Compiled from the feedback of over 8,000 digital camera buyers between April of 2007 and March of 2008.

They split the categories into DSLRs, Point and Shoots, Premium Point and Shoots, and Ultra Slims.

The DSLR catagory sees a two-wy tie between:

-Canon EOS Digital SLR
-Nikon D Series

For the results from the other catagories flick over to my full article :0)

Jay

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Not for long though people!

Tamron’s new ultra zoom lens will set the record straight.

Apparently the first lens of its kind, the AF18-270MM Di II VC covers the 35mm equivalent range of 28mm to 419mm, and does so with a little help from Tamron’s proprietary tri-axial Vibration Compensation (or VC) mechanism.

This VC gubbins promises to eliminate, or at least, substantially reduce the effects of camera shake.

There’s not even a hint regarding price or release date but we are assured that the lens will be available in both Canon and Nikon mounts whenever it makes it out.

Jay Via Fareastgizmos.com

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It doesn’t work that well if we’re honest does it?  Overlaps, slightly different focuses, etc.

Seitz Roundshot VR Drive Panoramic Set should put all of that out of your mind.

It’s a fully automatic panorama motor for your digital camera.

It’s as easy as attaching it to your digicam, setting up rotation speed and other settings and then just set it going.

No vibration, no dodgy shots, just a series of up to 72 shots for you to put tohether.

Ok so it costs £1200.00 + VAT but your landscapes will look fab!

Jay

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But it looks like they feel like reminding us of their pretty impressive name.

To this end they have stepped up with the 50 megapixel H3DII-50.

Using the knowledge gained from the H3II-39 the 50 features a 36 X 48mm Kodak sensor, that’s twice the size of other full-frame DSLR sensors, this generates 300MB files at 1FPS.

Pricing hasn’t been announced as yet but be prepared to be stung for around $37K (£20K) when it launches in October.

Apparently Hasselblad says anyone who buys a 39 now can trade up to the 50 later for the difference in price……..Hmmmm……..that’s quite tempting – if I had the cash in the first place!

If you’re fairly minted check out more about this beast here.

Jay

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“So that you don’t need to carry a heavy tripod or invest extra money into every single stabilised lens, Olympus integrated a built-in image stabiliser into the camera body of the E-3, E-510 and E-520. It stabilises up to 5 EV steps (up to 4 EV steps with the E-510 and E-520), making it the most effective solution on the market.”

The site has been changed but a cached version of the page can be seen by clicking here

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There are also specs posted on DP Review forums for a second generation 5D with the following changes:

A gain to 15.3MP up from 12.8MP, a 2 stop hike in light sensitivity to 25600 ISO.

The new snapper will also supposedly shoot at 6fps instead of 3 and will have dual Digic III processors instead of a single Digic II cpu.

The AF system will use 29 points instead of 9 and it will share the same weather sealing as the topline 1Ds Mark III, as well as live view.

Lets see if this turns into a reality.

The present 5D retails at £1,860 – Canon 5D

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Most of the shooting options rely on the front and rear dials to control.  These control aperture and shutter speed – until you press a modifier button and then they control other shooting options.  These are pretty easy to get to grips with without doing the non-blokey thing of actually reading the instructions!

Olympus is continuing to show the worth of the ‘Live-View’ system for those photographers who may not have been convinced by the compact-like ability to compose images on an LCD screen.  But then, they would wouldn’t they as they were the pioneering force of this in the DSLR market………..

The E-3′s screen is the smallest manufacturers can get away nowadays at 2.5″ (64mm) but it can get all twisty-turny like that of a camcorder.

The LCD previews depth-of-field, exposure and image stabilisation settings so you know what you see is what you’re going to get.

You can get your sticky mits on the Olympus E-3 for under a grand right now (just the body).  Slap a 14-54mm lens on it and add another £500.

Olympus E-3 (uk) Site

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JPEGs lose quite a bit of info and tends to be a bit like an audiophile listening to a Costco stereo!

Microsoft’s JPEG XR (it used to be called HD Photo) have Canon and Casio agreeing that this might be a middle-ground solution; praps more for the cheaper DSLRs.

It has a wider colour palette and can show finer gradations than regular JPEG and it’s also got a better compression algorithm. This means that even with the extra info it wont suck all the power out of the camera.

Granted – if you’re wanting professional high-def, RAW is always going to win. For the rest of us it might help out when we need it.

Here’s what Wikipedia says.

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It is a Canon 1200mm, F5.6 USM lens. They’ve been around since 1993, but are made to order at the rate of about 2 a year – There is less than 20 out in the wild!

The world’s largest interchangeable SLR AF lens, in terms of both focal length and maximum aperture. Two large fluorite elements eliminate secondary spectrum, resulting in extremely sharp, high-quality images. With Extender EF 1.4x or 2x. a whopping focal length of 1700mm f/8 or 2400mm f/11 can be obtained respectively.

The price? Well run along and snap one up at $99,000 secondhand!

You got the cash (and the muscles) go here – B&H

Or buy new here – but have £70,000 ready but that does include vat.

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It was shown off at last year’s PMA and it’s here again.

It’s designed to attach to your camera’s flash hot shoe and record the GPS information as you shoot. It will then shove all that info onto your images’ EXIF metadata (or XML file in the case of RAW images) when you sync it up – pic tagged, job done.
After a year of touting this thing they say that it is going to find its way into stores by the middle of this year.

It’s likely to be going for around the $160 mark.

Check it out at Jobo’s site

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