Photography - No Comments » - Posted on February, 17 at 9:11 pm
Pre-PMA 2008: Kit lens owners seeking added stability without external support will welcome the launch of an image-stabilized ‘walk round’ lens from Sigma. The 18-125mm f/3.8-5.6 DC OS HSM combines a useful focal length range with a hypersonic focusing motor and optical stabilization in a remarkably compact package. Press Release: 18-125mm F3.8-5.6 DC OS HSM High ratio zoom lens housed in a compact construction and incorporating Sigma’s original OS (Optical Stabilizer) function. The Sigma Corporation (COO: Kazuto Yamaki) is pleased to announce the new 18-125mm F3.8-5.6 DC OS HSM. This high ratio zoom lens is designed exclusively for digital SLR cameras and will be showcased at
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Tags: aspherical lenses, digital slr cameras, ratio
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Cameras, Tips Tricks - No Comments » - Posted on February, 16 at 2:55 am
The thought of trying to do digital astrophotography can appear to be a complex combination of expensive equipment and Herculean knowledge that goes beyond what most of us are ready or capable to undertake. Digital Astrophotography: A Guide To Capturing The Cosmos was written as a step-by-step guide to remove many of these barriers to entry. Sure, there is some expense and some techniques you will need to work with, but by providing all the knowledge and information, it will now be easier to dip your feet in to the universal waters. Digital Astrophotography is 147 pages in length and is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1, “Before you Start,” is provided to give you some background
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Tags: camera, digital astrophotography, inexpensive digital cameras
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Photo News - No Comments » - Posted on February, 15 at 11:25 pm
GE E850 digital camera : General Electric Co. (GE), one of the world’s largest and most admired companies, launched a new digital camera range, marking its entry into the UK and European consumer electronics markets. One of these new GE digital cameras is the E850. The GE E850 may be an intermediate point-and-shoot camera, yet it gives you features and megapixels that other camera companies put in their top-of-the-line models. First, there is the big 8 Megapixels of resolution to make enlargements of any kind of problem. Then there is a 28mm equivalent wide-angle lens. It makes taking great indoor group pictures easier because subjects don’t have to squeeze uncomfortably close together to
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Tags: detection, electronic image stabilization, lithium ion battery
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Cameras, Reviews - No Comments » - Posted on February, 15 at 4:43 am
Every day here at Buy-n-Shoot.com we search the net constantly for the latest news items. However, in our day-to-day surfing we quite often come across links to various free software that could be quite useful to our visitors. So we’ve decided to create a quick list of them. Before publishing links to the software we had a few simple criteria they had to pass: 1. Must be totally free to download 2. Must not have any adware, spyware or other program bundled with it 3. Must not be trial or demo software 4. Must in no way generate revenue for its makers The list of free software is true to the above 4 points at the time of publishing: 09-02-2008. Should any of
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Tags: avast antivirus, open source project, software
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Photo News - No Comments » - Posted on February, 12 at 8:49 am
Sigma has finally launched its DP1 ‘high-end’ compact camera after a redesign and image quality issues led to lengthy delays. The DP1 features the same 14-million-pixel Foveon X3 imaging sensor as featured in Sigma’s SD14 DSLR. The DP1′s sensor measures 20.7mmx13.8mm. First unveiled in 2006 – as the world’s first digital compact to feature a near APS-C-size imaging sensor – the DP1 prototype underwent a redesign last year when a hotshoe was added. Billed as a ‘high-end’ model the camera had been expected out in the UK last May but, in a bid to make image quality on a par with Sigma’s DSLR range, the firm then changed the digital compact camera’s ‘entire image-processing pipeline’ –
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Tags: camera, image conversion software, image quality issues
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Cameras, Reviews - No Comments » - Posted on February, 12 at 4:56 am
KODAK Gallery and Slide announced today they have teamed up, making it easy for people to use Gallery photos on social networks. Kodak Gallery’s 60 million members can now share their stories on the web, including MySpace, Facebook, Orkut, Bebo and other popular social sites. With a combined Web audience of more than 200 million the partnership brings together the world’s largest online photo service and personal media company. Starting today, KODAK Gallery members will be able to transform their Gallery photos into portable slideshows with music and share them widely on the Web, including popular social networks and blog sites MySpace and Blogger. The
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Tags: kodak, kodak gallery, web audience
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Photography - No Comments » - Posted on February, 10 at 7:38 pm
Click photo to see Sigma’s newest lenses announced at PMA 2008. At the 2008 PMA trade show in Las Vegas, NV, Sigma unveiled three brand-new optically stabilized zoom lenses, and versions of five existing lenses that broaden their compatibility with DSLR brands. The company also displayed the massive 200-500mm lens with a 400-1000mm converter that first barged onto the PMA show floor in 2007. Sigma says it will be available sometime during 2008 for a price that will probably be set between $20,000 and $30,000. The widest of the brand-new zooms is the compact Sigma 18-125mm F3.8-5.6 DC OS HSM. It includes SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass, a molded-glass aspherical
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Tags: hybrid aspherical elements, maximum magnification, price
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Photo News - No Comments » - Posted on February, 6 at 9:18 pm
Sony A200 review : The moment Sony took the step to take over the photo division of Konica Minolta, the photo industry was holding back to see which way the cat was going to jump. One was aware of the fact that Konica Minolta had a lot of in-house know-how and this know-how would not get lost with the take-over. It was only a question of time before Sony would bring out the first products under their own brand name. With the introduction of the entry-level model, the Alpha 100, Sony established their name as D-SLR manufacturer. The CES 2008 offered the perfect moment to enhance the specifications of the Alpha 100. And with the Sony Alpha 200 introduced now, we bid farewell to the A100 that
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Tags: ccd image sensor, dslr camera, sony
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Cameras, Reviews - No Comments » - Posted on February, 6 at 6:33 am
Leica Camera AG is proud to announce the introduction of the LEICA M8 Upgrade Programme at PMA, an innovative concept adding lifelong value retention to the digital LEICA M8. The first upgrades are due to be available from August 2008 (orders can be placed on www.leica-camera.co.uk from March 2008) and the programme will include a further reduced shutter sound, a scratch-proof sapphire glass cover for the LCD monitor, the installation of latest firmware and a fresh two-year warranty. A series of further upgrades are planned for the future, ensuring that Leica continues to offer the latest digital refinements and developments, whilst maintaining the
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Tags: camera, leica camera ag, scratch proof
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Photography - No Comments » - Posted on February, 4 at 11:52 pm
Sony has announced that it has developed a new CMOS sensor for digital SLRs that has the same imaging area as a frame of 35mm film and offers 24.81-megapixel effective resolution. The company says it will capture images with a broad dynamic range and high signal-to-noise ratios. Its full-frame 6.3fps scanning mode also promises to support fast digital SLR shooting modes. The bottom line: Full-frame digital SLRs from Sony and other manufacturers that use Sony sensors — notably Nikon — are surely on the horizon. Sony plans to begin mass production of the new sensor in 2008, which puts it on track for implementation in cameras that could be announced at Photokina 2008 in the fall.
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Tags: 35mm film cameras, digital slr cameras, sony
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