Category: SLR

  • Olympus: How to end?

    Olympus is going through really dire straits. The previous management has obviously organized some really risky finance operations (so risky that they turned to be catastrophic). Now that smoke and dust are settling down we can see more clearly (it produced a small hike up in the stock prices and we heard that the rumors…

  • Leica: lenses Made in Germany

    Leica: lenses Made in Germany

    Leica has a long history and a brilliant fame for manufacturing excellent lenses. This is a marketing video about these Leica lenses. Leica Lenses (English) from Leica camera on Vimeo.

  • The end of Olympus

    The end of Olympus

    This is not yet fully certain, but Olympus is today at the core of a maelstrom. So much of it that it is advisable to think about the possible end to the brand itself As a matter of fact, we are witnesses to an almost unbelievable financial chronicle on a background of fraud, creative accounting…

  • Nikon D800: Sony sensors hit again

    We leanred a little more about the Nikon D800 when NR revealed the first pictures of the futur new pro Full Frame Digital SLR from Nikon. The most impressive item recorded will certainly be the arrival of a new FX-FF digital sensor of 36 mega-pixels. You read it well: Nikon will hold the record of…

  • Thailand flood update

    As you already know, Thailand is suffering major floods observed since last July with considerable rainfall during this long period of time normally watered by the rains of the South-East Asiatic monsoon (albeit much stronger this year). Many parts of the country are invaded by the water which do not stop to rise near (and…

  • Nikon D7100 or Nikon D400?

    According to a small bit of information I received, Nikon may not be ready to launch a new successor to the Nikon D300s, also known as Nikon D400. However, they have a Nikon D7100 in the works. The D7100 would be the first Nikon camera using the same digital sensor as the Sony Alpha 77…

  • Sony A65 / A77: The differences in pictures

    If you were wondering what the real differences are between the new Sony Alpha D-SLR semi-transparent mirror cameras (the Sony SLT-A65 and Sony SLT-A77), here is a summary made in pictures. It may help better understand the differences justifying the very large price gap between the two models (for the same digital sensor). Pictures coming…

  • 50 years of Canon SLR cameras

    Since 1959, Canon has been manufacturing Signle Lens Reflex (SLR) photo cameras. The sotyr began with the Canon F. YouTube link

  • Thailand: Sony impacted products

    For the follwing new products, Sony just removed all forecast of availability. NEX-7 NEX-5N NEX-C3 Alpha 65 Source: Steve Huff.