Category: Digital photography
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Canon EOS 50D
You loved the Canon EOS 30D, then the EOS 40D. But since you’re hooked to buying always the best technology that money can buy, you are already looking for the next digital SLR camera from Canon. And you’re right. If something can be learned from history, the regular schedule of launches for the mid-range line…
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Nikon at next PMA
The expectations for the next PMA fair: Nikon will announce 3 new prime lenses (most certainly high-quality), 2 new zoom lenses (24-120mm VR II, 70-200mm VR II), the Nikon D3x (high-end pro Full Frame camera) and the Nikon D90 (entry-level replacement for the Nikon D80).
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A lion without travelling to Africa
Even better than going to Africa, you can have your own lion pet, cute lion cub at home. Furry and reacting to its environment, this is really a cool robot toy. http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/ToysGames/RadioControl/WowweeAliveLion.htm £49.95 (about $100 USD or 75€) in pre-order.
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Canon EOS 3D – When?
Currently, there are two groups of rumours running through the Internet forums about the future successor to the Canon EOS 5D digital SLR camera. There will be two cameras at the same time (either Canon EOS 3D and Canon EOS 6D, or Canon EOS 3D and Canon EOS 7D) launched just before the Olympics (to…
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Sony Alpha 800, why not?
For sure, we heard a lot of rumours more or less tolerable, but here is one that does not seem to have a lot more ground than the wishes of some Sony customers afraid of discovering too high a price for the upcoming Sony Alpha 900. Guess what? 24 millions pixels could ask for a…
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Unusual felines
Some of our pets can become heroes or -at least- be more unusual than we would think. The Pet Blog collected a series of astonishing histories about cats high moments, like: Oscar a.k.a. “Unsinkable Sam” Simon, of the Royal Navy The Alamo Cat Fred, the undercover secret agent Tama, train station master Source: The Pet…
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50 mega-pixel photography
I don’t intend to go too deep into this kind of extreme photography right now, but I wanted to indicate two news items that could be reflecting on the continuous trend toward larger sensors and additional pixels: 50 Megapixel Hasselblad H3DII-50: 36x48mm CCD sensor. Kodak Unveils 50-Megapixel CCD Again, those people are keeping pixel size…
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Price of the Full Frame SLR
With the arrival of several Full Frame SLRs on the market, people start wondering what they should buy or what they should wait. Actually, we can expect to see very real price differences, so I thought it would be good to make a summary for us: SLR Price(body only) Comment Canon EOS 5D <$1900<1600€ On…
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Half-priced Digital SLR
Temptation is everywhere and the price offers may be dazzling. The questio is often asked: Is it possible to buy a digital SLR camera at half its usual price? Sure! These are expensive little gadgets and some Internet prices may be positively surprising. Unfortunately, real good bargains are are. For digital reflex cameras as for…