In addition to the Leica M Monochrom, Leica also announced the upgrade of its X series camera with the updated X2. The main difference seems to be a 16MP APS-C sensor. Leica also says they made some improvements, especially to the Autofocus system, which had been one of the key issues with the X1. I do wish they had put in a better or...
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I'm a huge fan of the Leica M series, and I do wish I were a better photographer so I could really use it well. Leica has introduced the Leica M Monochrom, which is an M-series camera that takes B&W photos only. By not seeing colors, Leica states its pixels only see "true luminance values", which I take to mean looks really sharp. I'm...
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I had always wondered what kind of high-end equipment you needed to film crazy Slo-Mo shots. Now I know. The Miro M320S is capable of 1380fps at 1920x1200 resolution. The video examples are stunning and I totally want one. It even has Nikon mounts so you can use Nikon lenses. Of course, nothing comes cheap in the world and this starts at around US$50,000....
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Leica is poised to introduce the very sexy White Leica M9-P in June. There are only 50 pieces made and from what I read, its a Japan-Only product. The major downside though is the cost, expected to be around 2.6m Yen or something like US$32k. That's a pretty crazy amount of money for a Leica. It does come with the amazing 50mm Noctilux lens...
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Lytro Camera So this company Lytro has come up with a very novel camera that takes a whole new approach to taking pictures. Using a new idea of capturing an image, the camera (if you can call it that as it looks very little like a camera) allows one to take an image and then process it on a Mac. The edited image...
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After more than a 3 year wait, we finally have an update from Nikon of the D700 with the newly launched D800. As part of Team Nikon, I have been waiting for this Full Frame monster. A 36.3 megapixel, Full Frame, 1080p video, the list goes on – I’m in! Of course, I couldn’t wait and bought the D7000 just a little over a...
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