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Nikon Coolpix P300 – Featured User Review
I was pleased to see Footski’s review for the Nikon Coolpix P300 compact camera show up recently. The Nikon P300’s super-fast f/1.8 aperture lens sets it apart from all but one compact camera (the Olympus XZ-1). It’s a very serious camera in a deceptively small point-and-shoot sized body. I’m glad to give it some extra […]
Read More »Sony Cybershot TX200V – 18MP Waterproof Point-And-Shoot Camera
Sony has upped the ante in the outdoor camera game with the announcement of the $500, 18-megapixel Cybershot DSC-TX200V waterproof point-and-shoot. I believe that’s $100 more than any previous waterproof point-and-shoot camera and Sony says the new 18-megapixel CMOS sensor is the “highest-resolution currently offered in the ‘point and shoot’ market.” The TX200V also has […]
Read More »New – Sony Cybershot WX70 & WX50 Compact Cameras
Sony announced a couple of new 16-megapixel W-Series Cybershot point-and-shoot cameras, the DSC-WX70 and DSC-WX50. Both cameras have full HD video, a 5x 25-125mm optical zoom lens and “Clear Image Zoom” technology that effectively doubles the zoom range. They also both have built-in creative “Picture Effects” and new “Extra High Sensitivity” technology that’s supposed to […]
Read More »Michihiro Yamaki, Founder Of Sigma Corporation, Dead At 78
There was some sad news for the photo industry last week. Michihiro Yamaki, the founder and CEO of Sigma Corporation, passed away at the age of 78. If you’re a photographer, Michihiro Yamaki definitely had an influence on your photography. 2011 was the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Sigma, which began with Yamaki’s invention […]
Read More »Grandpaw’s Nikon D7000 Tips
PhotographyREVIEW.com member and forum moderator, Jeff Impey, better known as Grandpaw, took it upon himself to create a Nikon D7000 Tips thread on the Nikon Forum. Since he began the thread in August of 2011, Grandpaw has added over 25 separate, numbered tips for Nikon D7000 camera owners and the thread has been viewed well […]
Read More »2011 Camera Of The Year – Sony Alpha NEX-7
Last year’s camera of the year was pretty obvious to me from early on. And it was the same this year. I took my time, let things settle and took a closer look at the other contenders to make sure I wasn’t missing something. There were four cameras in the running for me – the […]
Read More »Weekly Featured Photos – January 23, 2012
Here are some of the best photos posted in the past week by the PhotographyREVIEW.com community. We’ve got a lot of variety in this week’s Featured Member Photos – both in terms of subject matter and geographical location. There’s a beautiful photo of a fox in the snow from Italy, a couple of black-and-white images […]
Read More »Olympus E-PM1 Pen Camera – Featured User Review
The smallest interchangeable lens Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera yet, the Olympus E-PM1 definitely deserves more attention. So I was really happy to see this fine review show up a few days ago. It’s our first user review for the E-PM1 and the author, Anbesol, has supplied a lot of well-informed detail about the E-PM1’s […]
Read More »Kodak Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Kodak, the company that invented the personal camera over 100 years ago and a brand that’s an integral part of our culture, has announced they are filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Although Kodak has kept a brave face and struggled to keep up with the new digital world, photography industry and business analysts have […]
Read More »The Samsung WB850F Smart Camera – WiFi, Good Looks & 21x Zoom Lens
I had to rewrite this article a few times. My final and most significant rewrite occurred after I took a close look at the photos of the Samsung WB850F camera and found it to be wonderfully handsome. There was a time when “handsome” and Samsung did not often occur in the same sentence. Not if […]
Read More »Sony Alpha NEX-7 – Featured User Review
The Sony Alpha NEX-7 is Sony’s top-of-the-line interchangeable lens mirrorless camera and this is our first user review for the NEX-7. It was written by community member Greg McCary, one of my favorite photographers on the site and a man who knows his cameras. Greg owns Olympus, Leica and Sony cameras and he’s a very […]
Read More »What’s In My Camera Bag Video – Mountain Biking – Photo-John
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This is the second video in our new “What’s In Your Camera Bag” series. People are always asking me what camera and backpack I use when I’m mountain biking. In this episode I show the camera equipment I typically carry when I’m out on my mountain bike and how I carry it. Major issues for […]
Read More »Olympus VR-340 Camera Includes A Fashion Stylist
With Olympus’s new pocket superzoom camera you can bypass the shower and the mirror in the morning. Well, maybe not the shower. But the new 16-megapixel Olympus VR-340’s new Beauty Mode includes a purse-load of in-camera makeup tricks: “Laid out like a cosmetic toolbox, it lets you apply everything from eyeliner and eye shadow to […]
Read More »New Olympus VG-610 – Pocket Point-and-Shoot For Under $100
Introduced last week at the annual CES tradeshow, the new 14-megapixel Olympus VG-160 digital camera offers a 5x zoom lens, 720p HD video, creative “Magic Art Filters,” Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode, a 3-inch LCD display and more in an ultra-compact pocket-sized camera – for less than US $100! You sure get a lot more for […]
Read More »Olympus SP-620UZ Ultrazoom Camera – 21x Zoom Lens
The Olympus SP-620UZ, announced last week at the annual CES tradeshow in Las Vegas, is an affordable 21x superzoom camera with a 16-megapixel sensor, 720p HD video and a 3-inch LCD display. The 21x optical zoom lens has a range of 25-525mm (35mm equivalent) and the camera has dual image stabilization to help freeze action […]
Read More »Olympus SZ-12 – 600mm Zoom Pocket Camera
Olympus introduced an impressive little superzoom camera at CES this year. The 14-megapixel Olympus SZ-12 has an amazing 24x 25-600mm (equivalent) optical zoom lens crammed into a camera body about the size of an iPhone. To put the SZ-12 in perspective, the longest pocket camera lenses are 16 or 18x zooms. The SZ-12 is only […]
Read More »Android-Powered Polaroid Smart Camera With 3x Optical Zoom Introduced At CES
One of the most interesting announcements at CES this year was the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera. It’s an Android-powered 16-megapixel camera with a 3x 36-108mm (equivalent) optical zoom lens instead of the standard fixed wide-angle you get with most smart phones. The Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera gives you a real lens and real camera functionality […]
Read More »Fujifilm X-Pro1 Interchangeable Lens Digital Rangefinder
Fujifilm’s fixed lens X100 digital rangefinder camera has been a huge success. Take everything that was awesome about the X100 – great lens, great image quality, hybrid viewfinder, excellent camera design, etc. – and put it in a more versatile, interchangeable lens body and you’ve got the new Fujifilm X-Pro1. The X-Pro1 gets a brand-new […]
Read More »Weekly Featured Photos – January 13, 2012
This is the second week of highlighting our weekly featured member photos in an accompanying article. We want to make sure the best photos on PhotographyREVIEW.com and our best photographers get the attention they deserve. This week we’re featuring a quirky street photo, a moody landscape, a great bird photo and a classic skateboard competition […]
Read More »New Kodak EasyShare M750 WiFi Camera And Smart Phone App
With the new 16-megapixel Kodak EasyShare M750 wireless digital camera, you can share photos through a WiFi network – or – install Kodak’s free EasyShare Camera App on your iPhone, Android or Blackberry smart phone and you can transfer your photos from the camera and share from your phone. The M750 isn’t the first WiFi-powered […]
Read More »New Fujifilm Superzooms – HS30EXR & HS25EXR
There are two new HS superzooms in the Fujifilm FinePix compact camera family. The new Fujifilm FinePix HS30EXR and HS25EXR are built around a new 1\2-inch 16-megaixel EXR-CMOS sensor and 30x 24-720mm (equivalent) optical zoom lens and both cameras can capture full HD video. Both cameras are making their public debut at the annual CES […]
Read More »Fujifilm FinePix XP150 & XP100 Rugged Cameras – Full HD Video & GPS
Fujifilm introduced three new FinePix XP rugged point-and-shoot cameras at CES / PMA this week. The new 14-megapixel, GPS-tracking FinePix XP150 is Fujifilm’s new top dog waterproof, shockproof pocket camera – perfect for vacations and outdoor sports like rafting, snowboarding and rock climbing. The XP150 replaces the XP30 as Fujifilm’s top-of-the-line rugged point-and-shoot, adding full […]
Read More »What’s In My Camera Bag Video – Photo-John’s Ski Pack
This is a project I’ve wanted to do for a long time – a series of “What’s In My Camera Bag” videos, featuring different kinds of pro photographers and their gear. Seeing what we carry in our camera bags and backpacks gives a lot of insight into how we shoot and what’s necessary to get […]
Read More »1TB Swiss Army Knife Announced
At first glance, this may not seem like a photography article. But trust me, it is. Or at least, I want it to be. Earlier today I got a message from my friend and sometimes author here, Patia Stephens. All it said was “Want,” with a link to an article on this product – a […]
Read More »Test Drive The New Adobe Lightroom 4 Beta
There’s exciting news for Adobe Lightroom users. Adobe has released a public beta version of Lightroom 4. It’s available as a free download to anyone who wants to download and install it. You don’t have to have a current version of Lightroom installed to use it. Of course, it is beta software so it’s a […]
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