Sigma SD1 with 46MP Foveon sensor

September 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Sigma announces their new flagship DSLR Sigma SD1:

  • 46 MP Foveon X3 sensor (3 layers of 4800×3200)
  • New 11-point Twin Cross AF system
  • 3″ 460k dot LCD
  • Weatherproof magnesium alloy body

Link to the special Sigma SD site

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Nikon D7000

September 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Nikon announces the new Nikon D7000 DSLR camera, the perfect upgrade for all D5000 and D90 users and even attractive to a lot of others:

  • 16.2 MP CMOS sensor
  • 3″  921k dot LCD
  • 1080p full HD video with full time autofocus
  • 39-point AF with a new 2,016 pixel RGB 3D Matrix Metering System
  • ISO 100-6400 with up to 25600 HI-2 previously available only in Nikon FX cameras
  • 6 fps for up to 100 images
  • Quiet single frame advance mode
  • 14-bit RAW mode
  • Two SD card slots
  • Camera body with a magnesium-alloy top and rear covers
  • Shutter built for at least 150,000 cycles

Links: Nikon press release, Nikon fact sheet, Nikon D7000 pictures, first preview at Dpreview and an interesting test including D7000 videos.

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Olympus E-5 DSLR

September 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Olympus announces the new flagship DSLR E-5, successor to the E-3:

  • 12MP Live MOS sensor
  • 270 degree swivel 3″ 920k LCD
  • Live View with contrast autofocus
  • HD video
  • Up to 1/8000th sec shutter speed
  • Weather sealed body

Olympus E-5 video

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Nikon D3s: high speed and video

October 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Nikon introduces a new version of its professional DSLR D3: the Nikon D3s features 720p HD video recording and an astonishing sensitivity of up to ISO 102,400. The camera also has an increased buffer size for 48 RAW frames, a faster contrast detect AF in Live View and in-camera RAW-processing. To the Nikon press release.

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Canon EOS 7D

September 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Canon today announced the EOS 7D DSLR featuring

  • a new 18 MP CMOS sensor
  • a new AF system with a dedicated processor
  • Dual DIGIC 4 processors
  • ISO range up to 12800
  • 1080p HD video recording with manual controls
  • continuous shooting at 8 fps
  • impressive viewfinder with 1.0X magnification and 100% coverage
  • the ability to control groups of external flashguns using its built-in flash
  • 3 inch LCD with 920k dot resolution
  • a new 18 MP CMOS sensor

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