Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
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ATP’s Photo Finder allows you to use GPS technology to “tag” your photos with geographical information. After geotagging your photos, you can literally add your photos to the map on sites like Google Maps, Flickr and Panoramio. [Read more…]
Luminous Landscape has posted a field review of the Olympus E-3 and consider it a strong candidate in the prosumer category:
If you need a tough, durable and very capable camera to endure harsh conditions the E3 would be near the top of my list for any camera category. I shoot in many of these situations, can see the utility of the E3 in these circumstances, and would welcome being able to use it. The camera is just not very quick on its feet for general purpose photos or when a quick capture of an elusive moment is called for. And this so perfectly mirrors the DSLR scene in general.
More reviews and resources for the Olympus E-3 can be found here.
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Olympus fans in the UK take note. Olympus has dropped the price to the popular consumer DSLRs, the E-410 and E-510.
The E410 body retail price has dropped to £319.99, a reduction of £20. The E410 Single Lens kit, Double Zoom and Travel Kits were all dropped by £50, which results in retail price points at £349.99, £449.99 and £399.99 respectively.
The E510‘s prices are £339.99 for the E510 body, £449.99 for the Single lens
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Allow me to introduce Emma, my new 6-week-old. This photo was taken for her birth announcement. To make it happen, I took one of her girly blankets, put it in a light tent and set her inside as well. On the outside was a Nikon SB-26 and SB-24, triggered by GI Cactus V2s. Shot with a Canon Rebel XT and my trusty (and cheap) EF 50mm f/1.8.
EXIF: ISO 100, 1/125s, f/8.
The Strobist movement continues to attract the attention of manufacturers. Westcott’s Magic Slipper allows photographers to use those speedlights with large softboxes without straining that fragile hot shoe. It even allows for mounting your Pocket Wizards so they don’t hang by the sync cable.
Pre-PMA Press Release
Professional Photographer and lighting guru Bruce Dorn has teamed up with Westcott yet again in adding to the Bruce Dorn Select product line the Magic Slipper™. This support system was created as a way to adapt your shoe-mount speedlite to a choice of professional grade light modifiers. [Read more…]