CPS PhotogBlog - June 2004

June 26, 2004

Here are a couple of Canon reviews from Photo.net for the Canon EF 70-300 f4.5-5.6 DO IS USM lens and the Canon CP-220 Compact Photo Printer.

The Luminous Landscape takes a look at the Phase One P25, a 22MP full-frame medium format 645 digital back.

A bunch of new reviews from Steves Digicams including the Kyocera Finecam M410R, the Sony CyberShot DSC-P73, the Sony CyberShot DSC-P93, the Fujifilm FinePix A340, and the Fujifilm FinePix A330.

The U.S. Senate has upheld a Whitehouse ban on photos of the coffins of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. I'm somewhat torn on this. One the one hand, I don't want our fallen to be used for political purposes. On the other, the American people should be able to see the results of our government's actions.

The New York Times and her freelance photographers seem to be nearing an agreement.

Nikon guru Thom Hogan reviews the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED. If I had one of these, I might actually use all those rolls of chrome in my freezer!

June 20, 2004

Photo.net reviews the Canon EF 70-300 f4.5-5.6 DO IS USM lens.

The Luminous Landscape describes how to fix restore severe saturation problems.

Dan Gillmor of the Merc News discusses societal implications of having cameras everywhere.

Steves Digicams has reviews of the Pentax Optio 43WR and the Minolta DiMAGE G600.

June 16, 2004

The Luminous Landscape discusses color management for printers. They also have a comparison of digicams and digital SLRs.

Steves Digicams has a review of the HP PhotoSmart R707.

June 10, 2004

Photo.net's Bob Atkins explains the differences between RAW, JPEG, and TIFF.

The Luminous Landscape reviews the Epson Stylus Pro 4000 Printer.

June 7, 2004

A boat load of new reviews, including the Olympus Camedia D-580, the Olympus Camedia D-540, the Olympus Camedia D-395, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC50, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC70, the Panasonic Lumix DMC0FX5, and the Nikon Coolpix 5200.

PDN has a preview of this fall's upcoming photography books.

June 4, 2004

The guys at Photo.net are talking about the new AF-S VR Nikkor 200mm F/2G IF-ED Lens. They also have a review of the Leica Digilux 2.

Meanwhile, The Luminous Landscape has a review of the Canon EF 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 DO IS Lens.