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At IR, we're passionate about making this site the best photography resource on the web. While we feel strongly that we have the most authoritative, objective reviews online, we wanted to make it easier for our readers to see similar models they might also want to consider.
Today we're releasing into beta a "Similar Cameras" feature on all of our reviews. You can see an example of it at the bottom of any of our review pages, or see the screenshot and text below for more details:
The default display shows the...
Back in 2006, Sigma found an opportunity to market a lens no one else made - a telephoto zoom lens for the APS-C digital SLR camera, which provided a field of view similar to that produced by a 70-200mm on full frame. Six years later the Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM APO still stands alone, and continues to modernize its lenses by adding optical stabilization We've liked this lens in the past, but were very surprised by the results we found by putting the lens through its paces in our test lab. Click here to...
All the charm of an ELPH accompanies the Canon 530HS, with its box and circle design, but the surprise is the 12x zoom this diminutive digital camera conceals. Canon did a little sensor trick to make this possible, one that unfortunately affects image quality. Closely related to the 520HS, the 530HS adds a touchscreen and WiFi capability. Click here to see whether these two additions improve or detract from the Canon 530 HS!
We've always missed a simple mechanical cable release on our electronic cameras. But no more. With Triggertrap we not only get a cable release, we also get some brains to perform magic with that old Shutter button.
We particularly liked using it for macro shots in Live View. In fact, Live View was a lot easier to work with using Triggertrap.
That's probably because a half-press of the virtual shutter button isn't an option. But then we were manually focusing anyway, moving the subject in relation to the...
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Wednesday, November 2012
Canon announced the 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM back in February, a renewal to its popular standard zoom (and a favorite of many Canon wedding shooters). Improvements abound on many levels, but many Canon shooters will notice one major change: a big increase in the price. Does the new lens earn its keep? Click here to read our full review of the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM!
There's a problem with feature-rich, life-proof digital cameras: they typically look like feature-rich, life-proof digital cameras, and are about as pocket-friendly as a brick. With the TX200V, Sony shows it's possible to make a camera jam-packed with worthwhile features, safe to use at the beach, in the pool, or on the slopes, and yet to give it a body that would be right at home on the catwalk.
Inside, the Sony TX200V sports a high-res 18 megapixel sensor, a 5x Zeiss-branded zoom lens with SteadyShot stabilization, and even a GPS receiver...
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Thursday, November 2012
Shooting with a digital camera like the Nikon D800 is a treat. All the controls are ideally suited for the experienced photographer: Important features have a button or dial, and there are even a few buttons you can program to work just how you want. Built for the rigors of professional photography, the Nikon D800 is substantial, and its output is weighty as well, putting 36.3 megapixels on your subject for detail most folks have never seen. Naturally there are pluses and minuses to that much resolution:...
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Tuesday, November 2012
Among the many cameras announced this year, the Samsung Galaxy Camera stands out as genuinely different. We've been intrigued by the possibilities of a camera with a full-blown Android operating system and built-in cellular data connectivity ever since the Samsung Galaxy Camera was announced, and were keen to put one through our rigorous testing. When our review sample arrived yesterday, we didn't waste any time sending it down to the lab, and we're pleased to offer the first fruits of their work. Our first Galaxy Camera sample photos are now online, both as part of our...
Our lens review today is our second Rokinon lens, the Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 Aspherical medium telephoto lens. Rokinon is also marketed under the Samyang, Bower, Pro Optic and Vivitar brands, so if you have been looking around in the 85mm range, you have probably seen and wondered about this lens, with its economical price tag. We've put this lens through its paces in our test lab: Click here to read our full review of the Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 Aspherical!
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Tuesday, November 2012
Superzooms like the Sony HX200V are the veritable Swiss Army knives of the camera world. Where some cameras seem aimed for a specific task, this superzoom camera takes the "jack of all trades" approach, bolting on a versatile lens that tries to cover every possible shooting situation you might encounter.
But the superzoom's design is all about one thing: compromise. Make the right tradeoffs, and you get a great travel companion: smaller than an interchangeable-lens kit covering the same focal range, yet able to get you far closer to...
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Thursday, November 2012
Improved in several important ways, the Panasonic LX7 digital camera was a joy to shoot. Key refinements include a manual aperture ring, a manual focus toggle, and an even higher quality lens. As we've come to expect from Lumix digital cameras, the LX7 also had rock-solid image stabilization, and the new level gauge helped straighten our horizons.
Optical quality really stood out as the major enhancement, which gave us the confidence to place key subjects in corners without worry that they'd be too soft.
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Wednesday, November 2012
The Sigma 180mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro was announced leading up to the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, and has again shown Sigma's ability to target the holes in other manufacturers' lens lineups. A long macro lens with optical stabilization, the lens features an impressive optical formula - 19 elements in 14 groups, complete with three "FLD" elements. We've put this Sigma macro through its paces in our test lab - click here to read our full review of the Sigma 180mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro!
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Nikon has launched yet another DSLR this year, this time the advanced entry-level D5200, a 24.1-megapixel successor to the Nikon D5100. It's a tweener model that blends features of the much-beloved enthusiast Nikon D7000 and the consumer-oriented D3200, and it comes with a complex pedigree.
In early 2009, Nikon launched the Nikon D5000, a camera that placed the image quality of the D90 enthusiast DSLR in a consumer-friendly body more like that of the D60. It was also the company's first SLR model to feature an...
If the dye-based Pro-100 was something of a hybrid between the Pro-1 and the Pro9000 Mark II, the Pro-10 is more a Pro9500 Mark II updated with a few Pro features for the photographer who doesn't need to make 13x19 prints every day. You get the improved media handling of the Pro series without the overhead and expense of the tank system on the Pro-1.
It's hard not to like a printer as well-built as any of Canon's new Pro-series models. But we did have a little trouble with the Pro-10, swinging our vote up and...
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Thursday, November 2012
Multiple improvements help the Canon T4i retain its position as one of the easiest digital SLR cameras to recommend. New features like Full HD video with stereo recording, a new 5-frames-per-second frame rate, and multi-shot modes -- including HDR -- are real improvements worth noticing.
It was the Canon T4i's new on-sensor phase-detect autofocus that gave us pause. While the new STM lenses do seem to focus more quietly in movie mode, the Canon T4i seemed pretty slow to decide its subjects were out of focus....
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Wednesday, October 2012
Among digital SLRs, there are two kinds of good. There's the good that makes you think it's time to trade your old SLR in for a newer model, and there's the good that has you seriously considering selling your existing lenses and accessories, and jumping ship to a different lens mount.
On paper, at least, the Pentax K-30 manages the latter. It takes the imaging pipeline of the well-received K-01 mirrorless camera, and places it in a body that includes several features simply unheard of at its price point. There's a near-100%...
In our final video from PhotoPlus 2012, Imaging-Resource.com founder Dave Etchells and Managing Editor Roger Slavens met with Philip Berne of Samsung to get a first look at the Samsung Galaxy Camera, with its impressive Android Jelly Bean interface.
As the maker of some of the most popular Android smartphones, Samsung is uniquely positioned to create an Android-based digital camera. The Samsung Galaxy Camera integrates Android into a camera with a...
Last week at PhotoPlus 2012, Imaging-Resource.com founder Dave Etchells and Managing Editor Roger Slavens caught up with Chuck Westfall of Canon USA to see the Canon 6D's built-in WiFi feature in action.
Not only is the Canon 6D a reasonably affordable full-frame digital SLR, it also includes a built-in WiFi radio. That not only allows connection to local access points and computers, it also lets you remote control the camera with Android and iOS devices, and download images straight into these devices...
Back in mid-2011, Panasonic launched its tiny Lumix GF3, nicely demonstrating the size advantage of mirrorless over SLR cameras. This year's Panasonic GF5 takes that design and swaps in an improved sensor, faster image processor, higher-resolution touch screen display, and a raft of other tweaks.
Key among the changes for us has to be the Panasonic GF5's improved autofocus performance: the GF3 was already fairly fast by mirrorless camera standards, but the Panasonic Lumix GF5 goes a step further, besting...
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Thursday, October 2012
IR founder Dave Etchells and Managing Editor Roger Slavens are in New York at the PDN PhotoPlus Expo, and they've captured a video of the brand-new Nikon V2 mirrorless camera in action.
Beyond its radical new styling, the Nikon V2 sports quite a few other changes from the earlier V1 model. There's a new control layout with a clever pushable command input dial, and a built-in, popup flash strobe that replaces the optional, proprietary strobe from the earlier camera. There's also a Best Moment Capture function...
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