They might be taking some time to get accepted as a replacement for traditional picture frames, but digital versions which allow multiple images to be stored and displayed show great potential in a world where nearly everyone is ditching film. Ramblings of Maggie seems impressed at least and explains why such frames offer advantages over [...]
When people think of semi-professional and professional D-SLRs they invariably concentrate only on Nikon and Canon, undoubtedly the world leaders in this sector of the market. However, others are also attempting to offer choices to serious photographers, and one of those companies is Olympus. Although the Japanese company says it is aiming to target the [...]
You can’t buy it yet, but following hot on the heels of Stanford University’s 3D Digital Sensor, image processing software giant Adobe offers us all a glimpse of what the future holds for photography. Adobe is better known for its industry-standard graphics products such as Photoshop as well digital image processing and workflow managaement system, [...]
It’s the review that everybody interested in semi-professional D-SLRs have been waiting for. Digital Photography Review, one of the best digital camera review sites on the Internet, has finally reviewed the long-awaited Nikon D300 and says that it’s a gem. The D200 was a big step forward for Nikon, the ‘baby D2X’ certainly gave the [...]
It can be a confusing choice if you don’t know your shutter lag from your shutter speeds, but it’s always worth looking around on the Internet for helpful advice on choosing a new digital camera. Firstly, don’t get too confused with mega pixel counts — size isn’t everything. Quality is, but so too is not [...]
It probably won’t be available in a camera anytime soon yet, but it’s interesting news nonetheless. Wired reports that researchers at Stanford University have developed a sensor which captures image in 3D. The chip uses overlapping 16×16 pixel arrays to capture the same image at slighly different angles. Later, the relevant information can be extracted [...]
Since the first real quality consumer and presumer digital cameras at an affordable price entered the photo market five years ago it was only natural that many would speculate that the death of photographic film was imminent. However, while that might be true in the consumer and professional 35mm market it wasn’t necessarily the case [...]
Soon after photographers started drooling over the announcement of the Nikon D3, Sony released details of its new 24-megapixel sensor and started numerous rumors about the possibility of a higher resolution Nikon D3x in a year’s time. As with most rumors surrounding Nikon, a higher resolution top-end model will likely come, but not necessarily in [...]
Tim Hetherington has scooped top honors in this year’s World Press Photo of the Year Award with a photograph of an American soldier resting after a patrol in Afghanistan. The photo was taken while on assignment for Vanity Fair. A complete list of winners is available here, and discussion about the merit of each photo [...]