Digital SLR

Phase One 80 Megapixel Digital Camera

November 16, 2011
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Phase One IQ180 digital back mounted om a Phase One 645DF camera

Phase One sets new standards in digital photography resolution with their new IQ180 medium format digital sensor The IQ180 is not a camera as Phase One follow the normal medium format practice of making modular camera systems with an interchangeable rear section for the digital sensor or film. DxOMark lab tests suggest when the...

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Sony Alpha SLT A77 High Resolution Digital SLR Camera Review

September 30, 2011
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Sony SLT Alpha 77 camera

The new Sony SLT-A77 excels in resolution and frame rate, while in other areas it is merely very good. At a projected price of around $1400 US dollars for the body only, the Sony SLT A-77 offers performance that in many areas matches, or exceeds, more expensive full frame Digital SLRs.

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Three Way Standard Zoom Lens Review

August 30, 2011
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Tamron 17-50mm zoom

A three way lens review of standard zoom lenses explores a couple of popular misconceptions about Digital SLR kits lens quality. DSLR kit lenses do not have a very high reputation for image quality with some new and potential DSLR photographers. In this lens review we compare test results from DxOMark for a typical...

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Polaroid’s New Lenses

August 24, 2011
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The Polaroid travel kit telephoto and wide angle lens converters

Polaroid recently released a range of conversion lenses for digital cameras and a mirror lens for interchangeable lens cameras.

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Sony Alpha 35 Tested in DxOMark Lab

August 6, 2011
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Sony SLT-A35

The main features of the new Sony Alpha 35 SLT camera are a significant reduction in power consumption and a new 16 megapixel sensor. The Alpha 35 is an upgrade of the Alpha 33, only released in October last year. The main criticisms of the Alpha 33 related to its high power consumption and...

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Different Types of Lens and Their Uses

July 24, 2011
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18 mm focal length on an APS-C DSLR

Photographers are no different from any other group of people, creating their own shorthand language to describe common objects or practices.  Terms for lenses  sometimes are obvious, others are cryptic, and can obscure the type of lens and its common uses in photography.

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Nikon D5100 Digital SLR

June 5, 2011
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D5100 front

Nikon’s newest Digital SLR, the D5100, has a new 16.2 megapixel APS-C size sensor that according to DxOMark tests has excellent image quality.

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Sigma SD1 Digital SLR with the Foveon Sensor

May 26, 2011
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Sigma SD1

Sigma’s new SD1 with its unconventional 46 megapixel Foveon digital sensor, housed in a conventional DSLR body, is set to ship in June with a price in the US of just under $7,000.

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Pentax K-5 for Indoor Sports

April 14, 2011
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Jammer coming through

The new Pentax K-5 Digital SLR is proving to be an outstanding digital camera for low light sports photography.

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Pentax K-5 Autofocus Test

March 19, 2011
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Saturday morning greyhound trials provided a chance to try out the Pentax K-5 in Continuous Autofocus mode with a fast moving subject. Read Phil Northeast’s article:  Hands on Digital Camera Review of Pentax K5 Continuous Autofocus at suite 101.com

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