Photo curiosity

  • Sony: A new entry-level SLR

    This is just what is promised by an informer to Photography Bay. Not much about real information (and this may even not be true), but what we learn here is quite interesting and thought-provoking (though quite similar to things that you read previously on YLovePhoto): April 2009 availability Will replace simultaneously the Alpha 200 and…

  • Camera manufacturers in crisis?

    According to Canon Rumours, there could be some concentration moves around the camera manufacturers. Up to this, it’s just in line with what I’ve been telling about some brands whose CEOs have heart burns from the intense current competition. But they also give us names and combinations to think about. Panasonic could buy the photo…

  • Olympus E-620

    Gee! Olympus is presenting us a small camera. A light camera. A nice camera. A 4/3 camera that looks much more sturdy and rugged than what you would expect from less than 700USD. The Olympus E-620 is a fairly good surprise for the upcoming PMA 2009 fair. Not that we were not expecting something, but…

  • Ritz Camera stores going down

    Ritz Camera, the largest US retail photography chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It’s not the first one, but the size of it is impressive: 800 photo stores in 40 states, operating as Ritz Camera, Wolf Camera, Kits Cameras, Inkley’s and The Camera Shops going MIA… Nikon and Canon are clearly at the…

  • First touchscreen SLR camera?

    What do you think about this? There are already several point-and-shoot compact cameras using LCD touchscreens for all or part of the user interface. But, to this day, none of the major SLR camera manufacturers did try this on a them while it would be relatively easy to push this into a design budget for…

  • Develop RAW files on Linux

    If you are a digital photographer and you are using Linux, there are some things that seem more difficult than if you are using Apple MacOsX or Microsoft Windows. For example, there is nothing obviously available to work on RAW files (not only JPEG pictures). The solution? GTKRawGallery is an open source photo manager and…

  • Half a Nikon D3

    Is it now a Nikon D1.5? This is a nice presentation of a Nikon D3 neatly cut in half. It’s showing all the inside of the camera and lens. Instructive. Source: TokyoBling.

  • Canon EOS 5D MkII – Not so good

    Even if the Canon EOS 5D MkII received a warm weclome from the whole press (paper as well as Internet), there were a few discordant voices to be heard. They are worth listening to, even if only to be sure to know all the sides of this SLR camera or to understand its limitations, while…

  • All lens tests are wrong

    I recommend reading a nice little post titled “All lens tests are wrong” that concludes that the only good test for a lens is to use it during a full year. Not wrong, but I still recommend to also check my list of web sites with photo lens reviews.