Nikon Boldy Takes Two Steps Back…

Nikon’s first new system camera since 1959 features a 13.2mm x 8.8mm sensor with a 2.7x crop factor. Huh?

Nikon had the opportunity to develop a new camera system with the first new lens mount since 1959, and what did they do?…

More Radical DSLR Designs

Olympus Evolt E-330 Four Thirds Format DSLR

While I’m on the subject of early DSLRs, Here’s another design that didn’t follow the traditional paradigm…

Five Years Ago Today: The Leica Digilux 3 DSLR

Leica Diglux 3: Looks like a rangefinder, shoots like a DSLR

It was five years ago today that Leica introduced The Digilux 3…

A Farewell to Ken…

I’ve decided to remove Ken Rockwell’s blog from by blogroll.

When I was reading his recent post about the Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.8G, I came across this text, listed under specifications:

Depth-of-Field Scale 

Not really, just two little tits for f/16.

Besides that, his information is often inaccurate, overly opinionated, and his blog is no longer dedicated solely to photography. It’s a mash-up of whatever Ken feels is important at that moment, more of a general blog than a photography-centric one.

So Ken, I bid you farewell, and wish you the best of luck.

“If I wait for something here, I may lose something better over there.”

— Edward Weston

And Now for the Latest MFT Contender…

Olympus PEN E-P3 now has a built-in flash, but still no viewfinder.

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the latest addition to the Olympus PEN lineup…

The Future of the Fujifilm Finepix X100

Fujifilm Finepix X100 Hybrid Viewfinder, in OVF mode.

So, we have two opposing forces in the mirrorless market; the APS-C Three (Fujifilm, Samsung, Sony) and the MFT Two (Lumix, Olympus).

Sony Alpha NEX-7: Now We’re Talkin’

Sony NEX-7 Mirrorless APS-C EVIL Camera

Something else for makers of MFT cameras to worry about…