Monthly Archives: March 2005
Brighter, sharper, faster: Lensbaby 2.0
Lensbaby 2.0 has been released, and adds some nice upgrades from the version 1 (which I never got around to trying out, although I keep meaning to.) Lensbaby 2.0 adds a brighter aperture of f2.0 (in addition to the f2.8-f8.0 (in steps) of the original. It also uses better optical elements, of coated low dispersion [...]
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Yahoo acquires Flickr
As some of the rumours have been saying, Yahoo have gone ahead and bought Ludicorp and its unstoppable Flickr.
It seems from Caterina’s own account on the Flickr Blog that the main change will be the cashflow. Yahoo Photos (haven’t tried to use that for a while…) will get some Flickr features. Here’s hoping that Flickr [...]
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25 March: Digital Photo Professional 1.6.1
Rob Galbraith is reporting the release of the next version of Canon’s Digital Photo Professional, which will take it to version 1.6.1. This seems to be solely a big-fix release.
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Nikon COOLPIX S1
Right out of leftfield (for Nikon) is their answer to Sony’s nice supercompacts: COOLPIX S1. Using folded optics, that they imaginatively call “right-angle” optics, the specs are the usual: 5.1Mp, 3x zoom (35-105mm equiv.) The LCD looks decent: 2.5inch covering most of the back, Sony T3-style. It’s available in “Ivory White” (iVory White?), “Pure Silver” [...]
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SimCam: Film and Digital Camera Simulator
Photohead, which for some reason I’ve never noticed, have got The SimCam, in which you can play with the your exposure on a virtual camera. The (side) effects you can see include camera shake, depth of field, grain. Pity they didn’t include a page with all three of shutter speed, aperture and ISO. That’s a [...]
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Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro review at dpreview.com
Digital Photography Review has just posted a full review of Fujifilm’s S3 Pro DSLR. This body uses Fujifilm’s own SuperCCD SR for more dynamic range. Fujifilm cameras with their SuperCCD design have always produced images with an odd artifacted look to them. Believe me, I’ve seen it up close, having used a S602Pro for so [...]
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Pentax 645 Digital
Pentax announced today that they will be unveiling the 645 Digital medium format camera at the Photo Imaging Expo in Tokyo.
From the release:
The PENTAX 645 Digital camera will offer professional quality digital image reproduction. The camera will also feature:
A reliable PENTAX 645 AF mount
Compatibility with existing smc PENTAX 645 interchangeable lenses
A Kodak developed extra-large CCD [...]
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Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT / 350D Field Report
The Luminous Landscape has a field report on the new Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT / 350D (or for that matter “Kiss n Digital” as it is in Japan). It’s confusingly referred to as the “350XT” in the review in typical LL contrariness. (It then gets referred to as the “Rebel 350″, but I won’t [...]
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DSLR comparison: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT / 350D versus Nikon D70
Digital Review has a comparison between the Canon and Nikon offerings at the affordable end of the DSLR scale. It looks like it would largely come down to what lens collection you might have already. Then again, as these cameras are aimed at the first-time DSLR buyer, this might not even come into it. Another [...]
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HP lands Snapfish