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.
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)
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 & [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
