Do You Primarily Shoot with Zoom or Prime Lenses?

Time for another dPS poll. This one is for DSLR users (which is the vast majority of our readers) and revolves around the type of lenses being used in our community.

Do You Primarily Shoot with Zoom or Prime Lenses?

A quick recap for those not familiar with prime lenses – in short they’re a fixed focal length lens. Of course a zoom lens is one which you can…. well…. zoom. It is generally named with the range of its zoom.

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10 Tips for the Aspiring Street Photographer

Let’s face it, starting street photography is no easy task. For the average photographer, going from shooting flowers into shooting people in the streets is like stepping into a Ferrari after driving a Toyota Prius. It is intimidating at first, but quite exhilarating once you try it out. After shooting on the streets for about four years, here are my top ten tips for somebody (with absolutely no background in street photography) to get their feet wet.

1. Ditch the zoom ..read more

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T99 Touchscreen Camera

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T99 Touchscreen Camera

Sony is gearing up to drop a new point-and-shoot camera ‘Cyber-shot DSC-T99? for the Japanese market. Powered by a powerful BIONZ image processor, this compact camera packs a 14.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD sensor, Carl Zeiss lens, a 4x optical zoom lens, a 3-inch touchscreen display, a 32MB of internal memory, an SD/SDHC card slot, ISO up to 3200 and has the ability to record 720p HD video at 30fps. Available in black, silver, pink, green and ..read more

Nikon Coolpix S6000 Compact Digital Camera

Nikon Coolpix S6000 Compact Digital Camera

Measuring 97mm x 55mm x 25mm and weighs at only 156 grams, the Nikon Coolpix S6000 can be conveniently carried in a pocket or a purse. This camera features some impressive specifications such as a 1/2.3-inch 14.2-megapixel sensor, a 7x optical zoom lens ranging from a wide 28mm to a long 196mm, an HD movie mode of 1280×720 at 30 frames per second with stereo sound, a four-way image stabilization system and an advanced flash ..read more

JVC Everio GZ-HM350 Full HD Camcorder

JVC Everio GZ-HM350 Full HD Camcorder

JVC has added a new Full HD camcorder to its line-up by unveiling the Everio GZ-HM350. This compact and lightweight camcorder sports a 3.32-megapixel 1/4.1-inch CMOS image sensor, a 36x optical zoom lens, a 2.7-inch LCD display, a 32GB of storage, an SD/SDHC card slot, a mini-USB port, a mini-HDMI port and has the ability to record 1920 x 1080 Full HD video in AVCHD format. The JVC Everio GZ-HM350 will start shipping this month ..read more

Wide Angle: Weekly Photography Challenge

This week your photography challenge is to take a share a picture with the widest focal length available to you.

Image by Adriano Agulló – Shot at 8mm

For some this will mean using their point and shoot at it’s widest setting, for others it’ll be fixing a zoom lens to your camera and using the widest focal length on it and for others it might mean attaching a wide angle prime lens or even a fisheye lens and shooting with that.

A ..read more

Sanyo VPC-E1403 Affordable 14-megapixel Compact Digicam

Sanyo VPC-E1403 Affordable 14-megapixel Compact Digicam

Measuring 99mm x 56.8mm x 18.8mm, the new Sanyo VPC-E1403 is a 14-megapixel compact digital camera that can record videos at a frame rate of 30fps and a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The digicam also boasts a 3-inch TFT LCD screen, an ISO sensitivity of up to 6400, an SD or SDHC card slot, a digital image stabilizer and a 3x optical zoom. The smile and blink recognition feature are included for perfect ..read more

Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS II USM lens review

Just posted! Our latest lens review, featuring the Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS II USM. This lens was announced at the start of the year as Canon’s replacement for its flagship fast telephoto zoom – the workhorse of many professional photographers – promising improvements in almost every aspect of its design. We’ve been putting it through its paces for the last couple of weeks, click through to read how it fared in our tests.

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Olympus Releases Stylus Tough 6020 Rugged Digicam

Olympus Releases Stylus Tough 6020 Rugged Digicam

The new Olympus Stylus Tough 6020 is now available for purchase. This rugged digital camera comes equipped with a 2.7-inch LCD display with 230,000 pixels, a 14-megapixels CCD sensor, a 5X optical zoom lens (equivalent to 28mm – 140mm with f3.9-5.9) and a sensor-shift image stabilization. The Stylus Tough 6020 is waterproof up to 16 feet, shockproof from 5 feet, freezeproof to 14F and dustproof. What’s more, the Stylus Tough 6020 can record video ..read more

Panasonic Unveils World’s Lightest Full HD Camcorder

Panasonic Unveils World’s Lightest Full HD Camcorder

Weighing only 185g, the all new HDC-TM35 from Panasonic is claimed as the world’s lightest Full HD camcorder. Coming in white, violet, classic gold and grey color options, this compact camcorder sports a 1/41 CCD of 3.32 MOS-megapixel sensor, an SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot (up to 32GB), an IA Zoom and IS, Smile Shutter and has the ability to capture both 1080p Full HD video in AVCHD mode as well as 2.9-megapixel digital still images. ..read more

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