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A couple of days ago, Sony announced new DSLR model Alpha 550 (A550), together with Alpha 550.
The new models employs a new Exmor™ CMOS sensor (like Canon that always used CMOS sensor in DSLR) and enhances live view mode with Face Detection and the possibility of having a focus confirmation when in manual focus.
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Leica has announced the pricing for its new DSLR, the S2 that should ship from end of September: around 23'000 $ for the body only (!).
The camera will be a bit bigger than a Canon EOS 5D or a Nikon D700 and it will be weather and dust sealed (given the price it is mandatory in my opinion), with a big 30x45 mm sensor (more than 50% bigger than full frame sensors!) packing an incredible 37.5 Megapixels but, given the size of the sensor, we expect very good dynamic range (12 stops according to Leica) and extremely low noise.
Together with the camera, two fixed focal lenses for that format will be introduced: 70 mm f2.5 (around 4'500 $) and 180 mm f3.5 (around 6'400 $), while two other ones are expected by Christmas (120 mm f2.5 and 35 mm f2.5, same price range...).
Good quality but quite expensive.
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Adobe has announced that next major upgrade of Lightroom as well as next major upgrade of Photoshop will no longer support Power PC platforms on Macintosh. Only Intel based PC will be supported (both Windows and Mac Os).
This choice is to focus development on more new platforms (like native 64 bits) more than keeping "legacy" support, like Power PC, whose latest PC models date back 4 years ago, a time that in the IT world seems to be quite long.
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Toshiba announced world's first 64GB SDXC memory card, compliant to the new SD standard version 3 and available spring of 2010.
The new standard version 3.00, UHS104, introduces ultra-fast read and write speeds up to 35 MB/s of write speed and up to 60 MB/s of read speed.
This speed will be particularly useful for high defintion video recording on DSLR cameras.
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Nikon has updated the 70-200 f2.8 VR (vibration reduction) lens with version II - the full name is Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II.
Current model "AF-S Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G IF-ED" (lens names are very long nowadays) was introduced back in 2003. Some criticism on this high-end optics was raised for not crispy corners and now version II should respond to this request with a brand new design, including... 7 ED elements -extra low dispersion- (there were already five of them in previous model).
Also vibration reduction mechanism has been updated and Nikon claims up to 4 stops of effect (like Canon newest IS models....).
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Nikon has announced the new DSLR camera D300s, an update of the D300.
The major changes are the following:
- video capture capability (a mandatory feature nowadays) but HD-ready with resolution up to 1280 x 720 @ 24 fps a and not full-HD. Autofocus is supported in movie mode.
- a stereo mic input, a useful addition;
- burst shooting up to 7 frames per second (it was 6 fps in D300);
- dual media storage Compact Flash and SD, useful for important shots to have a backup.
- enhancements in the D-lighting function (to correct exposure/shadows);
- two new buttons: Live View and Info.
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