The Strato II Multi offers four groups (A, B, C and D) and extended range to the already impressive functions of the original Phottix Strato. Four groups combined with four wireless channels allow photographers an incredible amount of control on location or in the studio. Sixteen or more hot shoe flashes or studio strobes – ready to be used at the push of a button.
In this interview with Dr. Winfried Scherle, Senior Vice President of the Camera Lens Division at Carl Zeiss, you can get some interesting insights about the company and their lenses. Did you know for example that Zeiss is a non-profit foundation that reinvests all profits back in R&D?
Dpreview reported that Fujifilm Japan has confirmed the release of a second X100 firmware update to address some of the issues reported by users. No specific release date was given. The first firmware updated 1.01 was released in April, 2010.
In the last 3 weeks and almost at 1000 shots later with the Fujifilm X100 camera, I can honestly say I am loving it more every day. It has replaced my daily “Out the door -Grab Cam” Canon G11 and I have not touched my Nikon FE2 (50mm f/1.8 E-series or sigma 24mm f/2.8 MF lenses) or my Voigtlander BessaR2 (35mm f/2.5 Skopar or Jupiter 50mm f/2) for the last two weeks which is rare for me. Below are some of my experiences and impressions after using the X100 almost non-stop in a variety of situations from bright day light, dark bars, small stage, long shutter timing, sunrises, sunsets, people, dogs and anything and everything else.
There are 100’s of reviews out there, so let’s get two things out of the way about the reviews, some of which I find really amusing. I find many discussions and some reviews focus on the desire of wanting something different that diverts attention from what the X100 was designed for and what it is capable of, which is unfortunate and very dismissive of the intentions of this tool.
The Pentax and Sony versions of the Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens are now available for sale (the Nikon and Canon version were released earlier this month).
Sony introduced a new high-resolution 1/2.3 16.15MP color CCD sensor ICX682SQW (diagonal 7.757 mm) for consumer digital still cameras that supports high-definition television (equivalent to 720/30p) imaging and continuous capturing high-sensitivity still images.
This is just an update to a previous post on the new E-P3, E-PL3 and the new mini-Olympus: digicame-info received some new information that the three cameras will be announced on June 30th instead of June 3, 2011. Olympus probably delayed the announcement because Sony will present their new cameras on June 3rd.
The new Hasselblad H4D-200MS can deliver images with 200MP resolution by taking six different shots:
“The H4D-200MS camera uses a 50Mpix sensor mounted onto our patented symmetrical multi-shot frame, which can accurately position the sensor with accuracy, using piezo-electrical actuators. The camera then captures 6 shots, by moving the sensor 1 and ½ pixel at the time, to create a 200Mpix capture.”
