Photo curiosity

  • Pentax K30D, re-evaluation from Samsung

    About the Pentax K30D, I obviously missed and important news-bit which was published last October by WhatDigitalCamera. Thanks for helping me correct myself. This article that collects elements of an interview of Young-Bae Kim, Samsung’s Director of DSLR business, brings us informations all the more important that we remember that (and this is confirmed again)…

  • Online photo editors

    When you are looking to replace Photoshop with a free and easily accessible software solution, you quickly arrive at the online pictures editors and web-based editors. And they are quite adequate, sometimes impressively able (but not always) and defeintely attractive. The most commonly listed ones are: Pixlr which really is Photoshop Elements for free in…

  • Obama shot by Gigapan

    Gigapan is this tripod and equipment set used to shot semi-automatically a set of pictures that will be stitched together in a major picture made of billions of pixels. David Bergman brought one to the Washington’s inaugural address of Barack Obama. With its small Canon G10, it shot 220 images, brought them to a Macbook…

  • FAQ for entry-level Nikons

    If you own a Nikon D40, Nikon D40X or a Nikon D60 (one of the best-selling entry-level digital SLR cameras), it may be useful to stop by the D40/x/D60 Club Wiki. What makes you quickly enthused with it, is the Wiki origin of this unusual kind of FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). It is build by…

  • Nikon D800 at 15MP

    The birth of rumours about a Sony Alpha 800 SLR camera at 15MP started the rumour mill again for a Nikon D800. After years of partnership (Sony manufacturing a camera sensor for SLRs, Sony and Nikon using it in their SLR cameras), no surprise if you try to forecast the next step: Nikon D800. Of…

  • Sony Alpha 800

    Photography Bay takes the rumour train about the next Sony camera. They try to describe the full scope of possible Sony Alpha 800 features. Interestingly, this is the second time is a few days that Photography Bay is quickly photoshopping a photo to support their rumours. They admit it in the (invisible to most visitors)…

  • Nikon D65

    We are all nearly certain that Nikon will bring us soon (at least) one new digital SLR camera for the lowest price point (well under 1000$) to renew its most accessible camera range. Apparently, some know (or believe they know) that it will be called Nikon D65. Even better, here are its features: 12MP CMOS…

  • The perfect camera

    Each and every year, digital cameras progress in quality and features. They become more and more able to take pictures of good quality in low light. But did you wonder what would be the perfect camera (the camera that is light-sensitive enough to shoot any kind of picture that you would dream about). In short:…

  • The best SLR

    According to DXO-labs and their DXOmark ranking of the quality of digital sensors, the Nikon D3x is now officially the best digital camera available in the world.