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Awesome Story From Shooting Leopard Seals in Antarctica

Written by Eric from http://www.photographybay.com/ on November 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments

I saw this over on John Nack’s Adobe blog today.  Very cool stuff from National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen (you can get lost in the images on his site).
In case you gear heads are wondering, Paul shoots with Canon DSLRs (1Ds Mark III and 1D Mark III, along with the predecessors).  Some of his underwater [...]

Nikon S640 Review

Written by Eric from http://www.photographybay.com/ on November 17th, 2009 | 0 Comments

The Nikon Coolpix S640 is a 12.2-megapixel point and shoot camera with a 5x optical zoom.  Nikon touts the S640 as having a “fast AF” feature that helps you get rid of shutter lag.  Keep reading to find out whether the S640 is lacking lag, or just plain lacking. 

New Carl Zeiss ZF.2 Series Lenses for Nikon Mount

Written by Eric from http://www.photographybay.com/ on November 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Carl Zeiss has announced the ZF.2 series for the Nikon F mount.  While the lenses are still manual focus, the lens CPU supports all other important operations like auto aperture settings and EXIF transmission.

Transcend 400x CF Cards

Written by Eric from http://www.photographybay.com/ on November 16th, 2009 | 0 Comments

Transcend has introduced its latest line of speedy CF cards with a 400x speed rating.  The cards come in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB flavors and are capable of theoretical transfer rates as up to 90MB/s read and 60MB/s write speeds.  The 400x label isn’t quite as speedy as we see in the latest SanDisk, Lexar [...]

Casio Exilim EX-FH25

Written by Eric from http://www.photographybay.com/ on November 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Casio EX-FH25 is a 20x superzoom camera that succeeds the Casio EX-FH20.  The 20x zoom range covers the equivalent of 26-520mm on a 35mm camera.
The EX-FH25 features a 10-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor and is capable of capturing 40 fps bursts at the 9-megapixel size.  The EX-F25 also captures Casio’s signature high frame-rate videos at [...]

Nikon Next-Gen Rumors: D4 and D800

Written by Eric from http://www.photographybay.com/ on November 15th, 2009 | 8 Comments

As we saw with the announcement of the Nikon D3s, it looks like Nikon intends to squeeze as much as possible out of that 12.1-megapixel FX format sensor . . . for good reason though, it’s an awesome sensor that has been producing great images for over 2 years now.
Rumors of succeeding models to the [...]

Pentax K-7 System Rebate

Written by Eric from http://www.photographybay.com/ on November 15th, 2009 | 0 Comments

Pentax is offering a $100 prepaid VISA card when customers purchase a qualifying lens with the 14.6-megapixel Pentax K-7 DSLR.
You can buy up to 5 lenses with a new Pentax K-7 and receive a total of (5) $100 prepaid VISA cards.  Obviously, you can buy more, but only 5 of them will qualify for the [...]

Featured Reader Comment: Praise for the Canon G11

Written by Eric from http://www.photographybay.com/ on November 14th, 2009 | 5 Comments

The Canon G11 is a great little point and shoot camera, no doubt.  For those of you who may not have caught Craig King’s comment on The Rave about the Canon G11 post, I thought I would share it with you here.
The following comment feature’s Craig’s impression of the G11 and is unedited other than [...]

Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG OS for Sony and Pentax Mounts

Written by Eric from http://www.photographybay.com/ on November 14th, 2009 | 0 Comments

The Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG OS lens has been previously available for Canon and Nikon mount DSLRs.
This stabilized lens should also be available for Pentax and Sony mounts in December 2009.

Sony Cybershot WX1 Review

Written by Eric from http://www.photographybay.com/ on November 13th, 2009 | 0 Comments

The Sony Cybershot WX1 is a 10.1-megapixel point and shoot camera – but it isn’t just another camera with a new model number and more megapixels. The WX1 provides everything that you get in your run-of-the-mill point and shoot camera, but also adds some great features like an easy panoramic mode, an effective low light [...]





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