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Canon Announces EOS 5D, EOS 1D Mark II N

Besides the digital SLRs, Canon also announced new compact cameras, photo printers, lenses, and a flash unit.
- By Philip Ryan on December 16, 2008
After over a week of intense rumors, Canon announced two new DSLRs Monday, along with new compact cameras, photo printers, lenses, and a flash unit. The hottest news was the 12.8MP full-frame EOS 5D DSLR ($3,299 estimated street price), which is expected to hit stores in October. The magnesium alloy body houses a 35.8x23.9mm CMOS sensor, 2.5-inch LCD with 230,000-pixel resolution, and a newly designed pentaprism, in a unit that measures 6x4.4x3-inches and weighs 31.5 ounces with battery installed.
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Hands On: Mamiya ZD

Medium format strikes back with major megapixels.
- By Michael J. Mcnamara on December 16, 2008
Not long ago, most serious photographers dreamed of joining the elite club of pros who shot with 6x4.5cm or 21¼4-inch medium-format cameras. Why? Nearly all top wedding, portrait, and nature shooters favored medium format for its ability to produce higher-quality photos than the lightweight 35mm SLRs carried by photojournalists. But the image quality gap narrowed in the '90s as 35mm slide and print films improved dramatically, showing clearly that good 35mm lenses surpassed most medium-format glass in sharpness.
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10 Things You Should Know About The Canon EOS 20D

We dig deep and uncover more capability than you may have suspected
- By Dan Richards on December 16, 2008
We don't have to tell you that cameras today-digital and film-are as much electronic as optical devices. And as such, they can be loaded up with a dizzying array of chip-based features. These can range from mildly hidden (a menu switch for a mechanical function, say) to the really obscure (option 3B on custom function 37 in setup menu F…), to outright undocumented. And while we've run into hidden features that might be, well, better off hidden, many of them can be useful, or just plain fun.
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Samsung's new Digimax Pro 815
- By Philip Ryan on December 16, 2008
Zoom Zoom Zoom Rumors of a Samsung digital SLR have been exaggerated. But they do have a new 8MP high-end EVF called the Digimax Pro 815 ($849 list). You can't remove its 15X optical zoom (28-420mm equiv.), f/2.2-4.6 Schneider-Kreuznach lens, but rings on the barrel let you zoom and focus manually. The camera back is home to a 3.5-inch, 235,000-pixel LCD-the largest on any digital camera yet. Like to shoot from the hip? On top, there's a 1.4-inch, 115,000-pixel color LCD that displays status information, and doubles as a preview monitor to frame pictures.
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New $800 Pentax DSLR Keeps It Simple

The camera should be in stores in July
- By Pop Photo Staff on December 16, 2008
Since the release of the Pentax *ist D in 2003, the company has been targeting digital SLR newbies--those who may be frustrated with the limitations of a point-and-shoot, but still frightened by the controls of a pro SLR. Here's the newest entrant to that line: the 6.1MP *ist DL ($800 street, with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Pentax lens). At 16.6 ounces (without card or battery), it's about an nounce lighter than the *ist DS, but has a larger 2.5-inch LCD screen (up from the 2 inches on the DS).
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A Sneak Peek at the Nikon F6

Get our lab test results of Nikon's new film flagship camera online first!
- By The Popular Photography & Imaging Staff on December 16, 2008
As promised in our February 2005 issue, here is a sneak peek at our lab test results for the Nikon F6. For our full test coverage, see our upcoming March 2005 issue.
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Panasonic and Olympus: Full partners in 4/3 venture?
- By Michael J. Mcnamara on December 16, 2008
Panasonic and Olympus have joined hands to co-develop new digital SLRs using technology from both companies, according to a press release issued on January 13, 2005. The cameras will be based on the Four Thirds system spearheaded by Olympus and currently found only on the Olympus 5MP E-1 Pro and 8MP Evolt E-300 DSLRs. Both of these cameras feature a Four Thirds system CCD sensor made by Kodak, an innovative ultrasonic dust removal system, and a Four Thirds system lens mount that accepts several Olympus and Sigma lenses.
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The Camera Of The Year 2004: The Nikon D70 SLR

Our Editors' Criterion: The camera that best refines or redefines photography.
- By The Editors on December 16, 2008
The Nikon D70 was precisely the camera that the photography world needed this year.
A revolution began in 2003 with the Canon EOS Digital Rebel -- its $899 sticker, its 6.3-megapixel sensor, and its attitude of "Everybody into the digital SLR pool; the water's fine!"
The question for '04 was how quickly a camera maker would seize on this revolutionary fervor, and add some sophistication, features, fine-tuning, and, well, "maturity" to what the D Rebel had wrought…without pushing the price to a pro-caliber level.
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A sneak peek at 2005 cameras

The Gear Ahead
- By Philip Ryan on December 16, 2008
This has been an amazing year for photography. But it's not over yet. Camera makers still have a few tricks up their sleeves, and our sources have shared a few of them with us. Here they are:
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Canon EOS Rebel T2

Upgraded features in a brand-new body
- By Herbert Keppler on December 16, 2008
Film Lives!
In these digital days, when a camera company decides to add a new 35mm camera to its fleet, you might expect a low-priced, bottom-of-the-feature-barrel camera. Other SLR makers are doing just that. But not Canon.
Maybe this will be Canon's last film Rebel (gasp) and maybe it won't (depending on how film SLR Canons sell), but the T2 is strictly top-of-the-Rebel line, replacing the Rebel T1. The existing K2 and GII Rebels will continue to soldier on.
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