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Nikon Announces Two New Pro Lenses


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Published Feb. 8, 2010 at 10:33 a.m.

Nikon's 24mm f/1.4 and 16-35mm f/4 VR II offer wide-angle options for pros ...

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Olympus intros $600 12.3 megapixel PEN E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera


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Published Feb. 3, 2010 at 1:01 a.m.
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It certainly took them long enough, but Olympus has finally (finally!) introduced a Micro Four Thirds camera with a price tag that's a little closer to earth. If you'll recall, both of the previous PENs cost upwards of $750, but the E-PL1 touts a much more reasonable MSRP of $599.99. And that doesn't mean Olympus has been stingy on features. Nope, quite the contrary as the the minuscule body is packed with the same 12.3 megapixel image sensor as the E-30 and E-620 (check the images in the

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Olympus PEN E-PL1 Hands On: The Cheap Micro Four Thirds Camera for Everybody (with Flash!) [Digital Cameras]


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Published Feb. 3, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.
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It leaked earlier today, but we're still pretty struck by Olympus's latest micro four thirds camera, the E-PL1. Why? It has a built-in flash (finally!). And it's $600, making it the cheapest micro four thirds camera around ... The E-PL1 takes the opposite tack of the E-P2, stepping down a rung. So, you're probably wondering what you give up to shave off that couple hundred bucks. Shockingly little. It's got the same sensor as every other micro four thirds camera. But it's not as solidly built as

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Nikon Coolpix P100 26x Superzoom: Their First 1080p Video Camera [Digital Cameras]


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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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Oh, I've waited for this day. The day Nikon delivered legit HD video. Not only does the P100 deliver full 1080p video in H.264, it shoots 120FPS bursts, and goes with a 10MP CMOS sensor for better low-light performance. Yeah ... It is a superzoom—26x (26mm-678mm), which is a little shorter than what Fuji or Olympus dropped over the last couple of days—which I'm admittedly prone to disliking, but there's a lot here in what's easily Nikon's flagship point-and-shoot ... It's the first Coolpix

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Nikon S8000 and Friends Smuggle Big Lenses in Tight, Uh, Spaces [Digital Cameras]


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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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Nikon's S series are their flashier point-and-shoots, and the S8000 is the splashiest: Super skinny, but it's got a 10x zoom lens, crazy crispy 3-inch, 921,000-dot display and it shoots 720p video. Plus, uh, look at it ... The S8000 and the next step down, the S6000, both shoot at 14MP (I predict noiiiise) and 720p vid at 30fps, though the S6000 has less zoom (7x) crammed in a skinnier 1-inch frame. The S8000 is $300, while the S6000 is $250 ... The S4000 is their new touchcam, which seemed more

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Photographer Loves Math, Graphs Her Images


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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
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Math and photography student Nikki Graziano combines her two favorite things by overlaying graphs and their equations on carefully composed images she's captured ...

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Apple Patents Touch Sensitive Bezel for Hot Corners Action [Apple]


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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
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I hate to say I told you, but I told you : The Apple iPad is exactly what I said it was going to be except for two things: Multitasking and the touch-sensitive bezel. Guess what Apple just did ... Yes, they registered a method to do the last thing. The US Patent and Trademark Office just published patent 7,656,393, which describes the use of a touch-sensitive bezel to bring hot corners up on the main screen ... An electronic device has a display and has a touch sensitive bezel surrounding the

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Olympus PEN E-PL1 Thankfully Includes Built-In Flash and $200 Cheaper Price Point [Cameras]


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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 11:46 a.m.
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The third official Olympus PEN (excluding the originals, natch) has got official after the teaser campaign last week. The E-PL1 is $200 cheaper than the E-P1, but packs in the same 12.3-megapixel sensor and 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 zoom lens ... The full release is below for your skimming pleasure, but here are the major pointers: ... - 12.3-megapixel sensor ... - 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 zoom lens ... - Inbuilt pop-up flash ... - HD video recording (though as what resolution, Olympus hasn't said) ... - 19

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Casting Call: Models/Extras Needed!


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Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 1:15 p.m.
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Wow, I've had a great response to Tuesday's blog post looking for audience members to be in my massive stock photo shoot ... In fact, I've got firm commitments for over 60 people so far ... Since my goal is a minimum of 100 people in the audience, I am still looking for participants ... This will be a lot of fun and when finished this will be the picture with the largest group of recognizable faces out of the 6,000,000+ image collection on iStockphoto ... Here are the details: ... Date: Saturday

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Extras Wanted: Audience Members


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Published Jan. 19, 2010 at 2:58 p.m.
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I have had a stock photo concept bouncing around in my head for several months and now it is time to execute that idea ... What's the idea? A series of images for my stock portfolio portraying a large audience in a movie theater ... And by large, I mean over 100 recognizable faces ... I have been putting the shoot together (securing a venue, ordering props, etc.) over the past couple of weeks and I am at the place now where it's time to ask for volunteers to be in the audience ... So here are

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