5 star rating, “Essential”, the NIkon D800E did great for its review among the British photographyblog.com editors team. The key is : will a D800E do really better than a D800 ? Talking about resolution, the review answers a definite yes. You know that when I tested the D800 vs the D800E, I was not [...]
Hot and fresh, the Canon EOS 650D / Rebel T4i is going to be the center of interest of a lot of Canon DSLR photographers with its hybrid CMOS sensor (with contrast detection AF sensors included on its surface) and full time focusing in video mode, 5 fps, swivel and multitouch screen, new HDR and [...]
The Canon EOS 650D / Rebel T4i is the yearly update of the APS-C amateur DSLR in Canon’s range. Last year, Canon added a swivel screen and wireless flash control to the EOS 550D / T2i with the launch of the EOS 600D / T3i. This year, I have the feeling that Canon added more [...]
My friends at DxOMark just released the test results of the Nikon D3200 24MP CMOS sensor. And guess what ? They are good ! How good did the high-definition sensor of the Nikon D3200 on DxO’s benchmark ? Well here are the results : The Nikon D3200 is 9th on DxO’s historical chart of [...]
Do you remember back in 2005 when Sony unveiled an APS-C bridge camera, the Cyber-shot DSC-R1 ? The purpose of this camera was to offer the best image quality in a compact size body. This is the exact same recipe that Sony has used to design the Cyber-shot DSC-RX100, a remarkably compact camera featuring a [...]
With a powerful G series 20x zoom lens, the Sony HX20V is Cyber-shot most advanced high-end ultrazoom compact camera. Sony has packed practically every bit of technology they had into this camera : a new super high definition backlit CMOS sensor (18MP Exmor R), Full HD 60p movie recording, 10 fps, fast autofocus…. Sony HX20V and [...]
David Farkas published an interesting review of the Leica M Monochrom compared to the M9 on the Leica photography gear blog, Reddotforum.com. He tested bot rangefinder cameras with the Leica M-APO-SUMMICRON 50mm lens under dim light, in a church. Take a look at the comparison images. The noise difference is stunning. Even though Leica claimed [...]
Sony is offering a $100 rebate on the purchase of a DSLR with a lens. You can save on the following digital SLR : SLT-A77 SLT-A65 SLT-A57 SLT-A35 (Unfortunately, the SLT-A37 with 18-135mm lens, a new combination announced last week is not part of this discount. Yet, logical… but I do recommend this high-quality/budget friendly [...]
Prior to the Nikon D800 and D800E review, here is a gallery where you can download the original RAW (NEF) files right straitght out from the cameras. I had the opportunity to test both cameras together. Nikon D800 vs D800E : extra details On this image shot with both the Nikon D800 (left) and the [...]
There were very little doubts about that : the Fujifilm X-Pro1 target is Leica and its rangefinder range like the M9 and now the M Monochrom. Today, Fujifilm launched the adapter ring that will allow X-Pro1 equipped photographers to use Leica M lenses and more widely, all M mount lenses. The adapter made of aluminium [...]
That’s a nice DSLR : the Pentax K-30 is an amateur weather-sealed advanced digital SLR, that comes to the market at an unbeatable price. It is a mixture between amateur style camera design and a prosumer camera like the Pentax K-5. I am particularly enthusiastic about this camera because it offers the 16MP Sony sensor [...]
Here is an interesting DSLR unveiled today by Pentax : the K-30. Directly inspired by the prosumer DSLR K-5, the Pentax K-30 gets the same technical specs for mots of them and is the most affordable rugged weather resistant digatl SLR that will make an interesting travel camera along with the 18-135mm WR lens. Speaking [...]
Along with the weather resistant DSLR K-30, Pentax unveils today a small compact camera, superslim with only 18mm thick (22.5mm with the lens), a light camera as well (105 / 122 grs with / without battery and memory card). It has interchangeable skins and is delivered with 10 of them. Apart from that, the Pentax [...]
July 2011, photography festivales in Arles, France, I have an appointment with Gaëlle from Leica to give me for a few days a Leica M9 and its Summilux 50mm F1.4 lens. I arrive at the Espace VAnGogh where there was an interesting exhibition of old photographs from Mexico… linked to the disappeared suite case of [...]
Sony brings an updated version of its former entry level Translucent Mirror Technology DSLR : the SLT-A37 is the succeeding to the SLT-A35. In Sony’s range, you have Alpha DSLRs and EVF DSLRs, the SLT-A57 and SLT-A77 for instance. The SLT-A37 has an EVF of 1.44 million dots with WYSIWYG LiveView and this technology makes [...]
The new entry level mirrorless camera in Sony’s range is NEX-F3. It will succeed to the NEX-C3 launched a year ago. Oddly, this new generation is slightly larger and heavier with a few additional mm here and there and 25 grams more but this change in size and weight will benefit the handling of the [...]
I do fully agree with the Japanese journalists jury of the Camera Grand Prix 2012 which have given the Nikon D800 the title of Camera of year 2012. The has won the Camera Grand Prix 2012 but also the public votes, and that means a lot. I know that Canon has improved a lot with the [...]
The successor to the Exilim ZR-10 is the Casio the Exilim ZR-20. It has an 8x zoom lens and to me this is the most interesting feature of this compact camera. We see 12x, 16x, 18x and now 20x cameras coming out (Sony HX20V, Panasonic ZS20 / TZ30…) but such a megazoom in a camera [...]
It is now becoming a more and more reliable-to-end-up-true rumor : Nikon would prepare the launch of an affordable Full Frame DSLR, the D600. It would be cheaper than the Nikon D800 (which is a high definition baby D4), maybe half the price of the D800, could be as low as $1,500, Nikon Rumors wrote. [...]
Yesterday, Leica announced their first digital rangefinder camera for black and white photography only : the Leica M-Monochrom. To put it in a nutshell, the Leica M-Monochrom is a M9 that can not see colors. It gets the same Full Frame 18MP sensor but has no optical low-pass filter nor any Bayer Matrix. This should [...]
