Ryan on January 7th, 2011

YouTube clip from a Sunday morning news show over the last few rolls of Kodachrome processing.

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Ryan on October 11th, 2008

DPReview has made a gallery of full resolution samples from a Canon 5d mkII.  These are some really big files, 21.1 megapixel and all, so there is a lot of data there to look at.

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Ryan on September 28th, 2008

Couldn’t pass this up without posting a link. Adorama has a underwater with a digital camera on top.  It’s a 5 megapixel and has crosshairs on the mask so you can line up the shot.

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Ryan on January 28th, 2007

Jan 18 – Canon announced the release of two new digital cameras in their PowerShot series.The PowerShot A550 is a 7.1 megapixel and the A460 is 5.0 megapixel, and carry an MSRP of $199.99 and $149.99 respectively. PowerShot A550 The A550 sports a 7.1 megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom, a 2 inch LCD screen, and [...]

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Ryan on November 2nd, 2006

Canon released a new version of the EOS 30d firmware. It’s available from their site. The new firmware fixes a bug where the camera misreports how many shots are remaining in continuous mode and adds a semi gloss paper option for direct printing.

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Ryan on June 6th, 2006

The Buster Brown No. 2A camera was made by the Ansco Company of Binghamton, New York and is part of a series of cameras – the No. 2, No. 2A, No. 2C, and No. 3. The “A” model takes 6 exposures of 2.25×3.24 inches while the “B” model took either 10 or 12 pictures per [...]

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Ryan on June 4th, 2006

Ok, this is pretty cool. The GorillaPod tripod will wrap around pretty much anything and hold your camera up. Sure, I probably wouldn’t put a full-sized camera on it, but the Joby website mentions a SLR and Pro version.

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Ryan on May 27th, 2006

With digital taking over film and major manufacturers either getting out of the camera business (Minolta), dropping all but 2 film cameras (Nikon), or “considering” dropping film cameras (Canon); CNet is showing a slide show of film cameras from the past.

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Ryan on March 23rd, 2006

Buy.com has 1gb Kingston CF cards for $29.95 after a $9 rebate. I didn’t know Kingston was even making CF cards, but they’re pretty good as making memory so it should at least be decent.

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Ryan on February 24th, 2006

Announced Feburary 21, just prior to the PMA, Canon has release 3 new compact digital cameras in their Elph line. The SD700 IS, SD600, and SD630. Notably, the SD700 IS has image stabilization built in. For more information, visit the dpreview.com site for the SD700 IS, and the SD600 & SD630.

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