By Mike Perlman |
The Lytro camera is the most revolutionary product in photography since the digital camera. Developed by Stanford graduate Ren Ng and his team of light field-obsessed colleagues, the Lytro captures images in Megarays rather than Megapixels. As a result, images can be focused after the…
By Mike Perlman |
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V has one heck of a model name, but it’s also known as Sony’s top-of-the-line Super Zoom digital camera. Filling the shoes of last year’s Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V, the HX200V brings a lot of nifty new features to the table. The camera…
By Adriana Lee |
What if you could take a picture just by blinking? I know, it sounds like something out of I Dream of Jeannie, but what if a feat of technology like this actually existed? That’s what 24-year-old designer Mimi Zou imagines via a new camera concept…
By Mike Perlman |
I’ve been proclaiming for many years that Pentax digital cameras are highly underrated, and a recent study shows that the Japanese brand is the most popular when it comes to customer satisfaction. A J.D. Power and Associates report measured satisfaction levels with customers across all…
By Mike Perlman |
Samsung announced the EX2F advanced fixed-lens point-and-shoot camera today. This model’s primary weapon against the competition is its uncannily bright f/1.4 aperture lens. It’s also belongs to Samsung’s family of “Smart” cameras, including the Samsung WB150F, which we just reviewed. The new Samsung EX2F…
By Brandon Russell |
Canon’s PowerShot S100 is pretty fantastic. But even the best gadgets on the market are susceptible to malfunctions. In this case, Canon has publicly acknowledged that certain models of its premier little point-and-shoot has been hit with a faulty lens issue. Fear not, as the…
By Mike Perlman |
The Pentax K-01 is an odd duck that breaches the borders of traditional digital camera aesthetics. That’s because this mirrorless nonconformist was designed by Marc Newson, a popular name in contemporary product design. Though Newson has designed everything from watches to boats, the Pentax K-01…
By Mike Perlman |
Olympus is known to stay true to its heritage, and the new OM-D EM-5 is a sparkling example. The company debuted its first film OM model 40 years ago in 1972, and I actually shot with an Olympus OM-1N a decade ago in my high…
By Brandon Russell |
Sony’s NEX-C3 has long been a favorite here at the TechnoBuffalo offices. Its big APS-C sensor and interchangeable lenses offer an almost-DSLR experience without the gigantic price. To meet your point-and-shoot needs, the NEX-C3 was a top choice. We say was, because now Sony has…
By Todd Haselton |
The Galaxy S III and the HTC One X both offer a feature that wasn’t available to many Android smartphones before: the ability to snap rapid fire photos on the fly. The One X performance is amazing — you can hold down the camera button…
By Mike Perlman |
In Photography Land, the full frame DSLR market is mostly governed by Canon and Nikon. Up until the release of the Nikon D800, Canon had ruled the roost with the 5D Mark II for one prodigious reason: its scintillating HD video capture. The Mark II’s…
By Mike Perlman |
Various camera manufacturers have attempted to incorporate Wi-Fi in the past with limited success, but that hasn’t stopped Samsung from releasing eight models with advanced wireless capabilities. The Samsung WB150F is one of the lower-tier point-and-shoot Wi-Fi cameras offered by the maker of the Galaxy…
By Mike Perlman |
Canon has majorly revamped the popular EOS Rebel T3i to bring intermediate photographers the new EOS Rebel T4i, a mid-level DSLR that brings cutting edge technology to the market. The new Canon EOS Rebel T4i features a 3-inch vari-angle touchscreen LCD with improved 1,040,000-pixel resolution.…
By Mike Perlman |
That wacky Mike character has squirreled himself away in a bunker in order to test variety of new cameras, and he finally surfaced today to share this video. Here’s a quick look at the upcoming camera reviews you can expect to see within the next…
By Mike Perlman |
Just as I predicted at the start of the year, 2012 is shaping up to be the year of the big sensor in the fixed-lens point-and-shoot market. The new Sony Cyber-shot RX100 joins the Canon PowerShot G1 X and Fujifilm X10 in the Big Sensor…
By Mike Perlman |
In order to celebrate the launch of GoPro’s Wi-Fi BacPac and Remote, the company gave pro skateboarder Ryan Sheckler 50 Wi-Fi enabled GoPro HD Hero 2 cameras and let him loose in lower Manhattan. The result is awesome to the max, and the video showcases…
By Mike Perlman |
We’re approximately five months away from the descension of the iPhone 5 hammer, and the rumors are already churning in a frothy effervescence. So while the iron is hot, I figured now would be a good time to talk about what I’d like to see…
By Brandon Russell |
Steve Jobs was very candid about Apple’s future agenda: to reinvent television, textbooks and photography. The jury is still out on the TV despite incessant rumors, and the company is currently dabbling in the textbook industry. So what of photography? We heard all the way…
By Jon Rettinger |
The Lytro defies all camera convention. It goes against over 100 years of rich history, and laughs at current digital camera technology. What would Daguerre say about this… thing? First, it looks nothing like what you typically associate with a camera looking like. It’s almost…
By Mike Perlman |
It’s hard to believe it was 35 years ago that Kodak filed its first patent for the digital camera back in 1977. Little did the film giant know that one of its scientists, Steve Sasson, would go on to develop the most earth shattering technological…
By Mike Perlman |
Monitoring the Coolpix lineup closely over the last half decade, I’ve come to the conclusion that Nikon likes to stick to its guns. The Nikon Coolpix S9300 is nearly identical to its predecessors, which includes last year’s S9100, in fact both look like twins. The…
By Mike Perlman |
The fixed-lens point-and-shoot market has been forever altered by the release of the Canon PowerShot G1 X and Fujifilm X10. As I adumbrated earlier this year, sensors on point-and-shoots are getting larger, and they’re beginning to compete with DSLRs. I saw it on the Canon…
By Mike Perlman |
One of the most frustrating things about your digital camera is that it can’t record videos continuously for more than 29 minutes and 59 seconds. This applies to all digital cameras in existence, and is severely limiting to those who just want to set their…
By Mike Perlman |
Continuous Full-Time Autofocus is one of the most desired features on DSLRs these days, and Sony plans to challenge the Nikon D3100 with the release of the Sony a37. Representing the most affordable member of the Alpha DSLR family, the a37 brings on the same…
