tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51093352010-03-10T21:10:16.601Z<b>Pixel</b> concentrates on product launches of cameras, scanners, printers and software for creative digital photography.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528314656756966969noreply@blogger.comBlogger529125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109335.post-56033427573050601352010-03-10T13:05:00.004Z2010-03-10T21:10:16.607Z

Pentax formally announce the 645D medium format DSLRSo Pentax have finally announced their much anticipated re-entry into the medium format field with the 645D. But it won't be available until May, and then only in Japan, so it's too early to move it out of the vapour-ware category just yet!But this is still an exciting announcement for gear-heads ;-) The market for medium format gear has

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Panasonic announce the latest Micro 4/3 cameras; the G2 and G10Panasonic have replaced their first M4/3 camera, the G1, with not one, but 2 models. The G2 updates the G1 with a 720p video mode and an articulated touch sensitive rear monitor. And the G10 takes the G2 and gives it a smaller, lower resolution eye level viewfinder (1.04x, 202k dot vs. 1.4x 1440k dot) and an unarticulated rear monitor

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PMA 2010PMA2010 (the annual trade exhibition of the Photo Marketing Association) runs Feb 19th-23rd and always means some interesting product announcements. Most of these years announcements seem to be of the roadmap variety, that is to say manufacturers describing product currently in development rather than ready to go on the market. Here is a run down of the interesting stuff aimed at

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Pentax K-x to be made available in 8 more colours in EuropePentax has announced that European customers will get the chance to buy the Pentax K-x in 8 new colours, in addition to the black, navy, red and white versions already available. Most of them are absolutely hideous... especially the metallic variants. The pink ones are decidedly dodgy too! The only one I like is the olive colour.For those

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Apple Aperture 3Apple recently announced the latest version of their Aperture photography software. I last tried Aperture when version 2 was announced and I didn't really get on with it very well. As a long time Photoshop user I wasn't really to surprised when I felt more at home with Adobe's Aperture rival product: Lightroom (currently at version 2 with version 3 in beta).But on a Mac, Aperture

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New cameras and lenses from Olympus, Canon and NikonOK, just doing a little catch-up...Olympus E-PL1First up is Olympus's latest Micro 4/3 camera, the E-PL1. The new camera is designed as a low cost introduction to the M4/3 system. You get most of the same specification as the E-P2, but with a smaller body featuring simplified controls, so you'll have to do more digging around in menus than you

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528314656756966969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109335.post-58570095850323418072010-01-18T13:27:00.002Z2010-01-18T13:58:25.395Z

smc Pentax D-FA 100mm Macro F2.8 WR first impressionsFriday last week (Jan 15th) my new DSLR, a Pentax K-7, arrived, along with a smc Pentax D-FA 100mm Macro F2.8 WR lens. See my last post for a discussion of the Pentax K-7. Here I talk about my first impressions of this lens after my first walk-about with the K-7/D-FA WR combination on Sunday.To be honest I didn't buy this lens primarily for its

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528314656756966969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109335.post-15153702354135782802010-01-18T10:08:00.006Z2010-01-18T11:21:57.416Z

Pentax K-7 first impressions.Friday last week (Jan 15th) my new DSLR, a Pentax K-7, arrived. The K-7 came with the new 100mm WR Marco lens, which I'll discuss in the next post.I just thought I'd post some first impression after taking the camera out on Sunday for a first outing...Well, the first thing to say is that the K-7 is a really beautiful camera. It's very compact, yet also fairly heavy

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528314656756966969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109335.post-25740091279978449252010-01-04T18:57:00.004Z2010-01-05T07:30:11.336Z

Samsung release full details of the NX interchangeable lens camera systemSamsung have released full details of the first camera and first 3 lenses of their brand new interchangeable lens camera system. The new system is very similar to the Olympus/Panasonic Micro Four Thirds system, except it uses the same size sensor used in consumer DSLRs.The camera is called the NX10 and the three lenses are

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Pentax K-x reviewDigital Photography Review have published a review of the Pentax K-x DSLR. The review is generally very positive, especially when it comes to low light image quality and it gets the DPR 'Highly Recommended' rating. Not that this means much. All DSLR cameras get at least the 'Recommended' rating, so there are effectively only two ratings on DPR, 'Recommended' and 'Highly

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New reviews on dpreview.comJust catching up with some new reviews on Digital Photography Review:- Leica X1- Canon PowerShot G11- Nikon D3000The Leica X1 is probably the most interesting camera of those. The dpreview.com review is very complimentary on the design, but less complimentary on the JPEG processing, and, more importantly given that most users will use raw mode, focussing speed.

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smc Pentax D-FA 100mm Macro F2.8 WRPentax have announced a new macro lens in the shape of the smc Pentax D-FA Macro F2.8 WR. The lens is interesting for a number of reasons:1. The official recommended price in the US is $849.95. This is the same as the existing D-FA 100mm Macro. This is despite the fact that the new lens represents a considerable upgrade over the existing lens and suggests the

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Sony Alpha A550 review on Digital Photography ReviewDigital Photography Review have posted a review of the Sony Alpha A550 DSLR.

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AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II and AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E IIINikon have announced a new version of their 300mm f2.8 lens, along with a matching 2x teleconverter.

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Nikon D300s review on Digital Photography ReviewDigital Photography Review have published their review of the Nikon D300s... no big surprises there in, but then the D300s is very little different to the D300.

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Ricoh announce the Ricoh GXR system cameraI have to admit I had to check the calendar to make sure it wasn't April the first when I first read about this. It seems that Ricoh has announced a new system camera with interchangeable 'lens units'. Lens units?! What the *!*? is that I hear you shout! Well a lens unit is a lens and a sensor in a single sealed unit. This effectively means that each time

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Canon EOS 7D review on Digital Photography ReviewDigital Photography Review have published a very complimentary review of the Canon EOS 7D.

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Olympus EP-2 official announcementThursday last week Olympus officially the latest m4/3 camera, the EP-2. As expected the new camera is a very limited evolution of the EP-1. There seems to the just 3 differences:1. The body is black rather than chrome or white.2. There is a new tracking AF mode.3. There is an accessory socket below the hot shoe for things such as the new VF-2 electronic

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New Micro 4/3 lenses from Olympus?An article on the BJP website seems to have let the cat out of the bag early about 2 new lenses from Olympus for their EP-1 and EP-2 cameras. The new lenses are a 9-18mm super-wide angle zoom and a 14-150mm high-power zoom, both with f4-5.6 maximum apertures. I suspect the article will be pulled before long, so I took the liberty of saving the image from the

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Canon announce EOS-1D Mark IV DSLRCanon have announce the Mark IV version of their high speed professional DSLR aimed at photojournalists and sports photographers. The new camera features a the now obligatory video mode and a new 16mp sensor to replace the 10mp sensor from the Mark III. Interestingly, while Nikon have now moved to full-frame sensors for their high speed professional DSLR (the D3)

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Panasonic GF1 review on The Online PhotographerThe Online Photographer has published a field report of the Panasonic GF1 camera.

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Pansonic GF1 review on Digital Photography ReviewDigital Photography Review have published a full review of the Panasonic GF1.

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AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/3.5G ED VRNikon have announced a new macro lens in the shape of the AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/3.5G ED VR.

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NIkon D3sNikon have announced an updated version of their D3 professional DSLR. The new D3s features sensor with the same 12mp resolution as the out-going model, but new are a video mode and an ISO range of 200 to 12800 (extendable up to 102400).

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Pentax K7 review and Leica X1 preview at DPReview.comDigital Photography Review have published a review of the Pentax K7 and a preview of the Leica X1

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