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Canon Powershot G11 Announced

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Well, what do you know? In the middle of my personal challenge to carry my compact Canon Powershot G9 with me every day throughout the month of August to make images with it every day this month, Canon unveils the successor to the PowerShot G10 – the brand new PowerShot G11 – a compact camera [...]

Nikon S1000pj with Built-in Projector!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Well, occassionally a new interesting camera comes along in the long line of new digital cameras being announced every year. Nikon has just issued a press release announcing the imminent launch of the Nikon S1000pj which is a Coolpix-branded point-and-shoot able to project a 40-inch image onto your wall! Now, this is certainly something I [...]

Learning to See

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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My very first post on this website was Top 10 Best-Selling Photo Books which featured Bryan Peterson’s Understanding Exposure in spot number one. Bryan Peterson is also the author of another great book titled Learning to See Creatively which is a great book about design, colour and composition in photography. It’s full of great examples [...]

Not a Point & Shoot. Not an SLR. It’s a PEN.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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Earlier this month I posted The PEN Story which included a great stop-motion video produced by Olympus. With its groundbreaking Micro Four Thirds technology and high quality interchangeable lenses, the Olympus PEN gives you all the creativity and control you’d expect from an SLR, in a compact, beautifully designed body. Featuring a 12.3 megapixel high [...]

Best Imaging Products of 2009

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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Every year the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) votes for the best products launched within the imaging industry. In 2009 the votes were cast in Budapest with a total of 40 different categories. In this post I have compiled a list of the 15 most interesting products (in my view) out of the 40 awarded products. The awards are given according to the votes of editors of 25 photo magazines from 10 European countries.

The PEN Story

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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There are a some very creative stop motion videos appearing on YouTube these days. A good friend of mine pointed me to this video which appears to be a clever marketing ploy from Olympus for their new digital E-P1 PEN camera which was announced just recently and available from B&H Photo. Update March 2010: The [...]

New Tilt and Shift Lenses from Canon

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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A couple of months ago Canon announced the arrival of two new tilt and shift lenses, the Ultra-Wide angle TS-E 17mm f/4L and the TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II (an upgrade to the popular TS-E 24mm f/3.5L). Canon was the first company to offer 35mm camera users a combined tilt and shift lens and Canon has [...]