Just got this and had an hour to use. Man it is a nice product but the opposite of Apple. Literally nothing is in the box. Here is what you need Extra battery. The thing charges from the camera itself and with 300 or so shots, it needs an extra battery as the thing isn’t […]

Now that my personal list of cameras is settling down to the Sony Nex 7 (updating soon) and Fuji X-E1, I’m wondering about a true compact camera with a very wide angle Lense. A perfect camera for low light and high performance but potentially simpler and smaller. Here are some choices. All of these can […]

My canon 5d2 died today. Sad. Too much rain during a shoot. Reminds me that I have to figure out weather protection for cameras. Still it has served loyally. Hopefully a simple repair. But means the urgency to get a backup camera has never been bigger. So onto figuring what I can buy given product […]

Well it is getting close to buying a camera with the goal of getting to 90% of the image quality of a 5d2 while being ultralight and shooting In continuous AF for HD video. Here are the choices in order…along with the limitations. We need to study the else availability of lenses. All of these […]

Canon EOS M review: was Canon’s first mirrorless ILC worth the four-year wait? — Engadget. Well, the EOS M is a long time in coming and a long way late. I’m somewhat sad that the latest Canon release (6D, 5D3) have been relatively lackluster compared with all the exciting things happening. Here’s a review summary […]

Now that I’ve got my Nikon envy out of the way or at least feeling not so dumb, time to figure out what to get for a really compact camera and also for video. This was just updated for the new Canon M series and here is the stack ranked list of cameras. Also reminds […]

OMG, hat tip to “John”:http://www.theludwigs.com, there is hope for humanity, on April 22nd, “dpreview.com”:http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032&message=27125455&changemode=1 and some “additional specs”:http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/12/canon-5d-mark-ii-rumors-are-swirling-swirling/ reports that there will be a new Canon 5D, the specs are amazing. Drool, drool for those of us with Canons who are feeling bad with the incredible D300 that they have over in Nikon world: * […]

I’m biased. While, the small handheld cameras are nice, for really great image quality, you do need a nice dSLR because of lense quality. Right now, the leaders are Nikon, Canon and Sony is coming on strong. All have shipped new cameras at the entry level now with the Canon EOS 450D. “Cameralabs”:http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_EOS_450D_Digital_Rebel_XSi/verdict.shtml has a […]

I’m so torn as to whether or not getting the Sigma 18-200 OS makes sense. Photozine.de reports it is soft at 35mm, but pretty good at 18, 50 and 200mm. The Pophoto.com review shows that it has better image quality at 200mm than the much acclaimed Nikon 18-200mm. Rick at “Fredmiranda.com”:http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/547490 reports the same thing, […]