Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
For those who have been clamoring for a bigger superzoom lens for their Canon DSLRs, you now have an option available. Canon just announced its new CINE-SERVO 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 Ultra-Telephoto Zoom lens for a whopping retail price of $78,000. [Read more…]
We live in a day when fantastic image quality is available to everyone and at just about every price point. The market turnover on cameras is a blessing and a curse.
The curse being that it breeds GAS (gear acquisition syndrome). Of course, there are several blessings, including increasingly greater quality and, of course, used gear is available cheap on the second-hand market.
Now you, dear readers, tell us what is your pick for the best camera under $500. Use the comment section below and link to your source for the selling price.
The voting ends Sunday night. We’ll do a roundup next week of the top picks.
[UPDATE: You can find the readers picks in Ten of the Best Cameras Under $500]
Kai over at DigitalRev recently took the Sony RX100 III and Fuji X30 for a test drive with the intent of finding out which camera is the better advanced pocket shooter.
On the spec side, the RX100 II leads the way with a larger 1″ sensor and higher resolution at 20.1MP. The Fuji X30 has a 2/3″ sensor and 12MP resolution. He covers ergonomics of the two cameras as well and gives quite a bit of attention to the electronic viewfinders. Check out the video above for the full report.
Nikon has issued updates for Capture NX-D and ViewNX 2.
Capture NX-D version 1.0.3 provides the following updates: [Read more…]
Spider Holster has launched a Tilt crowd-funding campaign to take pre-orders for its new SpiderPro Hand Strap, which has been two-years in the making. [Read more…]
Check out the above video wherein Photoshop Principal Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes shows us how to use filters in Photoshop (and which not to use). He covers the older Filter Gallery and using it with blend modes for creative effects.
Additionally, he shows the benefits of using Guassian Blur on a layer mask, along with the new Blur Gallery in Creative Cloud versions. There are several more in the short 7-minute video with which you may not be familiar.
New rumors suggest that Fuji may release the long-awaited X-Pro2 in early 2015. The X-Pro2 was previously rumored to be a full frame camera; however, recent info direct from Fuji denies that it will move to full frame and further commits that Fuji will stick with the APS-C format in the foreseeable future for its popular X-Series line of mirrorless cameras. [Read more…]
Photographic Composition is a new book from Art Academy professor Albrecht Rissler, who “believes that a firm understanding of image design is as important as having an observant eye or having the technical knowledge to operate a camera. Photographic Composition presents the most important concepts of image design and offers 250 beautiful photographs to illustrate these concepts. By applying these concepts to your own work, you will greatly improve your photographic eye and your ability to compose an ideal image.”
Photographic Composition retails for $39.95; however, it is currently available for $28.03 on Amazon.com.
Check out this video from Aaron Nace at Phlearn on how to use the amazing patch tool in Photoshop. Aaron covers the scenarios in which you want to use the standard patch tool and why it is often a better choice than using the content-aware patch tool.
He also breaks down the difference between source and destination selections for the patch tool, as well as what the transparency selection does when using the patch tool.
Canon finally made a 7D Mark II video sample available in 1080p, albeit with lovely YouTube compression.
Nonetheless, the above short, Cello, shows off the low light and AF capability of the new 7D Mark II.