The rumors that have been circulating in recent weeks were spot on: Sony has just announced four new DSLR cameras: the A33, A55, A560, and A580. As expected, the A33 and A55 are the world's first pellicle mirror DSLRs, and have the features and specs we posted just yesterday: phase-detect autofocus while recording HD video or shooting 7fps or 10fps respectively.
The above is supposedly a leaked photo of the not-yet-announced Sony A33 and its pellicle mirror, the first of its kind on a DSLR. Rumor has it that the camera will officially be announced early tomorrow morning.
Here's a screenshot photo.net member Brett Cole posted to a forum thread showing how you can order $3 million worth of gear from B&H with three clicks.
This is a 17 minute video showing Kai over at DigitalRev (the same guy that painted a Nikon D90 pink) putting a Canon 400D and Nikon D70 through various torture tests. The tests include stabbing them with knives, dropping them down escalators, smashing them with elevator doors, using them as stilts, and more.
We've all heard of trickery that goes into many kinds of photography to make something look more appealing to consumers, whether it's a Big Mac at McDonalds or the swimming pool at a motel. Sometimes the discrepancy isn't worth complaining about, but this wasn't the case for David Ng (currently a guest blogger over at Boing Boing) when he purchased the Banzai Wild Waves Water Park. He took a photograph of the box art and then a photograph of his two children standing next to the actual …
A while back we shared a video in a post titled "The Cliche of Enhancing Images in Movies" that compiled clips from movies and TV shows in which "photo experts" did absurd and impossible "enhancements" to photos and videos in order to solve mysteries. The above clip from British sitcom Red Dwarf pokes fun at this cliche, and takes it to the extreme. Enjoy.
