Author: Yves Roumazeilles

  • Sony Alpha 500 & Sony Alpha 550

    Sony has presented two new DSLR cameras for the middle of its range: Sony Alpha 500 & Sony Alpha 550. Obviously developped simultaneously and sharing a lot of features, they are offering 12/14 MP APS-C sensors and very good continuous shooting, even in the LiveView mode which has been brought to a very good level…

  • Official Sony Alpha 850

    Now it’s official! Sony released information about the Sony Alpha 850, it’s second Full Frame digital SLR camera. Now, the price is right. Below 2000€, the body is essentially the same as the Sony Alpha 900 (including the excellent 24 mega-pixel Full Frame sensor with its in-body image stabilization). The designers reduced significantly the costs…

  • Prices of the new Sony cameras

    Collected from the German computeruniverse.net web site: DSLR-A500 body only: 649 Euro DSLR-A500L with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm: 749 Euro DSLR-A500Y with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm + 4,5-5,6/55-200 mm: 949 Euro DSLR-A550 body only: 749 Euro DSLR-A550L with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm: 849 Euro DSLR-A550Y with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm + 4,5-5,6/55-200 mm: 1049 Euro DSLR-A850 body only: 1999 Euro DSLR-A850Q with 2,8/28-75…

  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 not available yet?

    This is getting a bit surprising. Panasonic seems to be unable to ship Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 cameras. All other the world, only very limited quantities have been appearing. Be very cautious in terms of prices, some companies seem to be charging horrendously high prices (sometimes more than $2000) with a high risk of not receiving…

  • Sony Alpha 550

    The next camera to be announced by Sony will be the Sony Alpha 550. While we don’t know much, I am informed that it will be a Sony Alpha 500 with a larger sensor resolution (probably going to 15 MP).

  • Print your photos on everything

    photo credit: irrezolut A few years ago, the only destination we could think of for our photos was the paper used for most family snapshots. A few photographers were also making large format printouts, but nothing more. With the advent of digital photography, it is now common not to print at all and to look…

  • Jonathan Hyams

    Jonathan Hyams is a Canadian documentary photographer who is bringing us impressive series of pictures illustrating some of the most difficult locations and conditions where people live. His work for OXFAM, Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen, the New Internationalist, Christian Aid, and UNICEF is shown on photoshelter.com. Here I present you his series about sex…

  • Sony Alpha 500, now!

    They’re here! A German site, DigitalKamera, started spilling the beans before the official date (or is it the official hour?). So, Sony is really about to launch (as expected) the following DSLR cameras: Sony Alpha 500 Sony Alpha 550 Sony Alpha 850 Among the most important or most notable news, I would immediately mention: The…

  • News expected this week

    We are told that this Fall is a great time for news on the SLR market. I let you judge by yourself: Canon: one announcement would be a definite possibility to replace the Canon 1D Mk III with a Canon 1D Mk IV and maybe also a Canon EOS 7D whose top cover and a…