Category: Equipment
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The Online Photographer: New Panasonic has Superwide, Superfast Lens
The new Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3, successor to the now two-year-old LX2, sports a Leica-branded 5.1–12.8mm (24–60mm-e) ƒ/2–2.8 lens, which as far as we know is the fastest, widest lens yet on a small-sensor camera. Check it out here.
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Phase One P65+ Preview
July 14th will see the announcement of the Phase One P65+, arguably the most desirable medium format digital back yet. What makes it so? Here’s the story… Check it out here.
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Just When We Figured out the 800…. | Joe McNally's Blog
Along comes the 900. I’ve had two for a few weeks now, and the unit is, well, smooth. What can I say? Ed Fasano, a General Manager at Nikon, asked me what I thought after handling it, and I told him, “Well, if the SB800 is a real nice Chevy, this baby’s a Cadillac.” Check…
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Hasselblad H3DII-50 Announced
As nice as the new sensor sounds, the question is asked – Who needs a %$%#@ 50MP sensor anyway? In fact there are ongoing discussions currently on many web forums (including this site’s) on this very topic. It almost seems as if there’s a backlash underway against such a high resolution chip. I find this…
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Chase Jarvis Blog: Hasselblad Launches 50 Megapixel H3DII-50 Monster
Hasselblad today announced a whopping new camera, the H3D11-50. That’s right, they’ve done it again. 50 megapixels of goodness this time around, creating a 300MB file with each click of the shutter Check it out here.
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Some Thoughts on The Nikon D700
I had brought a Nikon D300 on the trip with me, and when he saw it he asked if I knew the story of Nikon’s recent DSLR resurgence. Apparently, (at least according to my friend) in about 2005 Nikon’s board had a break with the company’s senior management. After some 50 years as a dominant…
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In The Bag: 'Rookie' Packs For First Olympics
This August is going to be one to remember. I got lucky…real lucky. I’m going to be part of the Gannett team that is covering the Olympics in Beijing, China. Wow…I still can’t believe it. Did I mention it’s the Olympics?! Ya think I’m excited? Oh…I’m excited. This excitement, however, comes bundled with anticipation, urgency…
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Gallery of Sawn-In-Half Cameras | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
Yesterday I took a trip to the Deutshes Technikmuseum Berlin, an oddity of a place containing all manner of weird and wonderful German technology, from a yard full of locomotives to an exhibition on cutlery and plates from railway dining cars. Unlike many science museums, the DTB doesn’t have a whole lot of interactive exhibits…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Nikon unveils D700 full-frame digital SLR
Nikon has filled in the gap between its midrange and pro digital SLRs. The D700, announced today and slated to ship in late July 2008, looks like a D300, acts like a D3 and promises to be as big a hit as each of them. Nikon has taken the full-frame 12.05 million image pixel CMOS…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Nikon unveils new 45mm, 85mm perspective control lenses
Completing Nikon’s announcements today are two perspective control lenses, the PC-E Micro Nikkor 45mm f2.8D ED and PC-E Micro Nikkor 85mm f2.8D ED, which Nikon had indicated were in development back in January 2008. Check it out here.
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A Photo Editor – Crappy Old Cameras
Here’s a site (Andreas Wolkerstorfer :: cameras) where the photographer runs film through all types of cameras so you can see what kind of pictures they take and although the general theme seems to be vignette with the older cameras, I still enjoy seeing images that aren’t perfect. Check it out here.
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Phase One 645 Camera Review
I had an opportunity to spend a week working with the new Phase One 645 camera and a P45+ back on a shoot in Newfoundland. The camera I used was the first off the assembly line with final production firmware, and was provided for testing by Kevin Raber, Phase One’s Marketing VP for North America.…
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Ryan Brenizer's Amazon Blog: Is the new Sigma 50mm the un-50mm? Permalink
Something weird is going on. When Sigma first announced the new 50mm f/1.4, I expected it to be smaller and cheaper than their 30mm f/1.4. Why? In 35mm world, 50mm lenses are *always* smaller and cheaper than fast wide-angle lenses — even when the 50mm lenses cover a full 35mm frame. It’s owed partially to…
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New Nikon Full-Frame DSLR? at CameraPorn
Rumors are going wild about the release of the supposed Nikon D700, a full-frame DSLR that shares the same sensor and autofocus system of the wonderful Nikon D3. Check it out here.
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Rumor alert: Nikon D700 — smaller and cheaper D3?
Well see if it holds this time, because someone has posted cell-phone shots of press materials for a smaller, cheaper 35mm-framed Nikon called the D700, and they have me totally convinced. There are a lot easier ways to fool people than to create your own offset printed brochure with out-of-left-field items like redesigned sync caps…
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Scripps Hosts Underwater Photo Shoot with Wayne Martin Belger
Perhaps you’ve read about Wayne Martin Belger’s unusual homemade cameras — now go see them in person! Check it out here.
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Do Sensors “Outresolve” Lenses?
We read everywhere that new high resolution sensors put pressure on actual lenses. These comments arise copiously each time a new sensor with higher pixel counts appears. It happened with the 22 millions of pixels of the Canon 1Ds Mark III, and it will happen again when the 25 MP sensor by Sony comes to…
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Object of Desire: RED Scarlet
The much buzzed about forthcoming camcorder from RED called Scarlet isn’t actually red or scarlet at all but – yes, you guessed it – black. The Scarlet isn’t cool just because of the way it looks – though it’s rugged, Alien/Terminator exterior is certainly eye-catching– it’s cool because of what it can do. First, some…
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1.3 Megapixel Spy Camera Sunglasses – photokaboom.com Blog
The included RF remote-control is ideal for easy, stealth-style photo shooting. Check it out here.
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Out In The Streets – Inside Aperture
For the last couple of weeks I have been searching for the perfect street camera. Check it out here.