CPS PhotogBlog - December 2004

December 19, 2004

Steve's Digicams has new reviews for the Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200, the Olympus Camedia D-590, and the Nikon Coolpix 8400.

John is a model, actor and director here in Austin. This was taken last month in the studio.

December 15, 2004

Photo.net has a review of the Tamron 28-75 2.8.

Reacting to the continued growth of cell phone cameras, Congress has passed a bill providing for fines and jail time for anyone who sneaks pictures of others in various states of undress.

Rob Galbraith reports on a big price drop on the Nikon D2H. That's not surprising given that it is only 4MP's. Still a nifty little camera.

December 8, 2004

C|Net discusses the photo that fooled Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy.

The Luminous Landscape takes a look at the Canon 12-22mm.

IvyLynn is represented by Austin Models and Talent, and has done work for Miss Nosey Posey, a fashion accessory for girls. This picture was taken in my studio in October.

New reviews on Steve's Digicams for the Nikon Coolpix 8800, the Pentax Optio X, and the Sony CyberShot DSC-L1.

December 5, 2004

Thom Hogan takes a look at Nikon's service experience. His review is fairly mixed. I just got my D100 back from Nikon a week or so ago, and everything went great. It cost about what they predicted and took about as long as they predicted. No complaints...

Popular Photography Magazine has an article on digital photography file formats.

Here's Taylor, a model from Pflugerville, Texas (a town just north of Austin). This was taken in the studio in October.

December 3, 2004

The Luminous Landscape looks at the Epson P-2000. I own the Adorama private labeled digital wallet, and like all other such devices, the battery life was horrible. Even when using the additional external battery, I would be lucky to get two of my 1GB cards copied over before the drive crapped out. It works fine as long as it is plugged in, though, so I used it mostly when traveling, as a remote storage system. If this new Epson device is as good as TLL suggests, then I will probably get one. But at five bills, I'll probably wait until next year sometime and see if the price comes down.

Steve's Digicams has reviews of the Pentax Optio MX4 and the Pentax Optio SV.