Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Pentax has issued updates for four of its DSLRs – the K-m/K2000, K20D, K200D and K10D. The new firmware is designed for “Improved stability of recording image for some SDHC Memory card.”
You can download the firmware at Pentax’s website via the following links.
Pentax K-m/K2000 Firmware Ver. 1.11
Pentax K20D Firmware Ver. 1.04
Adobe has released official updates for Lightroom and Camera Raw. The new versions now support RAW files for the cameras listed below. [Read more…]
The Leica V-Lux 20 is a new 12.1MP point and shoot camera with a 12x optical zoom (25-300mm equivalent). The V-Lux 20 is essentially a Leica clone of the Panasonic ZS7. The V-Lux 20 carries an initial retail price of $699. Check availability on Amazon.com.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
The Fuji HS10 is the most recent superzoom camera that I’ve had my hands on (after the Nikon P100 and Olympus SP-800UZ). Since it will be a while before I complete my review of the Fuji HS10, I wanted to pass along some sample images from the HS10 at various settings. [Read more…]
Canon has released a firmware update for the EOS 7D. The new firmware version 1.2.1 includes the following updates and fixes:
The firmware update can be downloaded from Canon’s website.
The Nikon Coolpix P100 is a 10.3 megapixel camera with a massive 26x zoom range, covering an equivalent focal length of 26-678mm. The P100 is packed with features and cool shooting modes that help set it apart from other cameras on shelf. To see whether all these features add up to a camera that’s right for you, read on. [Read more…]
Bruce Dorn, over at the iDC Photo and Video blog, has announced the new iDC Run & Gun kit for the Canon Rebel T2i. The iDC Run & Gun kits, as the name implies, are designed for lightweight and mobile video capture with HDSLRs such as the Rebel T2i, 7D and 5D Mark II.
The Rebel T2i Run & Gun kit includes a follow focus and loupe, as well as the underlying mount for tying the kit together. The full kit will set you back $488 in the iDC Photo Store. Here’s the link.
Carl Zeiss has unveiled new Lightweight Zoom designed for PL cine cameras and HDSLRs with APS-C format sensors like the Canon 7D, Rebel T2i, Nikon D300s and D90. While the press release from Zeiss does not provide a zoom range, it appears to be the same as the former LWZ-1 lens at 15.5-45mm. The LWZ.2 comes with interchangeable mounts in PL, EF and F-mount flavors, which allows a triple purpose for those working with different cameras on a project or across projects.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Adobe has launched Photoshop CS5, which has incredible advances in content-aware fill, as well as improvements in complex selections and HDR. Other new features include new paint effects, automatic lens correction (which makes adjustments for barrel distortion, chromatic aberration and vignetting), native 64-bit support on PC and Mac, puppet warp (for rearranging individual elements within photos), and the list goes on.
Along with Photoshop CS5 will come Camera Raw 6, which should mirror the improvements in noise reduction and sharpening that we’ve seen in the Lightroom 3 betas.
Lots of folks are foaming at the mouth to get their hands on Photoshop CS5 after seeing the sneak peek into the content-aware fill demo. While you can’t download it yet, you should be able to do so by mid-May. You can pre-order/upgrade on Adobe’s website now.
In the mean time there’s plenty of free training on the new features in Photoshop CS5. See earlier posts regarding creativeLIVE and NAPP Photoshop CS5 training.
More details on CS5 below. [Read more…]
Not to be outdone by Chase Jarvis’ new creativeLIVE training, NAPP is offering free training on Photoshop CS5 starting Monday, April 12.
The ‘free’ NAPP training applies to live webinars, as well as viewing at a later date. For creativeLIVE, if you miss the live webinar broadcast, you’ll have to pay to download the recorded version.
More details at photoshopuser.com/cs5.