Category: SLR

  • Sony NEX-C3 (rumor)

    Sony NEX-C3 (rumor)

    The feature set of the next Sony NEX camera: 16.2 MP EXMOR sensor HD video recording (1280×720 or 720p) Sensitivity: ISO 200-12800 New picture effects 19 or 25 AF points (with face detection) Shutter speed from 5s to 1/4000s 3″ LCD screen (921k dots) HDR mode New battery Less than $600/600€ The Sony NEX-C3 is still…

  • Next Samsung NX lenses

    Samsung tells us the story of how they proceed to launch the future lenses (particularly for the products of the hybrid NX family). Presented as several videos from their web site. Videos are in English. YouTube link 1st part YouTube link 2nd part On this occasion, Samsung took some time to produce an illustration picture…

  • Sony NEX lenses for 2011-2012

    Sony NEX lenses for 2011-2012

    Today, we know more about what Sony is preparing for the coming year in terms of supporting lenses for the ever-expanding NEX family of hybrid cameras. We can expect the following 6 lenses from Sony and Zeiss: Sony 30mm macro lens Sony 50mm f/1.8 Zeiss 24mm f/1.7 Sony 55-200mm f/4-5.6 zoom Sony medium telephoto lens…

  • Panasonic Lumix G3

    Panasonic just presented its new compact/hybrid photo camera, the Panasonic Lumix G3 which brings: 16 MP on a micro 4/3 digital sensor continuous shooting at 4 frames per second Full HD (1920 x 1080) video capture up to 50 fps We were expecting a replacement for existing Lumix, here is the G3 with an electronic…

  • My all-color Nikon!

    My all-color Nikon!

    This is not available right now, but Sherwin Sibala is a graphic designer who prepared a few graphic design ideas as if it was possible to get a custom paint job for your Nikon D7000 camera. Via PetaPixel.

  • Tokina 16.5-135mm superzoom

    The super-zoom category contains quite a few astonishing lenses with impressive focal ranges. Today Tokina enters the race with an 8x amplitude in the Tokina AT-X 16.5-135mm DX in APS-C format and a quite reasonable f/3.5-5.6 aperture. The price: less than US$350/300€ (or £816 in the UK). Immediately available with the following lens mounts: Canon…

  • Samyang is back: 35mm f/1.4 & 8mm f/3.5 fish-eye

    Samyang is back: 35mm f/1.4 & 8mm f/3.5 fish-eye

    Apparently, Samyang has solved most of the issues it had with supplying raw glass from Japan for its new lenses. The Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fish-eye CS VG10 lens, designed for the Sony NEX-VG10 large-sensor, is announced and immediately shipping. Also, the Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC manual-focus lens is available for both Canon and Nikon.

  • Nikon D800, not right now

    According to the Spanish webzine QUESABESDE.COM, Nikon has clarified (at least internally) what to do with the upcoming replacement of the Nikon D700 (FX large sensor with a high sensitivity). Because of the impact of the Japanese earthquake on the Sendai plant normally used to work on the pro SLR cameras of Nikon, the future…

  • Is the Sony NEX-5 as good as a Leica M9?

    This is the interesting question asked by Steve Huff on his blog. As a matter of fact, he took a Leica Noctilux ASPH f/0.95 lens on both the Leica M9, and the Sony NEX-5 (with an adapter). Surprisingly for some, the Sony small inexpensive NEX-5 is giving pretty much the same results in quality even…