Rosario Tech

From: PhotographyBlog

The Hasselblad H3D-II DSLR camera offers a choice of 22, 31 or 39 megapixel sensors up to 48×36 mm in size.

Read more here.

From: Engadget

Leaf’s new AFi product line is out of prototype and being shown to a lucky few on a pan-European road show — like all great medium-format cameras should be displayed. The new AFi 7, AFi 6 and AFi 5 are 6 x 6 medium-format shooters take up to 70 shots per minute, sport Schneider AutoFocus Digital lenses designed for 30+ megapixel camera backs, and can be swapped from landscape to portrait mode by simply turning the camera back. Demo units should be out by mid-October, and you should be able to purchase one of these for some indeterminate large sum by the end of this year.

Pop Photo has their hands on the new Canon G9 and have published a test/preview/review on their website.

This is the camera I’d get for taking snapshots (and the occasional stock shot) since I’ve very fond of Canon’s point & shoot cameras (yes, even though I’m a Nikon guy).

The G9 is a 12 megapixel $500 point & shoot with the capability to capture RAW images, unlike its predecessor, the G8. It’s also a standard def video recorder (640×480 at 30 fps) and has optical image stabilization. Plus. I’m sure, a dozen other cool features that are covered by Pop Photo’s review.

Go read and find out if it’s a worth upgrade to the G8. I’m sure it is.

Here’s a nice detailed page from Nikon about the new D3 DSLR. Also, a page of six preview jpegs for your perusal.

I’ve looked at the samples and, even as JPEGs, they look pretty good, especially the ones shot at ISO 400. Looks like Nikon has another winner on its hands.

Time to start saving.

Photo review site DPreview.com has a nifty hands-on preview of Nikon’s soon-to-be-released digital SLR, the D300. Also, here’s a page with 2 sample pix from the D300. Not enough to completely judge, but they don’t look that bad.

Check it out but don’t drool onto your keyboard.

Kodak is announcing a new image sensor that can deliver better images in low light, by a factor of one or two f/stops, according to a June 14th press release. They go on to say:

“Kodak’s new proprietary technology adds panchromatic, or “clear” pixels to the red, green, and blue elements that form the image sensor array. Since these pixels are sensitive to all wavelengths of visible light, they collect a significantly higher proportion of the light striking the sensor.”

We’ve all heard about potentially superior image sensors before but I’m sure that some of this technology will hit the streets as soon as possible. Kodak could certainly use all the help it can get.

Here’s the link to Kodak’s press release and a Kodak (!?) blog.

Adobe has been tinkering with a camera that has 19 lenses (like a bug) and can take 3D images where focus can be manipulated after the image is taken.

From a PopSci article:

“But the process doesn’t stop there. Adobe software can analyze the 19 captured photos and from them generate thousands of intermediate images so that each shot seamlessly morphs into those adjacent. Then images are layered, like thin sections, producing a three-dimensional simulation of the scene in which every piece of it is in focus.”

Click here to read more at PopSci’s site.

Thanks to my nephew Scott for this story.

“It sure feels like we’ve been around this block before, eh? Nevertheless, it seems that the ever-popular D3 rumors are cropping up again en masse, and while there’s still no true signs of an imminent release, a whole heap of fanboys and girls are doing all they can to will it into production. A smattering of message boards are harping on the “forthcoming” high-end DSLR from Nikon, stating hopes that it’ll sport 18.7-megapixels, a nearly full frame sensor, and an uncanny ability to cope with low-light conditions. As expected, guesstimates surrounding a release date are literally all over the Gregorian calendar, but majority sects believe that a summertime launch is definitely plausible.”

Sound like a cool machine if true. Click the next link to continue reading at Engadget:

Nikon D3 DSLR rumors running rampant - Engadget:

Think Tank Photo is producing the first rotating camera backpack, called the Rotation 360. The concept is a little strange, but go to their page and check it out. There are some videos here that help to explain the concept. Looks like it could be really useful.

It seems a little dorky for everyday street shooting, but when you’re out in the field, with nothing but trees and deer watching you, who cares what you look like.

Oh, that sound you hear is the deer snickering at you.

the Hulk’s new point’n’shoot camera.

See that little black dot on the right side of this picture, well that’s a full sized Hasselblad 203 FE camera, which makes this lens about the size of the space shuttle.

This is a Carl Zeiss 1700mm f/4 lens, weighing in at a crane-busting 564.3b lbs!!! I’m particularly impressed by the f/4 rating, which means, in theory, one could shoot with it hand-held and get some decent shots of someone’s nostrils three miles away.

So, if size matters to you, I suppose all you’ll need to pony up is the equivalent of the GDP of Botswana and have it delivered to you via FedEx heavy lift (which also doubles as a tripod).

Now, off with you. Go take those pix of the Crab Nebula that’s you’ve been dying to shoot.