Sigma releases 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM
PMA 2010: Sigma has announced the 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM, a large-aperture short telephoto lens which is bound to pique the interest of budding portraitists. Featuring a hypersonic focus motor with full-time manual focus override, the lens uses a 9-blade diaphragm for attractive background blur, and has a minimum focus distance of 85cm. It [...]
jianianh says "it is really very good" about Canon – EOS 400D/Rebel Xti Digital Camera
Though it was still the hottest selling digital SLR on the market, the Canon Digital Rebel XT was due for an upgrade, and right on the expected 18 month schedule comes the EOS Digital Rebel XTi (called the EOS 400D overseas). The new Rebel XTi has a 10.1 megapixel sensor, a 2.5 inch LCD screen, [...]
Pentax Optio i10 looks back to Auto 110
Pentax has unveiled the Optio I-10 compact camera that replicates the look of the company’s Auto 110 micro-SLRs. Behind the cute, retro styling is a 12MP sensor, 2.7" LCD and a 5x zoom covering a 28-140mm equivalent range. It also includes sensor-shake image stabilization, 720p HD movie shooting, a dynamic range expansion feature, the ability [...]
yottabyte says "Amazing improvement from a typical camera" about Sony Alpha DSLR-A330L Digital Camera with 18-55mm lens
<p style=”margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px;”>he first thing you notice when picking up the Sony A330 is that it feels cheaper built than its predecessor. Upon reviewing the A300, we wrote that the body was “unashamedly plastic”, but noted that it did “not feel [...]
titmouse says "A flexible digital camera with excellent quality" about Panasonic – FZ18 Digital Camera
The Panasonic Lumix FZ-18 digital camera is an excellent package for intermediate amateur photograpers, who want more than what is offerred by a point-and-shoot, yet aren’t sure they want or need the multitude of choices, complex environment and higher expense of the SLRs. The zoom lens can take the picture from 35mm to 18X enlargement smoothly [...]
Pentax releases weather-resistant 100mm F2.8 Macro
Pentax has launched a weather resistant 100mm F2.8 Macro lens. The lens, which is designed to work with both digital and film SLRs, features weather-resistant construction to match the company’s environmentally-sealed K-7 mid-level DSLR. It also features an aluminium body in the style of the company’s ‘Limited’ prime lenses and offers full-time manual focus override.
Olympus E-P1
While many digital camera manufacturers are adding features to their SLRs and point-and-shoot cameras, Olympus (and Panasonic, with its Lumix DMC-GF1 ( Macworld…
Use Homemade Stain Removers to Banish Tough Stains [DIY]
We’ve shown you some great DIY detergents, but what about those tough, why-oh-why-did-I-wear-white-pants-while-painting stains? For those annoyances, you’ll need to get out the big guns: homemade pretreaters and stain removers. Photo by T.M.O.F.
The folks at TipNut have recipes to make a laundry pretreater out of leftover soap pieces along with two quick and easy DIY [...]
Undocumented Improvments in the Pre 1.1 Include Better JavaScript Performance [Palm Pre]
With all the hubbub surrounding renewed syncing with iTunes, it’s easy to forget the other goodies Palm packed into the WebOS Update. Update 1.1 offers new audio notifications that have a richer tone, though users still cannot change sounds themselves.
Animated drop down and context menus have also been added to WebOS and result in a [...]
