The SD Association has announced a new design that will allow an increase in bus interface speeds for SD-format memory cards up to 300MB/s. The new design is also backwards compatible with existing devices that accept SD, SDHC and SDXC cards. To give you an idea of what this transfer speed means in real products, SanDisk’s powerful Extreme Pro line of CF cards is rated at 90MB/s.
More details in the press release below. [click to continue…]
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There may not be a practical point to make with this contraption, but it still has a certain novelty factor to it. One industrious (or maybe bored) iPhone owner, who apparently had an old Canon SLR lying around, decided to gut his SLR to make room for an iPhone mounted on the rear.
The result?
Well, you’ll have to see the video that shows off the Frankencamera below. [click to continue…]
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An interesting tidbit from RiceHigh’s Pentax Blog points to a new Pentax DSLR coming on September 9th. His news is based on the Japanese Business Live Calendar, which apparently points to a new DSLR product from Hoya (Pentax’s parent company) on that date.
Additionally, other recent rumors suggest a new Pentax K-5 and K-r DSLR model. The K-5 is rumored to be Pentax’s flagship model and the K-r is more of an entry-level model like the Pentax K-x (above). Rumored specs are listed below. [click to continue…]
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B&H has some solid deals in the form of a $150 rebate on the Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3 when you pick up the two-lens kit with the 16mm and 18-55mm lenses.
Hit the links below for the deal that ends this month:
Sony NEX-5 kit w/ 2 lenses for $799
Sony NEX-3 kit w/ 2 lenses for $699
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It’s time for our weekly break from the gear for a few minutes so we can enjoy another round of reader photos from the Photography Bay Flickr Group.
Check out the rest of the photos below. [click to continue…]
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Photography Bay reader and Flickr user, Mister Le, passed along these sample images earlier this week. The were captured using a Nikon D300s and the new 85mm f/1.4G AF-S lens.
You can click on any of the images to go to the Flickr page and view larger sizes or connect with Mister Le. [click to continue…]
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