Camera Nomenclature Bothers Me
So, there’s a lot about camera naming that bothers me. What, you might ask, has me on this rant? Well, two things. The other day we had a call asking about trading a Pentax K1000, and it took me a...
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Nikon D40 kits. Get em while there hot!
Looking for that last minute SLR deal? Check out the Nikon Digital SLR camera D40 with the AF 18-55 kit. It is priced now at a very low price $399.97! This is one of the best deals around the...
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Coming Back Around Again: G1
So, perhaps the biggest news in the camera world last year was the invention of the Micro Four-Thirds standard, the first SLR quality system without a mirror (removing the “R” from “SLR”, actually, and...
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The tech of the future?
Right now the photo market is full of a lot of highly competent DSLRs with slightly different specialties. The D700 Nikon digital SLR camera, for example, is a low-light king. The Alpha 900 Sony...
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Lenses are expensive
So, here’s one of the more common sentiments among those unfamiliar with the camera industry: man, those lenses are ridiculously expensive. Heck, I can remember a time when I couldn’t conceive paying...
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Nikon D5000: What’s Up With It
D6000 (Body Only) Well, because Jody in his infinite brilliance managed to accidentally delete the first version of this post, here we go again: There it is kiddies! The D5000! I’ve seen this bouncing...
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Coming Soon
So recently (yesterday) there was some concerns shooting around the camera world about the new Nikon D5000. More accurately the concern was with Nikon Digital Camera Batteries, Indianapolis and the...
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Nikon Annouces D300s, D3000, 70-200 f2.8 VR II,and 18-200mm VR II
Nikon today, as you may have already heard, announced the long-awaited D300s (for speed! Kinda like the new iPhone), the new entry-level D3000 (which looks to replace the aging D40/D60 series,...
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Photowalk = Success
Once again we photo-walked this week, and once again if you weren’t there you really missed out. DJ Jared was great to work with (and we thank him for giving us his time, if you were out there and had...
View ArticleForumbusters: Don’t Hate on AF-S
So, if you own both a computer and a camera, there’s a better than average chance you’ve encountered one of the many online gear forums, where people discuss camera equipment. And, while a lot of...
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Coming Attractions
Tamron, long a leader in lens design and technologies announced an astounding 15x range zoom 18-270mm lens in development on July 30th. Yesterday our Tamron lens rep was here at Roberts Imaging with a...
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Get a Grip
So, I have a question for all of you out there: What's the difference between these two cameras. Those of you going "uh, the lens, the sensor size, megapixel count, shutter life.." etc are, while...
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Niftiness Built In
This is the age of feature-lust. Every forum I look on seems to be people bemoaning the absence (or in weird cases the inclusion) of various features which are apparently the Single Most Critical...
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Industrial Design, Anyone Remember This?
So, month's ago when the new Sony digital camera, the A900, was being introduced I wrote a blog where I started touching lightly on my love of industrial design and the different approaches to camera...
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