Category: Buy
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New reviews for all SLR cameras
I know I shouldn’t have waited so long (2 months), but today’s batch of additions is no less than 26 new in-depth reviews for all the Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung and Sony cameras. To find your load of updated review lists, just use the link at the top left of the web site “SLR…
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SLR lenses: Best gear for wildlife photo – Conclusion
These recent days, we spent time evaluating the possibilities offered by each of the major photo SLR brands for the wildlife/nature photographer, but I would now like to also add a few wider comments. First, it appears clear that the already existing equipment of a photographer has an inordinate weight in everybody’s choice (you can…
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SLR lenses: Best gear for wildlife photo
Some photography specialties are more demanding than others for the hardware equipment (mostly photo lenses). Animal wildlife photography (African safari, photographic hunting in Asia or bird watching in Europe, for example) is the perfect example: Your subject is nearly always too far. Photo Marc Wunderlich – I’m on the left, along with Alain Saunier, our…
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Underpants: A gift for the camera lover
No doubt about that, you must make sure that your other half will find this information in time for buying the best gift for a photo camera lover: underpant boxers with second-hand vintage photo cameras. This is at GAP, it’s everywhere in the wolrd on the Internet, but also in all the GAP shops, in…
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Hasselblad: Wait and see
When you don’t have much to tell and the competition is launching products like Spring is blooming, what do you do? Like Hasselabld, you announce… that you will announce “exciting news” on the 22th of September, when the Photokina opens. This is definitely not viral marketing.
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Photo scammers: The naked truth
photo credit: Don Hankins It appears that -at least in some cases- many ads from Google (like the ones I display on my web sites) are presenting fraudulent business proposals. Usually they are recognizable by the fact that they makes too-good-to-be-true offers (half-price photo cameras or basement-sale prices for pro equipment). But it is not…
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DSLR comparisons
It is often a little difficult to compare two cameras feature by feature. I’ve come to a web site which does that (and only that), but does it nicely: SnapSort.com. Nice.
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Five D-SLR shoot-out
Barry Fitzgerald decided to offer us a comparison of five of the entry-level D-SLR. I invite you to read to the conclusion which should please some of the admirers of Pentax. The reviewed cameras are: Sony Alpha A230 Sony Alpha A550 Pentax K-x Canon EOS 1000d/Rebel XS Nikon D3000
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Why you need an expensive camera
Despite all the positive aspects of cheap photo cameras, many a photographer will outgrow its camera possibilities. For good reasons, some day, you will need/want a more powerful photographic power horse, will you not? Cheap cameras are cheaply built. Though the least expensive cameras are quite sturdy, it’s true that they are not as strong…