until last week I was always asking myself where the quality level would be if compared to a drum scanned 8×10 inch film. So finally I decided doing a comparison test
Category: Equipment
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IQ180 vs 8X10
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Tim Cook to Host iPhone 5 Event On October 4th
Tim Cook to Host iPhone 5 Event on October 4th
Waiting for the iPhone 5? Then you might want to put Tuesday, October 4th in your diary. According to All Things D, this is the date Apple has scheduled for the new iPhone’s launch. The event, revealed to All Things D by “sources close to the situation,”
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/tim-cook-to-host-iphone-5-event-on-october-4th/
Allison Shelley, freelance photographer, has been chosen as the recipient of the White House News Photographers 2011 Project Grant. The grant of $10,000, half from the WHNPA and a matching amount of $5,000 from PNY Technologies Inc., will fund her project to examine and raise awareness on the health implications of adolescent childbearing in rural India. Every minute a woman dies from pregnancy-related causes according to The United Nations Population Fund. In developing countries maternal mortality is the leading cause of death for women of reproductive age. But when the mother is under the age of 15, she is five times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than a woman in her 20’s. Girls 15 to 19 are twice as likely to die in pregnancy
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Mighty Nikon Joins Mirrorless Revolution
Mighty Nikon Joins Mirrorless Revolution
Sample ISO 100 Nikon V1 image. Giant version here, more samples here. Surprise! Mighty giant Nikon has landed with fanfare in the mirrorless market pioneered by Olympus and Panasonic and Micro 4/3. As expected, Nikon opted to create its own…
via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/09/mighty-nikon-joins-mirrorless-revolution.html
Surprise! Mighty giant Nikon has landed with fanfare in the mirrorless market pioneered by Olympus and Panasonic and Micro 4/3. As expected, Nikon opted to create its own proprietary system rather than join the Micro 4/3 standard*.
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Canon Powershot S100 Is a Low-Light Hotshot
Canon Powershot S100 Is a Low-Light Hotshot
Take a popular camera line, whether compact or entry-level SLR, and you can be sure that it’ll be updated every year. Whether it needs to be or not. Sometimes, though, these incremental updates hide some genuinely big changes. So it is with Canon’s new S1
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/canon-powershot-s100-is-a-low-light-hotshot/
Take a popular camera line, whether compact or entry-level SLR, and you can be sure that it’ll be updated every year. Whether it needs to be or not. Sometimes, though, these incremental updates hide some genuinely big changes. So it is with Canon’s new S100.
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Canon Announces the PowerShot S100
Canon Announces the PowerShot S100
London, UK, 15th September 2011 – Canon today announces the launch of the new PowerShot S100 – a powerful, versatile and highly compact camera offering phot
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/09/canon-announces-the-powershot-s100/
Canon today announces the launch of the new PowerShot S100 – a powerful, versatile and highly compact camera offering photographers extensive control and leading image quality. The most advanced PowerShot S-series model to date, the PowerShot S100 surpasses the high standards set by its acclaimed predecessor, featuring a new f/2.0 Canon lens and an enhanced HS System, which combines an elite high-sensitivity sensor with the very latest in Canon processing technology – DIGIC 5.
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Art Wolfe Confirms the 1Ds Mark IV?
*UPDATE 2* Art Wolfe Confirms the 1Ds Mark IV?
From Art Wolfe’s Facebook Status “I just wanted to extend an extra thank you to @Michael Gurley from Canon for bringing the keys to the candy store this past w
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/09/art-wolfe-confirms-the-1ds-mark-iv/
Art Wolfe’s friend who posted the Facebook status line has written in with a big apology for riling up the Canon masses with a post that was in error. They were using 1Ds Mark IIIs and 1D Mark IVs on their workshop.
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Nikon V1 and J1: the new mirrorless cameras from Nikon
Nikon V1 and J1: the new mirrorless cameras from Nikon – Nikon Rumors
The two models of the Nikon mirrorless camera will be called Nikon V1 and Nikon J1*. The mockups I posted online I believe are of the V1 model. Both bodies will be identical, except that one will have a self timer LED on the top right and different colors
via Nikon Rumors: http://nikonrumors.com/2011/09/09/nikon-v1-and-j1-the-new-mirrorless-cameras-from-nikon.aspx/
Nikon V1 will have a built-in high resolution EVF and will come in black and white. The Nikon J1 will not have an EVF and will come in 5 colors: red, pink, grey, white and black
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Bloomberg: Without mirrorless offerings, Canon and Nikon SLR market share drops significantly in Japan
A Bloomberg article pins a recent 35 percent drop in combined market share for Canon and Nikon, in their home market of Japan, on the lack of mirrorless interchangeable lens offerings from the two SLR heavyweights.
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First Photo Possibly Taken With iPhone 5 Surfaces
Is This the First Photo Taken With iPhone 5?
This isn’t just any photo of a plate of sushi. This very photo is said to have been shot with an iPhone 4, but its EXIF data says otherwise. According to the data, it was shot with an 8-megapixel camera, as it originally had a resolution of 3264 x 2448 be
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/first-possible-iphone-5-photo/
the photo was taken at 4.3mm f/2.4, which is decidedly more point-and-shoot-like than the 3.85mm f/2.8 lens setting of the iPhone 4.
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Limited Edition Restored Polaroid SX-70 Available
Limited Edition Restored Polaroid SX-70 Available
These are likely to sell out in no time, but if you’re in the market for a beautiful old Polaroid camera, then Photojojo has managed to round up a small batch of SX-70s and will let you have one for $290. The SX-70 was “The original, wondrous, never-to-be
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/limited-edition-restored-polaroid-sx-70-available/
These are likely to sell out in no time, but if you’re in the market for a beautiful old Polaroid camera, then Photojojo has managed to round up a small batch of SX-70s and will let you have one for $290.
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Fujifilm X10 Photos and Specs Leaked
Fujifilm X10 Photos and Specs Leaked
Just like its big brother the X100, Fujifilm’s X10 is not so much launching as leaking out a drip at a time. Now we have some proper product shots and specs for the high-end digicam intended to go up against the Canon G12, the Nikon P7100 and the Panasoni
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/fujifilm-x10-photos-and-specs-leaked/
From previous rumors, we’re expecting the price to be around $500
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Nikon preparing a new monstrous image processing engine
Nikon preparing a new monstrous image processing engine – Nikon Rumors
Nikon has a new image processing engine (maybe called EXPEED 3?) that will be able to deliver some insane frame rates and video capabilities. This new processor (or a light version of it) will be included in the new Nikon mirrorless camera. No word of pos
via Nikon Rumors: http://nikonrumors.com/2011/08/29/nikon-preparing-a-new-monstruos-image-processing-engine.aspx/
Nikon has a new image processing engine (maybe called EXPEED 3?) that will be able to deliver some insane frame rates and video capabilities.
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The Full-Frame DSLR Class of ’08: Still Waiting to Graduate
If only every year was like 2008.
Three years on, at the time of this writing, only the Nikon D3 has been replaced with the slightly enhanced D3s. (HD video anyone?) It’s also worth noting that we haven’t seen any full-frame DSLRs released in nearly two years.
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Sony A77 With Fancy Transparent-Mirror Tech
Sony A77 DSLR Sports Fancy Transparent-Mirror Tech
Yet another new camera announcement for today. This time it’s Sony’s SLT-A77, the SLR equivalent of the NEX7 mirrorless compact, also announced today. The A77 has two very cool new features. First is Sony’s new translucent mirror tech. This uses a pellicl
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/sony-a77-with-fancy-transparent-mirror-tech/
The A77 has two very cool new features. First is Sony’s new translucent mirror tech.
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Sony NEX7: 24 Megapixels, 2.4 Million-Dot Viewfinder
Sony NEX7: 24 Megapixels, 2.4 Million-Dot Viewfinder
Oh, Sony, what are you doing? Didn’t you get the memo that the megapixel race is over? What? We should have sent it on a MemoryStick? Whatever. The NEX-series of camera is Sony’s equivalent of Micro Four Thirds — large sensor (in this case APS-C sized) in
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/sony-nex7-24-megapixels-2-4-million-dot-viewfinder/
there’s rather excellent news for anyone who hates shutter lag. Sony has put in an electronic “first curtain” shutter. Normally on a live-view camera, the shutter needs to be closed before it can fire and take the picture. No longer. Sony says that this cuts the shutter lag from 100ms to a startlingly good 20ms.
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Sony-August-2011-New-Products
If you’ve been reading the photo rumour sites during July and the first few weeks of August you know that the three new 24 Megapixel cameras are the Sony A77, A65 and NEX-7. I have no interest in publishing a laundry list of specs and features (the usual camera review sites do this very comprehensively), so rather I will focus on the things that strike me as being most interesting and important for photographers.
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Nikon P7100 Faster And Friendlier Than Its Predecessor
Nikon P7100 Faster And Friendlier Than Its Predecessor
Nikon’s new Coolpix P7100 is an update to, you guessed it, the P7100. It’s not a big update, feature-wise, but the bits that Nikon has added are essential. If the P7000 was Nikon’s beta attempt to copy the Canon G-series cameras, the P7100 is the proper v
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/nikon-p7100-faster-and-friendlier-than-its-predecessor/
The P7100 will ship in September, for $500.
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Mitchell Feinberg’s 8×10 Digital Capture Back
Mitchell Feinberg’s 8×10 Digital Capture Back – A Photo Editor
When I talked to Mitchell Feinberg recently he mentioned that he owned the world’s largest non-scanning color sensor array, something he created so that he could continue to shoot 8×10 film without Polaroid. Normally I avoid anything to do with equipment
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/08/23/mitchell-feinbergs-8×10-digital-capture-back/
When I talked to Mitchell Feinberg recently he mentioned that he owned the world’s largest non-scanning color sensor array, something he created so that he could continue to shoot 8×10 film without Polaroid. Normally I avoid anything to do with equipment but this sounded interesting.
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Rumored Fujifilm X50, A Half-Price X100
Rumored Fujifilm X50, A Half-Price X100
Fujifilm is planning on making a cut-down version of its hot retro-style X100 to go up against cameras like the Panasonic LX5 and the Canon G12. Rumors spilling out from a couple of different sources say that the new camera, to be called the X10, will be
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/rumored-fujifilm-x50-a-half-price-x100/
The smaller (but still chunky) X10 would have a smaller sensor, a 4x zoom, similar retro styling and a price half that of its big brother, at $600.
