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Lowepro Compact Courier Camera Bags Announced
The EVIL / compact system / Micro Four Thirds camera accessory market has started to heat up and Lowepro is jumping in with a new line of camera cases designed specifically for the new camera category. Lowepro says the Compact Courier Series is, “ideal for the increasingly popular interchangeable lens compact cameras (ILC) such as […]
Read More »Gary Fong Puffer Flash Diffuser Review
By Photo-John
Accessory Reviews Featured Mirrorless News Olympus Panasonic Photography Tips Studio & Lighting
Gary Fong has announced a flash diffuser called the Gary Fong Micro Four Thirds Puffer Pop-Up Flash Diffuser. It has a plastic frame that slides into the Olympus Pen and Panasonic Lumix GF Micro Four Thirds camera hot shoe and places a white plastic diffuser in front of the flash. Besides diffusing light from the […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix FH7 Camera Announced
Panasonic is adding a new camera to their FH line of pocket digital cameras. The 16-megapixel Panasonic Lumix FH7 has an image-stabilized 28mm 4x Leica zoom lens, 720p HD video and iA Intelligent Auto mode. It also adds a 3-inch touch screen LCD display with Touch Auto Focus, Touch Zoom and Touch Shutter. The new […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix G3 Micro Four Thirds Camera Announced
Panasonic has upped-the ante in the Compact System Camera arena with the smallest EVF-equipped (electronic viewfinder) Micro Four Thirds camera yet. The new Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 has a built-in electronic viewfinder but is only about half an inch taller and wider than their LCD-only GF3 Micro Four Thirds camera. However, it’s not really that much […]
Read More »Sony Alpha SLT-A55 Review
The 16-megapixel Sony Alpha SLT-A55 was introduced in 2010. It has a full range of exposure modes, 1920 x 1080 full HD video, a new 15-point auto focus system with continuous auto focus in movie mode, 10 frames per second maximum burst rate, a tilt-swivel LCD display and an electronic viewfinder (EVF) instead of an […]
Read More »Eye-Fi Mobile X2 SD Card Review
I was really excited when Eye-Fi announced their new Mobile X2 wireless SD card with Direct Mode. The new card creates its own Wi-Fi network so you can transfer photos directly from your digital camera to your iPhone, iPad or Android mobile device and then upload to the Web without a computer. I don’t like […]
Read More »F-Stop Satori Camera Backpack – Featured User Review
F-Stop is one of just a couple of companies that makes camera packs truly designed with serious outdoor and action sports photographers needs in mind. The Satori is F-Stop Gear’s biggest, expedition-sized pack. It’s a unique camera pack and Pat Branch’s user review gives us a chance to give the F-Stop Satori some well-deserved extra […]
Read More »New Nikon AF-S 50mm f/1.8G Lens Announced
Nikon has a new “normal” 50mm lens, the AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G. I apologize to the Niko-philes reading this, but at first I wasn’t sure how this lens was different from the three other Nikon 50mm lenses. However, I did a little research and found that it is, in fact, different. The “G” designation is […]
Read More »Renting A Camera Lens Online
Through A Glass, Briefly: My Experience Renting A Lens After years of hearing about the epic spring bird migration at Freezeout Lake on Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front, I finally made the trip in late March. I decided to try renting a lens for my weekend adventure.
Read More »Eye-Fi Mobile X2 Card Connects Cameras To Android, iPhone And iPad
The folks at Eye-Fi have done some neat stuff with their Wi-Fi digital camera memory cards. But their latest announcement takes the cake. With their new Mobile X2 SDHC memory card and a corresponding Eye-Fi app for your Android phone, iPhone, iPad, or Android tablet you can wirelessly transfer photos from your digital camera to […]
Read More »Think Tank Retrospective 5 Bag For Micro Four Thirds Cameras
Think Tank Photo has a new camera bag designed especially for Micro Four Thirds and rangefinder camera systems. The Think Tank Retrospective 5 shoulder bag can carry a complete Micro Four Thirds or rangefinder camera system or a digital SLR with a couple of extra lenses. The throwback canvas styling of Think Tank’s Retrospective camera […]
Read More »Adobe Announces Photoshop SDK and Three New Photoshop Touch Apps
Today, Adobe announced the Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit (SDK), that allows developers to utilize the Touch SDK to create new apps that interact with Adobe Photoshop CS5 on the desktop. The new Photoshop Touch SDK also makes development possible for mobile and tablet applications for the Android and BlackBerry Tablet OS and not just […]
Read More »Delkin Elite 633 UHS-I SDHC Memory Card
Delkin announced the Elite 633 UHS-I SDHC memory card that more than triples Class 10 capabilities and is perfect for RAW, 3D and HD files. The Elite 633 features read and write speeds of up to 95MB/s and 80MB/s, a 633X speed rating, and UHS-I specification with Ultra High Speed Bus Interface speeds of up […]
Read More »My Red Carpet Photography Experience
I shot the red carpet. Well, actually it was yellow. It wasn’t the Academy Awards or anything that glamorous but it was my first taste of that kind of mob scene – although on a much smaller scale. Olympus invited me to attend the Vail Film Festival with them and one of the things they […]
Read More »New Fujifilm FinePix Z900 EXR CMOS Pocket Camera
Earlier this week, Fujifilm announced a new pocket-sized Z-Series “fashion-forward” camera featuring a new 16-megapixel EXR CMOS sensor. The Fujifilm FinePix Z900 EXR camera also has a 16:9 touchscreen LCD display, 1080p full HD video, a new EXR Auto mode and the high-speed CMOS sensor allows a 12 frames per second burst mode and 320 […]
Read More »Olympus 75-300mm Micro Four Thirds Zoom Lens Review
One of my favorite things about the Olympus Four Thirds digital SLR system is their 70-300mm zoom lens. Now there’s Micro Four Thirds version for the Pen system cameras, the Olympus 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 ED MSC zoom lens. I was in Vail, Colorado with Olympus last week, playing with their camera gear and one of the […]
Read More »Nikon Announces D5100 DSLR And ME-1 Stereo Mic
Details about this are already all over the Web because of the bean-spillers but tonight Nikon officially announced a new digital SLR – the D5100. The 16-megapixel Nikon D5100 fits into the Nikon digital SLR lineup between the entry-level D3100 and the prosumer D7000. With the same imaging sensor and EXPEED 2 image processing as […]
Read More »Hands-On With The Olympus Tough TG-610 Waterproof Camera
I’m at the Vail Film Festival with Olympus and they’ve given me their latest waterproof, shockproof camera to play with, the 14-megapixel Olympus Tough TG-610. Apparently this is one of the first available working models so I figured it would be cool to get a little quickie hands-on article and video posted (see below). The […]
Read More »Canon 50mm “Nifty-Fifty” Lens – Featured User Review
I dug up this review of the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II “Nifty-Fifty” prime lens to show off what is arguably one of the best camera gear buys you can make. The Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens can be had for less than $100 US dollars, it’s got great optics and it’s an excellent low light […]
Read More »Leica X1 Firmware Update
A firmware update has been released for the Leica X1, a premium fixed lens APS-C digital camera. The new firmware offers multiple enhancements to the X1′s manual focusing, improves auto focus performance and also improves the camera’s JPEG image quality.
Read More »Sigma DP2x Digital Camera Pricing and Availability
The Sigma DP2x that was announced in February, will be available for purchase in late April for $800. The DP2x is the updated version of the DP2, which now includes Analog Front End and high-speed auto focus. For more information, read our Sigma DP2x Press Release.
Read More »Vote Now! Sigma Scholarship Contest Public Voting Ends Friday, April 1
If you haven’t voted in the Sigma Scholarship Contest yet, now’s the time to do so, as public voting ends this Friday, April 1, 2011. Public voting will decide the top 5 finalists where one winner, chosen by Sigma executives, will receive $5,000 in cash and $1,000 in Sigma products. The winner will be announced […]
Read More »Photomatix Pro HDR Software – Featured User Review
Photomatix is the de facto standard for HDR (high dynamic range) photography software. It was only recently added to our photography software reviews section and GB1 posted the first review. He’s a longtime HDR shooter and Photomatix user so his review is a welcome one. If you use Photomatix or any other HDR software, please […]
Read More »Digital Anarchy Beauty Box Skin Retouching Plug-In for Aperture and Photoshop
Digital Anarchy announced Beauty Box, a new plug-in compatible with Apple Aperture 2 and 3 and Adobe Photoshop CS5. Beauty Box is a skin retouching plug-in that automatically creates an intelligent mask to remove blemishes and smooth skin tones quickly in photographs, while keeping important details like eyes, teeth and hair razor-sharp. Other features of […]
Read More »Canon Live Learning: Workshops and Classes 2011 Schedule
Canon has announced its Canon Live Learning 2011 schedule. Programs include EOS Immersion Seminars and Workshops, EOS Destination Workshops, and a new workshop geared towards videographers called “Deconstructing the Story: Light, Sound, Motion & EOS HD”. The EOS Immersion Seminar and Workshops are broken up into two parts, EOS Immersion Saturday Seminars and EOS Immersion […]
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