Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Originally uploaded by _Jaydee.
Looking through some of the past photos of the day, I realized I don’t feature many portraits. Here’s to trying to change that. Great lighting and composition.
Shot with the Sony DSC H2 at ISO 80 and f/3.2 at 1/40s.
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To continue my previous ramblings on technological innovations and photography, Science News Online has an interesting article on computed photos and how this technological trend will affect photography in the future.
HDR is part of this trend obviously. Love it or hate it, HDR and future innovations are now a part of the photographic world. There’s a world of innovation waiting out there. There’s already plenty here that is too much for one photographer to master it all. Embrace what you love and enjoy the creations of others.
Computational photography, however, transforms the act of capturing the image. Some researchers use curved mirrors to distort their camera’s field of view. Others replace the camera lens with an array of thousands of microlenses or with a virtual lens that exists only in software. Some use what they call smart flashes to illuminate a scene with complex patterns of light, or set up domes containing hundreds of flashes to light a subject from many angles. The list goes on: three-dimensional apertures, multiple exposures, cameras stacked in arrays, and more.
In the hands of professional photographers and filmmakers, the creative potential of these technologies is tremendous. “I expect it to lead to new art forms,” says Marc Levoy, a professor of computer science at Stanford University. Read the rest of the article. . . .
Originally uploaded by zerajera.
Great use of framing.
Taken with a Nikon D200 and I expect a rather wide-angle fisheye lens.
Camera Labs tests all of Nikon’s kit lens offerings. This was a great idea for a comparison.
Since many owners end up using their first lens for some time, or even the entire lifespan of their camera body, it’s clearly important to choose the right one from the start. In this group test we’ll examine the four most popular lenses bought with Nikon DSLRs, whether the official kit models, or popularly bundled alternatives. All are DX models which means they’ll work with any Nikon DSLR, from the entry-level D40 to the professional D2X. They’re also all AF-S models which means they’ll auto-focus when fitted on the latest D40 and D40x bodies.
Head on over to see the results.
Popular Photography has reviewed the Casio EX-V7. What makes this little compact attractive is the unorthodox 7x zoom on such a small package.
Just when you’re about to give up hope, in walks Casio, who at January’s CES show, announced that they are making a statement about wimpy little zooms on point and shoot cameras. The 7.2 MP Hi-Zoom Exilim EX-V7 (street $ 400) fits in your shirt pocket and is the latest in Casio’s line of slim, sleek point and shoots. But, unlike the ultra-slim competition, the EX-V7 has a 7x (38-266mm f/3.4 – 5.3 35mm equivalent) optical zoom and a host of other features that make it an attractive option for those who want great features in a small package. Read the rest of the review. . . .
Originally uploaded by swheatbrothabran.
I love these shots (I’m a sucker for these myself). Great use of the flash too!
Shot with a Nikon D200 and SB800 fired into the passenger floorboard.
Originally uploaded by ManonManon.
A powerful backlit photo for Easter.
Camera Info: Kodak Z740, ISO 80, 1/1000s @ f/6.3
Memory card prices have dropped like crazy over the past several months. I was just fishing around on Amazon for some new SD cards for my new Nikon D40 (Ken Rockwell thinks its the best bang for your buck right now – I agree) so I would have plenty for the Tour de Georgia in a couple weeks. This time last year, I paid around $100 for a 1 GB CF card. I picked up two 2GB SD cards today for $37. Along the way, I saw several other worthy deals for several types and brands of memory cards. They are as follows:
So, are there too many different types and sizes of memory cards here for you to figure out what you need? What about memory card speeds? Does it matter? How about brands? I’ve put a kind of intro to memory cards post together that will help answer some of these questions whether you’re shopping for just a memory card or two, or whether you’re looking at buying a new digital camera and wondering what the deal is with these memory card thingies. You can read the post by clicking here.
Finally, if you’re thinking about buying a card from ebay (it looks like a real deal right?), read this post to see why you might want to reconsider that plan.
Wondering when you will ever get those thousands of film shots in digital format? Thinking about which scanner is the best to buy for your needs, but you don’t even know what to start looking at? Popular Photography has the run down on all the film scanner 411 and tells you what to look for in a scanner. They even go as far as recommending a model or two. Check it out.
Nothing to read, but something to watch. Take a look at how you can get rid of people cluttering up your photos of that beautiful fountain with Photoshop CS3.
Save some money and hack that disposable camera for repeated uses.
This photographer nailed it.
