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See How Camera ISO Has Improved Over Time

3:30PM February 8, 2012 | Casey Chan

The picture on the left (if you can’t tell by the young and spunky Britney Spears) was taken at the 2001 Super Bowl with a Nikon D1H at 2.7 megapixels and 800 ISO. That was primo technology back then! The picture on the right was taken at this year’s Super Bowl with a Nikon D3s at 12MP and 12,800 ISO. Yep, camera ISO sure has improved. More »


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First Nikon D800 Test Film: So Far, So Good

11:00AM February 8, 2012 | Michael Hession

Yesterday Nikon revealed its D800 DSLR leaving photo and video nerds alike salivating for samples. Eager to show off the D800′s video capabilities, Nikon left it to filmmaker Sandro Miller to create a film meant to make us drool. And so we have Joy Ride, which chronicles the journey of one man and his motorcycle… and not much else aside from a superfluously gross childbirth scene. More »


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It Takes More Than A DSLR And Warm Clothes To Shoot The X-Games

7:00AM February 7, 2012 | Michael Hession

Think about it this way: For every 1080 McTwist you ogle at the Winter X-Games, there are dozens of shooters scrambling to capture it in any way possible — and often that means gear. Lots of gear. More »


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The Optical Magic Of A DSLR In Slow Motion

12:30PM January 25, 2012 | Sam Biddle

The mechanism inside a DSLR that converts your press of a button to a giant, detailed JPEG is concealed by a click and an instant. But in that instant lies some incredible engineering — watch it all happen super slowly. More »


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Is This The Canon 5D Mark III?

9:45AM January 24, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

We can’t say for sure if these photos snapped on safari in Kenya reveal a new Canon DSLR, but based on what we see, it could be the long-awaited Canon 5D Mark III. More »


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Lunchtime Deals: Canon 1100D DSLR For $398

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12:30PM January 23, 2012 | Nick Broughall

There’s absolutely no reason now for any self-respecting geek to not own a DSLR. Harvey Norman is selling the Canon EOS 1100D, an entry-level DSLR with a 12.2MP CMOS sensor and 720p video recording, for just $398 with a kit EF-S 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 III lens. With some features that out-perform DSLRs from a few years ago, that’s an unbelievable price for a solid camera. [Harvey Norman via OzBargain]


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Nikon D4 Hands-On: The Photographer’s Newest Deadly Weapon

9:00AM January 15, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

If you’re used to shooting with an everyday DSLR, the Nikon D4 is like holding fully-automatic machine gun for the first time. More »


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Will The Nikon D4 Soon Become The Latest And Greatest DSLR?

4:31AM January 6, 2012 | Adrian Covert

Not much info to go off of here, but the French publication Responses Photo published some shots of what might be the Nikon D4. If this is in fact accurate, Nikon’s new flagship DSLR could be right around the corner. More »


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Weird Lens Make Your Camera Look Like An Anti-Matter Gun

8:30AM December 5, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

On the right we have Tactical Solutions’ Nightstalker II night vision lens attached to a Nikon D700. It’s used by some US military photographers to take night action shots like the one on the left. It also makes the camera look like an actual weapon. More »


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Photographer Uses Google+ To Reunite Drowned Camera With Its Owner

6:55AM November 30, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

The camera you see here just spent a year at the bottom of Deep Bay but is now home thanks to the efforts of a nature photographer and the power of social networks. Here’s how he did it. More »