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Social networking has given birth to a genre of portraits
The camera doesn’t love me. It doesn’t quite loathe me, either. Occasionally, it warms up to my crooked nose and zigzag smile. But based on the law of averages, I can safely predict that I’d rather see most shots taken of me disappear into the vast digital universe where they came from.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2
Updating the original G1 Micro Four Thirds digital compact and, like its predecessor, designed to ape the shape and control layout of a digital SLR, is the G2. Available in black, red or blue it too features a tactile thin rubber body coating that aids grip and has, like the GH1 that succeeded the G1, added HD video; here, 720p recording mode in AVCHD format.
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Sigma SD15 DSLR finally goes on sale [Video]
It’s taken them long enough, but Sigma has finally put their SD15 on sale in the US. First unveiled all the way back in September 2008 , the 9 DSLR body uses a 14-megapixel Foveon X3 direct image sensor, which uses three layers to capture RGB pixels individually. Unsurprisingly, Sigma USA’s general manager Mark Amir-Hamzeh reckons the lengthy maturation time for the DSLR was well-founded: “It …
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Sigma SD15 DSLR Camera Now Available for Estimated Street Price of 9
Latest Model in SD Series Boasts Enhanced Image Quality, More Pixels and Faster Processor
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Sigma SD15 DSLR Camera Now Available for Estimated Street Price of 9
RONKONKOMA, NY–(Marketwire – 06/30/10) – Sigma Corporation of America ( www.sigmaphoto.com ), a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the world’s most impressive lines of lenses , cameras and flashes , is pleased to announce that the company’s highly anticipated SD15 digital SLR camera is now available in the United States for the …
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Reviews: Olympus E-PL1
The body: build quality, controls and ports Based on the other Olympus PEN cameras, the E-PL1 is a Micro Four Thirds camera, measuring in at 12 megapixels. As with most mirrorless cameras, it somewhat defies logic; itís a digital compact capable of shooting a bus-wrap-sized image if need be. Build quality is jewel-like in its precision. That has always be …… Camera – Olympus PEN – Olympus …
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