Photo&Cameras

The photographic community is incredibly diverse, made up of photographers that shoot from the sky to the sea and everywhere in between. Each month we look at a different segment of the industry, interviewing top professional photographers about life, their careers, and what sets their piece of the photographic industry apart from the rest.
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Megapixel.net have just reviewed the Fujifilm S8000fd digital compact camera, which offers an 18x zoom lens equivalent to 27mm-486mm. “The Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd is a very versatile camera. For shutterbugs interested in a large zoom but not in a lot of photographic rigmarole, the snapper will take fine pictures without leaving the auto mode.
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Ricoh has launched a new ‘water and dust resistant’ digital compact camera called the G600. Hailed as ’smaller and lighter’ than the firm’s current 500G Wide model, the 10MP camera is designed to be shock resistant down to 1.5m and water resistant to a depth of around 1m. The G600 sports a lens delivering the 35mm viewing angle equivalent of a 28-140mm zoom.
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Nikon has released a revised version of its recently withdrawn firmware update. The company has updated the ‘B’ firmware to V1.11, and has reissued the previously withdrawn V1.10 ‘A’ firmware. Link to Nikon UK download page and a PDF detailing the new features now included. Windows users can download the firmware by clicking here. Mac users can download the firmware by clicking here.
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Our in-depth review of the Nikon D3. Nikon’s first full frame D-SLR features a 12.1MP CMOS sensor, high speed continuous shooting (up to 11 fps in DX crop mode), the same 3-inch high resolution LCD (with live view) as the D300, a headline-grabbing ISO 100-25,600 expanded sensitivity range, beefed-up 51-point autofocus and a raft of upgrades andenhancements. Find out how it did in our extended testing after the link…
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Production of Canon’s EF lenses has just passed the 40 million mark. EF lenses for Canon EOS-series AF (autofocus) single-lens reflex cameras were first made in 1987 at the company’s Utsunomiya Plant. Canon’s proprietary EF lens, born in March 1987 along with the EOS SLR camera system, marked a new direction in the future of AF systems.
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One of many monkeys that were hanging around my bungalow on Tonsai Beach, Krabi, Thailand.
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Click photo for more images of the Special Edition Nikon Coolpix S52.

To celebrate Earth Day, Ritz Camera has announced that it will sell a special edition of Nikon’s 9-megapixel Coolpix S52 ultracompact camera. The “Eco-Green” S52 has an attractive green finish, and each time one is purchased, Ritz will buy a 1.91-ton carbon offset from Carbonfund.org.

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Derrick Story's book The Digital Photography Companion is sized conveniently enough, like a slightly oversized mass market paperback. And the intent is obvious. Story wants to create a manual that is easy to take along with you pretty much wherever you go (hint: vacations).

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The Sun Online is offering 100 digital photo prints for just £2. The Sun has partnered with CeWe Color, Europe’s biggest photo company, and their full range of services is also available at The Sun Online website. Select the pictures you want to see in print from your computer and your pictures will be posted back to you in three working days. The offer end date is 22nd April 2008. The
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