Nikon announce D3100

Courtesy Nikon Full HD movies with everything it seems. HD movie capability now seems to be mandatory for entry level DSLRs. Nikon’s latest baby, the D3100, is the latest model to offer full 1080p HD movie shooting at 24 fps, albeit for up to 10 mins and with monaural sound. Shooting movie clips has been simplified with the [...] [...]

Sony NEX 3/5 Cameras

Courtesy Sony Sony’s foray into the mirrorless, interchangeable lens market with the NEX range has attracted a lot of interest, with the new cameras offering a number of interesting options to the market. Range – The range currently comes in two models, the NEX-3 and the NEX-5. The NEX-5 is the more expensive variant (currently around £530 with [...] [...]

Sony Alpha 450

Courtesy Sony Once more into the breach dear friends. Sony has announced an enlargement to its portfolio of DSLRs with yet another mid to low price point camera in the quickly burgeoning Alpha product line. The 450 offers some 500 series features with a well endowed 14.2 megapixel (effective) CMOS sensor, up to 7fps continuous shooting and [...] [...]

Canon 1D Mark IV announced

Courtesy Canon Canon have announced their latest professional DSLR – the latest in the I series – the Mark IV. Due to be released in December with a price tag of $4999 (subject to change). While retaining the APS-H sensor (x1.3) this camera sports a number of significant improvements over the Mark III including: – 16.1 megapixel [...] [...]

New Sony DSLRs released

Courtesy Sony Keeping up with the need by DSLR manufacturers to fill in holes (apparent and real) in their camera base Sony has just announced a number of new DSLRs in the Alpha range. The new cameras are the  Alpha 500, 550 and 850. The 850 is the Alpha 900 light with a slightly smaller viewfinder (95% [...] [...]