Category: SLR

Nikon D800 videos

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…