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Hoodman Raw Steel – The Best SD Card On The Planet?
A few weeks ago I attended a Leica Akademie workshop (my Leica Akademie M9 workshop article) and was shown Hoodman’s very impressive Raw Steel “ruggedized” SDHC memory cards. I’ve always thought SD memory cards seemed pretty flimsy and when I got to see a standard SD card and a Hoodman Raw Steel SD card taken […]
Read More »Nikon D3100 Review
The Nikon D3100 is one of the hottest digital SLRs on the market right now. The great price (under $600 with a lens), plenty of features, excellent image quality and access to Nikon’s excellent lenses make it a no-brainer for first time digital SLR buyers or even serious photographers on a budget. The D3100 has […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix ZS10 Review
The Panasonic Lumix ZS10 is what I call a pocket superzoom camera – it fits in your pocket and it’s got a ton of zoom – a 16x 24-384mm image-stabilized Leica zoom lens, to be exact. That’s a crazy amount of lens reach – especially for a camera that fits in the pocket of your […]
Read More »Olympus E-P3 Pen Super Compact Travel Kit
Traveling with photography equipment is always tricky. Either you sacrifice comfort and convenience for quality or you sacrifice quality and versatility for convenience. International travel with multiple plane changes is even trickier. In the past I’ve traveled with a suitcase, a laptop shoulder bag and a 30-pound camera backpack. If you end up on a […]
Read More »Spider Camera Holster Mini Review
I photograph a few big, multi-day events every year and it’s always a challenge dragging around all my photo gear and trying to keep my camera comfortably accessible. Anyone who’s ever spent the day with a camera bag and a camera around their neck will know what I’m talking about. Needless to say, I’m always […]
Read More »Olympus E-P3 Pen Camera Hands-On Intro And Video
Olympus has announced a new flagship Micro Four Thirds Pen camera. The Olympus E-P3 Pen is a solid, metal-bodied camera with a new 12-megapixel sensor, 1920 x 1080 AVCHD video and a new 3-inch OLED touch screen display. Olympus sent me an E-P3 a couple of weeks ago so I could play with it, shoot […]
Read More »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 »Nikon D7000 Review
Nikon’s 16-megapixel D7000 fits into their DSLR lineup between the entry-level D3100 and the pro-spec’d D300s DX format cameras. It delivers near professional-level camera performance in a compact, user-friendly body. It’s packed with pro-level features like a six frames-per-second burst rate, new 39-point auto focus system and a digital level, yet it still has scene […]
Read More »Olympus XZ-1 Premium Compact Camera Preview Video
Olympus steps up to the premium compact camera plate with their new XZ-1 camera. The Olympus XZ-1 digital camera is designed to compete with high-end compact cameras like the Canon PowerShot G12, Nikon Coolpix P7000 and the Panasonic Lumix LX5. To do that it has a large, 1/1.63-inch 10-megapixel sensor, a 4x f/1.8 iZuiko zoom […]
Read More »Olympus E-PL2 Hands-On Sneak Peek Video
Olympus has announced the E-PL2, the second generation of their entry-level E-PL Pen Micro Four Thirds camera. They sent me an E-PL2 a few days ago so I could get to know it and post a hands-on intro when it was announced. Compared to last year’s E-PL1, the Olympus E-PL2 is more of a refinement […]
Read More »Nikon Coolpix S8100 Camera Preview Video
Nikon sent me their latest pocket superzoom camera, the 12-megapixel Coolpix S8100, a few weeks ago. Like other pocket superzooms it has a 10x zoom lens and it fits in a pants or shirt pocket. Besides the 30-300mm Nikkor ED VR zoom lens, the S8100 also has full HD video, a 5 frames-per-second full-resolution burst […]
Read More »Nikon D7000 Preview Videos
A Nikon D7000 digital SLR showed up for review a couple weeks ago. I immediately made a preview/demo video and now I’m updating this page with a sample video showing off the video performance of the D7000. If you’ve been in a cave for a while, the D7000 is a 16-megapixel DX-format (APS-C) digital SLR […]
Read More »Sigma 8-16mm Super-Wide Zoom Lens Review
The Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM wide-angle zoom lens was announced early this year and Sigma sent me one for review as soon as they had one available. It’s currently the widest non-fisheye lens on the market for APS-C digital SLRs like the Canon Digital Rebels, the EOS 7D, Nikon D7000, etc. I’ve been using […]
Read More »Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS Camera Review
The Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS is a pocket point-and-shoot digital camera with a 10x zoom lens and 1080p HD video. It has a 10-megapixel “HS System” CMOS sensor similar to that used in Canon’s high-end compact cameras, the PowerShot S95 and G12. The HS System delivers improved image quality – especially in low light situations. […]
Read More »Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS Pocket Superzoom Preview Video
Consider this video a sneak preview of the Canon PowerShot SD4500 IS (IXUS 1000 HS outside North America) camera review I’m working on right now (Final Canon PowerShot SD 4500 IS Pro Review). The SD4500 IS has a 10x optical zoom lens, a 10-megapixel “HS System” CMOS sensor (the G12 and S95 also use the […]
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