Archive for June, 2009
Nikon D300 digital SLR camera review The Nikon D300 is a semi-professional SLR camera for the serious amateur. The quality and price range is somewhere between the cheap entry level camera's (Nikon D40x) and the more expensive professional models like D2Hs or D2Xs. For a Nikon D300 you can expect to pay around $1800 for [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Posted in Articles | No Comments
by Yusuf Last week I went to Bali, and instead of going to Kuta, and getting lost in the mess of squirming bodies on Kuta beach like most tourists do, I rented a car, and opted to stay instead at Candi Dasa, 80 km east of Denpassar. I didn?t go to Kuta at all. With [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Posted in Articles | No Comments
by Yusuf Last week I went to Bali, and instead of going to Kuta, and getting lost in the mess of squirming bodies on Kuta beach like most tourists do, I rented a car, and opted to stay instead at Candi Dasa, 80 km east of Denpassar. I didn?t go to Kuta at all. With [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Posted in Articles | No Comments
Canon have today announced the 30d, an update of the 20d. You can read a detailed preview at dpreview. The new Canon 30d It's not as big a jump over the 20d as many people seemed to be expecting, the imaging technology, is unchanged for example. The price looks good, about $1300, and street prices [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Posted in Articles | No Comments
$4k for a Underwater Camera Housing? Screw That. Most people are feeling the effects of the current economic crisis; certainly all the major manufacturers are feeling the pinch. However lust for new gear is ever present. Yesterday I was looking at the new underwater housing from Sea & Sea for the Nikon D700 and Canon [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Posted in Articles | No Comments
Every photograph we make is part of a learning process. We turn our lens on our respective worlds, on the people who inhabit it, on the new places we discover, and on the scenes we've created. We find truth and we create fiction with our cameras. It seems a natural thing to turn the camera [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Posted in Articles | No Comments
Nikon D300 digital SLR camera review The Nikon D300 is a semi-professional SLR camera for the serious amateur. The quality and price range is somewhere between the cheap entry level camera's (Nikon D40x) and the more expensive professional models like D2Hs or D2Xs. For a Nikon D300 you can expect to pay around $1800 for [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Posted in Articles | No Comments
According to an article on PDNOnline more and more of the images you see in your newspaper could be grabs from high quality video rather than stills cameras. The Dallas Morning News won a Pulitzer prize for its photographic coverage of hurricane Katrina and several of its staff photographers now use HD video cameras as [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Posted in Articles | 1 Comment
By Liz Masoner Aquariums are a popular vacation attraction for families and photographers. Unfortunately, it is also one of the attractions responsible for the most failed photographs. Aquariums are deceptively difficult areas to photograph inside. However, with a bit of knowledge and some practice, your photos of your next aquarium visit can be great! Difficulties [...]
June 28th, 2009 | Posted in Articles | No Comments
By Liz Masoner Aquariums are a popular vacation attraction for families and photographers. Unfortunately, it is also one of the attractions responsible for the most failed photographs. Aquariums are deceptively difficult areas to photograph inside. However, with a bit of knowledge and some practice, your photos of your next aquarium visit can be great! Difficulties [...]
June 28th, 2009 | Posted in Articles | No Comments