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Month: January, 2009

Engadget asks the readers how they would change Canon EOS 5D Mark II full frame DSLR

3 January, 2009 (10:05) | Canon, DSLR, Uncategorized | By: Camera News

Canon EOS 5D Mark II dslr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II

One of my favorite tech blogs, Engadget, has asked their readers what they would change with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II DSLR camera. Among the suggestions are lower price, built in flash, 24 fps support, image stabilization in the camera body, make it a bit smaller and much more.

The comments on Engadget are usually pretty witty and informative so I often find myself reading the comments more thoroughly than the articles themselves. Click here to see what they have to say about Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

Top ten most popular digital cameras on digitalcamerareview.com

2 January, 2009 (23:51) | Compact Camera | By: Camera News

Canon PowerShot G10 compact camera
Canon PowerShot SX10

Digitalcamerareview.com has announced which camera were the 10 most popular on their site during the month of December in 2008. Canon is the big winner with 6 cameras in the top 10. It should also be noted that all the cameras in the list are compacts so it still seems that most people are not that interested in DSLR cameras.

The 10 ten camera on digitalcamerareview.com are as following:

1. Canon PowerShot SX10 IS (previously #5)
2. Nikon Coolpix S210 (previously #6)
3. Canon PowerShot SX110 IS (previously #2)
4. Canon PowerShot A590 IS (previously #4)
5. Fujifilm FinePix S1000fd (previously #8)
6. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 (previously #3)
7. Canon PowerShot G10 (previously #1)
8. Nikon Coolpix P80 (previously #9)
9. Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS (back on the list)
10. Canon PowerShot A1000 IS (first time on list)

To read more details about the list of the most popular digital cameras see here.

IrfanView out new version 4.23 – Free image viewer

1 January, 2009 (10:18) | Software | By: Camera News

IrfanView is a freeware image viewer that support a lot of different image formats including BMP, DIB, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF and TGA. See this list to see all the formats that IrfanView support.
The program is now out in in a new version, 4.23. The updates include history for random pictures in slideshow, possible to make several pages for PDF files, possibility to save changes in pictures when exiting the program, better panorama function, support for Wavelet Scaler Quantization (WSQ)-format and much more.

Version 4.23 (Release date: 2008-12-29)

– Added History list for Random slideshow (“No file repeat” removed)
– New multipage images menu: Create Multipage PDF
– Option to save changes on exit (Properties->Misc 1, default: OFF)
– TIF loading bugs fixed (Thanks to j00ru//vx)
– New command line option: /filelist=txtfile; Examples:
i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt
i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /thumbs
i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /convert=d:\*.jpg
=> use files from mypics.txt as input for different operations
– New Contact Sheet options: Set custom paper size and units
– Options to set start parameters for external editors (see Help file/button)
– External editor names are showed in the menu text
– New Panorama dialog option: Add space between images
– Browsing: if CTRL + number (0-9) pressed, the file index increases by number
– New wallpaper menu: Stretched – proportional
– New Slideshow dialog option: Remember last file index on exit
– New option to show DDS alpha color (Properties->Misc. 1)
– Support for WSQ format (Wavelet Scaler Quantization, PlugIn by Steven Venable)
– New Thumbnail option: Use full file path for sorting (if subfolders loaded)
– New thumbnails tree menu: Load subfolders
– New hotkeys: SHIFT + arrows = Move selection rectangle
– New hotkeys: SHIFT + N = Create new image; SHIFT + V = Add canvas;
CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Auto crop borders; CTRL + SHIFT + J = Lossless JPG crop;

SHIFT + O = Fit window to image; F11 = show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow
– Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:
Download from: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm (plugins version is 4.22)
– Some bugs fixed (SGI loading, crop selection)
– Two small 4.22 bugs fixed: Next toolbar button, PDF saving

DIWA Labs tests Sony Alpha 900 with Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* DT 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA and Sony 20mm f/2.8 SAL20F28

1 January, 2009 (09:19) | Carl Zeiss, DSLR, Lens, Review, Sony | By: Camera News

Sony Alpha 900 dslr camera
Sony Alpha 900

DIWA Labs has tested the first full frame DSLR camera from Sony, the Sony Alpha 900. With its 24.6 megapixel sensor this should be a very interesting camera for everyone who is serious about their photography. DIWA Labs tested the Alpha 900 with two lenses; the Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* DT 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA and the Sony 20mm f/2.8 SAL20F28.

Some key features for the Sony Alpha 900 camera:
-24.6 megapixel full frame sensor
-In-camera image stabilization
-3″ LCD screen
-HDMI output with PhotoTV HD compatibility
-5fps continuous shooting

Read all the tests of the Sony Alpha 900 with Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* DT 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA and Sony 20mm f/2.8 SAL20F28 here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.


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