Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
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…]
I have been using a few memory cards from PhotoFast over the past few weeks alongside my usual mix of Lexar, Kingston and SanDisk cards. Specifically, the PhotoFast GMonster 533x 32GB and 533x Plus 16GB CF cards have spent a lot of time in my Canon 5D Mark II and a Nikon D300s that I’ve had on hand. Additionally, I’ve tried out the PhotoFast 16GB Class 10 SD/SDHC card. [Read more…]
In sports and wildlife shooting, it’s all about getting that one particular moment that happens within a fraction of a second. Mastering the techniques to shooting sports will be able to help you progress as a photographer as those skills can be used in other forms such as photojournalism, weddings and street candids. My mentor, who has shot NY Knick games, has been kind enough to pass along some of his knowledge to me.
Here are 7 quick tips for those of you wanting to get better at shooting sports and fast action. Hint: You don’t need a camera that shoots 8fps like the Canon 7D, but it can help.
Note: Several of the photos in this article are from a recent trip to a Medieval Festival where the chance to really use the correct lenses and a better quality camera was presented to me. [Read more…]
Ricoh has released updated firmware for the Ricoh CX2 camera. The new firmware addresses following issues:
1 With the step zoom ON, there may be rare occasions that the camera power will be off in zoom lever operation.
2 In Manual focus, if you enlarge the center part of the image in the screen, the enlarged part may become black-out rarely.
To get more details and download firmware version 1.13, see Ricoh’s website.