Archive for the 'Photo Equipment' Category

Canon 5D MKIII Announced Today- Overview of Improved Features

March 2nd, 2012

As expected the Canon 5D MkIII was announced today. Here are some links to resources that explain the new features: Chuck Wesfall of Canon giving a summary of improvements. Hands on preview at dpreview.com. Dpreview.com YouTube video. The 600EX Radio controlled Speedlite and an upgrade to the Canon 24-70mm go with the 5D upgrade.

Canon 5DMkIII Looks Likely For February 27/28

February 22nd, 2012

Canon Rumors say the next 5D is likely for February 27/28. Specs 22mp 61pt AF 100% VF 3.2? LCD Dual CF/SD Card Slots Price: Around $3500 USD Announcement on February 27 or 28, 2012 (Depending where you are on earth)

Nikon Announces A Serious Competitor To The 5DMKII

February 10th, 2012

By now this is old news. As all you Nikon shooters are aware by now, Nikon announced several new bodies a few days ago. The one with the broadest appeal and most likely to be of intrest to real estate photographers is the D800. Pretty impressive specs by anyone’s standards and priced at under $3,000. [...]

Nikon Announces D4

January 6th, 2012

MELVILLE, N.Y. (Jan 5, 2012) – The new Nikon D4 digital SLR builds upon the legacy of the proven Nikon flagship D-SLRs before it, engineered to give today’s professional multimedia photographers a new apex of speed and accuracy with unparalleled image quality, low-light capability and Full HD video. The Nikon D4 hosts a multitude of advanced [...]

Why Your Sensor Size Matters

December 19th, 2011

Thanks to Dave Williamson for passing along this great article on why sensor size matters. I’ll never forget  when I moved from a CoolPix-995 (3.1 megapixel tiny sensor) to a Canon 1Ds (full frame 11.4 megapixel). The images from the 1Ds were so magnificent, amazing and detailed I would spend hours looking at them in Photoshop. With [...]

The Best Full Frame Video Camera On Sale

December 16th, 2011

I noticed that there are significant price reductions on the 5DMKII at both Amazon and B&H. I thought they are significant enough that I shoud pass this along. Amazon - Body only for $2175 USD B&H (Sale is over now)- Body only with SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro CompactFlash Card & Lowepro Adventura 170 Shoulder Bag & [...]

The Most Popular Real Estate Photography Lens: Canon 10-22mm

December 1st, 2011

After seeing the results of the real estate photography equipment polls I can’t help from commenting on the results. I’m totally stunned that the Canon 10-22mm is the most popular lens. Not that it isn’t a great lens, it may well be the highest quality lens for cropped sensor DSLRs. I’m just surprised that it is beating [...]

What Is The Most Popular Equipment For Real Estate Photography?

November 28th, 2011

When I did the post yesterday on “What are the top selling DSLRs?” I planned to do a post today with a poll on what the most popular wide angle lenses real estate photographers are using. Suzanne Feinberg convinced me to add a poll to is to find out which DSLRs are most popular with [...]

What Are The Top Selling DSLRs?

November 27th, 2011

At this time of year when everyone is thinking about buying stuff I thought it would be interesting to see what that best selling DSLR is. First of all, since the actual total sales of DSLRs world wide isn’t available we have to figure out a way to get a close estimate. My approach at [...]

Where Can You Buy And Sell Used Photo Equipment

November 23rd, 2011

Today Nestor, from some place in Hawaii, asked me for some advice about where to sell his used Canon Xti and a Canon 10-22 lens and what to ask for it. He’s decided to move up and want’s to use the cash from his old equipment for his new gear. This is a great subject. There’s [...]