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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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MiniDisc with built-in camera
Bit of a mad one from Sony: an MD player that can take photos. It’s more on the cameraphone level than a “proper” camera, but slightly mad anyway. Also new is that it plays MP3 files as well as ATRAC. They’ve got a new standard to go with it: “Hi-MD PHOTO”. Interesting not necessarily for [...]
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Mamiya ZD release info
Mamiya say: “Mamiya are pleased to announce that initial production tests of the ZD camera have been successful. To ensure that the camera meets the high demands and requirements of the professional photographer there are significant field tests now taking place in Japan. It is estimated that these tests will conclude at the end of [...]
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Sigma go zoom-crazy!
Sigma have also announced the 11x zoom 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC. This is an extremely compact package giving you 35mm equivalent of 28.8-320mm on a Canon 20D or Rebel. As a user of the 18-125mm I can say that this certainly interests me as a possible replacement – Sigma manage to squeeze more quality into that [...]
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Sigma 10-20mm F4.0-5.6 EX DC HSM
An interesting super-wide zoom from Sigma is the 10-20mm with HSM focusing. Always the tricky area for APS-C cameras, getting down to a 35mm equivalent of 15 or 16mm is a welcome addition to the lens selection.
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Polaroid X530 available
The very interesting (to me, anyway ;) Polaroid X530 with Foveon X3 sensor has finally become available, albeit in the US only. I’d almost decided to go the Sigma SLR route for the Foveon sensor, so it’s certainly interesting to see it in a compact. It should be interesting to see the output of this… [...]
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Nikon COOLPIX S1