Nikon have made a lot of new announcements today, including two new lenses and a whole host of compact cameras. The first lens we should mention is aimed particularly at those who have moved to full frame on a budget, like D600 customers, and need a wide angle lens. The AF-S NIKKOR 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED. … Read moreNew from Nikon
If you are a photo junkie and you are not getting a weekly fix of the “This Week in Photo” podcast, then you are missing out. Now I am not just saying this because I happen to be on from time to time, but I am going to make special mention of Episode 289 where … Read moreThis Week in Photo Podcast – Episode 289
CES saw Nikon announce two new cameras in their 1-Series of mirrorless cameras. The new Nikon 1 J3 and Nikon 1 S1. Focusing first on the new entry level S1, you will find a camera using the 10mp CX format CMOS sensor from the original Nikon 1 V1 and J1. Its frame rate is not … Read moreCES 2013 – Nikon News
Samsung kicked off their first announcement a little ahead of CES, that being the NX300, a 3D capapble addition to their NX range of mirrorless cameras. Like it’s siblings it has a 20mp sensor which now also sports the hybrid phase detect auto focus system we have seen making it’s way into several mirrorless cameras … Read moreCES 2013 – Samsung Announcements
Fuji have made a big deal at CES that they are very comfortable being a major player in the third camera market segment that sits between smart phones and DSLR cameras, particularly in reference to their X-series of cameras. Before we jump into the new X100s and X20 though, lets look at the list of compact cameras … Read moreCES 2013 – Fujifilm New Releases
Olympus’ OM cameras were well respected for their compact size in the 35mm film SLR era though in 1976-85 Pentax had their MX which was a fully mechanical camera which was extremely compact, particularly when paired with their 40mm pancake lens. Now Pentax resuscitate the MX in the new MX-1 compact camera. It has brass for … Read moreCES 2013 – Pentax Announcements
Canon released several new compact cameras at CES but none that have perhaps caused as much of a stir as the PowerShot N. First off, the camera is square and looks as though it was designed first and foremost around it’s tilting touch screen behind the lens which has a round ring around it for … Read moreCES 2013 – Canon News
So the Consumer Electronics show is happening right now in Las Vegas and of course that means a large number of new cameras. Lets kick off with Sony news. The one thing that got my attention was Engadget’s report on a mount for Sony’s GoPro competing action camera that allows you to attach the camera … Read moreCES 2013 – Sony Releases
The K30 is the latest entry level DSLR from Pentax which succeeds the previous position held by the Pentax K-r. But how could Pentax improve on the K-r, which was already in itself a great value for money entry level camera? Surprisingly Pentax have pulled out all the stops to make sure they would have … Read morePentax K-30