Collected from everywhere… YouTube link YouTube link Official promotional video, with feature list: YouTube link Movie modes: YouTube link YouTube link Nikon D800 In the Studio with Rob Van Petten from Rob Van Petten on Vimeo. Joy Ride from Sandro on Vimeo. Joy Ride – Behind the Scenes from Sandro on Vimeo.
Category: SLR
13000€ for the big grey Sony 500mm
Sony announced it suggested retail price for its upcoming 500mm f/4 (which has been eagerly expected for years, which was seen in nearly all international photo fairs under various model guises): 13000 euros. This is not for everybody. This is heavy in all senses of the word. Availability of the Sony 500 mm f/4 G…
Nikon D800 and D800E
We dreamed about it, Nikon made it! Here is the Nikon D800 and its brother the D800E. Simply put, the D800 is a 36 mega-pixel Full Frame digital SLR photo camera (Thanks to sony for the digital sensor technology). Curiously, Nikon ran directly in the opposite of the Nikon D700 whose sensor sacrificed a little…
Canon EOS 1D X : Test in Spain
It’s already been a long time that Canon announced its new Digital SLR photo camera targeted to the pros, the Canon EOS 1D X. But, the announcements were not followed by much, so this is with great pleasure that we found that the Spanish QueSabesDe web site presented us a (very short) test of the…
New partners for the micro-4/3 format
Olympus just announced the arrival of new partners for the micro-4/3 format. As a matter of fact, the more immediately significant ones are the two independent lens manufacturers: Tamron Kenko-Tokina Olympus press release.
Weird new antiques or retro style?
Quite often, photo camera manufacturers try to differentiate themselves one from each other and, for a few years, they only got two ideas: colorful cameras retro-styled cameras that try not to look old Two recent examples: A white Nikon V1 and a retro-styled Samsung NX-200 RS (with only a metalized plastic top to distance itself…
Nikon D300s and D700 are at the end of the road
Weird! On their Japanese web site (but not on the French or US web sites, or nay other Nikon web site I could check), Nikon just lightened the list of its discontinued DSLR photo cameras: Nobody’s really surprised by the presence of the Nikon D700 since Nikon will announce its successor the Nikon D800 as…
Olympus: Back to the future
If Olympus is obviously in dire financial straits, the teams keep working on t preserve the photo business despite the risks looming high over the company. The latest rumor: Olympus would be preparing a mirror-less photo camera based upon a micro 4/3 digital sensor, with a very tough architecture designed to lift it over the…
Fuji X-Pro 1: Weird photo techno gadget
I almost let one of the recent announcements go without a second look. At first, it felt like one of those compact point-and-shoot cameras which do not really have the power to attract pro and enthusiast photographers who are the main readership here. As a matter of fact, the Fuji X-Pro 1 is rather astonishing…
Nikon D4 – A little more
We have already written quite significantly (too much?) about the next future pro digital photo camera from Nikon. But I found a few other items I am going to share with you, since you may like them. First, here are a few pictures of the magnesium alloy frame of the Nikon D4. Isn’t it beautiful?…
Nikon D4 – opinion
The Nikon D4 is clearly a high-end photo camera hunting on Canon EOS 1Dx grounds. It starts with a very ambitious top sensitivity at ISO 204,800. The race for high-ISOs is pleasantly replacing the race for more pixels, and the Nikon D4 is quite happy with a comfortable 16 MP figure (but, really, who needs…
The Nikon D4 is now official
Some people were waiting since the leaks started to multiply recently. It’s now here and curiosity is satisfied: The Nikon D4 is the new flagship D-SLR camera for the Nikon high-end and pro range. Let’s be clear, at 6000€/US$6000, the Nikon D4 is not a real concern for most photographers. But like all professional cameras,…
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 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
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.
Marquetry Sigma SD1: The swan song?
When your product does not meet its market, if you are marketing manager, you need ideas. That is the reason why, at Sigma, people are looking for original ideas. And the marketing department just thought about marquetry. Or about wood to elegantly (?) wrap the most expensive photo camera of the Sigma range. If we…
Canon 1D X
Quite a bit far outside of the possibilities of most photographers, here is the new pro D-SLR camera from Canon, le Canon EOS 1D X. As a matter of fact, this is a camera which conciliates the Canon EOS 1D and EOS 1Ds families. We’re back to the Full Frame sensors, with 18 mega-pixels. the…
Canon 5D MkIII, the fake ad
Dominik Wörner is a photographer who loves to have fun with Photoshop and other tools. You want some evidence? Just have a look at the sequence of pictures of the future Canon EOS 5D MkIII (if it ever happens to be born) that he assembled into a lovely video clip which could be the official…