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Canon has unveiled plans for a new EOS 5D Mark III firmware designed to enhance shooting and improve video workflow. The new firmware enables HDMI output functionality, ideal for professional videographers, as well as improved AF performance for photographers shooting with telephoto lenses. Following feedback from cinema and TV production professionals, the new firmware includes [...]

You can’t always take photography too seriously. By letting go and being silly sometimes you hold onto a lot of your creativity  So that is what I did today when I made a filter out of a jiffy bag, an elastic band and a red permanent marker…yes that’s right….a filter! Here is how it went down. [...]

Nikon D4, Nikon 1 V2, Nikon 1 J3, Nikon 1 S1, COOLPIX S01 Nikon in South Africa is pleased to announce that the Nikon D4 FX-format digital SLR camera, the Nikon 1 V2, J3, and S1 advanced camera with interchangeable lenses, and COOLPIX S01 compact digital camera have been awarded the “red dot award: product [...]

Introducing the COOLPIX A and P330 Nikon has made D-SLR performance in a compact body more accessible than ever before, incorporating a large, DX-format 16.2-megapixel CMOS sensor (23.6 x 15.6 mm) and an EXPEED 2 image processing engine into the new COOLPIX A, for capturing professional images on the go. Meanwhile, the new COOLPIX P330 [...]

Nikon announces a new FX-format telephoto zoom lens with broad 80¬–400mm focal range and superior optical design. A highly anticipated update to Nikon’s immensely popular AF 80–400mm telephoto lens, the new AF-S 80–400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR telephoto zoom lens boasts an improved optical construction that easily meets the demands of today’s D-SLRs. Well-suited to subjects [...]

New-generation 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II telephoto zoom – with 4x faster autofocus and improved optical performance Full-frame, wide-aperture, single-focal-length Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM – high-end image quality with renowned resolving power and contrast Light, compact, newly-styled DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM II standard 3x zoom lens – designed for APS-C cameras [...]

  Light, compact body with pop-up flash No-fuss self-portraits with 180° tiltable LCD screen and zoom lever Large Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor with 16.1 effective megapixels and high sensitivity, for detail-packed, low noise photos and Full HD video Beautiful compositions made easy with new Auto Object Framing     (South Africa, 20 February 2013) [...]

Capture fine detail with new 20.1 effective megapixels Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor Grab fast-moving action with speedy 8fps shooting and new Lock-on Autofocus Shoot and view with confidence through new OLED Tru-Finder Compose like a pro with new Auto Object Framing     (South Africa, 20 February 2013) – For life’s spontaneous moments – catch [...]

WX300: slim and super-stylish, world’s smallest and lightest[1]with powerful 20x optical zoom, enhanced image stabilisation and speedy autofocus HX300: ultra-powerful 50x optical zoom with DSLR-style handling and manual controls, enhanced image stabilisation and speedy autofocus TX30: World’s slimmest digital compact camera[2] with waterproof to 10m, freeze- and shock-proof[3]   (South Africa, 20 February 2013) – [...]

Nikon brings you portable performance to give your photography an adrenaline injection with the release of its new enthusiast-level DX format camera, the 24.1-megapixel Nikon D7100. Surprisingly light and compact for its feature-packed and extremely durable body, the Nikon D7100 goes the extra mile when you do. Its professional-level 51-point AF system brings your vision [...]