Category: SLR

  • Another leak: Sony Alpha 750

    When we told you that it was going to happen! Here is LetsGoDigital finding a leaked shadow of a future SLR photo camera from Sony, the Sony Alpha 750 which will most certainly will be the successor to the Sony Alpha 700 awaited for the beginning of next year. But we will have to wait…

  • Several firmware updates

    These last days, plenty of photo camera manufacturers announced updated and corrections to the firmware of their photo cameras. Uncanny… Pentax K-7 : site Pentax UK Canon EOS 7D : Canon web site Canon EOS Rebel XS/1000D : Canon web site And we are told that Canon prépares a big firmware update to bring full…

  • Canon EOS 1D Mk IV, “Nocturne”

    Nocturne by Vincent Laforet – YouTube link A movie from the photographer Vincent Laforet with the all new Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, professional digital SLR camera.

  • Premium repair for Sony

    Sony will soon offer (at the end of October) a Premium service for after-sales and warranty. It will target pros and top-flight amateur photographers. For a period of one, two or three years (at the price of 109, 219 or 329€), the customer will get a warranty extension (directly from Sony Style Georges V or…

  • Nikon D3s

    After the official presentation of the Nikon D3s, here are a couple of nice videos used by Nikon in its international promotion at launch time. Vincent Munier testing the Nikon D3s during a two-week assignment in Finland, in Summer 2009.YouTube link Bill Frakes testing the Nikon D3s all over Australia. – YouTube link

  • The ugliest photo camera

    To follow up on a previous post, here are the ugliest photo cameras I could find (with the very active assistance of The Online Photographer, I have to admit):

  • Canon EOS 5D: Shutter in slow motion

    Did you already see an SLR camera operating in slow motion? The video here will show you the steps -normally invisible to the naked eye- that are splitting the shutter operation in individual stages: mirror going up, shutter uncovering the sensor, nearly immediately, shutter covering it again (the image is now “in the box”), mirror…

  • Canon EOS 1D Mark IV Press Release

    Just arrived, the new Canon EOS 1D MkIV.

  • Sony Zeiss 16-35mm f/2.8 first impressions

    I just got a Sony Carl Zeiss 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM zoom (Mfr# SAL1635Z) and I wanted to share with you my first impressions. Obviously, this is a pro-level mechanical design. You immediately notice the weight of this zoom lens (at no less than 1.9 lbs (860g), this is not a cheap plastic lens). Some…