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Alpha 500 and 550 press release | Photoclub Alpha
Sony has announced the Alpha 500 and 550 today with an official release to all press. No press conference was held for the UK press and any advance information received has been given indivudally to journalists. There is a press event tonight in London but this is VERY specifically stated to be for trying out the new Cyber-Shot models at twilight. The official release follows. * New 12.3/14.2 effective megapixel (α500/ α550) Exmor™ CMOS sensor and new enhanced BIONZ processor for detail-packed, low-noise images with high sensitivity up to ISO 12800
Preview based on a production DSLR A550 (Firmware V1.0) Sony's approach to the DSLR market has been an interesting one to watch - the first generation of the A2XX/3XX family was a three-camera assault on a market that most manufacturers had tried to address with a single model. Sony instead created three cameras that placed greater emphasis on attracting new users across from compact cameras (whether that be through price or what was, at the time, the most seamless, compact-like live view system on the market), rather than simply stripping down their higher-end models.
Sony DSLR A550 Hands-on Preview: 1. Introduction: Digital Photog
Canon EOS 7D Hands-on Preview: 1. Introduction: Digital Photogra
Review based on a production Canon EOS 7D, firmware v1.0.9 Canon's X0D series was, for many years, essentially the default choice for keen enthusiasts, professionals and aspiring-professionals who wanted top-level image quality and functionality without the bulk (or price) of a pro-level camera such as the 1D series. The 10D, 20D and 30D were hugely successful and popular cameras, and you didn't have to spend long shooting with them to understand why. However, like every other sector of the DSLR market, there are some very competitive rivals, in terms of both price and features.
Not all of the changes made to create the D300S will be immediately apparent from looking at the specification sheets. Thankfully Nikon has loaned us a D300S which we've pored over and peered into, in an attempt to get to the bottom of the less obvious changes that have been made to its APS-C flagship. Click here for more information. Based on a pre-production Nikon D300S The Nikon D300 made quite an impact when it was first launched - enough to prompt us to conclude: 'There's simply no better semi-professional digital SLR on the market.' And, in many respects, it is still the camera to beat in that class - nearly two years later and it is still able to command essentially the same price as at launch (though the strong Yen has pushed all prices up).
Nikon D300s brief hands-on: Digital Photography Review
Nikon D300s
Nikon D300s and 35mm f/1.8 AF-S (32.9oz/930g with battery and card but no lens). enlarge . I'd get it at Adorama , Amazon , Ritz , J&R or Calumet .(Amazon and others also has it also kitted with the 18-200mm VR ). Adorama pays top dollar for your used gear , especially the older model D300 . Using these links to get yours is what helps me keep adding to this site. Thanks!
Three years ago Leica revealed the M8, its first digital rangefinder. The M8 looked similar to the film M7 but was a completely new body, with a 27 x 18 mm (1.3x FOV crop) 10 megapixel Kodak CCD sensor and no resolution-sapping anti-alias filter. However it wasn’t all plain sailing, all modern digital cameras feature a glass UV/IR filter in front of the sensor, and in the case of the M8 the design was particularly thin (just 0.5 mm) which turned out, in production, not to be strong enough.
Leica M9 Hands-on Preview: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography
Leica M9 First Look
Introduction In mid-August, 2009, I was invited to join a small group of journalist on a visit with Leica at their headquarters in Solms, Germany. The purpose was to preview three new cameras, the M9, S2 and X1.
The Leica M9 could very well be the most anticipated Leica M ever. With film users holding out for a full-frame digital M before making the switch, the tens of thousands of existing M8 users waiting to upgrade, and photographers new to Leica waiting patiently for a camera that wowed them, the M9 has generated an unbelievable response. One of the most frequent questions I've received over the last six months has been, "When will Leica come out with an M9?"
David Farkas Photography Blog: Leica M9 Review: Shooting in Wetz
Sep 9, 2009 at 13:14:47 GMT Alongside the M9 Leica has also announced the X1, a compact camera with a large APS-C sensor and a fixed 35mm equivalent field-of-view F2.8 autofocus lens. Featuring a design reminiscent of M-series rangefinders, complete with analogue-style shutter speed and aperture dials, the camera offers a choice of fully automatic or manual control.
Leica X1 and brief hands-on: Digital Photography Review
An M9 In Paris – A Field Review
Because this review will be read by current and previous Leica owners as well as people who have never seen one in the flesh, let alone shot with one, it will likely be impossible to satisfy the interests of both constituencies. Experienced users as well as those wondering if Leica has finally nailed the digital M ( it has ) will want to know specifics, and on the other hand there will be those who have heard about the Leica mystique, but simply wonder if it's for them. The details of what's working and what's still problematic will likely be pretty meaningless for them though. But, I'll try and satisfy both, at the risk of this becoming quite a verbose piece.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 Digital Camera - Hands-On Preview - The
Though Panasonic has released two Micro Four Thirds cameras in the last year, it's with the Panasonic GF1 that they truly realize the potential of the format. While the G1 and GH1 were akin to a short Rebel in size, the chief size advantage was had in the smaller optics, not the body. But the Panasonic GF1's body is smaller than the G1 and GH1; indeed, it's not much bigger than a mid-size digicam.Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 Review: 1. Introduction: Digital Photogr
Review based on a production Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 with firmware v0.1 When Panasonic showed us the first Micro Four Thirds camera, the DMC-G1, our first question was 'why does it look like an SLR?'.September 2, 2009: Panasonic has released details of its latest Micro Four Thirds System camera, the Lumix DMC-GF1. Claimed as the world's smallest and lightest system camera with a built-in flash, it has a rangefinder-style body that takes interchangeable lenses and a 18.0 x 13.5 mm Live MOS sensor with 12.1 effective megapixels. The GF1 is third model in the revolutionary G series of digital interchangeable lens system cameras based on the Micro Four Thirds system standard. It has been designed to provide SLR image quality with the ease of use of a compact camera and supports both JPEG and raw formats for still image capture as well as recording HD (1280 × 720) movies in AVCHD Lite format (MPEG-4/H.264) with high quality sound. The GF1's 3-inch Intelligent LCD monitor has a wide viewing angle and full 460,000-dot resolution.
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If you are a RAW shooter and like to ETTR (expose to the right) then you probably already know that the histograms the camera displays are actually based on the JPG engine and not the RAW pixel data. As a result even if you ETTR based on the camera histograms you probably still underexposed, often by as much as 1EV. Also, there is the problem of WB effecting the histograms and thus in many cases in the playback menu one of the colors may show it is about to clip even though it may actually still be more than one EV underexposed. Without better feedback it is tricky to decide how much more exposure you can apply without clipping.