Olympus E-30 Review!

The Olympus E-30 is close to launch. Check out the reviews from these folks on the E-30 before you head out to buy it!

DPReview - Olympus has today announced the E-30 digital SLR. The mid-range DSLR features a 12MP Live MOS sensor and 2.7″ tilt and swivel LCD. It also incorporates Live View with Contrast AF, Image Stabilization, 5fps continuous shooting and shutter speeds of up to 1/8000th sec. The E-30 also introduces a set of six ‘Art Filters’, a Multiple Exposure mode and offers a choice of 9 aspect ratios. Click here to read the full review.

PhotographyReview – The Olympus E-30 is a 12.3-megapixel digital SLR positioned between the Olympus E-520 and the top-of-the-line Olympus E-3, both of which are 10-megapixel cameras. The E-30 actually shares a lot of features and technology with the E-3. The most important of the shared features, in my opinion, are the tilt/swivel LCD and the 11-point auto focus system. Click here to read the full review.

PCWorld – The E-30 is equipped with an internal Digital Level Sensor that detects the camera’s pitch and roll and indicates it in the optical viewfinder, on the control panel and during Live View operation. Olympus says that his Digital Leveler is a tremendous benefit for architectural photographers who must ensure that images they take of buildings are as centered and true as the walls of the buildings themselves. Click here to read the full review.

Nikon 24.5MP D3X – Review

Nikon has announced the launch of the new D3X . Check out the review of this 24.5MP monster on the following sites:

DPReview – “Nikon has announced the D3X, its latest high-resultion professional DSLR. Sporting an imaging sensor with double the number of photosites of the popular D3, the 24.5 megapixel D3x includes similar features such as a 3.0″, 920,000 dot LCD monitor with Live View, 51-point autofocus, EXPEED image processing and HDMI output.” Click here to read the complete review.

Electronista - “Nikon has inadvertently filled out details of the D3X ahead of its official launch, courtesy of an early look at the company’s own Nikon Pro magazine. True to expectations, the pro DSLR is mostly a resolution upgrade over the stock D3 and jumps from 12 megapixels to 24.5. It also gains a new 16-bit EXPEED image processor that should improve color performance over the 14-bit standard version.” Click here to read their complete review.

Nikon’s GP-1 GPS Unit – Review

Using the Nikon GP-1 GPS unit, Geotags (Geodetic System WGS84) can be added to your images so you can record latitude, longitude, altitude and time information. This data should help you remember where you took that great shot!

Correlation between pictures and maps is supported by GPS function in conjunction with ViewNX version 1.2 software which is a free download and my Picturetown.

On a cold start, the Nikon GPS device takes 45 seconds to start communicating with the satellites. Otherwise, it takes about 5 seconds. Just know that the power for the Nikon GPS devices is sucked out from the camera so you can expect your battery to die out on you much earlier as I suspect that the GPS unit requires a lot of power to function (If you have had a different experience, please let us know and we will edit that sentence )

Once connected to the camera, the GP-1 GPS Unit has three modes of indication to give you an idea of how accurate the GPS information is going to be:

* Red blinking (GPS data not recorded)

* Green blinking (GPS data recorded utilizing three satellites)

* Green solid(Four or more satellites detected, GPS data are more accurate)

The Nikon camera models compatible with the device are: D90 (via accessory terminal cable GP1-CA90), D3, D300, D700, D2Xs and D200 (via 10-pin remote terminal cable GP1-CA10). Some models may require an update to the latest version of firmware.

Click here to check out the Nikon GP-1 GPS Unit on Amazon to read further reviews or to check if they have a sale on.

Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical IF Macro Lens – Reviews

Looking to buy the new Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical IF Macro Lens? Check out these reviews before you do. The reviews seem pretty positive.

“The latest design to emerge from the stable of superzoom experts Tamron, the AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) MACRO was announced in July 2008. The length of the zoom range is almost as remarkable as that of the lens’s name itself, with the 15x ratio covering everything from a 28mm equivalent wideangle to a 420mm equivalent telephoto.” Click here to read complete review at DPReview.com

“Camera shake can ruin your photos, particularly when taking telephoto shots or shooting in low light conditions. The Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 macr0 zoom lens, however, fights camera shake with its state-of-the-art vibration compensation (VC) mechanism, which delivers blur-free handheld images for incredible results. The proprietary VC mechanism employs a three-coil system that moves the VC lens electromagnetically based on signals originating from the movement of three steel balls”. Click here to read the complete review at Amazon.com

If you have purchased the lens and tried it, please leave a comment on what you think about the lens

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