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Hands-On With The Panasonic Lumix GF3
The Panasonic Lumix GF3 camera was announced this June and I believe it’s the smallest interchangeable lens camera Panasonic has ever made. Its part of the Micro Four Thirds partnership between Panasonic and Olympus, who both make compact, interchangeable lens Micro Four Thirds cameras. I finally got a chance to see the GF3 in person […]
Read More »Nikon Coolpix AW100 Rugged Camera – First Impressions
A couple of months ago Nikon announced their first rugged, waterproof point-and-shoot camera, the Coolpix AW100. I got my first close look at the AW100 this last week at the annual PhotoPlus Expo in New York City. They had a cool display at their booth with three AW100s mounted on a mountain bike. The camera […]
Read More »Canon EOS-1D X – First Impressions
The Canon EOS-1D X is the first full-frame digital SLR to be introduced since the Nikon D3s, exactly two years ago. The 1D X was announced two weeks ago but very few people actually got to see it in person so I was psyched to go to the PhotoPlus Expo and a Canon intro event […]
Read More »Hands-On With The Sony NEX-C3
The Sony NEX compact mirrorless camera system is one of the more exciting things to happen to camera technology in the past couple of years and it demonstrates Sony’s commitment to innovative camera design. Even though it looks more like a point-and-shoot camera than a digital SLR, Sony’s $650 entry-level NEX-C3 uses the same large […]
Read More »Hands-On With The Fujifilm X10
Sometimes a thing is more than the sum of its parts. That appears to be the case with the new Fujifilm X10 compact camera. The X10 was patterned after Fujifilm’s super popular X100 fixed lens digital rangefinder. It has similar retro styling but with a more consumer-friendly 4x zoom lens and a smaller body. The […]
Read More »Nikon J1 Hands-On Preview – Action!
Nikon sent me their new J1 compact interchangeable lens camera about a week ago. I shot a ton with it over the weekend and, since it’s new, I decided to hustle out a short “first look” article. The Nikon J1 is about the size of a pocket superzoom camera if you leave the lens off. […]
Read More »Lytro Camera – Shoot First, Focus Later
Last week, new camera maker Lytro debuted the first production version of their revolutionary new light field camera. The Lytro camera allows you to take pictures and focus them after the picture is taken – something that has a lot of people very excited – especially major tech news outlets, gadget Web sites and grandmas […]
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 »Canon EOS-1D X Merges Speed, Image Quality and Video
It’s easy to get jaded when you write about digital cameras. The lifecycle of most is about 6 months and after a while they start to blur together. But when Canon introduces a new flagship EOS-1D body – especially one that’s supposed to replace the four-year-old top dog EOS-1Ds Mark III – I expect big […]
Read More »New Sigma 18-200mm OS Zoom Lens With FLD Glass
Sigma has announced pricing and availability for their new 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 OS II lens, an 11.1x zoom featuring Sigma’s OS Optical Stabilization. The new 18-200mm OS II also adds Sigma’s top-of-the-line FLD glass (“F” Low Dispersion) to the lens, which could make it the best 18-200mm lens on the market. I love image-stabilized 18-200mm zoom […]
Read More »Nikon D3100 – Studio Sample Photos
Below, you’ll find high-resolution studio sample photos taken with the Nikon D3100, a 14-megapixel entry-level digital SLR. Test photos were shot RAW in aperture priority at f/8 across the D3100′s full sensitivity range – ISO 200 through ISO 3200 – plus the expanded settings – ISO 100, 6400 and 12,800. The test photos were converted […]
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 Studio Sample Photos
High-resolution studio sample photos taken with the 12-megapixel Olympus E-P3 Pen Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens camera. These tests were shot RAW in aperture priority on a tripod in the PhotographyREVIEW.com studio at ISO 200 through ISO 12,800. They were converted without adjustment to TIFF files with Lightroom 3. The logo, text and graybar were […]
Read More »My Dream Date With The Leica M9
The Leica M9 is a manual focus, 18-megapixel full-frame digital rangefinder camera. Other than the digital sensor, it’s pretty much the exact opposite of what most photographers are using now. That said, the Leica M-rangefinder’s simple, German design and rich history are an aphrodisiac for pretty much every experienced photographer I’ve ever known. I’ve […]
Read More »Canon EOS 600D – Featured User Review
With an excellent feature-set and a very friendly price, the Canon EOS Rebel 600D (called the EOS Rebel T3i in the US) has been one of the most popular and best-selling cameras in 2011. So I was happy to see this fine user review by community member Anthony Reiss. It gives me a chance to […]
Read More »The iPhone 4S – Point-And-Shoot Camera Killer?
Apple announced the iPhone 4S today. There’s been a lot of grumbling on the Internet about how the 4S isn’t much of an upgrade but I don’t agree at all. Although the number “5″ isn’t in the name and it looks like an iPhone 4, the guts of the new iPhone have been given a […]
Read More »Lowepro DSLR Video Fastpack AW Camera Packs Announced
Seems like everyone with a digital SLR is now a filmmaker as well as a photographer. Lowepro hasn’t missed this development and they’ve made a few tweaks to their “top-selling and award-winning” Fastpack camera packs and come up with their new DSLR Video Fastpack AW series. Besides padded storage space for your HD digital SLR […]
Read More »Tenba Adds Top Load And Messenger Camera Bags To Their Discovery Line
By Photo-John
Bags News
Looking for a lightweight, outdoor-friendly case for your digital SLR gear? Tenba just added two new camera bags to the Discovery line they launched earlier this year: the Top Load and the Photo/Laptop Messenger. The Tenba Discovery Top Load is designed to carry a prosumer digital SLR (Canon EOS 5D, Nikon D7000, Olympus E-5, etc.) […]
Read More »Adobe Camera Raw 6.5 And Lightroom 3.5 Final Versions Available
Adobe has announced the final versions of Camera Raw 6.5 and Photoshop Lightroom 3.5. Both were made available in August as “release candidates.” The final versions are available for download now and include support for over twenty new cameras as well as updated lens profiles and some Lightroom bug fixes.
Read More »Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Announced
Adobe released Photoshop Elements 10 this month. Photoshop Elements 10 offers much of the same basic functionality as the full version of Photoshop, including RAW processing, layers, sharpening, color correction and resizing; but it’s designed for regular folks who don’t want to invest hundreds of dollars or spend weeks learning their software. Some of the […]
Read More »Pictureline Digitalfest Event
I don’t often promote local dealers or events. However, Pictureline is a great Salt Lake City camera dealer and their Digitalfest event is a good example of something lots of pro dealers do. The Pictureline Digitalfest includes seminars by outdoor adventure photographer Corey Rich (North Face, Apple, National Geographic Adventure, Sports Illustrated, Outside Magazine, etc…) […]
Read More »Sony Alpha DSLR Guide
Sony was a latecomer to digital SLRs. But don’t let that fool you into thinking they don’t have game. About six years ago they bought all of Konica-Minolta’s digital SLR patents and a few months later they released their digital SLR, the Sony Alpha A100. There was a lot of skepticism about Sony’s ability to […]
Read More »Nikon 1 Compact Mirrorless Camera System
With the announcement of the Nikon 1 mirrorless camera system, the longest running rumor in the camera industry has been put to rest. Speculation about a Nikon EVIL camera (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) started even before Panasonic and Olympus announced their Micro Four Thirds system partnership in 2008. To start, there will be two Nikon […]
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 »Samsung NX200 – 20-Megapixel Compact System Camera
Samsung updated their NX mirrorless compact system camera line last week with the new NX200, their fourth NX-Series camera. With a 20.3-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, full HD video, improved auto focus and shot-to-shot time and a metal body, Samsung is clearly targeting the NX200 at serious photographers and pros. The camera has a full range […]
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