Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Imaging Resource has posted their full review of the Sony A350.
Having reviewed several digital SLRs in the past few months, I can summarize the Sony A200 and A350 in two sentences: They’re simple to use and take good pictures, and you don’t have to wade through complicated menus to use them. It’s refreshing.
For more news and reviews on the A350, visit Photography Bay’s Sony A350 Reviews and Resources page.
It looks like Amazon has updated the Sony A350 to “In Stock” and ready to ship. However, this only applies to the standard A350 kit with the 18-70mm lens. The body only and the 2 lens kit still show a release date of April 25.
For more info on the Sony A350, visit Photography Bay’s Sony A350 Reviews & Resources page. Also, be sure to check back soon. I’ll get started on a review as soon as my A350 arrives.
Below are some of the best photography links from other sites that I came across this week. Enjoy!
Hacks claim to ‘liberate’ Canon shooting options from Crave – The CHDK (Canon Hacker’s Development Kit) is an open-source software that creates more shooting options (RAW image capture) and controls (max shutter speed of 1/60,000) for your Canon point-and-shoot that uses the DIGIC II and III processor. Developers claim that the camera’s hardware is able to support many more functions but is being held back by the original firmware.
Tech Tips April 2008 – Chuck Westfall answers Canon users’ questions on technical issues with their Canon gear.
Birthdays, Heresies and Watt-Seconds from Strobist – David Hobby shares some exciting news about how Strobist is shifting gears . . . in a good way.
ColorMunki Photo Review from PhotographyBLOG – This monitor calibration and printer profiling from Xrite received an “Essential” mark and 5 out of 5 stars from PhotographyBLOG.
Photoshop Express revises terms of service from John Nack – Adobe revised their burdensome terms of service for Photoshop Express, which previously sought use of your photos for every purpose under the sun.
No Video on Flickr Movement Gains More Momentum from Thomas Hawk – News of Flickr’s video offerings weren’t so well received by all. In fact, as Thomas Hawk points out, there’s a movement or perhaps, a revolt, from a not-so-small group of Flickr users that don’t want anything to do with video on their photo sharing site.
Nikon has announced the new superzoom point and shoot camera, the Coolpix P80. The new P80 boasts a 10.1 megapixel image sensor, Nikon’s EXPEED processing and vibration reduction on a whopping 18x optical zoom lens. For more info on the new P80, check out the press release below. [Read more…]
Nikon has announced two new ultra-compact point and shoot cameras, the Coolpix S52 and S52c. Each features a 9 megapixel sensor and a 3x optical zoom with VR. The S52c adds Wi-Fi capability to instantly email pictures or upload them to Nikon’s Picturetown. For more info on each of these new cameras, see the press release below. [Read more…]
Trusted Reviews has published its review of the flagship Olympus E-3.
What the Olympus E3 brings to the table is excellent images, a great build quality, and a lovely user experience, but fails to match the innovation of the E-1, or even other models from the Olympus range. Instead it’s taken the best bits, refined them and put them all into a very usable camera.
For the latest news and reviews on the E-3, visit Photography Bay’s Olympus E-3 Reviews and Resources page.
Photo Review has posted its review of the Pentax K200D.
Pictures from the test camera had a superficial resemblance to our test shots from the K20D, particularly with respect to the extended dynamic range provided by both cameras. However, the K200D showed less inclination to bias exposures slightly in favour of recording highlight details and the yellow-brown cast we found in test shots taken with the K20D shots was much less evident.
Flickr has just stepped up the standards for online photo media sharing with the launch of video for its pro members (mind you that’s only $25 per year). While anyone can view or share via embedding (like the one to your left) videos, only pro members can upload them. My initial impression is that the quality of the player and the content looks great and works well. Video on Flickr will be available in eight languages including English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and traditional Chinese. [Read more…]
Cnet has posted a review of the Ricoh GR Digital II.
The GR Digital II is a cute compact camera that might appeal to street photographers looking to step away from a rangefinder and into digital, but doesn’t deliver the features, performance, or image quality it should given its steep price tag.
For the latest news and reviews, be sure to check out Photography Bay’s Ricoh GR Digital II Reviews and Resources page.
Canon has updated the firmware for the Canon EOS 40D to version 1.0.8. The firmware update is available for download here.
This firmware update (Version 1.0.8) incorporates the following improvements and fixes.
The Version 1.0.8 firmware being released this time is for cameras with firmware up to Version 1.0.5. You can read further details and instructions on how to install the firmware on the download page.