PMA may be but a few months off, but that’s not stopping Kodak from dropping a few show-stoppers here at CES. Up first is the Kodak Z980 megazoom ($399.95; Spring 2009 availability), which offers up a 26-millimeter wide angle lens with a mind-boggling 24x image stabilized optical zoom. You’ll also find a 12-megapixel sensor, a [...]
Kodak Z980 with 24x Mega Zoom
January 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware
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Pentax K2000 Limited Edition black-and-white
December 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware
Pentax’s K2000’s already gotten itself some… shall we say “glowing” reviews, but news that the DSLR will now come in a Limited Edition white is like icing on a super delicious cake. The camera will be exactly the same as its old-fangled black predecessor, and will come with custom white-and-black 18-55mm and 50-200mm lenses. Considering [...]
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Nikon D700 Cake…
December 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Lifestyle
Flickr user fsumaria has herself a great husband. After all, only a great husband would bake a Nikon D700 cake for his wife’s birthday then follow it up by giving her the real thing.
I have to admit that I’m a little jealous. Sure, getting a D700 DSLR for your birthday is awesome, but I’m also [...]
Adapter weds Leica lenses to Micro Four Thirds cameras
December 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware
The German outfit Novoflex has just announced an adapter that will allow you to mount Leica lenses onto your Micro Four Thirds system cameras. Due out this month at €149 (about $193), the mount is one in a planned series, with adapters for Leica R, Nikon, Contax / Yashica, Olympus OM, Pentax and Minolta MD [...]
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Nikon’s D3X Pro-Level DSLR Goes All Official With an $8,000 Price Tag
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware
The rumors pointed pretty firmly to it, and then some leaked specs detailed what it’d be like, but now Nikon’s new pro-level D3X DSLR has arrived officially. Touting it as a 24-megapixel “Digital Masterpiece,” with exceptionally low noise sensor, 5fps full-frame shooting speed and with file sizes of 138MB, Nikon’s saying the camera’s available [...]
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D3x reportedly shown, then removed from Nikon’s site
November 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware
While this rumor hasn’t been running quite as long as the original iPhone rumor, we’ve been brushing off whispers of the Nikon D3x for a really, really long time. For what it’s worth, the latest tidbit actually seems to have some teeth, with one eagle-eyed tipster noting that the website in the read link was [...]
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21.1 megapixel Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Full-Frame, Full-HD video
November 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Articles, Featured, Hardware
After a brief tease, Canon just got official with its EOS 5D Mark II. The full-frame shooter updates the original 5D introduced back in 2005 with a 24 x 36mm 21.1 megapixel CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 processor with 14-bit analog-to-digital conversion, and the ability to capture Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 video — take that [...]
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Review: World’s First Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera
November 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware
Companies that aren’t Canon or Nikon have it rough in the digital camera market—particularly outside the cheap point-and-shoot area. Some band together for strength in numbers, creating cooperative standards like Panasonic, Olympus and Leica’s new Micro Four Thirds system—a spec for smaller cameras with digital viewfinders like a compact, but interchangeable lenses, manual [...]



