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Canon 5D Mark II features

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Man I sure hope that this camera has great quality, because the DPReview and digitalcamerinfo.com preview has me drooling as well as Ken Rockwell

21 megapizel, full frame, 14-bit (so you can’t use your EF-S lenses like the 10-22 or the 18-55, but it is going to be really good hopefully for low noise and for [...]

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Final decisions on ultracompact cameras: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35 vs. Canon Powershot SD790 IS

September 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Geek

Well, unless you are going for a pro-grade compact camera like the soon to launch $500 Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3, probably your main criteria is being small and OK pictures which is what you are going to get. Overall, it is interesting how cameras have not improved much from my trusty SD500 and Fuji F11 [...]

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Canon EOS 50D ships in early October

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

The camera ships in early October, drool, drool. $1400 list. 15MP. The other cool features I had not seen before are: Vignette control which adjusts light on the edges of JPEGs and for RAWs, it notes the error correction. It does have face detection as well.

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No Compact Camera for a prosumer? GX200, DP1, G9, SD950 compared

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, been looking for a high end compact camera. When I was on film, used a Yashica which was compact, but had a great fixed focus lense and excellent quality. There really isn’t a good answer yet for digital. What do you need for a prosumer that is different from a point-and-shoot. Well, the ideal [...]

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