Photo Friday: What I Use

I’ve had several people inquire what equipment I use to take pictures for Not Exactly Bento.  I’ve debated alot about talking on this subject.  The equipment I choose to use may not suit someone else.  As well, there are many advanced point and shoot cameras that can give results to rival an SLR.  Then, I thought about my purpose in sharing all this photography information on a bento blog: to help others find the information that it took me so long to acquire.  So, I rethought my position and de

Save $200 on Sigma DP1 SLR-sensor compact shooter

April 9th, 2009 Posted by Janice Chen @ 9:01 amCategories:Deals, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Digital SLRTags:Lens, Amazon.com Inc., Janice ChenFellow ZDNet blogger Jennifer Bergen is reporting a one-day sale on the Sigma DP1 over at Amazon. For today only, Amazon is selling Sigma’s much-ballyhooed DP1 (which was the first compact camera to use a full SLR-sized sensor) for just $399–a good $200 less than you can find it anywhere else.Amazon is touting it as a one-day-only sale, but s

Press Release :: dxomark.com publishes RAW performance data for Olympus E-410 D-SLR and SP-570 UZ

Analyses of additional Olympus cameras now available on dxomark.com dxomark.com publishes RAW performance data on the Olympus E-410 D-SLR and the Olympus SP-570 UZ bridge camera Paris, France – March 31, 2009 – DxO Labs announces today the publication of detailed RAW-based image quality data and DxOMark Sensor rankings on its popular www.dxomark.com website for two additional cameras, the Olympus E-410 D-SLR , and a bridge model, the Olympus SP-570 UZ .

Panasonic DMC-FX38 (FX37) Review

Back in 2004 the earlier Panasonic FX7 was “pretty close to being the Rolls-Royce of digital compacts …” That was when five megapixels and a 3X zoom was top gear! The Panasonic DMC-FX38 (also known as the FX37 in some parts of the world) packs 10.1 megapixels onto the CCD and images with a 5x zoom lens, the wide angle end equaling a 25 mm optic on a 35 SLR. Amazingly, the new camera is a little smaller and quite a bit lighter. Some will take issue with me on the 10.1 megapixels figur

Leica ceases R-series production

Leica has announced it is discontinuing its R-Series manual focus SLR. In a letter sent to dealers, the company said the R9 and R-series lenses would no longer be produced. The camera, which was compatible with Leica's DMR digital back, still featured on the company's stand at PMA in Las Vegas, despite the move. The company said that insights gained during the development of the S2 (its first autofocus camera), will feed into the development of a future generation of the R-system.

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