Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
A little while back, I put a Canon 5D Mark II and a 70-200mm lens on a tiny little Gorillapod Magnetic – and it held the combo upside down using only magnets for grip. That was a little extreme for that little tripod though.
While Joby didn’t necessarily approve of that use (nor when I stuck my camera to a car), they must have felt sorry for me and my 5D Mark II because they sent me a heavy-duty Gorillapod Focus and Ballhead X to play with . . . and abuse a bit. [Read more…]
A pair recent Sony patent applications reveal what is clearly an Alpha-system DSLR with a touchscreen display that is functional with both the standard grip and a vertical accessory grip. (See US Patent Appl. Nos. 2010/0134676 and 2010/0134433.) According to the patent application, the challenge with integrating a touchscreen on a DSLR is keeping your nose from activating it when looking through the viewfinder, while at the same time allowing you to access features mapped to the touchscreen controls. [Read more…]
We’ve got menus, buttons and touch screens to help use operate our cameras. However, imagine telling your subjects to “say cheese” and the camera listens to your command as well, waits for people to smile and handles the shutter button for you. The latter portion of those operations is are already available on today’s cameras with features like SmileShot and ShutterSmile, which wait for smiles before releasing the shutter. And, if one of Canon’s latest patents comes to life, we could have the voice recognition features on our cameras in the near future. [Read more…]
Here’s another round of the top sellers from Amazon.com. This time, we’re breaking down the top DSLRs and lenses. [Read more…]
Leave Me is a short film that centers around a broken Canon DSLR and the images within. While the human element makes the film, it’s a very cool use of a camera to tie it all together.
The film was shot with a Panasonic HVX200 with a Brevis35 lens adapter and Nikon primes.
Extra credit if you can identify the camera in the film.
Mamiya has announced the RZ33 medium format camera, which packs in a 33MP CCD sensor. The RZ33 has a sensitivity range of ISO 50-800 and captures files to a .mos 16-bit RAW file format.
The Mamiya RZ33 should start shipping in July for $17,990. Check availability on B&H Photo.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
The Samsung NX10 is the one of the new kids on the hybrid camera block. Like Micro Four Thirds cameras from Panasonic and Olympus, the NX10 features a DSLR-sized sensor, but offers full time live view and no optical viewfinder (but rather an electronic viewfinder).
However, the Samsung NX10 features a larger sensor than the Micro Four Thirds cameras. In fact, the NX10’s imaging sensor is about the same physical size as the one found in the Canon Rebel T2i.
As part of my upcoming review of the Samsung NX10, I decided to pit the NX10 against the Canon Rebel T2i to see how the noise control holds up. [Read more…]
The Canon Camera Hackers Manual is a new book focused on the CHDK software that allows users to use and create scripts which unlock powerful potential of compact Canon cameras. The Canon Camera Hackers Manual is authored by Berthold Daum. The book retails for $29.95, but is available for $19.77 on Amazon.com at the time of this post. [Read more…]
There’s no doubt that PMA 2010 was a bit of a disappointment, particularly with the Anaheim venue, Canon’s absence, and some overshadowing by CES. Something had to give. And, well, it did.
According to PMA, industry buying cycles and technology developments have driven the show to a September date instead of residing in the post-holiday and post-CES season. As a result, PMA 2011 will take place from September 8-10, 2011. And, better still, it’s back at the Las Vegas Convention Center. I’ll be there with bells on.
It will be interesting to see the impact on other photo trade shows around the same time of year, such as PDN Photo Plus on the East Coast. No word though on what happens in 2012, which would put a September PMA dangerously close to Photokina.
The full press announcement is below. [Read more…]
Adobe has posted the official version of Camera Raw 6.1 for Photoshop CS5 users. This version includes RAW file support for the following new cameras:
Additional info about version 6.1 can be found on the following Camera Raw download pages: