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Nikon’s month of plenty continues: Seven more digicams, two lenses announced


January has been quite the month for Nikon. The company already announced two new 1-series mirrorless cameras and a Coolpix compact just prior to the Consumer Electronics Show, and now it's followed up with seven more cameras for the largest photography show in its home market -- the annual CP+ Camera and Imaging Show. That's a total of no...

Sony A99 review: Feature-packed, fast-shooting, full-frame DSLR proves it’s ready for the pros

 

Sony's been trying to crack the pro DSLR market for years, but with relatively little success until now. With the Sony A99, it looks like the company finally has made a breakthrough: It's a blazingly fast shooter that also delivers 24 megapixels of resolution, and Sony's new dual phase-detect AF system means it can focus rapidly,...

Act quickly: The Sony RX1 arrives, but with limited availability


It's finally here! The camera we've all been waiting for has arrived in the US market, and you can pick yours up today! The Sony RX1 is one of the year's most talked-about designs, with an enormous 35mm full-frame sensor and a reasonably fast 35mm prime lens in a compact body.

When it was announced last September, senior editor Shawn Barnett...

Guess what we just unboxed? Sony RX1 hits the IR lab, first shots ready for pixel peeping!

 
 

It was a big day in the IR Lab: Our Sony RX1 review sample arrived! We managed to keep it from the clutches of the bevy of begging editors, and hustled it into the lab for a quick set of First Shots. 

You can see the first RX1 sample images from our lab here, and can compare the RX1's performance side by side against...

Full-frame under the microscope: Chipworks examines Canon, Nikon, Sony DSLRs


 
 

If you've been reading our news page for any length of time you'll doubtless be familiar with Canadian company Chipworks: we've mentioned them more than a few times over the years. They specialize in tearing all the latest gadgets apart, then analyzing the pieces to see what can be learned about the underlying...

Sony A99 sample gallery: Pro-level DSLR shows off some impressive images

 
 

Update: Added more outdoor shots, some low-light
Dave Etchells is still out in California shooting with Sony's latest cameras, and he just uploaded sample full-resolution images from the Sony Alpha A99. Dave says that the company's new 24.3-megapixel, full-frame DSLR is "another great camera, very responsive, and has...

Sony RX1 Gallery shots posted!

 
 

Dave Etchells is out in San Francisco shooting with the amazing full-frame 24.3-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot RX1 and we've managed to post a few of his Gallery images. He's having a great time with the Sony RX1: "It's an absolute joy to shoot with. I can't believe how compact it is for a full-frame digital camera," he said....