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The Photographer’s Ephemeris App – An Invaluable Tool For Outdoor Photographers
During my weekend Web browsing, I stumbled across a must-have mobile app for serious outdoor and landscape photographers. I think this is one of the most exciting and useful photography-related apps I’ve seen in quite a while. It’s called The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE for short) and it gives you all kinds of data about the […]
Read More »Canon PowerShot D20 Waterproof Camera Studio Sample Photos
I haven’t been able to do much with the Canon PowerShot D20 rugged, waterproof camera yet. But looking at the studio samples has me thinking I’m going to need to re-evaluate the camera recommendations in my 2012 Outdoor & Waterproof Camera Guide. A quick comparison with my current top waterproof camera pick, the Olympus Tough […]
Read More »Nikon D4 Hands-On Video
Sadly, I had to return the wonderful Nikon D4 digital SLR a few weeks ago. The D4 is a $5900 16-megapixel FX-format (full-frame) digital SLR designed for photojournalists and professional sports and events photographers. It can record full HD video, the auto focus performance is excellent, and it shoots high-res still photos as fast as […]
Read More »Fujifilm X-Pro1 – Featured User Review
The Fujifilm X-Pro1 is one of the most exciting cameras of 2012. It’s a high-end, interchangeable lens digital rangefinder with auto focus, a cool hybrid viewfinder and a unique 16-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor. Normally, I spot a useful and well-written review for a popular camera or lens and then highlight it by making it a […]
Read More »The New Canon EOS M Compact System Camera – A Mini T4i / 650D
It’s long been the subject of online rumor, speculation and discussion and it became official this week – Canon has a compact system camera. It’s called the Canon EOS M and it’s more or less a compact, mirrorless version of the recently announced Canon EOS T4i / 650D digital SLR. It uses the same 18-megapixel […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix LX7 – Premium Compact Camera With f/1.4 Zoom Lens
Last week, Panasonic announced their latest high-end compact camera, the Lumix LX7. It’s been two years since the LX5 was introduced and there’s some serious competition in the high-end compact camera space so an update was long overdue. The Panasonic Lumix LX7’s new 3.8x 24-90mm f/1.4-2.3 Leica zoom lens has the largest aperture of any […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix G5 Mirrorless Camera With Updated Body & 60P Full HD Video
Panasonic has announced a new Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens compact camera. With a 16-megapixel Live MOS sensor, 60 frames per second full HD video, an electronic viewfinder and tilt-swivel touch screen LCD display, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 is positioned below the top-of-the-line GH2 and GX1, and above the more point-and-shoot-y Lumix GF5. Panasonic says […]
Read More »New Panasonic Lumix FZ200 Superzoom Sports 24x f/2.8 Leica Zoom Lens
Panasonic just announced the 12-megapixel Lumix DMC-FZ200, the world’s first superzoom camera with a large, f/2.8 aperture – a fixed f/2.8 aperture, I mean. The FZ200’s Leica zoom lens can open up to f/2.8 across the whole 24x zoom range, from 25 to 600mm (equivalent). That’s an impressive achievement for a compact, consumer-level superzoom camera. […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix SZ5 Wi-Fi Pocket Superzoom Camera
Wi-Fi-enabled cameras have been around for quite a while but it’s only recently that I believe they’ve matured into something really useful. Case in point – Panasonic’s new SZ5 pocket superzoom camera makes it easier to share photos on the Web by using a smartphone as a wireless router so you can transfer images to […]
Read More »Fujifilm Releases New X-Pro1 Lens & Accessory Details
Fujifilm has published a brochure with photos and details about new lenses and accessories for their X-Pro1 digital rangefinder, which uses their own X-mount lenses, a hybrid digital / optical viewfinder and a unique new 16-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor that delivers groundbreaking image quality. Included in the brochure are three hot shoe flashes, a protective […]
Read More »Featured Member Photos – July 12, 2012
We’ve got an interesting and diverse batch of featured member photos for you this week. Our photographers this round are buglinbilly, who posted a bunch of bear photos, including a really nice grizzly image; zoomdaddy, who posted a spacy abstract macro photo; Bookie shared a fun tandem kart photo on the Sports Photography Forum; and […]
Read More »New Lightroom 4 Library eBook From Digital Outback Photo
Uwe and Bettina Steinmueller of Digital Outback Photo have released a second eBook in their series on Lightroom 4. The 80 page book, “Lightroom 4 Artistry: Library,” was written to help photographers learn to use the photo management tools in the Lightroom 4 Library module to better organize their photos and videos. It includes sections […]
Read More »New Canon All-In-One Photo Printers – PIXMA MG4220, MG3220 Wireless & PIXMA MG2220
Canon added three new models to their PIXMA photo printer line this week. The PIXMA MG4220, PIXMA MG3220 and PIXMA MG2220 are affordable 8.5 x 11-inch all-in-one printers (AIO) that scan, copy and print high-quality photo prints at 4800 x 1200 dpi. The MG4220 and MG3220 add wireless printing and Apple AirPrint compatibility with an […]
Read More »Canon Selphy CP900 Compact Wireless Photo Printer Announced
Canon has announced a new compact 4×6 wireless printer, the Selphy CP900 Compact Photo Printer. Canon made it smaller and lighter than previous models so it weighs less than two pounds (1.8 lbs. / 0.8 kg) and it’s only 7 x 5 x 2.4-inches (17.8 x 12.7 x 6.1 cm), including the tilting 2.7-inch LCD […]
Read More »Canon 70-200 f/4L IS Zoom Lens – Featured User Review
It’s not a long or detailed review, but Dave Perkes’ write-up on the Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS zoom lens hits all the important points and shows that he’s a careful shopper. His review also gives us a chance to spotlight an excellent telephoto zoom lens that could be flying under a lot of photographers’ radar. […]
Read More »Samsung EX2F Wi-Fi Smart Digital Camera
Samsung has announced the new EX2F Smart camera, the sucessor to their popular EX1. The Wi-Fi Smart EX2F camera features a 12.4-megapixel 1/1.7″ BSI CMOS sensor, 24mm f/1.4 3.3x lens, a swivel 3.0-inch VGA AMOLED LCD display, 1080 Full HD video recording, ISO extended mode of 6400-12800, RAW shooting, full manual controls and Samsung’s Smart […]
Read More »Sigma Announces Availability and Pricing of the DP2 Merrill
Sigma has announced that the DP2 Merrill compact digital camera will be available July 12th for $999. The DP2 Merrill is named after Richard “Dick” Merrill who co-created the Foveon X3 Direct Image Sensor technology that is used in Sigma’s cameras. This upgraded version features a 46-megapixel APS-C image sensor, a fixed 30mm f/2.8 lens […]
Read More »Canon EOS 5D Mark III Review
The Canon EOS 5D Mark III is a 22.3-megapixel full-frame digital SLR with full HD video and a state-of-the-art auto focus system. As the follow-up to the hugely popular Canon EOS 5D Mark II, expectations for the Mark III were huge. The Mark II set the standard for HD DSLR video and arguably revolutionized the […]
Read More »Seven New Fujifilm X-Pro1 Lenses Planned – Including Zooms
Fujifilm has published a lens roadmap for their popular X-Pro1 digital rangefinder system. The plan covers the rest of 2012 and 2013 and adds 7 new lenses, including three zooms, for a total of ten X-Mount lenses. A new 14mm f/2.8 prime (21mm equivalent) and an 18-55mm zoom (27-84mm equivalent) should be available by the […]
Read More »Sony Carl Zeiss 24-70mm f/2.8 Zoom Lens – Featured User Review
Think you have to invest in a Canon or Nikon digital SLR system if you want good glass? You thought wrong. Case in point – the top shelf Carl Zeiss lenses Sony makes for their Alpha DSLR system. The Carl Zeiss 24-70mm f/2.8 zoom is a perfect example. The Carl Zeiss 24-70mm review below was […]
Read More »New Lightroom 4 Develop Module eBook by Digital Outback Photo
Uwe Steinmueller is an accomplished photographer, photography educator and the man behind the Web site, Digital Outback Photo. He also happens to be a friend of mine and one of the people I respect most when it comes to understanding digital photography and post processing. So it’s a no-brainer to help him promote the new […]
Read More »Updated: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Studio Sample Photos
Update: Our Canon EOS 5D Mark III studio sample photo gallery has been updated with samples made from the RAW files. These tests were made before Adobe Lightroom supported the 5D Mark III so we shot RAW + JPEG and just posted the JPEG files. Since Lightroom 4.1 came out we were able to export […]
Read More »Nokia’s 41-Megapixel Smartphone Available In US
Earlier this year Nokia announced the 808 PureView smartphone, which has a large 41-megapixel 1/1.2-inch sensor, an f/2.4 Carl Zeiss lens and full HD video. The phone uses that huge number of pixels to create lower resolution images with very low noise (better low light quality) and to zoom (technically, it’s a crop) without any […]
Read More »Featured Member Photos – June 18th, 2012
This batch of Featured Photos is from PhotographyREVIEW.com members Mike T, wedding photographer, MotorToad and dimiliev. There’s a great motorcycle roadracing pan image, a really nice dragonfly close-up, some brooding architecture and a dramatically lit engagement photo. Click on the thumbnail photos below to go to the gallery or forum page for a closer look, […]
Read More »Olympus Tough TG-1 Studio Sample Photos
With an f/2.0 lens and a new 12-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor it’s clear Olympus means business with their current top-of-the-line waterproof Tough camera, the TG-1 iHS. We were impressed with the camera’s features and specs and based on our initial impressions made it the top recommendation in our 2012 Outdoor & Waterproof Camera Guide. Our […]
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