Digital Tag

Today Canon have announced the launch of their new enthusiasts SLR camera – the Canon EOS 60D, and I’m lucky enough to have been invited to Canon HQ in Reigate to get some hands-on time with the new EOS on the very morning of its launch. This is nothing short of an exclusive!

On the surface, they look much like any of Sony’s other Alpha SLR cameras, with only a few aesthetic tweaks, additions and changes to set them apart. But who said the camera never lies? Looks, after all, can be deceiving, and if the A33 and A55 look to you just like any other SLR, then the deception is complete.

On Thursday 19th August Nikon announced the release of their new entry level digital SLR – the D3100. Designed and created as a replacement for the best selling Nikon D3000, the latest offering from Nikon is actually far more of an improvement on its predecessor than their names suggest.

I think of the NEX-5 as my photographic Swiss Army knife: a small package with lots of tools, which will tackle 90% of the tasks you throw at it. Here are some aspects of the NEX which I’ve found the most useful or interesting over the past few weeks…

I’ve collected some tips and ideas that have come from my own photography during my travels throughout the UK, some of Europe, and my South American adventure. It’s not an exclusive or definitive list, but it might just help get you thinking.

The much-anticipated launch of the new Sony NEX series has arrived! NEX stands for New E-Mount Experience, making them a different breed of cameras to both Micro Four Thirds and Digital SLR cameras. The Sony Alpha NEX cameras have an APS-C sensor and as of Sony research on the 11th May 2010, they are the world’s smallest interchangeable lens cameras

You have a digital camera, you have a mobile phone, and you know they have a few million pixels in them, but the latest models have more. Do you need them? Will your photos come out better if you have them? YAWN! The camera manufacturers’ pixel race has been the most boring competition since the last World Paint Drying Championships held in 1957.

The Gadget Show Live is swarming with new and exciting gadgets and gizmos, including many aimed at photography and photographers. Some of the main camera manufacturers were there, along with several suppliers of computer accessories. There were also a couple of new products that just might be appearing for general consumption in the not too distant future.

Buying so called ‘non branded’ products can be a bit of a no-no for some people, and I know many photographers who won’t touch anything unless it’s got Nikon or Canon written on it. With a whole host of less expensive non brand products on offer, should we start taking them more seriously?

It is difficult to overstate the impact that the announcement of the Panasonic G system of Micro Four Thirds cameras had on the photographic world in September 2008. At the photokina trade show in Cologne, Germany, that month, the talk was of little else, and it seemed every manufacturer was either considering something similar or had a camera that would meet the challenge raised by the first model.