Sony’s NEX-series of compact system cameras today gains an affordable new model, with the debut of the Sony Alpha NEX-F3 , and we’ve just posted our preview.
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Sony NEX-F3: New entry-level mirrorless previewed (with samples)
Sony NEX-F3: New entry-level mirrorless previewed (with samples)
May 17, 2012 By
Fuji unveils wide conversion lens, new firmware for X100 (with samples!)
May 15, 2012 By
Fujifilm has today announced a new conversion lens specific to its FinePix X100 digital camera, offering X100 shooters an alternative to the 23mm fixed focal length of their camera. The company has also simultaneously announced updated firmware for the X100 body. The Fuji WCL-X100 Wide Conversion Lens has 0.8x magnification, and mounts directly on the camera body, without the need for the AR-X100 adapter ring that must be used to attach other filters and accessories
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Fuji unveils wide conversion lens, new firmware for X100 (with samples!)
UK gets official Top 100 music streaming chart next week, Billboard seen crying in the corner
May 10, 2012 By
Used to be, musicians were judged (commercially speaking, of course) by how much radio play they got and how many albums and singles they sold. The UK’s answer to Billboard, the Official Charts Company, has seen a future filled with streaming music from services like Spotify , Napster and Deezer and decided that it needed a streaming chart to truly judge the success or failure of today’s, and tomorrow’s, top tunes. Thus, a Top 100 streaming chart was created and is set to launch next Monday, May 14
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UK gets official Top 100 music streaming chart next week, Billboard seen crying in the corner
The Camera Bag: Video Shows Massive Nikkor 6mm F/2.8 Fisheye Lens in Action on a Nikon D800
May 9, 2012 By
Remember that massive 6mm f/2.8 fisheye Nikkor lens that went on sale in London last month for a whopping $160,000? Well, the giant lens was eventually sold for that asking price to a private collector via Nikon retailer Grays of Westminster but not before a short video of it was made.
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The Camera Bag: Video Shows Massive Nikkor 6mm F/2.8 Fisheye Lens in Action on a Nikon D800
A Wonderful Short Film About a Grumpy School Photographer
May 7, 2012 By
Ever wonder how school photographers are able to get children to smile, shot after shot after shot? Well, here’s a charming short video entitled “School Portrait” about the opposite dilemma: a grumpy school photographer trying to make kids frown by telling them about the horrible things going on in the world today.
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A Wonderful Short Film About a Grumpy School Photographer
The Silence of the Cams: Why Don’t They Make Cameras with Built-In Music Players?
May 4, 2012 By
One of the pleasures of photography is the solitude it offers. When I’m shooting on the street, I am enclosed in my own Henri Cartier-Bresson photo bubble space. Yet that space is too quiet.
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The Silence of the Cams: Why Don’t They Make Cameras with Built-In Music Players?
Should You Post Photos on Instagram that Were Shot with a Digital SLR?
May 2, 2012 By
One of the more contentious debates to spring up from the increasing popularity of photo editing and sharing app Instagram concerns how people are capturing their images.
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Should You Post Photos on Instagram that Were Shot with a Digital SLR?
Leaf launches Credo camera back series
April 25, 2012 By
Last January, Phase One combined its medium format camera brands Mamiya and Leaf, to create a new global entity: Mamiya Leaf. Both companies had already been cooperating for some time, and now the first product line of the combined Mamiya Leaf takes that cooperation a step further.
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Leaf launches Credo camera back series
Pentax takes on Ricoh camera line, switches to unilateral pricing
April 20, 2012 By
With Pentax now firmly established as a part of Ricoh, the company’s US branch has taken on responsibility for marketing and distribution of its new parent’s camera lineup in the US market. In an announcement yesterday, Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas Corp
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Pentax takes on Ricoh camera line, switches to unilateral pricing
Nikon D3200 previewed: boosts speed and resolution, courts Android users
April 19, 2012 By
Nikon has today announced its latest consumer digital SLR, the Nikon D3200 . As the name would suggest, it’s a followup to the D3100, which launched back in late 2010. The new model boosts resolution significantly, but simultaneously brings a step forward in terms of speed
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Nikon D3200 previewed: boosts speed and resolution, courts Android users
