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Canon EOD 5D Mark II, Sigma DP2 and Olympus Micro 4/3rds

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Wow, Photokina has been a sea of cool announcements for prosumers including all these new products

Canon 5D Mark II seems like all us Canon folks don’t have to keep crying. Nikon has the incredible D700 and the D300 and now Canon has the 5DII and the 50D. Great preview
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Smaller than a dSLR recommendations

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

David asked me, OK, zooming back (no pun intended), if you want a smaller camera, what are the realy choices:

Canon or Panasonic point and shoot. If you just want a point and shoot like the Instamatic of old, then pretty much anything in the el cheapo 8MP range is going to work. Last year’s SD850 [...]

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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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