Category: Equipment
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The Epson 4900 Printer: Hands-On and Down to Work
Link: This is a printer many photographers have been waiting for: a machine which includes all the technological advances in head design, print algorithms and ink formulation of the 7900/9900, in a 17 inch configuration with a roll-holder. In the 4900, Epson has produced all of that and more.
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Hot Fujifilm X100 Gets U.S Price, Full Specs | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Hot Fujifilm X100 Gets U.S Price, Full Specs Fujifilm’s hot, retro-tastic X100 has finally gotten a U.S launch date, a price, and a proper spec sheet. The 12.3MP camera will be available in March for $1,200. We already know about the fancy new hybrid viewfinder, which works as a big, bright optical finder and can…
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Self-Made Men: Building your own cameras – British Journal of Photography
Link: Does the everyday conformity of digital SLR cameras leave you cold? Then take a lead from the four photographers here, for whom off-the-shelf kit is just too conventional. So they decided to make their own…
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DxOMark Sensor For Benchmarking Cameras
Link: This article thus addresses various interrelated questions: What do the DxOMark Sensor results mean? How valid are the benchmark scores? Why do large sensors outperform smaller ones? Why don’t MPixels say much about image quality? What can we learn about the cameras and industry from the DxOMark data?
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Canon announces development of 200-400mm with integrated 1.4X teleconverter, new Speedlites and refreshed Rebel digital SLRs
Link: Today, I decided to concentrate on the chairs that people put out by the curb. In an hour of driving around the streets in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, I photographed well over 50 different types of chairs.
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Panasonic GH2 Revisited
Link: having shot some 3,000 frames of stills and quite a bit of video, it’s time to revisit the GH2 in print and discuss my experience working with it in real-world rather than quick-first-test conditions.
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Another perspective on the Fuji X100 by Chris Bandera
Another perspective on the Fuji X100 by Chris Bandera | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo (Steve’s full and thorough X100 Review can be seen HERE) The Fuji X100 – Quirky but fun. By Chris Bandera – Chris’s Flickr large? I bought an X100, took it for a test drive, and am now debating on returning…
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Legotron, Mark I — 4×5 Camera made of LEGO bricks | cary norton photographs
Link: Back in August of 2009, I blogged about having an idea of making a 4×5 out of LEGO bricks. Ten days later I’d made some serious progress on it.
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Untouchable blood-camera goes to Africa for HIV portrait series
Link: Wayne Martin Belger created the blood camera, which incorporates HIV-infected blood that acts as a red filter for portraits of HIV+ people.
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PDN Gear Review: Fujifilm FinePix X100 Digital Camera
Link: Combining the latest in technology with a retro-cool look and feel from 45 years ago, the Fujifilm FinePix X100 is perhaps the most highly anticipated camera of the year
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The Fuji X100 Digital Camera Real World Review by Steve Huff
The Fuji X100 Digital Camera Real World Review by Steve Huff | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo The Fuji X100 Real World Review Does it live up to the Hype? By Steve Huff WooHoo! The Fuji X100 is HERE and my review is EARLY! The Fuji X100 has been one of the most anticipated camera…
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The top 7 complaints of the Fuji X100 and how I get around them. By Steve Huff.
The top 7 complaints of the Fuji X100 and how I get around them. By Steve Huff. | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo OK guys, here you go! Decided that since the Fuji X100 has been so popular, and because I get so many e-mails on it asking me about the “quirks” that I would…
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Cameras are getting smaller – and the footage is getting more amazing
I keep finding myself working with smaller and smaller cameras (see RED EPIC )- and I continue to be
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USER REPORT: Reviewing the X100 as a reporter camera by Wijnand Wustrow
USER REPORT: Reviewing the X100 as a reporter camera by Wijnand Wustrow | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo USER REPORT: Reviewing the X100 as a reporter camera By Wijnand Wustrow Much has already been written about the X100. But then, everybody uses a camera in their own way. For some people it might be the…
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Leica M9 Second Body Alternatives
Link: With the advent of so-called mirrorless cameras we now have an alternative – several in fact. For between $500 and $1,000 there are now quite a few choices of so-called mirrorless cameras with 12 – 16MP sensors. Add a good quality lens adaptor, and just about any Leica M mount (or older screw mount)…
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Panasonic G3 Review
Link: In mid-June, and as luck (and some planning) would have it, I was able to obtain production samples of Panasonic’s new DMC G3 camera and also a pre-production sample of the Leica Summilux DG 25mm F1.4 lens for testing. This coincided with a two week visit to our place in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.…
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Canon Mirrorless on the Horizon?
Link: IPad-owning photographers should stop reading right now (well, not right now, or you won’t know what to do next) and go download PhotoForge 2, a rather splendid update to the already decent photo-editing app. Better still, if you already bought the iPhone version, the update is free — the app is now universal.
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Nikon announces 40mm f/2.8G macro lens for DX cameras
Nikon today has announced the AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G, a macro lens designed expressly for
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Zack Arias’ Long Strange Trip to a Bag Full of Canon Gear
Link: I made a “what’s in my bag” post in 2009 about my mixed kit of Nikon and Canon gear. I’ve recently sold my Nikon gear and have gone 100% Canon to the surprise of many including myself. I’ve fielded lots of questions on Twitter about it, many I have not gotten to, so I’m…
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Nikon unveils Coolpix P7100, five other compact models
Link: Nikon has unveiled six additions to its compact digital camera lineup. Leading the pack is the Coolpix P7100, a reworked version of the P7000 that addresses head-on that camera’s various performance and design quirks (and should result in the P7100 being the most capable RAW-shooting Coolpix ever produced), the Coolpix S1200pj, a 14 million…