Category: Tech
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Sony, it will be alpha
Sony just announced the name of its new/future range of Digital Single Lens Reflex (D-SLR) cameras. This is a minor surprise since they reuse the brand previously used by Minolta and Konica-Minolta in the Japanese market: Alpha. Minolta used Maxxum in the US and Dynax in Europe, but Sony seems to be shooting for one…
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First HD-DVD: I want action, more action!
This is probably the shouts heard in the corridors of the marketing department at Universal Video when preparing the launch of HD-DVD. In the coming month, the first titles for high-definition DVD will be: Serenity: action and science fiction Doom: horror, action and science fiction Apollo 13: suspense and action Cinderella Man: boxing and love…
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HDCP/HDMI security: virus comes to HD TV
As we are interested into the HDCP/HDMI technology that the manufacturers are preparing for a wide distribution, we start finding a few amazing facts. We had seen previously that HDCP was a technology doomed to fail in front of the attacks by the media pirates, but there is already worse (for the legal users).
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HDCP/HDMI broken, or nearly broken
The technology supposed to protect the equipments aimed at digital TV with a semi-secret protocol using techniques borrowed from the military in order to ensure that only approved devices can see the previous digital data of our movies, seems to be on its way to be broken and is already the target of very serious…
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Canon EOS 30D
When looking for a digital single lens reflex (D-SLR) photo camera for prosumer (mid- to high-end consumer application for the enthusiast), you necessarily notice the recent Canon offer. The Canon EOS 30D is a nice beast of a camera looking a lot like the EOS 20D, that was already a success and that merely was…
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Still some back-focus problems on the Dynax/Maxxum 7D?
Some people had encountered focusing problems (usually back focus) at the launch of the Dynax/Maxxum 7D. But it seems that this is not finished as I just received an email from somebody suffering from it on a brand new digital camera.
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Sigma lenses and Nikon D200: upgrade needed
Sigma just announced that customers that use their lenses on the Nikon D200 should upgrade some of their Sigma lenses if they are part of the list below: Fixed focal lenses 28mm F1.8 DG ASPHERICAL RF Zooms 20-40mm F2.8 EX DG ASPHERICAL 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG MACRO 24-70mm F2.8 EX ASPHERICAL DF 28-70mm F2.8 EX…
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Nikon D200
The Nikon D200 seems to be the real high-end prosumer digital camera from Nikon. Different reviews for this fabulous Nikon camera: DPReview Imaging Resources Digital Outback Photo Definitely a nice body for an enthusiast. Maybe a bit on the heavy side (830g instead of the already heavy 760g of my own Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D), it…
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Canon switches to pigments
Epson will have to worry about this. While during a long time Epson was the undeniable champion of ink jet print longevity thanks to its unique pigment-based inks (inherently more durable than dye-based color inks of its competitors), Canon just announced a new professional ink jet printer, the iPF 5000 (MSRP $1,945) using a 12-color…