http://moozilla.co.uk Digital photography news, reviews and opinions Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:05:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well it seems the Canon EOS 5D Mk II rumors are picking up again. These last few days have seen traffic to this site more than double, and most of the inbound hits have been from people looking for information on the new EOS 5D. So is there a new news ... http://moozilla.co.uk/2008/04/23/eos-5d-mk-2-rumors-picking-up-again/ Sigma seem to be edging a little closer to getting the much anticipated DP1 compact digital camera to market. Announced at the PMA 2008 show, the DP1 should be hitting stores in Spring of this year. The DP1 has a sensor around the size of those found in most DLSRs, ... http://moozilla.co.uk/2008/02/06/sigma-dp1-here-in-spring/ At last there has been some news on the DP1 from Sigma. Sigma say they "found it was difficult to achieve image quality as good as in our other SD cameras." The long and the short of this is that they've had to do a lot of work on the ... http://moozilla.co.uk/2007/11/30/sigma-dp1-statement/ Canon have announced two very nice sounding super-telephoto lenses that are currently in development: the Canon EF200mm f/2L IS USM and EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM, both of which are 'L' lenses featuring Image Stabilization and top-notch build quality. I think the 800mm is going to be way out of my price ... http://moozilla.co.uk/2007/10/19/two-new-super-telephotos-from-canon/ There has been some interesting news this week. Canon have announced their EOS 40D (no surprise there), the EOS-1Ds Mark III, and what looks like a pretty good little compact, namely the PowerShot G9 (with RAW again!). On paper the 40D looks pretty nice. Canon seem to have finally taken on ... http://moozilla.co.uk/2007/08/24/nikon-raises-the-stakes/ Reported over the weekend, Canon are building a 55 billion yen ($451 million) factory in Japan to double its production capacity of image sensors used in digital cameras. The significance of this is that Canon will be manufacturing complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS) sensors for both Digital SLRs and compact ... http://moozilla.co.uk/2007/07/16/canon-compete-with-sigma-for-large-sensor-compacts-market/ I was just over at the Park Cameras website looking for prices on a longish lens, and came across this exceptional bit of pricing! If you buy the Canon EF 300mm f/4.0L USM IS on it's own it will set you back £888.00. However, they also do a specially priced bundle: ... http://moozilla.co.uk/2007/07/10/park-cameras-a-bit-of-confusion/ Would you credit it? I've just been googling (for something entirely unrelated), and came across several sites talking about the brand spanking new EOS 7D! This will (allegedly) be full frame, loads of megapixles, supper fast in every way possible, and be cheap. Hmmm. Another suggestion was that it will ... http://moozilla.co.uk/2007/07/03/rumor-mill-canon-eos-7d/ Pentax have announced an the K100D Super, an update to the Pentax K100D digital SLR. This update adds CCD-shift Shake Reduction (which we already saw on the K10D), increased ISO 3200 sensitivity, something called Auto picture mode, SDM (Supersonic Drive Motor) lens support and a dust removal system* which operates ... http://moozilla.co.uk/2007/06/28/pentax-k100d-super/ The Sigma Imaging (UK) Ltd warehouses in Welwyn Garden City (Hertfordshire, UK) were broken into on the night of Friday 15th June. This is the second time the warehouse has been broken into in just six months. Last February thieves got away with 45 lenses, wheras this time it took ... http://moozilla.co.uk/2007/06/28/sigma-uk-broken-into-again/