Archive | May, 2012

Watch This: 50 Rapid-fire Photography Tips in Under 15 Minutes

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In true light-heated Digital Rev fashion, Kai Wong and the DR-team has created a semi-informative, yet fully-entertaining video highlighting their top 50 photography tips, touched upon in rapid succession and in under 15-minutes.

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Head to Head: The Leica M Monochrom VS. the M9

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While the price-point of the newly announced Leica M Monochrom black & white rangefinder will forever be a point of contention, it’s becoming more and more prevalent that its touted image quality will not be – this camera undeniably produces some resolution-rich images, jam-packed with superior sharpness when compared to the already stellar preforming offerings like the M9.

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Canon Files a 44x (24-1060mm) Super-zoom Lens Patent for Compact Cameras

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If by chance all the recent camera patent news brought to us by our friends at Egami wasn’t enough to satiate your need for the know, here’s another interesting publication from Canon, hinting that what may be in-store for their next super-zoom release.

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Flickr Group Spotlight #10: 10 Striking Silhouettes

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"Sunset Love" by DukePro

For this, our tenth Flickr Group Spotlight, the compliment post to The Digital Visual Week in Reader Photos Sunday showcase, further giving members of our Flickr group a well deserved platform to display their talents, we look at 10 Striking Silhouettes, hand selected from our community portfolio.

Click on each image to be taken to the photo’s detail page on Flickr and share your thoughts of the images below:

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Olympus Settles With Former Chief Executive – Millions Heading Woodford’s Way

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The Financial Times is reporting that the ill-stricken Olympus corp. has come to an out-of-court agreement with Michael Woodford; the firms former CEO turned axed accounting scheme whistle-blower, for the unfair dismissal of his duties just two weeks into his tenure.

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Philip Bloom Tests the Savory Slow-mo Abilities of the Sony FS-700 in a Two-Part Video Review

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Without question, one of the most anticipated camera releases of this summer is undoubtedly the Sony NEX-FS700, and with a foreseeable release of this magnitude, it’s only fitting the esteemed Mr. Philip Bloom gives us his thorough thoughts on Sony’s latest 4k-ready, slow motion, super 35mm camcorder.

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Nikon’s Latest Patent Hints at the Possibility of a F/0.7 1-Series Lens

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While the public outing of a Nikon lens patent containing a trio of potential 1-series mirrorless lenses would be noteworthy enough, it’s the small detail jam packed within publication number “201298706″ that’s getting the majority of the attention thanks in large to the hints of what could presumably be in the pipeline for the camera makers mirrorless platform.

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Nikon D4 and D800 Firmware Updated to Version 1.01 – Fixes the “Freezing” Phenomenon

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Earlier in the month, we touched upon the reports from Nikon D4 and D800 users, claiming their new respective full-frame beauties had the tendency to “lock-up” and become unresponsive under certain conditions – an issue that Nikon themselves were quick to confirm. Fast forward nearly a month later, and we now have a legitimate fix for the phenomena by way of a firmware update brought to our attention by the good folks at Nikon Rumors.

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Pentax Prepping a “Surprise” on June 1st – Another Announcement Inbound?

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Quick News – Just days Pentax announced their newest DSLR offering, the 16MP weather-proof K-30, the camera maker looks to have some more expected announcement fuel left in the tank, taking to Facebook and releasing a teaser that suggests something new may be in-store for June 1st.

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