DSLR

Nikon announces D5100 with 1080p movies and new vari-angle screen

by Kenny Hemphill on 5 April 2011 in News
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Nikon’s latest DSLR camera shoots video in 1080p high definition, has in-camera special effects, and improves on the vari-angle screen of its predecessor, the D5000.

Jordi Brinkman, Product Manager for Nikon Europe, said: ‘The D5100 is a great camera that allows you to express your artistic side through impressive images and movies. You can shoot with creative effects and unique angles, all at the level of superior image quality seen in the D7000.’

The new vari-angle 7.5cm, 921k-dot, screen hinges on the left-hand side of the rear of the camera body, rather than at the bottom, meaning that won’t interfere with a tripod.

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Canon takes on Evil cameras with two new digital SLRs

by Kenny Hemphill on 9 February 2011 in News
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Canon has launched two digital SLRs aimed at photography enthusiasts with deep pockets. But will it be enough to stave off the threat from Evil cameras?

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Great video with a DSLR – who’d have thought it?

by Will Head on 28 July 2010 in Video
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Digital cameras have offered a movie mode in addition to still pictures pretty much since they were introduced. However, just because you could shoot video with a digital cameras, didn’t mean you should. The result tended to be low resolution, low frame rate shots that weren’t really usable for anything other than watching back on [...]

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Why Evil cameras might be a very good thing indeed

by Dave Stevenson on 18 May 2010 in Photography

Okay, Evil (micro four-thirds) cameras aren’t going to replace DSLRs, but they’re a hell of a lot more convenient for everyday use. Last week, someone asked what I thought the next big thing in the world of cameras was. Since thinking about cameras forms quite a chunk of my income, I was disturbed to find [...]

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There’s no substitute for being there

by Dave Stevenson on 18 May 2010 in Photography

Forget all the nerdy technical minutiae that comes with DSLRs: the trick to taking fantastic pictures is actually getting out there with your camera… Congratulations are due to Canon, which with the 550D may have finally finished inventing new categories of DSLR. A few years ago, there were two categories: entry-level bodies such as the [...]

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Who says a sensitivity of ISO102,400 is useless?

by Dave Stevenson on 18 May 2010 in Photography

The top-end Nikon D3s’s maximum sensitivity means it’s hugely flexible – it can even shoot in the dark – and things are only going to get better… Quick, who wants to play a trivia game? Name, with a good reason, the single biggest advantage that digital photography has over film. There are plenty of candidates, [...]

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