We’ve seen several websites launched lately that are targeted at photographers. One example is PixelPeers, which is both a tool and a social networking site that has made is easy for professionals to make connections and display their work. Now this isn’t necessarily new, but Nikon has upgraded their image sharing and storage service (called [...]
Earlier we reported on how the law of supply and demand has pushed the price of the regular edition NEX-7 (meaning, the black version) up to $3,761. Pretty crazy, we know. However, you can expect prices to go back to normal once Sony gets production back on track. Anyway, there’s a new rumor spreading around town [...]
With CF card technology advancing and XQD cards soon hitting shelves, it’s easy to forget about SD – the most widely used consumer standard in memory cards. Samsung, however, hasn’t forgotten them; and have instead decided to make them more functionally and aesthetically appealing. With that in mind, their new line of brushed steel SD [...]
Maciej Pietuszynski has just created a very cool little lens out of a few ‘household’ items. I’ll put the 50mm f/1.8 in the household item category as most photographers have one lying around. If you don’t, you should add one to your bag – they’re cheap and a really great lens. The instructions are a [...]
It’s a tough world out there for photographers. There’s news of photojournalists who got sacked because of the increasing accessibility of cameras. Then there are wedding photographers who get criticized for the rates they charge because some people just don’t understand the huge investment they’ve put into their equipment and developing their skills. But perhaps [...]
After accidentally posting that the new Nikon D800 may not be shipping until January of 2013, Amazon have corrected their error and have now changed the estimated ship date to March 20th, 2012. The update comes via Nikon Rumors who ordered the camera seconds after it went up for preorder – so shipping dates for [...]
Olympus was rocked with scandal when it was revealed that the company was involved with what the Wall Street Journal dubbed “one of the biggest and longest-running loss-hiding arrangements in Japanese corporate history.” Everything unraveled when ex-CEO Michael Woodford uncovered the S1.7 billion cover up that began in the 1990s. Olympus chief Tsuyoshi Kikukawa eventually resigned, but not [...]
As if the D800 and D4 were not enough to whet our camera appetites, Nikon is at it again with a recent report that they are going to announce three additional DSLR cameras within the year. According to Nikonrumors, the Japanese camera maker is going to unveil three new DX models, which are going to [...]
At the recently concluded CP+ imaging show in Yokohama, Japan, Cosina unveiled two new Voigtländer lenses: the 75mm f1.8 Heliar Classic and 28mm f2.8 Color Skopar pancake lens. The new 75mm SL II lens, which is an SLR version of the Leica M-mount lens, features a housing specifically designed for Nikon and Canon SLR cameras. [...]