PDN says:
Amir-Hamzeh said the DP1 will remain on the market so users can enjoy the image quality of the DP2 camera for standard focal length photography, while continuing to take advantage of the DP1’s wider focal length.
Category: Equipment
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Canon Recalls Flagship Cameras for Lube Job
Gadget Lab | Wired.com says:
Laugh all you like but, when combined with the infamous focussing problems, the top-end EOS is starting to look less and less attractive.
Fake Chuck Westfall is even less charitable about the latest Canon debacle:
At least be happy about the fact that we are finally acknowledging the problem and are offering to fix it for you, and this, ofcourse, after waiting for two years now while many users have been complaining about this on forums everywhere. At least two years is a lot faster than waiting 3 years to release a service notice for the 5D mirror falling off, right?
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Phase One P65+ Camera System
Dan Havlik, PDN says:
“Photographers need real reasons to upgrade past 39-megapixel digital backs,” Phase One CEO Henrik Håkonsson says in the release. “Real value includes higher resolution but also requires new functions, faster operation, higher quality through expanded sensitivity, increased dynamic range, better results in the studio or on location and a better longer-term investment.”
Though that’s a canned quote, it’s an argument photographers need to seriously consider if they’re thinking of jumping back into the megapixel race. Because along with offering mind-blowing amounts of resolution—and images shot with the P 65+ really are mind-blowing—the camera system sets another unofficial record, this time in the conspicuous consumption category. Packaged together, the Phase One P65+ back and 645 camera sells for just a hair under $42,000.
Ouch.
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First Look: Gigapan Epic 100, The Panorama Robot
Gadget Lab | Wired.com says:
Gigapan makes hefty boxes which take your compact camera (or small DSLR) and, using stepper-motors, take a whole bunch of perfectly aligned snaps which can later be stitched together to make a huge, detailed gigapixel image — hence the name. The Epic 100 is essentially the same as the original Gigapan, only it can accommodate slightly larger cameras.
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Super Slow-Motion Camera Catches a Wave
Gadget Lab | Wired.com says:
The psychedelically radical video above was shot with a $100,000 high-speed camera called the Typhoon HD4, capturing intricacies of ocean waves normally imperceivable to the human eye. Shot as a teaser for BBC’s upcoming South Pacific series, the clip features surfer Dylan Longbottom in a 12-foot monster barrel.
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Panasonic Lumix GH1 first impressions and first footage
Philip Bloom says:
It’s very compact due to the sensor being smaller and the omission of a mirror box. It has full manual controls for ISO. You can change the shutter and iris manually WHILST filming, no exposure lock needed. It has an autofocus that works pretty well whilst recording, both in centre frame mode and using facial recognition mode, something I have recently found outstanding on the little Canon VIXIA HF20. The ability to have full manual controls should not be underestimated. At the click of the dial on the front you can switch between aperture and iris. This can be done whilst shooting.
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World’s Fastest Camera: Shutter Speed Half a Billionth of a Second
From GadgetLab:
The Steam camera not only shoots images just 440 trillionths of a second in length, it can rack up an astonishing six million of them in a single second.
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Panasonic GH1 Merges S.L.R. Photos With HD Video
From NYTimes.com:At the end of May, Panasonic will unleash the second generation of the G1, called the GH1. Wow, what a difference an H makes.
These two Panasonic cameras are the first in a new camera format called Micro Four Thirds, developed in partnership with Olympus. The concept is deliciously simple: shrink an S.L.R. by removing the mirror box.
