Technology

Olympus E-P1 movie samples

DPReview just posted some sample movies from the brand new Olympus E-P1. They’ve put up 14 short movie samples at a resolution of 1280 x 720.
They also have a review based on a pre-production E-P1.

Nikon D5000 Reviews

The Nikon D5000 is some time around now, time to look at some reviews:

Buy n Shoot
Cameralabs
DCResource
Digitalcamerareview
Dkamera
Dphotojournal
DPReview Hands-on Preview
DPReview Review
DXOMark
Engadget
ePhotozine
goodgearguide
Imaging Resource
InfoSyncWorld
Kenrockwell
LetsGoDigital
PhotoReview

Should be enough to get you all the knowledge you need about the D5000

Nikon D5000

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 14th April 2009 – Nikon Europe is pleased to announce the introduction of a new DSLR for the hobbyist and for family fun: the D5000. Packed with features that make taking pictures easy and fun, this camera stands out above the competition with its unique vari-angle LCD monitor, which allows you to [...]

Olympus E-450 announced

Press release:
31 March 2009 – Building on the success of the popular E-420, the new E-450 is packed with features that encourage new comers to DSLR to have fun and explore their creative potential. Three in-camera Art Filters apply stylish effects to any image at the touch of a button. Image composition is simplified via [...]

Canon reveals the successor to the Rebel XSi/450d

The new Rebel T1i will be the first consumer camera from Canon with HD video caputring ability.  The only thing that makes you wonder a bit is the pricing: the kit with the 18-55 IS has an estimated retail price of about $900. So far so good, but Canon sets the price for european markets [...]

A new macro lens from Tamron

Today Tamron released a new macro lens for Canon, Nikon with Built-In Motor and Sony.
From the press release:
The SP AF60mm F/2.0 Di II LD (IF) MACRO 1:1 (Model G005), covering an equivalent angle of view of 93mm when converted to the 35mm format(*1) and boasting a maximum aperture of F/2.0-one stop faster than the F/2.8 [...]

The end of the megapixel race

After Olympus has done so, Pentax now declares the megapixel war to be over as well. So these two companies are the first to step out of an resolution race, that has been going on for quite a while. The myth around the need for ever increasing resolutions finally seems to sink through to [...]

New firmware for Canon EOS-1D MkIII and EOS-1Ds MkIII

Canon released new firmwares for the EOS-1D MkIII and EOS-1Ds MKIII.
The darkscreen bug has been fixed, as well as some other issues:

Corrects a phenomenon associated with image display during Live View shooting. Corrects a phenomenon in which a displayed image becomes pitch-black if it is zoomed in during Live View shooting.
Improves reliability of USB communication. [...]

Photozone adds new lens tests and a new section

Photozone has added a new lens review. The test of the Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 SP XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) is another addition to the new full format testing series at photozone. Additionally featuring only the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II the new section is quite empty (for now) but it will be [...]

New Weekly Nikon DSLR Tips Show Launches Today

Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski from photoshopusertv.com have teamed up (again ) and created Nikon D-Town. The show will be a weekly stream of Nikon Tips. As the name suggests the show is mainly concentrated on Nikon specific stuff (eg. how to activate the possibility to scroll through your images with the control [...]