December 2008

Quickly becoming the consensus choice for full frame cameras right now, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II offers both high resolution and high ISO performance, which makes it the ideal compromise. PhotoReview reviews the Canon 5D Mark II with the EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS lens that comes bundled with the 5D Mark II, and [...]

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Michael Reichmann at Luminous Landscape posts his update to the Sony A900, and it’s an interesting read in part because in the article the A900:

doesn’t have Live View (and Reichmann misses it)
doesn’t match the 5D Mark II or D3x in ISO performance over 800.
doesn’t have the lens library that Canon or Nikon does.

but

it does have [...]

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Certainly one of the best looking compacts, you’ll remember that the Sony Cybershot DSC-T77 features a 10 megapixel sensor, 4x zoom, and 3 inch touch screen. It is almost identical to the Sony Cybershot DSC-T700, minus the 4GB of internal storage, a smaller (though still large) LCD screen, and most significantly it costs about $100 [...]

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Canon has issued the following statement regarding the black dot issue and banding problem:

To Owners of the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera
Thank you for using Canon products.
We have learned that some users of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera have identified two types of image quality phenomena that appear under [...]

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Chromasia’s David Nightingale writes his tips for creating HDR images over at Photography Blog. If you’re unfamiliar, Nightingale’s Chromasia blog is one of the best, and certainly one of the most popular and yes he does some fine HDR work, so he’s a good one to take tips from.
The thing about HDR is that it’s [...]

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Photographer Chris Nze has an incredibly strong Flickr. The above is a look (palladium) that I find myself frequently trying to duplicate in Silver Efex. I just love it.

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Your thoughts, thus far.
I’ll keep this one going another day. If you haven’t taken the poll, you can do so here.

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For those fortunate enought to own it, Nik has released a number of custom styles for the oh so excellent Silver Efex. The custom styles are easily installed and applied with just a click of the mouse. In addition users can send their own custom styes to Nik, who will then make them available to [...]

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Eric at Photography Bay has posted a real nice ISO comparison between the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and the Nikon D700. It’s pretty clear to me that the Nikon D700 is better at higher ISO with less noise and better looking noise than the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. That said, both cameras can [...]

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