Category: SLR
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DxOMark: Now with Nikon D7000
At DxO Labs, there is one hell of a director of special effects. One after the other, there are news exploding in front of observers. First, there was a Sony Alpha 55 marginally better than the other cameras, then a Pentax K-5 which jumped ahead everybody else with 82 points. Here comes the Nikon D7000…
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Delay for the Canon tele-lenses
In August, Canon had announced its newest lines of high-end pro tele-lenses (EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM, EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM) and a EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM zoom. Small issues with the manufacturing, with planned process improvements. Nevertheless, it will take us up to March 2011… We will have to be…
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Sony deals on eBay
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DxOMark: Pentax K-5 now at the top!
It was not even a full day after I indicated that the Sony Alpha 55 was at the top of the competition since it had the best sensor evaluation ranking among the APS-C camera sensors. Here comes a new update from DxO Labs and the DxOMark ranking is revolutionized. Not only is the Pentax K5…
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24MP/FF for Nikon and Sony
photo credit: Edur8 There is currently a Full Frame digital sensor being developed by Sony. Or more precisely, Sony currently works on a 24 mega-pixel technology in the Full Frame form factor (FX in the Nikon local language) and the two applications actually forecast are at Nikon for building the Nikon D800 and at Sony…
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Alpha 55: The best according to DxO
It is clear that Sony has impressed a number of the users with its Alpha 55 (A55-SLT). Despite the very legitimate concerns about the length of video sequences, the camera seems to be appreciated a lot by all the evaluators. The latest and possibly the most impressive (or the most telling) is the recent evaluation…
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Instant rebate on Nikon lenses at B&H
70-300mm VR Lens & 18-55mm Bundled with the D-5000 ($250 Instant Rebate) 18-200mm VR Bundled with the D-90 ($300 Instant Rebate) 24-70 f/2.8G ED mm & 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Bundled with D-300S or D-700 ($700 Instant Rebate) This offer ends 11/20/2010: Hurry up! And all the other rebates at B&H.
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Nikon D7000: Available or not?
This is becoming the hot question for November 2010: When will the Nikon D7000 be really available? First, people noticed the difficulty (in October) to get the new camera even on pre-order (and Amazon started offering a small amount to their impatient customers). And, we assumed that this was just normal (after all, Nikon had…
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Longer bursts for the Pentax K-5
Pentax just announced that they will be able to lengthen the bursts of continuous shooting in the Pentax K-5 with a future new firmware. Availability: Somewhere in November 2010. Source : QueSabesDe.com