Category: Equipment

Nikon Will Fix Dead D5000s, Free | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:

If you have Nikon’s new flip-screen DSLR, the D5000, and it won’t switch on, it’s because Nikon didn’t make it properly.

Five Reasons You Can Ditch Your DSLR for an iPhone | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Arca Swiss Rm3d Review – Luminous Landscape:

This is going to be an unusual review of an unusual camera from an unusual company.

Adapter Puts Nikon and Pentax Lenses on Micro Four Thirds Cameras | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:

This means, for instance, that if you are a Nikon shooter and have built up a collection of lenses, then the in-stores-soon Olympus EP-1 will be the perfect DSLR companion, as you can just throw your lenses onto the front.

Olympus E-P1 Review: Field Test Report — Photocrati – Photography Blog, Digital SLR Camera and Lens Reviews:

Peter Burian tests this 12.3 megapixel interchangeable-lens camera with HD Movie mode and a wealth of SLR-style features

Fujifilm’s 3D Digicam Almost Ready for Stores | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:

Fuji has squeezed some rather interesting features into its pedestrian black box. Although the specs have yet to be finalized, it looks like Fuji will have the first consumer level 3D digicam on the market. It works in the usual way: Two lenses, spaced to the average distance between human eyes, record slightly different, simultaneous views of the same scene.

F*cked, for the foreseeable Future « Fake Chuck Westfall:

I’ve been coming home drunk at night for the last few days because of this, and I’m seriously thinking about a career switch. I’m still hopeful that the 1D Mark 4 will do something for us, but the 60D is not going to come anywhere close to the D300s Nikon is going to release soon from what I see. And as far as I’m concerned, we can just stop manufacturing the 5D Mark II when the D700x gets released by the end of this year. It simply won’t stand a chance. Hell, the 5D Mark II is having a difficult time right now already. You can’t even begin to imagine the support nightmare it is causing us at Canon USA.

Product Review: Hands on with the Gigapan Epic 100:

No larger than a lunchbox, the Gigapan system is super-easy to use, and is comprised of a single unit that mounts on a tripod and automatically orients a camera and trips the shutter (thanks to a small robotic arm) with just about no attention from the user.

Fraction Magazine: Fuji kills Fujicolor Pro 800z film

Urban Camouflage Against Crime – Josh Spear, Trendspotting:

Bags and purses that look like newspapers to not get mugged.

Is a Touch Screen DSLR Inevitable? | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:

The iPhone, of coure, is entirely touch controlled, but the whole interface would be welcome on a compact camera. There are already touch-screen compacts, but so far SLRs have escaped the treatment. Why? Well, for one, they are usually used held up to the eye — live-view can be useful sometimes but I’d bet that most DSLR users compose and shoot with the viewfinder. This would, it would seem, make touch-to-focus almost useless, something which could slow things down more than speed them up.

Nikon roadmap leaked | Nikon Rumors:

It appears Nikons 2009-10 schedule for release of cameras and lenses has been leaked. At least that is the claim. But it can of course just as well be fantasies or a wish list created by someone having to much time to spend!

Nikon D700x sooner than expected | Nikon Rumors:

Thom Hogan has received some information that the Nikon D700x will be released before November 2009. The D700x is expected to have the 24MP sensor from the D3x and video.

My Canon Speedlite Wishlist | PixSylated:

So here’s my wishlist of features that I hope Canon will incorporate into a new generation of Speedlites.

Cameras in iPods. Game Over? | Gadget Lab | Wired.com:

If Apple puts a camera in every iPod (the dying Classic and the tiny Shuffle excepted), will it kill the compact camera industry? The answer might actually be yes.

The Visual Science Lab: A new strategy for buying cameras. Circa 2009.:

Just a thought. Lenses for the long haul, bodies year by year. No matter which system you favor. Because even when the megapixel hysterics wear out we’ll still have dynamic range to drive the market.

One Year With Nikon « Photofocus:

This week I am celebrating the one year anniversary of my switch to Nikon from Canon. After 17 years as a Canon user, I switched – mostly because no Canon camera could come close to the performance of the Nikon D3.

So what have I learned in a year?

Quick Olympus E-P1 Hands On – James Duncan Davidson:

Earlier today, I got a chance to have a photographers lunch with Derrick Story and Pinar Ozger. We talked about all sorts of things: the economy, jobs, and other creative endeavors. But you probably don’t want to hear about that. No. You probably already know that Derrick has had his mitts on a review sample of the Olympus E-P1 Digital PEN and you want to hear about the camera already. Since I did indeed get to play with the camera for a bit, I can certainly oblige.

Nikon D700x | Nikon Rumors:

I have received several tips from stores, Nikon reps, Nikon authorized service centers, etc about the Nikon D700x. Those tips are coming from different parts of the world and the interesting thing is that they all point to a Nikon D700x release in the Fall of 2009