Digital cameras

New Nikon Coolpix P300 Shatters Price Barrier for Full-featured “Point and Shoot”–P500 Extends Super-Zoom to 36x

Nikon Coolpix P300 Calling the new Nikon Coolpix P300 a point and shoot is something of a misnomer. Featuring an f/1.8 lens and 12MP sensor for great low light performance and 1080p HD video the P300 operates more like an entry level D-SLR or high end rangefinder camera—except of course it isn’t. It has an integrated 24-100mm (4x) zoom but the manual controls we’re familiar with from SLRs. What is even more stunning is the price. All this for $329! For those who don’t need the ultra-fast lens Nikon has also released some other great new models… Read more »

Sony takes the Photographer out of Event Photography?

For $150 you can now buy a robot to photograph your next party. Sony is releasing a "Party-Shot" accessory for its two new low-light Cybershot cameras (TX1 & WX1) that is an automatic panning system which combines with their face detection and AI-based composition firmware to capture photos from an event. While of course we don't see this putting a big dent in any serious event photographer's income it'll be very interesting to see how well it performs and even if it might become a tool used by professionals to augment their traditional shooting locations...

Hands on Field Test with the Revolutionary new Fujifilm Finepix F200EXR

When I first saw a prototype Fujifilm Finepix F200EXR at PMA I knew it was going to be a cool point and shoot and one I'd want to get a chance to review. I've been a big fan of the low noise at high ISO of the Finepix cameras ever since the venerable Finepix F30. But a couple of its successors didn't really surpass its performance, so I wanted to see for myself whether this new generation of sensor would deliver the promised performance....

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Interior Image showing a mix of natural light and interior light shot at an amazing ISO 1600. No post-processing performed.

The Death of Kodachrome: Does it still matter?

Kodak announced this week they have stopped making Kodachrome--probably the most well-known film of all time. This has caused no end of commentary but the truth is that of course it ceased to matter to most of us a long time ago.

Kodachrome 64 Film

DPS 7-03: PMA 09 Show Special Issue--Better than Being There, What you need to know without leaving your chair

One of the best features of DigitalPro Shooter & the nikondigital.org website is that we have a focus on our readers. So rather than present you with hundreds of new product blurbs or flog products we get paid to sell you we sift through everything out there and try to give you some cogent comments on the ones that are really interesting. Some may be products of value to you today, some in the future and some are just plain cool and point the way to future offerings. So with that in mind after our first two days here, with a couple dozen hours of product briefings and a few miles of shoe leather here are some of the coolest new products we've found.

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