Category: SLR

  • Pentax K-X, tomorrow?

    According to Photo-rumors, Pentax is going to announce tomorrow a new SLR photo camera named Pentax K-X. Its most prominent features are going to be: 12.4 MP CMOS APS-C sensor (Aspect Ratio 3:2) Sensitivity: ISO 100-6400 (exp. 12800 ISO) Shutter speed: 30s – 1/6000s, Flash Sync at 1/180s Live View mode with options: Contrast Detection…

  • Sony Alpha 7 will come with a new AF system

    We had no difficult in imagining that the predicted disappearance of the Sony Alpha 700 would lead Sony to offer a true replacement (somewhere between the Sony Alpha 500/550 and the Full Frame cameras like the Alpha 850). But this is an informant of Photo-Rumors who presents what a new auto-focus (AF) system would look…

  • Pentax early history

    A long article is telling us the story of Pentax (or rather Asahi Pentax) with many an old photo camera that are so nice and fresh in the memory of photographers.

  • Download Canon EOS 5D MkII user manual

    Were you looking for the EOS 5D MkII instruction manual? It is available for free download. You can find it: EOS 5D Mark II Instruction Manual from Canon USA Manuel d’instructions du modèle EOS 5D Mark II en français depuis le site de Canon Canada

  • Olympus E-600, inexpensive E-620

    Olympus announced the launch of its new SLR camera: The Olympus E-600. This photo camera uses the recipe you must prepare when in recession times: Build a new cheaper one from the old expensive product. Sony did the same with the launch of the Alpha 850 (an Alpha 900 simplified in order to break prices…

  • The Nikon D300 is leaving

    It was expected, after the arrival of the Nikon D300s, the older D300 is being removed from Nikon web sites one after the other. You have to admit that the Nikon D300s is a better D300 than the D300…

  • Canon EOS 7D User Manual

    Here it is! The User Manual for the new Canon EOS 7D is available for your download. If you want to read it to decide whether this SLR camera is your next camera, the answer is here: In English: Canon EOS 7D user manual or here In French: Manuel d’instructions du modèle EOS 7D en…

  • New Nikon coming

    Christian Fletcher is a landscape photographer who has grown very attached to his Full Frame Canon equipment (read: Canon EOS 5D MkII). Interestingly, he seems informed of upcoming pro photo camera(s) which will be sufficiently more attractive to push him into Nikon’s arms. What will be this super-Nikon camera? Origin: NR.

  • New Canon lenses

    Canon adds to the EOS 7D a set of new lenses that will be attractive to enthusiast, expert and pro photographers: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Canon EF 100mm F2.8L IS USM macro, with Hybrid IS system which is claimed to provide up to 2 stops stabilization at…