Category: Photo

  • Canon EOS 30D

    Canon EOS 30D

    When looking for a digital single lens reflex (D-SLR) photo camera for prosumer (mid- to high-end consumer application for the enthusiast), you necessarily notice the recent Canon offer. The Canon EOS 30D is a nice beast of a camera looking a lot like the EOS 20D, that was already a success and that merely was…

  • Still some back-focus problems on the Dynax/Maxxum 7D?

    Some people had encountered focusing problems (usually back focus) at the launch of the Dynax/Maxxum 7D. But it seems that this is not finished as I just received an email from somebody suffering from it on a brand new digital camera.

  • Sigma lenses and Nikon D200: upgrade needed

    Sigma lenses and Nikon D200: upgrade needed

    Sigma just announced that customers that use their lenses on the Nikon D200 should upgrade some of their Sigma lenses if they are part of the list below: Fixed focal lenses 28mm F1.8 DG ASPHERICAL RF Zooms 20-40mm F2.8 EX DG ASPHERICAL 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG MACRO 24-70mm F2.8 EX ASPHERICAL DF 28-70mm F2.8 EX…

  • Nikon D200

    Nikon D200

    The Nikon D200 seems to be the real high-end prosumer digital camera from Nikon. Different reviews for this fabulous Nikon camera: DPReview Imaging Resources Digital Outback Photo Definitely a nice body for an enthusiast. Maybe a bit on the heavy side (830g instead of the already heavy 760g of my own Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D), it…

  • Masai Mara – Yawning all day long

    Masai Mara – Yawning all day long

    Life in the wild savanah is a weird mix of leisurly quiet life (herbivorous graze in the sun, lions sleep in the shade of a tree, hippos float lazily in a river) and of terrible activity (antelopes are always alert about what is happening around, felines start running as fast as they can in order…

  • Masai Mara – landscapes 2

    Masai Mara – landscapes 2

    Even more landscape images from the Masai Mara National Park in Kenya (Spring 2006). Savanah after the rain