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I picked up a few new lenses lately that will be coming to the pages of Knowphoto. Look forward to the articles on both of these lenses, let me know if you want to know something specific -
Canon 50mm f 1.4
Zeiss 21mm f2.8
We are also working on some new pages that will allow us to profile some work from both my collection but also from some or your collections. Look for that in the coming months.
Adam
With all the talk out there from Nikon, Canon and Sony about high resolution and high quality, high ISO performance it’s easy to get caught up in the race to buy new equipment. There have been countless times that I’ve wondered if I should upgrade my 5D to the 5D mkII or the D700, that’s actually what spurred this article. So with that in mind I wanted to take a step back from the constant push to upgrade cameras and always have the newest and the best to see what I’m really missing.
So I quickly wanted to give you all an update/tip on the use of Canon EOS lenses on the Olympus E-P2. When I originally did the review I said you could not change the aperture of the lenses but that seems to be at least partially incorrect. There is a way that you set the aperture to something other then wide open, your still limited to a single aperture while the lens is on the camera.
London, 8th February 2010 – Canon today announces a groundbreaking new addition to its expanding, world-famous EOS range of Digital SLR cameras – the EOS 550D.
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Derrick Story over at The Digital Story has a cool feature on some of the lesser know but still interesting features of the newly released Canon S90 compact Camera. Check out the article at [The Digital Story](http://l.knowphoto.com/1s)
Canon today released a firmware update for the 7D, this update is recomended for all 7D owners and fixes the ghosting phenomenon when shooting in burst mode [Download today at Canon](http://l.knowphoto.com/1g)
Amazon has the Canon 1Ds Mark IV available for pre-order,[ get it here](http://l.knowphoto.com/19)
Amazon has the Canon 7D shipping in 2-4 weeks get yours [at Amazon](http://l.knowphoto.com/i)
A new camera by Canon or Nikon is always fun to look at and lately Canon has released a new prosumer DSLR the Canon 7D. Its a crop sensor 18MP camera that has lots to offer. [Luminous Landscape has a hands on field report](http://l.knowphoto.com/c)
I know I know, were talking about a two year old point and shoot here right, why should I care? The answer is pretty simple with the global recession still holding strong you are thinking about more then photography lately you’ve been thinking about saving money. Too bad saving money usually takes a back seat to new camera gear, you can always find something photographic that you need more then those new shoes.
So why would you want a point and shoot, you’ve got a high end DSLR sitting in your bag at home. For me at least the answer is size, I commute to work every day and on occasion at least I see something great to take a picture of. Lugging my big camera and lens is really not an option for me every day add that bad in with my laptop bag and I’d be up over 30lbs. On the other hand lugging a point and shoot with me is a perfectly viable option and something I can live with; on the other hand I can’t live with the shots from a normal off the shelf point and shoot. I still want all the features I’ve come to rely on, RAW support, manuel exposure controls, ISO setting controls, metering options etc etc.
That brings me to the 2 year old G9 it’s got a nice big LCD screen plus a normal view finder (one of the things I think is most important). I know some of the latest point and shoot’s on the market offer lots of newer better features but most of them don’t offer the viewfinder. They force you to shoot via LCD screen rather then being able to pull the camera to your face to frame it up the old fashioned way. I just can’t see relying on the LCD for all the shots you want to take, if you in the sun you can’t see it if you doing slow exposures your hands shake too much and you get blurry images. I don’t understand why camera manufactures keep moving away from one of the best parts of cameras the viewfinder.
I’ve had this little beauty in the laptop bag I take to work every day for while now and more and more I’m starting to see great shots I’ve been missing each and every day. This is the true value of the camera isn’t it? The more pictures you take and the more it makes every day a great picture opportunity the higher it’s value.
