-rumored and poorly kept secret 645D medium format camera.

Samsung

Samsung NX10 Announced:  It’s a 14.6MP camera with a DSLR-sized sensor in APS-C format.  The NX10 has no mirror like DSLRs, so it’s a bit more compact.  Other features include HD video capture, an AMOLED screen and a built-in electronic viewfinder.

Samsung CL80 & TL240

Samsung TL210 & TL205

Sony

Sony A450: 14.2MP sibling to the A550 and A500.  Essentially, the A450 is an A550 without the tilting LCD and Live View.

New Sony Cyber-shot Point and Shoot Cameras:

Sony W370, W350, W330, W310 & W300

Sony HX5V & Sony TX7

More Tech at CES 2010

If you are interested in more than just cameras, check out the rest of the tech scene at Tech Tilt’s CES 2010 Roundup.

Canon SX20 IS Reviews and Resources

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Canon SX20 IS

The Canon SX20 IS features a 20x optical zoom lens and is paired with a 12-megapixel sensor.  As a point & shoot camera, it is often referred to as a “bridge” camera, somewhere between compact cameras that go in your pocket and the even larger DSLRs that use interchangeable lenses.

The SX20 IS offers many advanced features that help it live up to the “bridge” camera designation, including a hotshoe for using external flashes (like the Canon 270EX), 720p HD video capture and high quality UD glass in the lens.  Speaking of the lens, the 20x stabilized zoom lens covers the equivalent focal length of 28-560mm on a traditional 35mm-format camera.

For the sake convenience, the Canon SX20 IS uses (4) AA batteries for power.  While you can pop in alkaline batteries that can be found virtually anywhere, I would recommend using rechargeable batteries to ease the cost of use over the long term. [Read more…]