Hands-on previews are for DSLR, mirrroless, lenses or compact cameras that I may have in my hands a few days before they are unveiled.
During the Photokina 2012, Sigma unveiled a new accord, of a new kind, a USB dock station for lenses. It will be released early next year and will be compatible with Sigma’s new generation of lenses. Sigma is playing big on the coming 2-3 years where they plan to renew their entire product range and [...]
As you may know last week I visited the Paris photo show and seized this opportunity to visit to Sony booth where the Sony RX1 was just waiting for me. This was my first encounter with the Sony RX1, this premium compact camera which is also the only camera of its kind : the very [...]
The Nikon D5200 really is a fusion camera that gets the best of some of its brother DSLRs and it is is going to be a best-seller just like its predecessor has been, and still is according to the Nikon DSLR product manager I talked to last week while I was discovering the D200 for [...]
A few days before Fujifilm unveiled its new X-serie system camera, the X-E1, they flew me to London to meet the Japanese staff of the Fuji X series, a dedicated team to the prosumer cameras. They had something to show me… the X-E1. I had the opportunity to try it for a few moments with [...]
The Monday before Canon unveiled the EOS 5D Mark III, I was lucky enough to go to Canon’s Paris office in La Defense by Paris to get both a detailed presentation of the camera and a few minutes to play around with the 5D Mark III we all had been expecting for months. here is a little hands-on preview of [...]
When I was in Las Vegas for the CES 2012, I spent 2 hours with Fujifilm Japan and the X-Pro1. I am preparing a full hands-on preview of the APS-C mirrorless camera, but, let me firts post these video from the -Pro1. On the first one, I recorded the noise and strange way of ficusing [...]
I spent 2 hours in a very private meeting with Fujifilm Japan X-series team and the X-Pro1 (actually they also showcased the X100 Black Edition which is gorgeous). While I am struggling to find time to post the entire hands-on preview of this the X-pro1, a much anticipated mirrorless samera, needless to say… here are [...]
It was the second time I met with the D4. First time in Paris at Nikon School of Photography on December the 23rd, then here in Vegas at CES 2012. I won’t spoil the content of this quick preview of the D4, but, to put it in a nutshell : it is going to be [...]
I just got back from the Convention Center (over crowded today !) and the Canon booth, which was quite busy, as always. I could put my hands on a preproduction sample of the G1 X, therefore, I could not take any picture with it. I tried, but the Canon guy did really not want stating [...]
