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Canon back in the game with the 1DS Mark IV!

That’s right, just a week after Nikon blew us away with those ISO figures, Canon have launched the 1DS Mark IV with the same crazy ISO figures.

Canon 1DS Mark IV

Weighing in at 16.1 MP and featuring 1080p video recording, the 1DS is a true heavyweight and certainly brings Canon back into the battle for pro-SLR [...]

New Pro Nikon DSLR, has ridiculous low-light functions.

Oh god I want one of these. Imagine the pictures you can get with 12800 ISO with low noise.

Nikon yesterday – I know, I was busy – announced the launch of an updated version of their flagship DSLR, the D3.  The main focus is on it’s new video function, designed with photojournalists in mind, but [...]

Sony World Photography Awards 2010

The Sony World Photography Awards are open for entries, with some fairly grand prizes up for grabs.  These are seriously prestigious awards, won by seriously prestigious people in serious tuxedos.  The grand prize is a very serious $25,000 and a load of Sony camera equipment, plus your name in lights of course.

Full details here: http://www.worldphotographyawards.org/

Last years [...]

Nikon release projector camera!

I don’t want this to turn into a Nikon blog but I couldn’t resist posting about this once I saw it.  Nikon have unveiled a new batch of coolpix compact cameras, inlcuding this one which features a very cool projector function:

The COOLPIX S1000pj features one touch projection so you can project your images onto any nearby [...]

New SLR’s from Nikon

Nikon have announced two new SLR camera bodies today, an updated version of their semi-pro D300 body and a new entry level model called the D3000.

D300s

D3000

From the brief look on the website it seems the main advances on the D300 are:

Dual Memory Slot – accepts both Compact Flash and SD
DMovie mode
External Microphone port
Faster shooting [...]