Category: SLR

  • Goodbye Nikon D300

    We loved you so much… but from everywhere in the world comes the rumour that the Nikon D300 is disappearing. Nikon must have been stopping all manufacturing. If you still want one, I may suggest that you urgently visit your prefered reseller in order to see if they still have it in stock. Nikon D300

  • Minolta/Sony solution against hot pixels, stuck pixels

    Sometimes, on a digital camera, there are small defects on the digital sensor. They appear as a pixel or two which seem to be either black, colored (hot) or white (stuck). This is ususally not much of a problem, but it can become very annoying. On my good old Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D camera, I noticed…

  • Pentax K7D, on May 20

    Now, this is official (from Pentax Germany), the new Pentax will come on May 20.

  • Evolution of rumours

    Upon a recommendation by Gérard Pandolfo, I have checked the Google Trends for the upcoming Pentax K7D. It is interesting to notice that Japan is clearly the country where most of the attraction for the Pentax K7D appears. While I’m here, let’s notice that the author of a book about the Nikon D400, recently apologized…

  • Is this a Pentax K7D?

    The high-resolution image was shown on PentaxForums.

  • Sony speculations

    With the next arrival of 3 entry-level SLR photo cameras from Sony, it is time to start asking a few questions about the content of these upcoming offers. On the “leaked” photos from the Russian Sony Style web site, we could easily recognize they will have a smaller body with a more angular hand-grip. Some…

  • A380 at night

  • New Sony Alpha features

    If you want to know the contents of the new Sony Alpha 230, 330 and 380, here is the information leaked during an update of the Russian version of a Sony web site. What we learn: New ergonomics: Thinner hand-grip, new shutter release button, nicer LCD color interface (with a choice of 4 colour themes)…

  • Three new Sony Alpha cameras

    We learned about the arrival of the new Sony Alpha 230, Sony Alpha 330, Sony Alpha 380 SLR photo cameras by a leak from Sony web sites. Obviously, Sony is ready to announce them and is actively leaking information, since the Sony Style web sites are now showing pictures of the new cameras (in the…