Nikon's 1 system of mirrorless cameras has sold well despite our lukewarm opinion of the shooters, and today the company has announced the latest model in the line, the J2. The new model has a few key upgrades over the J1: the J2's 3-inch LCD is now filled with 921,000 dots, it has a new metallic...
Nikon takes a second shot at mirrorless
Canon is breathing new life into its venerable 7D body with a big 2.0 firmware update. Announced back in June, the new software greatly improves the camera's image buffer when shooting at the maximum 8fps, letting you grab up to 25 RAW images or...
The high-frame-rate version of the first Hobbit film will see a very limited release, and may not even make it to all major US cities, Variety reports. The 48fps test footage of the movie was not entirely well received by film critics at its first showing, but director Peter Jackson has stood by his decision to film at a higher frame rate. According to Variety, those who have seen the 48fps...
If you've been waiting for something new from the compact camera market, Nikon might have a doozy coming soon — if the latest rumors are to be believed. Nikon Rumors is reporting that the company is planning to launch the Coolpix S800 on August 22nd. The most noteworthy feature of this point-and-shoot is that it'll reportedly be based on Android (2.3, unfortunately), and have full access to the Google Play store thanks to a built-in Wi-Fi connection. It'll also include GPS for location tagging, a 3.5-inch screen of an unknown resolution, and a 25-250mm zoom lens. There's no word on what sort of image sensor will be on board, but Nikon's point-and-shoot cameras currently top out at 16-megapixels, so we'd expect something in that range.
While we can't verify these specs, there's some further corroborating evidence that Nikon is...
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Photographing the moon is one thing. Photographing the moon in perfect Olympic formation is quite another. Yet that's exactly what Reuters photographer Luke MacGregor did, after three nights of mishaps and missed connections. MacGregor's mission was to capture the full moon in alignment with the...
Sony's Q1 financial results made for predictably depressing reading yesterday, but one of the few positives was the imaging division's strong performance boosted by sales of interchangeable lens cameras. The popular mirrorless NEX range is at the...
From a photographer’s perspective, Instagram offers a way to share pictures from your cellphone with friends, but there's a whole other side to the service. The huge number of photos that users upload every day — more than 5 million as of April — means there’s a...
