January 2012

DPS 10-01: CES Reports, Canon S100 Reviewed, Nikon D4, Canon G1 X hands-on

DigitalPro Shooter -- 01/31/2012 DPS 10-01

Canon S100 field test: The best point and shoot you can fit in your shirt pocket

Despite being crazy addicted to Nikon DSLRs, I usually find myself carrying a Canon point and shoot. Canon has consistently shipped small, usable, models that take great images. Sometimes it has gotten it wrong and packed too many pixels or too much zoom into too small a package, but year in and year out there have always been a few standout models.

Mystery Burmese T-shirt: Any ideas?

I noticed this t-shirt on a girl at a market in eastern Burma in the Shan state on our recent photo safari there. I felt compelled to capture it for posterity, but for the life of me I can’t figure out what to make of it. Any ideas on what it means, or whether it means anything in particular? (Sometimes there are certainly pidgin English t-Shirts on display, but this seems more organized than one of those). Please leave a comment if you have any ideas!

Polaroid Phone Camera from CES 2012

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Photoshop Touch: Android finally gets some Adobe love

As a loyal Android user (my wife has the iPad & iPhone in the family) I’ve been moping over the last year as one hot app for photographers after another came out for the “i*” products, and Android was left behind. Best sellers like Instagram, Snapseed, and even Adobe’s original tablet applications for use with Photoshop, were and are still only available on Apple devices.

Nikon unveils sweet little 85mm f/1.8 lens, Sigma adds micro 4/3 & Sony NEX lenses, DSLR-compatible 180mm f/2.8 macro

CES featured plenty of new cameras, but there were also several exciting lens announcements from some of our favorite lens makers, Nikon and Sigma. Nikon's new 85mm f/1.8 lens is refreshingly small for what it does, while Sigma a new line of lenses for Micro 4/3 and Sony NEX – called DN for Digital Neo, plus an impressive 180mm f/2.8 Macro lens for Nikon & Canon DSLRs...

Nikon introduces Nikon D4 DSLR –- rattles Canon’s cage

It's getting really hard to tell the players without a scorecard. The newly announced D4 is amazingly similar in specs to the recently announced 1D X. Both are mid-resolution (16MP & 18MP) full-frame cameras -- allowing for larger pixels and stunning low-light performance with ISOs in the tens of thousands promised. And both are wicked fast (11fps and 12fps), with full 1080p HD video, dual card slots, heavy-duty construction, full bit depth image recording, and scads of other features…