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18 September 2008 |
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Photokina Thoughts |
It's
that time again when the Cologne Messe holds its bi-annual Photokina.
Halls full of photographic goodies that we may or may not need.
Some quite mouth-watering equipment has already been released and
there are, do doubt, many more to come. But are any of them really
necessary? |
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Nikon D90: Real convergence? |
The
concept of a real convergence of stills and movies fascinates me
and the Nikon D90 is the first real attempt to
produce a camera capable to high quality images in both mediums. |
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Music for the Eyes |
Music
for the Eyes is a combined photography art show held
at the 89 Mayne Street in Gulgong. Only five photographs are on
display and so far only one of them has sold. It raises the question
why isn't photography more collectable in Australia? |
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News |
| Phase
One has announced a new shift lens for their digital camera
ahead of Photokina. It is made as a joint venture with a company
called Hartblei. Its main claim to fame to date has been modernised
versions of the Russian Kiev 88 120 SLR cameras. Although they also
offer a range of lenses for 35 and 120 cameras at very competitive
prices. Interesting. |
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New Product Releases |
| Hahnemulhe
Bayrata gloss paper. Leaf digital cameras. Kodak Ektar 100 film. Innova papers and canvases |
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Lumix G1 Micro Four Thirds DSLR |
| Panasonic proves to be the first to announce a camera built around the recently released Micro Four Thirds lens mount with the new G1. And it is already causing some controversy among Panasonic enthusiasts even though almost none of them have even seen it. | |
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Has Leica Lost the Plot? |
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horror, horror ... a Leica with a snapshot Mode. Is Armageddon upon
us? New M8.3, f0.95 50mm and 24 and 21 f1.5mm lenses released. |
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Casio stirs the camera design pot |
| Casio's high speed video shooting results in two fascinating cameras capable of good stills results and video footage like you've never seen before at prices that would make an old time video maker weep. | |
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Canon EOS 5D with video capability |
| As Photokina approaches the camera makers are falling over themselves to release new models. Canon 5D with video capability looks particularly appealing and should ahve a big impact in the news market. | |
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Rantings & Ravings |
| Other
people have blogs, I have Rantings & Ravings. It amounts
to the same thing except that I don't feel any need to reveal my innermost
secrets or lecture readers on a daily basis. Every so often is often
enough. This my personal view and It may be about photography, or it may not.It depends upon what I find interesting at the time. |
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February dpii — magazine in PDF form |
| The previous issue of dpii in PDF form. Click on the photograph (at left) to download. Approx 2.5MB. | |
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Contact:
christopher@digitalphoto.com.nf © Purple Cow 2008 |