A look at Fujifilm’s innovative EXR sensor, the latest iteration of its flagship Super CCD sensor, along with some analysis of images from production cameras. Admittedly this would have been more interesting as a speculative piece a year ago, but better late than never
tl;dr: Fujifilm’s EXR sensor is extraordinary, mostly for its dynamic range. If [...]
By Nathan Yan
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Posted in Market Analysis, Skills of the Trade, The Science of It
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Also tagged bayer filter, EXR, F200EXR, F70EXR, Fuji, Fujifilm, HDR, high dynamic range, high resolution, high sensitivity, highlight, pixel-binning, S200EXR, sensor, Super CCD, SuperCCD, switchable sensor, wide dynamic range
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Following up on their K-7, Pentax has now come up with an entry-level K-x. While it doesn’t bring anything groundbreaking that wasn’t already seen on the K-7, it packs in many of the features seen on many competitors’ midrange model, and perhaps pending reviews on image quality and disregarding the overall Pentax system upgrade options, [...]
By Nathan Yan
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Posted in Market Analysis, News
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Also tagged budget, Canon Rebel T1i, Canon Rebel XS, comarison, custom colors, entry-level, K-7, K-x, Nikon D3000, Nikon D5000, Pentax, red, space white
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Apologies to all for dropping the ball for the past three months – it’s been a whirlwind start to the semester here. Big, recent developments:
Nikon SLR Refresh
Nikon introduced a couple of new SLR updates, the updated D300s and D3s. The D300 is a pretty incremental upgrade to the mid-level D300, offering a modest +1fps improvement [...]
By Nathan Yan
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Posted in Market Analysis, News
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Also tagged 70-200, 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II, D3, D300, D300s, D3s, ISO100k, ISO102400, nikon, price
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Haven’t been keeping this blog updated lately – now that I’m into summer hopefully I’ll have the time for more frequent updates. What follows is a flurry of tidbits on recent happenings.
This one caught me by surprise for sure – Pentax just last week announced their new midrange K7, which is their first significant DSLR [...]
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