Archive | April, 2008

Canon Produced 40 Million EF Lenses

Posted on 30 April 2008

Canon has achieved a lens manufacturing landmark with production of Canons EF lenses passing the 40-million mark.
Canon’s proprietary EF lens was born in March 1987 along with the EOS SLR camera system. Canon celebrated the production of its 10 millionth EF lens in August 1995, its 20 millionth in February 2001, its 30 millionth in [...]

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Free Memory with Top Digital Cameras

Posted on 29 April 2008

Right now Amazon is giving away a free memory card–up to a whopping 2 GB of photo storage–with the purchase of one of more than 25 top cameras from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, and others. If you need even more memory you can apply the value of the free card to a higher-capacity card. See details [...]

Nikon Re-Releases D3 Firmware Update

Posted on 29 April 2008

As promised, Nikon has released a revised version of its recently withdrawn firmware update. The company has updated the ‘B’ firmware to V1.11, and has reissued the previously withdrawn V1.10 ‘A’ firmware.
This new revision fixes a photo corruption problem in the firmware update earlier this month.

BenQ C850

Posted on 24 April 2008

The BenQ C850 (announced 23 April, 2008) is an 8 megapixel point and shoot digital camera featuring a Pentax lens with 3X optical zoom and 2.7 inch LCD display.
The C850 also features a front to back leather handle, Super-Shake-Free mode with high ISO supported, Smile Catch mode and video recording with optical zoom.  The BenQ [...]

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BenQ C750

Posted on 24 April 2008

The BenQ C750 (announced 23 April, 2008) is a 7 megapixel point and shoot digital camera featuring a pentax lens with 3X optical zoom and 2.5 inch LCD display.
The C750 also features a front to back leather handle, Super-Shake-Free mode with high ISO supported, Smile Catch mode and video recording with optical zoom. The BenQ C750 [...]

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BenQ E800

Posted on 24 April 2008

The BenQ E800 (announced 23 April 2008) is an affordable entry level 8.1 megapixel compact digital camera featuring a 2.7 inch display, 3x optical zoom and ISO 1600.
The BenQ E800 also includes a range of other intelligent features – including “Smile Catch” mode, Auto Face Tracking and 13 optimized settings, and can be charged directly [...]

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Ricoh G600

Posted on 23 April 2008

The Ricoh G600 is a new 10.0 megapixel compact, tough point and shoot digital camera which is water and dust resistant as well as shock resistant making it an ideal camera for hard outdoor use. 
The G600 features a 28 mm wide angle 5x optical zoom lens (28-140mm equivalent), a powerful flash with effective range of [...]

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Nikon D3X

Posted on 20 April 2008

The Nikon D3 is the camera to get for shooting sports, news, events or action with its rapid-fire image capture and high ISO range, while the Nikon D3X will be the best Nikon for portrait and landscape photography.
Some clever hackers are reporting to have found reference to the D3X deep within the updated (and now [...]

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Nikon D3 Firmware Version 1.10 Problems

Posted on 20 April 2008

A couple of days ago Nikon announced the release of firmware update version 1.10 for the D3. However it has been confirmed that when certain settings are applied with the updated firmware, image data may, in some rare cases become corrupted. Therefore Nikon have terminated this firmware update download, and a new update is expected in late [...]

Nikon D3 Firmware Update Version 1.10

Posted on 16 April 2008

Nikon have released the first firmware update (version 1.10) for the flagship D3 DSLR.
The following changes have been made in version 1.10:

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