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Photo-John, a.k.a. John Shafer, is the managing editor of PhotographyREVIEW.com and has been since the site launched back in 1999. He's an avid outdoor enthusiast and spends as much time as possible on his mountain bike, hiking or skiing in the mountains. He's been taking pictures for ever and ever, and never goes anywhere without a camera.
Leica V-Lux 30 First Look Review And Video
Leica announced a new pocket camera at the end of May, the V-Lux 30. I got in touch with them immediately and got what I believe is one of the first V-Lux 30s to reach the hands of a journalist. The V-Lux 30 is the latest compact camera from the Leica / Panasonic partnership, which […]
Read More »Leica V-Lux 30 Studio Sample Photos
High-resolution studio sample photos taken with the Leica V-Lux 30 pocket superzoom camera, which has a 14-megapixel sensor, full HD video and a 16x zoom lens. The V-Lux 30 is a rebadged Panasonic Lumix ZS10 but Leica uses their own firmware and JPEG processing suggesting that the image quality might be better. You can see […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix ZS10 Studio Sample Photos
High-resolution studio sample photos taken with the 14-megapixel Panasonic Lumix ZS10 pocket superzoom camera. Tests were shot from ISO 100 to ISO 1600 in aperture priority at f/5.6 using the tungsten white balance preset. The Panasonic ZS10 has sensitivity settings up to ISO 6400 but everything above ISO 1600 is at reduced resolution so we […]
Read More »Leica V-Lux 30 Pocket Superzoom Camera Announced
There’s a new Leica pocket camera on the market. The Leica V-Lux 30 is a 14-megapixel pocket superzoom with a 16x zoom lens (24 to 384mm equivalent), a 3-inch touch screen LCD, GPS, a 3D mode, and of course, full HD video. Pocket superzooms are my favorite compact cameras because they’re so easy to take […]
Read More »Hasselblad H4D-200MS Camera – 200-Megapixel Photos
If the $9700 15-megapixel Sigma SD1 DSLR announced last week isn’t enough for you, maybe the latest from Hasselblad should be your next camera. The Hasselblad H4D-200MS medium format digital camera system was announced last September at the Photokina tradeshow in Germany. The H4D-200MS uses a high-resolution digital back on a Hasselblad H-Series medium format […]
Read More »Sigma SD1 Digital SLR Pricing – $9700?
Sigma SD1 – Call Me a Skeptic Sigma has announced that the SD1 digital SLR they showed last fall at the 2010 Photokina tradeshow will be available in June for US $9700. Yes, you read that right. The new Sigma SD1 will be priced at close to $10,000. Sigma is justifying the price with a […]
Read More »Lexar Introduces Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Card Reader
Lexar has introduced a new dual slot USB 3.0 card reader. The Lexar Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader takes SD and Compact Flash memory cards and can transfer photos as fast as 500MB per second – that’s six times faster than USB 2.0 card readers. Of course, you have to have a computer that supports […]
Read More »Redesigned Think Tank Speed Convertible Camera Bags
By Photo-John
Bags News
The Think Tank Photo Speed camera waist pack has been reborn as a shoulder bag. The new Speed Convertible Series camera bags, Speed Demon V2.0, Speed Freak V2.0, and Speed Racer V2.0 now have a “disappearing” belt and a padded shoulder strap. I took a look back at the original Speed Demon waist pack and […]
Read More »Lowepro Compact Courier Camera Bags Announced
The EVIL / compact system / Micro Four Thirds camera accessory market has started to heat up and Lowepro is jumping in with a new line of camera cases designed specifically for the new camera category. Lowepro says the Compact Courier Series is, “ideal for the increasingly popular interchangeable lens compact cameras (ILC) such as […]
Read More »Gary Fong Puffer Flash Diffuser Review
By Photo-John
Accessory Reviews Featured Mirrorless News Olympus Panasonic Photography Tips Studio & Lighting
Gary Fong has announced a flash diffuser called the Gary Fong Micro Four Thirds Puffer Pop-Up Flash Diffuser. It has a plastic frame that slides into the Olympus Pen and Panasonic Lumix GF Micro Four Thirds camera hot shoe and places a white plastic diffuser in front of the flash. Besides diffusing light from the […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix FH7 Camera Announced
Panasonic is adding a new camera to their FH line of pocket digital cameras. The 16-megapixel Panasonic Lumix FH7 has an image-stabilized 28mm 4x Leica zoom lens, 720p HD video and iA Intelligent Auto mode. It also adds a 3-inch touch screen LCD display with Touch Auto Focus, Touch Zoom and Touch Shutter. The new […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix G3 Micro Four Thirds Camera Announced
Panasonic has upped-the ante in the Compact System Camera arena with the smallest EVF-equipped (electronic viewfinder) Micro Four Thirds camera yet. The new Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 has a built-in electronic viewfinder but is only about half an inch taller and wider than their LCD-only GF3 Micro Four Thirds camera. However, it’s not really that much […]
Read More »Sony Alpha SLT-A55 Review
The 16-megapixel Sony Alpha SLT-A55 was introduced in 2010. It has a full range of exposure modes, 1920 x 1080 full HD video, a new 15-point auto focus system with continuous auto focus in movie mode, 10 frames per second maximum burst rate, a tilt-swivel LCD display and an electronic viewfinder (EVF) instead of an […]
Read More »Eye-Fi Mobile X2 SD Card Review
I was really excited when Eye-Fi announced their new Mobile X2 wireless SD card with Direct Mode. The new card creates its own Wi-Fi network so you can transfer photos directly from your digital camera to your iPhone, iPad or Android mobile device and then upload to the Web without a computer. I don’t like […]
Read More »F-Stop Satori Camera Backpack – Featured User Review
F-Stop is one of just a couple of companies that makes camera packs truly designed with serious outdoor and action sports photographers needs in mind. The Satori is F-Stop Gear’s biggest, expedition-sized pack. It’s a unique camera pack and Pat Branch’s user review gives us a chance to give the F-Stop Satori some well-deserved extra […]
Read More »New Nikon AF-S 50mm f/1.8G Lens Announced
Nikon has a new “normal” 50mm lens, the AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G. I apologize to the Niko-philes reading this, but at first I wasn’t sure how this lens was different from the three other Nikon 50mm lenses. However, I did a little research and found that it is, in fact, different. The “G” designation is […]
Read More »Eye-Fi Mobile X2 Card Connects Cameras To Android, iPhone And iPad
The folks at Eye-Fi have done some neat stuff with their Wi-Fi digital camera memory cards. But their latest announcement takes the cake. With their new Mobile X2 SDHC memory card and a corresponding Eye-Fi app for your Android phone, iPhone, iPad, or Android tablet you can wirelessly transfer photos from your digital camera to […]
Read More »Think Tank Retrospective 5 Bag For Micro Four Thirds Cameras
Think Tank Photo has a new camera bag designed especially for Micro Four Thirds and rangefinder camera systems. The Think Tank Retrospective 5 shoulder bag can carry a complete Micro Four Thirds or rangefinder camera system or a digital SLR with a couple of extra lenses. The throwback canvas styling of Think Tank’s Retrospective camera […]
Read More »My Red Carpet Photography Experience
I shot the red carpet. Well, actually it was yellow. It wasn’t the Academy Awards or anything that glamorous but it was my first taste of that kind of mob scene – although on a much smaller scale. Olympus invited me to attend the Vail Film Festival with them and one of the things they […]
Read More »New Fujifilm FinePix Z900 EXR CMOS Pocket Camera
Earlier this week, Fujifilm announced a new pocket-sized Z-Series “fashion-forward” camera featuring a new 16-megapixel EXR CMOS sensor. The Fujifilm FinePix Z900 EXR camera also has a 16:9 touchscreen LCD display, 1080p full HD video, a new EXR Auto mode and the high-speed CMOS sensor allows a 12 frames per second burst mode and 320 […]
Read More »Olympus 75-300mm Micro Four Thirds Zoom Lens Review
One of my favorite things about the Olympus Four Thirds digital SLR system is their 70-300mm zoom lens. Now there’s Micro Four Thirds version for the Pen system cameras, the Olympus 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 ED MSC zoom lens. I was in Vail, Colorado with Olympus last week, playing with their camera gear and one of the […]
Read More »Nikon Announces D5100 DSLR And ME-1 Stereo Mic
Details about this are already all over the Web because of the bean-spillers but tonight Nikon officially announced a new digital SLR – the D5100. The 16-megapixel Nikon D5100 fits into the Nikon digital SLR lineup between the entry-level D3100 and the prosumer D7000. With the same imaging sensor and EXPEED 2 image processing as […]
Read More »Hands-On With The Olympus Tough TG-610 Waterproof Camera
I’m at the Vail Film Festival with Olympus and they’ve given me their latest waterproof, shockproof camera to play with, the 14-megapixel Olympus Tough TG-610. Apparently this is one of the first available working models so I figured it would be cool to get a little quickie hands-on article and video posted (see below). The […]
Read More »Canon 50mm “Nifty-Fifty” Lens – Featured User Review
I dug up this review of the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II “Nifty-Fifty” prime lens to show off what is arguably one of the best camera gear buys you can make. The Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens can be had for less than $100 US dollars, it’s got great optics and it’s an excellent low light […]
Read More »Lexar Shipping 128 GB SDXC Memory Cards
Lexar has begun delivering the first 128 GB SDXC memory cards – the largest SD format cards currently available. The SDXC (eXtended Capacity) format was developed to accommodate 1920 x 1080 HD video files as well as large still image files from high-resolution cameras. The SDXC format was announced in 2009 (SDXC memory card announcement) […]
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