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Nikon D3x Sensor is Manufactured by Sony

By Satsuki Then on Wednesday, Dec 10th 2008 No Comments

Nikon has officially responded to the question many have asked about who manufactured its Nikon D3x CMOS sensor. It is indeed manufactured by Sony; however Nikon clarified that they design the CMOS sensor. Here is the official statement from Nikon:

The Nikon D3X’s 24.5-megapixel FX-format (35.9 x 24.0mm) CMOS sensor was developed expressly for the D3X in accordance with Nikon’s stringent engineering requirements and performance standards, with final production executed by Sony. Featuring refined low-noise characteristics, 12 and 14 bit output, Live View capability and more, the D3X’s unique sensor design was carefully blueprinted to perform in perfect concert with proprietary Nikon technologies including EXPEED Image Processing and the Scene Recognition System. Meticulous efforts allowed the sensor to become one of the many essential components and technologies which contribute to the D3X’s superior image fidelity.

Canon 5D Mark II early bug reports : Black-Spot Artifacts

By Daniel Lim on Sunday, Dec 7th 2008 11 Comments

5d mark ii bug 1 Canon took a huge beating on its latest Mark III DSLRs’ flagships with the controversial Auto-Focus snafu. Make no mistake; the newest release and much-promising 5D sequel if continue to face technicalities, will tear them into pieces, losing more prominent domination in pro as well as prosumer markets. Early reports in favor of the improved AF, white balance and high ISO sensitivity despite the increased sensor sizes; however, like most cameras at its initial rollout, 5D mark II can’t escape the early-adopter bugs.

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GreenHouse launched 32GB Compact Flash with UDMA Support

By Daniel Lim on Thursday, Dec 4th 2008 No Comments

The Japan-based Greenhouse has launched a new series of high speed Compact Flash GH-CF-GTX at 300x transfer speed. Four models of 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB are available. Unlike the professional models from Sandisk’s Ducati or Lexar’s Pro, it’s the company much affordable model but does come equipped with a dual-channel UDMA data access chip which works best for digital single-lens reflex cameras or card reader with UDMA support.

greenhouse CF UDMA 32GB

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Nikon D3X Flagship Digital SLR gets Official

By Daniel Lim on Monday, Dec 1st 2008 No Comments

You know it’s the real deal when the leak came out of a print magazine, especially an in-house one. It’s official: Nikon Japan today announced its flagship Digital SLR, D3X with 24.5MP FX full frame sensor. It’s the company highest pixel-count digital SLR, 3.4 MP larger than rivalry Canon’s 1Ds Mark III but one-tenth megapixel smaller than Sony’s Alpha A900. The professional series camera is loaded with 3.0-inch, 920,000 dot LCD monitor with dual-mode Live View, 51-point AF, sealed body, Dual-UDMA CF slot, 16 bits EXPEED image processing and can shot up to five frame per second in full resolution still image capture.

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balens Lens Cap has Built-in White Balance Tool

By Daniel Lim on Friday, Nov 28th 2008 No Comments

Face it, your in-camera auto white balance feature works poorly in condition like indoor lightings source from various color temperatures. Despite shooting in Raw format, uncorrected color setting often results in higher digital noise and wicked color cast after post-processing. A great white-balance tool comes in handy for critical photography assignments.

balens cap white balance

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Nikon D3x 24-5MP DSLR exposed in official magazine

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 28th 2008 No Comments

Nikon have revealed their new D3x DSLR camera, and chosen a somewhat old-skool way to do so: their print magazine, Nikon Pro. The 24.5-megapixel, FX-format camera is capable of 5fps at full resolution or 10-megapixel shots at up to 7fps. However there aren’t the huge leaps in specification or capabilities that many would-be owners were hoping for.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II ships tomorrow

By Daniel Lim on Monday, Nov 24th 2008 1 Comment

A heads-up on the year most anticipated Digital SLR, Canon USA will be shipping the Canon EOS 5D mark II to networked dealers staring tomorrow. That means some of you early adopters should get their hands on the first shipment by the end of the week! Unlike the Canadian’s price raise, Canon sticks to the schedule and plan for US launch, it will be selling at original retail price of $2,699.

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No more Photoshop, FotoNation FaceEnchance mimicking soft filter at hardware level

By Daniel Lim on Thursday, Nov 20th 2008 No Comments

fotonation face enhance

If you owned a digital camera- Digital SLR, P&S or cell phone with camera function, you probably have heard of or seen the feature SmileCheck, Face Detection, Blink Detection or the likes that suppose to assist you in getting a perfectly in focused and sharp images for every Kodak moment at hardware layer. But if you’ve done portrait of any girls, a tack sharp image may not always ends up they would have wanted. Too revealing of their facial imperfection, they would said. Well, solving these problems in post processing are in the past, Fotonation has came out with a hardware level FaceEnhance gimmick for the beauty queens.

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New Olympus Four-Thirds Digital SLR is around the corner, Evolt E-30 with 12.3 MP sensor

By Daniel Lim on Tuesday, Nov 4th 2008 1 Comment

Olympus announced the development of a new Four-Thirds complaint Digital SLR back at Photokina, with an estimate launch date in the first quarter of 2009. The announcement has come early; folks at Cnet have jumped the gun with an officially launch of the New EVOLT but the article was later pulled. So there you have it, the unnamed prototype at Germany has an official title, a 12.3 megapixel Olympus midrange E-30 EVOLT to bridge the gap between the E-3 and E-520.

olympuse Digital SLR E30