Posted at Wed Dec 19 12:00:00 2007
Sony's A700 is an up-spec version of last year's introductory A100. The A700 is a environmentally sealed plastic/metal mix with an upgraded image processing pipeline making use of Sony's new 12MP 'Exmor' sensor. This chip embeds analog-digital conversion and noise reduction which has an odd side-effect of applying noise reduction before generating a raw file (now optionally losslessly compressed). The camera itself is slightly bigger and heavier than the A100. Both shutter speed (1/8000s) and flash-sync have both added faster options (1/250s); while the auto-ISO mode runs the natural range of ISO 200-1600.
Posted at Thu Nov 22 12:00:00 2007
Top Studio Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II
Top Safari/Sport Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III
Top Enthusiast SLR: Olympus E-3…
Posted at Tue Aug 14 12:00:00 2007
The Olympus E-510 is an update to is three-digit Four-Thirds line. It shares the form of a traditional, albeit small and light, SLR with its predecessor E-500 and brings it the live-view capabilities of the Olympus E-330 as well as quite functional sensor-shift image stabilization.
Posted at Tue Jul 31 12:00:00 2007
Who wouldn't want to be able to attach a Leica M lens on to a digital camera? Obviously, if you're shooting anything fast pace, the lack of auto-focus could be a problem, as well as lack of telephoto options—but that would just look weird attached to a rangefinder body.…
Posted at Sat Jul 14 12:00:00 2007
For those of a certain persuasion, drooling over the 10 MP of the EOS-1D Mark III is laughable. Even the 17MP of the EOS-1Ds Mark II is not impressive. For those users who need medium format backs, PhaseOne has announced their new P65+ backs at the price of about nine EOS-1D camera bodies: $39,900. The sensor provides 60.5MP and an even more impressive 12.5 f-stops dynamic range. With the Hasselblad H3D only supporting first-party backs, the PhaseOne P65+ will be available for everyone else.
Posted at Thu Feb 22 12:00:00 2007
Canon's flagship EOS-1D has a new, Mark III incarnation. The new version offers improved ISO sensitivities (up to 3200 standard, or 6400 pushed) and a 10MP sensor sized between that of the Nikon flagship D2X and Canon's full-frame studio camera, the EOS-1Ds Mark II. The Mark III blasts an impressive ten frames per second at full resolution, which is currently best-in-class (the D2X, for comparison, shoots 8fps at a reduced 7MP). The camera lists for $4,500.