Nokia says it ‘reinvented zoom’ with its Lumia 1020 smartphone, but how does it stack up to the zooming prowess of a compact camera? We put Nokia’s flagship phone up against Canon’s PowerShot S120 in our zoom showdown today on connect.dpreview.com. Click through for more, you may be surprised by the results.
If so – you’re not alone.
Check out these stats:
In a recent survey of dPS readers we found out over the next 12 months:
In fact over 85% of our readers are currently looking to make a significant addition to their gear in the next year.
If you’re one of them – you really need to check out our brand new Guide to Buying and Looking after your photography gear.
It’s the latest edition in our ‘Photo Nuts’ series and is called Photo Nuts and Gear: Know Your Gear and Take Better Photos.
Since starting dPS back in 2006 a question that we see on a daily basis is:
“What Gear Should I Buy?”
It’s a tricky question to answer because each photographer has their own unique needs and there are constantly new cameras and accessories on the market.
One of the other common things we’ve heard from readers repeatedly over the year are stories of frustration and remorse over buying the wrong gear – something that can be a costly mistake.
The camera equipment market is a complicated and ever changing thing. There are some great pieces of gear out there but among them are also a lot of poorly constructed, overpriced or unnecessary things that will waste your time and money.
As a result we’ve long wanted to produce a simple yet helpful guide on the topic of choosing the right gear for your needs.
The author of this guide is Neil Creek, a photographer that will be familiar to many dPS readers as he is someone who has authored 4 previous dPS eBooks (including the 3 best selling Photo Nuts eBooks already in our library).
We chose Neil for this topic for a number of readers.
Firstly, Neil is an experienced photographer who knows his stuff and has an ability to explain it clearly (as readers of his previous eBooks will attest to).
Secondly, Neil knows that it’s not ONLY about the Gear. As he says in his introduction – “Vision, passion, creativity, practice, experience and other qualities are far more important than the gear used to create an image.” This is why we’ve put this eBook in our ‘Photo Nuts’ series – because it is just one element in taking great photos.
Lastly, Neil knows and loves gear. He has his eye on all the latest and greatest equipment on the market – but he’s also a discerning fellow and is committed to helping readers of this guide to not only choose great gear, but to decide if they really need it at all.
The aim of Photo Nuts and Gear is to help you understand what camera equipment can do for you, to hope you decide if you need it and to assist you in finding the best of the many options available. Neil’s the perfect author to help you through that process.
This eBook teaches you how to research and buy camera bodies, lenses, tripods, flashes, light modifiers, camera bags and accessories. You’ll be led through clear and practical teaching on:
Do you really need new gear?
Finding the right gear for you
Case studies:
As we planned this eBook one of the wonderful realisations that our team had was that it was something that was going to save those who read it money.
Camera gear is a costly investment and by learning what you really need and buying the right camera, lens, flash or accessory you you’re more than likely to save much more than the purchase price of this guide.
Best of all – coupled with the photographic knowledge that you’re gaining here from dPS and some practice, this eBook will help you to take better photos with gear that is suited to your needs.
Learn more about this eBook or grab a copy by clicking the download button below.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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Blackmagic Design has announced its Camera 1.5 software update which adds new 12-bit Log CinemaDNG RAW recording to the Pocket Cinema Camera. The CinemaDNG Raw lossless compression works like a ZIP file where the Raw files are compressed during 1080p recording without the loss of any part of the image. This allows videographers to capture files with wider dynamic range for increased flexibility during color correction.
Canon Korea has put up a page teasing about a new camera release. Showing a camera covered in a white sheet, the teaser text reads, “November 2013, Canon will start from the white world. Coming soon,” according to a Google translation of the site dicahub.com. Rumors seem to expect an EOS M2 or a pro camera, but applying a few Photoshop tweaks, as dicahub did, reveals a few details that make the camera look an awful lot like a more familiar digital SLR with a new white finish. Click through for more.
Adobe has issued Camera Raw and DNG Converter 8.3 release candidates, along with a similar preliminary version of Lightroom 5.3. ACR 8.3 is designed as different versions for Photoshop CC and Photoshop CS6. DNG Converter is available for free for users of older versions of Photoshop. The latest versions brings support for 15 additional cameras, including most of the latest models from Fujifilm, Nikon, Olympus and Sony. Eight lens correction modules are also added, including support for the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8.
Canon is offering owners of its Cinema EOS C100 the chance to add Dual Pixel AF to this video-centric camera. This will enable continuous autofocus during recording with all Canon EF lenses, and double one-shot AF speed with 104 fully-supported lenses. Interestingly the upgrade doesn’t involve a change of sensor, but instead enables a hitherto-unused hardware capability. However it will require the camera to be sent to a Canon service centre, and in the US will cost $ 500.
‘If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough’, said famed photographer Robert Capa. He was certainly close enough to take his iconic ‘Falling Solider’ photograph during the Spanish Civil War. In a recently discovered radio interview from the 1940s, Capa explains how he took the photo that many have since alleged was staged. Learn more
Another tiny, rugged, HD, WiFi-enabled video camera on the market may offer GoPro some real competition. Able to capture 12MP photos and 1080p video, the Air Pro 3 has a 160-degree lens that can be adjusted to be less extreme, but still very wide, 140- or 150-degree angle. Learn more on connect.dpreview.com.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 makes good on the promise of the ‘phablet’ thanks to its huge, high-resolution screen and its muscular processing. But how does it fare as a camera? We put the super-sized smartphone through its photographic paces on connect.dpreview.com.
Triggertrap, maker of several camera triggering tools, is seeking support via Kickstarter for another product aimed at trigger-happy photographers. Redsnap is a modular triggering system that starts with the Redsnap base block to which you can add sensor blocks, each designed for a different kind of photography. Four sensor blocks are currently in the works, including a high-speed laser sensor, high-speed sound sensor, high-speed light sensor and a Passive Infrared Sensor. Learn more on connect.dpreview.com.