Category: SLR

  • Canon EOS 1D Mark IV vs. Nikon D3s

    If you are looking for the best SLR camera that your money can buy, you have certainly seen the announcement of the latest pro cameras from Nikon and Canon as very interesting. Both the Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and the Nikon D3S pretend to be very fast cameras and to have actual record sensitivity…

  • A new kind of DSLR

    All Digital SLR cameras look a like because it’s a tried design solution. But what about other forms and patterns? Erin Fong is trying to offer something completely different with this Nova camera concept. Innovative, for sure. From designer Erin Fong.

  • A gift for Christmas?

    Thanks to Swarovski and Olympus, you can now offer a stupendous photo camera: An Olympus EP-1 studded with Swarovski crystals. If you have to ask for the price, you can’t afford it. But, it’s £1999.99 in the UK.

  • A White Paper for the Canon 1D Mark IV

    If you want to know everything about the technology included in the Canon 1D Mark IV, you can now download the White Paper published by Canon about this pro photo camera whose possibilities are clearly astonishing (as much as the price, by the way; But, who’s to prohibit dreaming a little?). Canon White Paper for…

  • How lenses are made?

    If you don’t know, you may be interested in this video from Canon. YouTube link

  • Several SLR firmware updates

    We may have to group them since the firmware updates sometimes happen nearly at the same time. The latest ones are: Sony Alpha series (A380, A330 & A230): Mac, Windows (Sony Europe) Canon EOS 7D v1.1.0 (to correct an issue where a previous image may partly superimpose itself on the next, in continuous shooting): Instructions…

  • Camera Raw 5.6 is here

    Ready to celebrate the arrival of 2009 Beaujolais Nouveau, a new version of the RAW conversion utility from Adobe is here: Camera Raw 5.6. It supports a whole lot of recent cameras: Canon EOS 7D Canon PowerShot G11 Canon PowerShot S90 Leaf Aptus II 5 Mamiya DM22, DM28, DM33, DM56, M18, M22, M31 Nikon D3s…

  • End of year coupons and offers

    Since this is time for the end of the year and its high sales of electronic gadgets and photographic gear, here also comes the time for cashbacks, sales and promotions. The photography market will not forget this in these recession times and there are many offers and promotions or bundles. Among the offers I tried…

  • Canon EOS 1D Mk IV, download the user manual

    And now, Canon has revealed the User Manual for the Canon EOS 1D Mk IV. It is available for download. User manual (in English on the Canon Rumors web site) Other languages still to be found It may help you decide whether you want to get it for Christmas.