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Digital SLR

Canon 550D: 1080p Video

2010.02.27

Canon’s 550D (or Rebel T2i) can record 1080p video, which you can sample thanks to Nino Leitner. The short film FEBRUARY was shot using a pre-production unit. via Engadget

Andy Ihnatko Compares iPhone 3GS and Nexus One Photo Capabilities

2010.01.21

Andy Ihnatko took a bunch of pictures using an iPhone 3GS, Nexus One and a Nikon D200. Of course the Nikon D200 took the best of the three. The iPhone 3GS took photos that were usable in all lighting conditions, including fairly dark environments. The Nexus One took much better pictures than the iPhone 3GS [...]

Canon 7D in Snow

2009.12.12

Canon’s 7D is weatherproof. Look at the photo above by Ole Jorgen Liodden, who took the 7D to Antarctica on a photography assignment. Result? 7D was undamaged. Source: Canon Field Reviews via CNET

Canon Touchscreen DSLR

2009.12.03

Canon is attempting to patent a touchscreen that prevents accidental touching when you hold the camera up to your face. Canon’s touchcreen-equipped DSLR would ask you to register your dominant eye and automatically disable the portion of the display most likely to be touched when holding up the camera to your face. The patent includes [...]

Canon EOS-1 Mark IV: Preproduction Hands-On

2009.11.03

Image source: TrustedReviews
TrustedReviews to get its hands-on with Canon’s EOS-1 Mark IV DSLR at the Canon Pro Photo Solutions 09 show in at the Business Design Centre in London.

Handling: “… impossible not to be impressed.” The EOS-1 Mark IV weighs 1.2kg (2.65-pounds) without a lens.
LCD: “… superb…” The 3-inch LCD has 920,000 pixels with viewing [...]

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV: Now with HD Video

2009.10.20

Canon released the EOS-1D Mark IV, upgrading its flagship DSLR. One of the most exciting features, to me at least, is the inclusion of 1080p HD video recording capabilities.

16.1 megapixel APS-H CMOS sensor
ISO: 50-102,400
Improved photodiodes and gapless microlenses
Dual Digic 4 processors
M-RAW and S-RAW capability
Enhanced Custom Functions
45 AF points, including 39 cross-type sensors
Control the number and [...]

Canon EOS 7D Video Footage by Florent Porta

2009.10.01

Florent Porta (his website in French) is a freelance video editor and web designer. He uploaded a couple of 1080/24p videos taken with his new Canon EOS 7D. According to Daimaou at Akihabara News, Porta is the “genius behind all video we made for both NihonCar.com and ManualGear.com.”
For the first video, Porta used his 7D with [...]

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1: Micro Four Thirds Rangefinder Digital Camera

2009.09.02

Ah, exactly the camera that I have been waiting for since having seen the PEN EP-1 from Olympus. Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-GF1 packs a 12.1 megapixel Live MOS sensor with an ISO sensitivity up to 3200 in a rangefinder body. Video? No problem! How does 720p at 320fps sound? The video is packed in AVCHD Lite [...]

Canon EOS 7D

2009.09.01

Let’s get down to business right away! The Canon EOS 7D is positioned to be the best video-enabled digital SLR (or simply VDSLR) with a cropped (APS-C) image sensor. The video below is from user ChristopherKblog on YouTube and describes the new image sensor, image processors and autofocus systems of the 7D:

Here are the list [...]