October 21, 2005

Just posted! Olympus E-500 EVOLT review

Filed under: Digital Camera News — dpreview @ 3:52 pm

Just posted! Our full in-depth review of the new Olympus E-500 EVOLT digital SLR. Announced just three weeks ago the E-500 is Olympus’s latest Four Thirds system digital SLR, unlike the E-300 it has a more traditional top mounted pentaprism viewfinder and body design. The E-500 is the lightest digital SLR on the market yet has a robust feel and comfortable grip, it also offers a wide range of manual controls and custom features. The E-500’s eight megapixel Kodak CCD is essentially the same as that found in…



Canon EOS 5D review

Filed under: Digital Camera News — LetsGoDigital English Edition @ 10:48 am

Canon EOS 5D SLR review : Since Kodak is no longer producing Pro SLRs, Canon is the only manufacturer with a digital reflex camera (D-SLR) featuring a full-sized image sensor. Until shortly the EOS-1Ds Mark II was the only camera containing such a sensor. A beautifully professional D-SLR camera but an enormous investment and possibly too big to handle for a large group of consumers. Moreover the demand for a compacter and lighter version seemed to grow and presently there was gab in between the EOS 20D and the professional Canon D-SLRs. Both gabs are now solved with the Canon EOS 5D. We have reviewed the Canon 5D, a true professional, quite compact D-SLR camera with impressive specifications.



Kodak launches high resolution CCDs

Filed under: Digital Camera News — dpreview @ 5:32 am

Kodak has announced the world’s highest resolution sensors for medium format cameras with the KAF-39000, 39 megapixels, and the KAF-31600, which offers 31.6 megapixels. The CCD sensors will be used in Phase One’s upcoming P45 and P30 digital backs.The KAF-3900 covers an area of 36×48mm, while the KAF-31600 offers high performance in a 33×44mm imaging area. These two new sensors join three other CCDs in Kodak’s line up, including the KAF-22000, which set the company’s previous high-resolution benchmark for…