By KAREL VAN WOLFEREN Pixel peepers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your mind! Quite literally. All those infected by the bokeh bug ought to know that the verb form of this Japanese term, bokeh suru, means that you are losing it. The bokeh mania will be with us for some […]
B&H has the Canon EOS 5D Mark III in stock, eligible for Double Instant Savings on lenses and speedlites with up to $550 off. Also the Canon Instant Savings with up to $400 on popular camera and lens bundles is on until June 2, 2012. Offers end June 390, 2012.
(Update: Well yes, digital full-frame cameras do become part of mainstream, as the Nikon D600 and Sony RX1 suggest…) Rumor has it that Canon does not just have any other digital full-frame camera on the horizon, as CanonRumors reports. According to CanonWatch the market leader will soon announce an entry-level full-frame camera with a price […]
Both promotions end June 30, 2012. Also check out Sony‘s NEX-5N camera and lens rebates.
You’re about to learn that mirrorless cameras sell mainly to women. A report by the Wall Street Journal’s Asia technology editor Daisuke Wakabayashi claims that 70% of the buyers of Panasonic’s mirrorless cameras are female, making the mirrorless models booming in an otherwise stagnant camera market hurt by the growing competition from smartphones. And that […]
Canon Instant Double Rebates are on again at B&H. Valid until June 2, 2012. Good for cameras, kits, lenses and speedlites.
So you need to buy new gear. Or rather: want new gear. Best is to make it look like that’s what your woman wants: “Honey, these new presets and filters, that sensor, the glass! You’ll look amazing, you’ll love what I must have…” It’s not that easy, isn’t it. A woman has generally no clue […]
And some thought the camera is a dying breed. The all-in-one über-smart dream device combining camera, phone, Playstation and whatever remains as desired as illusive. Or as Apple chief executive Tim Cook put it, some products should not be brought together. “You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but you know those things are […]
Sooner or later Canon has to jump into the mirrorless fray. Sure they’re losing market share. On the other hand they maneuvered themselves into a comfortable position: observe the competition’s trial and errors, learn from others’ mistakes — and proceed from there with a lineup hopefully mature, thought-out and unique enough right from the start. […]
This is not about Zeiss overtaking the stratospheric Leica prices. This is optical craftsmanship at its finest — and you get what you pay for: available from May 2012, MSRP is $2,948 or €2,148. Ouch. But what a differentiating-from-the-crowd design: The notable German lens manufacturer announced the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 15mm F2.8 Super Wide […]
The Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR (specs), the long-awaited, next generation evolution of the legendary EOS 5D Mark II, has the gapless micro lens design, a better frame rate, solid body, and does Canon unleash the new high ISO king? Feel like buying gear. Read our definitive, continuously updated Canon EOS 5D Mark III […]
Giant Canon has a lot of catching up to do. They release DSLRs and compacts but ignore the mirrorless a.k.a. compact system camera market. We all know they got something in the pipeline. To not lose too much ground Canon introduced a compromise, the hybrid G1 X (specs). Or do they want dedicated photographers to […]
