Canon vs. Nikon vs. Sony: Battle of Cheaper Full-Frame Cameras Reloaded

Canon vs. Nikon vs. Sony: Battle of Cheaper Full-Frame Cameras Reloaded

At least they give their cameras different names. But in principle they’re releasing very similar products at very similar times. Copycats. Just take the recent release of the Canon 5D Mark III and the Nikon D800. They were announced within not even a month. Now the next battle of similar market targets is looming. We […]

Dunno Feast? The Yearning for Original Photography

Dunno Feast? The Yearning for Original Photography

It’s a tough world out there. Especially in the world of stock photography. That calls for innovation. Feast is such a child of competition and trade rivalry. An ingenious child, created by stock photography market leader iStockphoto. But what the heck is Feast? That’s not so easy. It’s photography, basically, but a challenge to one’s […]

Nikon’s All-in-One Most Powerful Zoom Ever

Nikon’s All-in-One Most Powerful Zoom Ever

Preorder the new Nikon AF-S Nikkor DX 18-300mm F3.5-5.6G ED VR lens from Amazon, Adorama or B&H for $999: For DX Format DSLRs Wide-Angle to Telephoto 16.7x Zoom Lens Three Aspherical Lens Elements Three Extra-Low Dispersion Lens Elements Nikon VR II Image Stabilization Nikon Super Integrated Coating Silent Wave Motor & Zoom Lock Switch Focus […]

Nikon Save $$$ Deals

Nikon Save $$$ Deals

Nice Amazon Nikon deals: Save $200 on Nikon D5100 Save $100 on Nikon D7000 Save $80 on Nikon COOLPIX L810 26x Zoom

B&H Photo Video — World’s Probably Most Favorite Camera Store

B&H Photo Video — World’s Probably Most Favorite Camera Store

Well I’m quoting Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google. In 2007 he said that B&H is his favorite camera store. You always find a reason to visit New York City, and you find even more reasons to pay B&H Photo Video a visit, this refreshingly different, innovative camera store with the latest gear, an incredible choice […]

New Canon EOS 650D / Rebel T4i in Stock

New Canon EOS 650D / Rebel T4i in Stock

+++ Now also in stock at Amazon and B&H. DigitalRev has the new rebel in stock — body only or with 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS II kit lens: Or you can preorder from Amazon, Adorama and B&H.

New Olympus PENs: Successors to E-PL3 and E-PM1 Up Next

New Olympus PENs: Successors to E-PL3 and E-PM1 Up Next

It will still take a while. Official announcement is planned for Photokina this September in Cologne, Germany. But late prototype models of the successors to the Olympus PEN cameras E-PL3 and E-PM1 are about to be shown to trusted sources. With the updating of the mid- and lower-end PENs Olympus attempts to further differentiate and […]

Sweet Deals #2

Sweet Deals #2

SanDisk Extreme 32GB 45MB/s SDHC Flash Memory Card Reg $79.99 — Spec 38.40 — You Save $41.59 (52%) Canon EF 70-300mm F4-5.6 IS USM Lens for Canon EOS SLR Cameras Reg $649.99 — Spec $395 — You Save $254.99 (39%) Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II Camera Lens Reg $200 — Spec $111.99 — You Save […]

Can’t Say No to These Rebel T3(i) Deals

Can’t Say No to These Rebel T3(i) Deals

The most advanced Canon EOS Rebel 650 / T4i may be out, but who can resist these T3 deals: Canon EOS Rebel T3i — With 18-55mm IS Lens and 55-250mm Lens — FREE: Red Giant Adorama Production Bundle for PC/Mac @ $599.00 Retail Value — Buy together and save Canon Pro9000 Mark II Color Photo […]

Sensor Equivalence: Size Does Matter. Or Does It?

Sensor Equivalence: Size Does Matter. Or Does It?

The recent spate of smaller and smaller and more and more powerful cameras has brought forth new talk about sensor sizes. Let’s assume sensor size does matter — or doesn’t it? Or only conditionally? The bigger the better? Greetings from Dr. Freud. The whole crowd will just stand back to make way for you with […]

Preorder the Most Advanced Canon Rebel T4i

Preorder the Most Advanced Canon Rebel T4i

The most advanced 18MP Canon EOS Rebel 650 / T4i with touchscreen and hybrid AF is available for preorder — plus the new Canon 40mm F2.8 pancake! Preorder from Amazon. Or Adorama has Canon Rebel T4i Body only $849 Canon Rebel T4i with 18-55mm IS II Kit Zoom $949 Canon Rebel T4i with 18-135mm IS […]

The Sony RX100 File

The Sony RX100 File

Sony has what may be the new king of premium pocket cameras: the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100, an enthusiast point-and-shoot fixed lens camera with lots of power under the hood and an ultra bright F1.8 Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar T*. It’s a camera that looks like others, but the big difference is it’s large sensor. As […]

Canon 60D & PIXMA Pro Printer Bundle

Canon 60D & PIXMA Pro Printer Bundle

B&H has this tempting offer: $1,344.95 for Canon EOS 60D DSLR Camera Bundle and PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II Printer Kit (that’s $250 off) Product Highlights 18MP APS-C CMOS Sensor 1920 x 1080 HD Video Capture SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Card Slot Vari-Angle Clear View 3.0″ Flip-Out LCD DIGIC 4 Image Processor 5.3 fps Continuous Shooting Works with […]

Sweet Deals #1

Sweet Deals #1

Adorama has these sweet fine deals: Lexar 128GB Echo MX Backup USB Drive — Up to 30MB/s Read and 17MB/s Write Reg $109.95 — Spec $82.49 Olympus E-PM1 12.3MP Digital Camera — White — With M.Zuiko MSC ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R Silver Lens and Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F4.0-5.6 “R” Silver Zoom […]

The Olympus OM-D E-M5 Dream Combo Review

The Olympus OM-D E-M5 Dream Combo Review

I might be someone too biased for a review of this gem of a camera, the Olympus OM-D E-M5. Am a Four Thirds veteran, was an early adopter of Olympus’ back then revolutionary E-System that invented the dust reduction features which were soon copied by everyone. What an amazing Kodak sensor the E-1 had — […]

Nikon D7000, Pana GF3, Lumix Lenses & Canon Deals

Nikon D7000, Pana GF3, Lumix Lenses & Canon Deals

B&H has these Nikon D7000 deals, $100 off body only and various kits. Also, $50 instant savings on Panasonic GF3 kits. Last but not least, save up to 80% on these fine Panasonic Lumix lenses. And don’t forget the Canon Instant Savings, up to $550 double instant savings on select lenses and speedlites. Promotion ends […]

Film Is Back — If You’re in No Hurry

Film Is Back — If You’re in No Hurry

Just when digital photography makes the life of a photographer easier than ever there is this new trend: film is back. Noisy, grainy, less convenient film. Not only is it more and more difficult and time-consuming to develop a role of film as compared to just uploading digital images. You’re limited to the 36 shots […]

Canon S100 Killer Deal

Canon S100 Killer Deal

The very compact camera indeed, the Canon PowerShot S100, $151 off on Amazon. That’s nearly 30% less than list price for this truly anywhere compact camera. DP Review‘s S100 verdict: The Canon S100 is particularly well-suited to two types of photographers: compact camera shooters looking to upgrade to a similarly small camera with more control, […]

Interview With Fujifilm President Shigetaka Komori: Redefining the Business of Photography

Interview With Fujifilm President Shigetaka Komori: Redefining the Business of Photography

Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) has an in-depth interview with Fujifilm’s president Shigetaka Komori, the concern director who ushered in the reorganization of Fujifilm — just to mention the introduction of two nutrition and cosmetics product lines in 2006. What, you ask, has a traditional film company to do with nutrition and cosmetics? Japan’s large […]

Shoot First. Ask Later.

Shoot First. Ask Later.

There’s this ingenious marketing campaign by ingeniously named IT’SUGAR. The campaign is more than an eye-catcher. It’s a liberation theory. With one core phrase that looks like a variation of a good photographer’s mantra: “Shoot First. Ask later.” IT’SUGAR loudly suggests: Asking for forgiveness instead of permission. A kind of like Nike’s “Just Do It” […]

Michael Woodford Reaches Out-of-Court Settlement With Ex-Employer Olympus

Michael Woodford Reaches Out-of-Court Settlement With Ex-Employer Olympus

Remember, he not only uncovered an $1,7 billion Olympus accounting fraud that cost the Japanese camera-to-endoscope maker Olympus its board and reputation. He also uncovered the infamous side of corporate Japan that Olympus quickly wants to forget. Now Michael Woodford, the ousted Olympus chief executive, has reached an out-of-court settlement with his former employer for […]

The Next Big Photography Thing — Watch Google’s “Project Glass”

The Next Big Photography Thing — Watch Google’s “Project Glass”

A few years ago anyone would have laughed off the idea of a camera phone somewhat replacing traditional gear. The smartphone though changes the landscape does exactly this. Or Steve Jobs did. Apple’s rivaling visionaries in Mountain View are about to go beyond of what’s making sense today: Google is pitching its Project Glass eyewear […]

Leica Deal

Leica Deal

Hot Leica deal with $150 gift cards: Adorama gives away $150 gift cards with the purchases of either Leica V-lux 3 Super Zoom Digital Camera (camera only) Leica V-Lux 3 Super Zoom Digital Camera Kit (with 16GB SD memory card, camera case, spare Leica Li-Ion battery) With its focal length range of 25-600mm and its […]

Fiat Lux or Welcome to the Virtual Lighting Studio for Portraiture

Fiat Lux or Welcome to the Virtual Lighting Studio for Portraiture

Struggling with the proper lighting technique, especially with portraits? Here is some virtual help: a virtual online lighting studio, solely dedicated to simulating the lighting of a human headshot. Great care has been taken to have the virtual lights react in the most plausible and realistic way. If this is successful you should be able […]

A Rangefinder? The Fujifilm X-Pro1 Review by Ronn Aldaman

A Rangefinder? The Fujifilm X-Pro1 Review by Ronn Aldaman

By RONN ALDAMAN The Fujifilm X-Pro1 a rangefinder? The question is moot. While Fujifilm does have a history of rangefinder cameras reaching back to the early 1970s, one has to ask what defines a camera as being a rangefinder. While there is for example no mirror-slap in the Fujifilm X-Pro1 we will not find what […]

New Arrival Pentax Weather-Sealed K-30

New Arrival Pentax Weather-Sealed K-30

On preorder at B&H and Adorama, the new weather-sealed mid-level Pentax K-30. Sturdy, nice price, a camera for everywhere. And why not mount the fast new Pentax SMC DA 50mm F1.8 on it. Preorder from B&H or Adorama. Camera specs: 16.3MP APS-C CMOS Image Sensor Full 1080p30 HD Video h.264 Compression PRIME M Processing Optimized […]

Perfect Black-and-White Camera With Zero Noise Needs Your Social Love

Perfect Black-and-White Camera With Zero Noise Needs Your Social Love

Leica, watch out! Your pat your own back for inventing the world’s first black-and-white only digital camera, the M Monochrom. Well you’re wrong. Maybe the world’s first black-and-white only consumer camera. Because Spectral Instruments, a company you most likely never heard of, built another fairly outrageous camera: a 112MP camera with ultra light-sensitive sensors that […]