Photo curiosity

  • Samsung NX-10, ready to land

    It seems that Samsung started to leak marketing data about a new NX-series camera that could be launched in November 2009. We don’t know much (Samsung would be giving details in August, but launching real products only at the end of the year), but there should be a few notable features: No in-body image stabilization…

  • Nikon D900, near?

    A correspondent from Taipei transmitted me some very amazing information. Looking for information about the Nikon D700, he was informed that the shop no longer was stocking it in preparation of an upcoming Nikon D900. I would classify this in the “very low probability” folder since I cannot believe that the Nikon D700 is already…

  • Nikon D300s in September

    According to the official Best Buy twitter feed, the Nikon D300 is now being delisted from the catalog of this line of photo shops, in preparation of the arrival of the Nikon D300s which should replace it.

  • Nikon D5000: more information

    We previously learned that some Nikon D5000 were suffering from an unpleasant issue of not start when switched on, even with a fully charged battery. Nikon now has more details to provide. According to Nikon France, there are only a dozen cases in France (most of the bodies already sold are fully immune). It is…

  • James Chance

    The HIV virus is a strange bedfellow for tuberculosis (TB), an illness that most thought was on the brink of disappearing but is back haunting the world and most precisely the poorest countries, the most fragile ones. James Chance offered us a series of photographs witnessing the daily drama of these men and women taken…

  • Help wanted from Germany, Spain, China, Japan

    Hello! this is a call for a little assistance from readers who may be from Germany, Spain, China or Japan, or -possibly- able to read German, Spanish, Chinese or Japanese. If you think that you can exchange a few emails with me for informing me about a couple of issues I want to try in…

  • Nikon D300s – Images

    Again, here are images of the Nikon D300s. for me, what looks really interesting is that the picture quality allows to evaluate what this is in a pretty precise manner. According to me, following my own pro experience in developing products for the largest public market, there are a few signs that will not lie:…

  • Nikon D5000: Advisory notice

    Some Nikon D5000 have a serious issue with energy management that may render the camera unusable even if the battery if fully charged. We will soon now what serial numbers are involved. Notice to users of the Nikon D5000 Digital SLR Camera

  • Auction: Second-hand camera bag, expensive

    This auction sale is a bit unusual. The camera bag does not look like anything nice, it’s covered with old dirt, but its value would be lowered if cleaned, it’s really nearly unique, it’s not been used a lot, but traveled very far. This is the bag used to store 16mm and 70mm film magazines…