Archive for January, 2011
Field Review: Canon EOS 60D (Day 1)
The Canon 60D on the seat of the motorcycle we shot with it.
Canon has supplied us with an EOS 60D for test, and first impressions are great. The first thing I noticed about the 60D is how intuitive and easy to set up the camera is. If you’re coming to the 60D from another Canon DSLR I’m sure you’ll find it easy to configure the way you like it it – the controls, dials, buttons and menus aren’t the same as on other Canon’s but are familiar enough to make it easy to understand for those with a little background.
Before reading this you should consider Chris’s comparison of this vs the T2i and 7D.
Field Review: Nikon D3100 (Day 4)
Camera Nikon D3100 Exposure 20 Aperture f/16.0 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 100
It was a cold, quiet, crisp morning in my hometown: the type of day I would usually shoot with my 50mm lens on my D90. After a little thought and a cup of tea I put my Nikon 50mm F/1.8 D lens on the D3100. We love 50mm Prime lenses here on The Phoblographer. They are low cost and great to shoot with. We have written a few posts on this subject. I thought it would be interesting to use my 50mm F/1.8 to shoot some Bokeh and have some fun.
Field Review Nikon D3100 (Day 3)
Camera Nikon D3100 Exposure 0.02 sec (1/50) Aperture f/2.0 Focal Length 35 mm ISO Speed 800
Next in this review: an ISO test. The Nikon D3100 has a higher ISO capability than its predecessor the D3000. Its maximum is IS0 3200 and can go up to ISO 128000 when set to HI 2. I started shooting high ISO’s from day one with this camera. The quality of the images at ISO 800 is very nice with little to no noise. Before reading, you can take a look at Day 2 in this series. Read the rest of this entry »
B&H is Listing the Fujifilm X100 on Their Site
B&H Photo is listing the Fujifilm X100 on their site right now. As stated, photographers may not like the price so much. Maybe they can justify it if Fuji would make it in black.
Are you getting it? I’m sure that street photographers everywhere are drooling right now.
Field Review: Olympus E-5 (Day 4)
So far in the review we’ve found out that the Olympus E-5 is a tough cookie from Day 3, that the raw image files are very versatile, and we’re beyond the first impressions. But the E-5 has a much sexier side to it. There are art filters built into the camera. The chart above can be clicked on (and shared) to show off the effects on one image. This will literally be nothing else but a huge image dump with other samples from each filter.
Get $100 off Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom is arguably the best digital photo management software available today, and you can get $100 off the price simply by purchasing any camera from B & H Photo priced at over $300. This link will take you to a page showing all the cameras eligible.
Some of our favorite cameras you might want to check out with this deal include:
There are many other great cameras available, these were just some of the first ones which came to mind.
