Category: SLR

  • No Canon for PMA

    This is really recession time: Even Canon decided to cut expenses and will not go to the PMA fair in Anaheim, CA next year (in Feb 2010). This will leave Photokina (in Koln, Germany) as the only world-level photo trade show seeing all major players in the same location. Well, if nobody else tries to…

  • October for Canon and Nikon?

    There are a series of informations or rumors rolling in about a possible double announcement in October. Both Canon and Nikon would be readying themselves for major announcements targeting the highest end of the market. It would be a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and a Nikon D3s (or D3x). But this is still to…

  • Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, review of rumors

    Since about two months, the web is ringing with a rumor about a possible new high-end pro Canon SLR camera soon to be disclosed: Canon EOS 1D Mark IV. Let’s summarize what we have and let’s evaluate the probability of each of the possible features. Launch date: Two possibilities, either September 29th, 2009 (Canon intends…

  • Canon UK promotion on DSLR cameras

    Canon UK announced that they are opening a cash-back program for photographic students of various UK institutions. Teachers, lecturers and technicians in the same institutions will also be eligible. The cash-back on the EOS 450D configurations amounts to £50, whereas it climbs to £65 on a Canon EOS 500D. It will run until 31 October…

  • Nikon D300s user manual

    The Nikon D300s has just been made available that we already offer you the opportunity to see its interest by checking the original/full user manual. Download the Nikon D300s user manual. D300s User manual in English (10.3 MB, PDF file) D300s User manual in Spanish (en Español, 11.0 MB, PDF file) D300s mode d’emploi en…

  • Sony 2010 roadmap

    Photo-Rumors reveals what could well be the Sony roadmap for the year 2010. You were expecting a pause, you will be disappointed. Competition will still be intense: 7-10 January 2010 (CES, Las Vegas) : announcement of Sony A950, 32 MP FF, still no video, high ISO). January-April : tele-lens 600mm. 10-15 April (NAB, Las Vegas)…

  • Even more colors for the Pentax K-x

    Not happy with black, white, red and blue colors for your next camera? Pentax Japan decided to go even further and allow you to customize the camera body with a wealth of different colors for the plastic body and the hand grip. Do you like this or not? Source: Rye Clifton, via Engadget.

  • The Pentax K-X is now official

    And I got the price, too. The PENTAX K-x (in black and white) will ship in October 2009 in three configurations: Pentax K-x single lens kit with an SMC Pentax DA L 18-55 mm lens, for US$649.95 Pentax K-x twin lens kit for US$749.95 (with the SMC Pentax DA L 18-55 mm zoom lens and…

  • Super sensor at Sony

    To make it simpler than it really may be, you can expect that the next Sony Alpha 950 (probable name of the successor to the Sony Alpha 900, improved in the beginning of 2010) will have no less than 32 mega-pixels. Even for a Full Frame sensor, this is a lot of pixels. But this…