Archive for February, 2010
When was the last time you heard of a camera maker phasing out a powerful DSLR and replace it with a weaker one? Look no further than Sony Alpha. In phasing out the Sony Alpha-900, they made the lesser Alpha-850 their flagship DSLR instead. Erm.. wtf?
Read MoreNot too long ago, i decided to find out what affects consumer behavior where buying DSLRs is concerned. My theory is that social media has a genuine impact on consumer behavior and more resources should be directed to that effort.
Read MoreI'm a photographer who happens to play quite a bit of L4D2. Thus the special mention for today's strip.
Read MoreI last heard about a possible medium format camera from Pentax mid last year. Back then i was hustling between a Hasselblad H3D-31 and Mamiya 645 AFD + Leaf digital back. Therefore i thought very little of this system. Now that i am medium format-less, i'm actually very interested in what Pentax might have to offer.
Read MoreAfter two days, I'm still buzzing over Nikon's launch of the 16-35mm f/4 VR. If i was a Nikon user, i'd fancy owning a d700/d3 with this gem and a 50mm f/1.4 That's all i will ever need...
Read MoreThe biggest drawback of owning DSLRs capable of shooting up to 24.5mp these days, is the fact that it lags your computer system like nobody's business. Mind you, i'm running these images on a MBP (2.4 GHz C2D and 4GB ram). Pretty decent specs of you ask me.
Read MoreA few days back, I happened to met Aiszam, who runs this equipment rental business. Mind you, these bunch of people are the real pros out there. If you have a big commercial job on hand and does not have the manpower to get the job done, consider looking for them.
Read MoreCanon has unveiled the EOS Rebel T2i/550D, its best-appointed Rebel class camera to date that offers many of the key features of the EOS 7D at a fraction of the cost. The T2i/550D includes a 17.92 million image pixel CMOS sensor, fires at up to 3.7fps, sports 63-zone metering and 9-point AF systems, is compatible with both SD/SDHC and SDXC format memory cards and can capture 1080p video at 30fps
Read MoreWhen this mysterious countdown timer was put up on their website, i knew Hasselblad had a new camera up their sleeves. And yes i was right.
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