Canon PowerShot G10

2008 Photokina Canon Events News Uncategorized

Canon PowerShot G10 – Pro At Last? Canon’s latest G-Series is a sexy, 14.7-megapixel high-end compact digital camera. Looking more like a serious rangefinder than ever, the Canon PowerShot G10 has a 5x wide-angle optical zoom lens (28 – 140mm equivalent) with optical image stabilization, Servo AF auto focus, DIGIC 4 image processing, RAW shooting, […]

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Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Digital Camera

2008 Photokina Canon News

The Zoom Power of a Digital SLR in a Compact Camera The PowerShot SX10 IS digital camera was announced today as part of the expansion of the popular ultra-zoom SX-Series from Canon. The SX10 IS has ultra-zoom capabilities, a wide-angle (28 mm – 560 mm) 20x optical zoom lens, Canon’s new DIGIC 4 image processor, […]

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Canon PowerShot SD990 IS & SD880 IS Digital ELPH Cameras

2008 Photokina Canon News

Feature-Rich, Cutting-Edge Technology Packaged Within Two New Canon Digital ELPH Cameras The PowerShot SD990 IS and PowerShot SD880 IS Digital ELPH cameras were announced today by Canon as well as a limited-edition red colored PowerShot SD990 IS camera to celebrate the 100 millionth compact digital camera manufactured by Canon. Optical Image Stabilization and Canon’s new […]

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Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH Aspherical Lens

2008 Photokina Leica Lenses News

Leica’s New Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 – World’s Fastest Lens If you love shooting shallow depth-of-field photos or shooting in near darkness, then you are no doubt excited about Leica’s latest 50mm lens. The Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 lens has no equal – at least not right now. Canon made a Leica rangefinder-compatible f/0.95 50mm lens […]

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Leica Elmar-M 24mm f/3.8 Aspherical Lens

2008 Photokina Leica Lenses News Uncategorized

New Leica Elmar-M 24mm Lens Perfect All-Purpose Lens For The M8 Leica says their new Elmar-M 24mm f/3.8 Aspherical lens is the perfect all-purpose walkaround wide-angle lens for the M8 digital rangefinder. The digital rangefinder’s digital crop factor effectively converts the Elmar-M 24mm to a 32mm angle-of-view when mounted on the M8. The Elmar 24mm […]

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Leica Summilux-M 21mm f/1.4 and 24mm f/1.4 Lenses

2008 Photokina Events Leica Lenses News Uncategorized

Leica Introduces Two New Fast Wide-Angle Lenses For The M-Rangefinder System Leica is introducing two new Summilux lenses for the M-Rangefinders at Photokina. The Leica Summilux-M 21mm f/1.4 and Leica Summilux -M 24mm f/1.4 lenses both feature extremely large apertures for their respective focal lengths. The Summilux-M 21mm f/1.4 is actually the first 21mm lens […]

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Casio High Speed Exilim EX-FH20 Digital Camera

2008 Photokina Casio News

New Camera Takes 40 shots per second and records high speed movies at 1000 fps Casio announced the High Speed Exilim EX-FH20, its newest Exilim digital camera. The EX-FH20 camera is capable of ultra high-speed burst shooting at 40 fps and can record high speed movies at up to 1,000 fps. In addition to simplifying […]

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Lexar Platinum II 60x 16GB SDHC & Platinum II 80x 16GB CF Cards

2008 Photokina Lexar News

New 16GB Secure Digital High Capacity and CompactFlash Memory Cards Enhance Video- and Photo-Capturing Capabilities of Flash-Based Digital Cameras, Camcorders and Digital SLRs Lexar has further increased the capacity of its widely popular Platinum II flash memory card line by introducing a Platinum II 60x 16GB Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) card and Platinum II […]

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Delkin Pop-Up Shades for Nikon D3, D300, D60 & Canon Rebel XSi

2008 Photokina News

Delkin Provides Rugged Protection For The Latest Canon and Nikon DSLRs Delkin is expanding its line of protective camera accessories with the release of new Pop-Up Shades for the Nikon D3, Nikon D300 and more recently, the Nikon D60 and Canon Rebel XSi. Also released is a 2.8″ Universal model that fits compact cameras with […]

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Carl Zeiss ZE Lenses

2008 Photokina Lenses News Zeiss

More optics for everyone Today, Carl Zeiss is exapanding its line of SLR lenses with the Zeiss ZE Lenses with EF bayonet for all analog and digital EOS camera models. The new ZE lenses from Carl Zeiss transfer all information exclusively via electronic contacts, which means that all exposure modes such as programmed auto exposure, […]

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 – First Micro Four Thirds Camera

2008 Photokina Mirrorless News Panasonic

At the beginning of August, Panasonic and Olympus made a joint announcement about Micro Four Thirds, a brand new camera standard. The goal of the new camera format is a smaller, lighter camera with changeable lenses, built around the Four Thirds digital SLR sensor. The smaller camera size is achieved by eliminating the mirror system […]

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Nikon D90 – Now With Video!

2008 Photokina Featured News Nikon Uncategorized

Nikon Introduces Video To DSLRs The new Nikon D90 digital SLR fits into its lineup at the high end of the amateur camera market. Clearly designed to keep pace with the latest offerings from Canon and Sony, the D90 steps up the specs game in this market segment with a 12.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, shooting […]

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Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 – 24-Megapixel Pro DSLR

2008 Photokina News Sony Uncategorized

Sony Announces Their 24-Megapixel, Full-FrameFlagship Alpha Digital SLR Today, Sony announced their expected flagship digital SLR – the 24-megapixel, full-frame sensor Alpha DSLR-A900. The camera is no surprise as they showed the sensor and a model of the camera at PMA this January where the announcement was arguably the biggest of the show. And even […]

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Kodak Professional Ektar 100 Film

2008 Photokina Film Photography Kodak News

Kodak Introduces New Professional Print Film Did you forget about film? Kodak didn’t. In spite of professional-level digital cameras like the 24-megapixel Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 announced today, Kodak has shown a continued commitment to film and the photographers who choose to use it. Today they announced a new 35mm color negative film, Kodak Professional Ektar […]

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Lexar Professional UDMA 300x 16GB CompactFlash Card

2008 Photokina Lexar News

Capacity and Performance of New Lexar Professional UDMA 300x 16GB CompactFlash Card Improves Digital Photography Experience Lexar announced a new memory card that provides an ideal combination of increased capacity, professional-level performance and reliability, the Lexar Professional UDMA 300x 16GB CompactFlash (CF) card. It is UDMA-enabled (Ultra Direct Memory Access), resulting in exceedingly fast performance […]

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