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New capacitor could make xenon smartphone flashes more popular

A new, smaller capacitor could make Xenon flashes practical for use in ultra-slim smartphones. Researchers from a university in Singapore have partnered up with Xenon Technologies to develop a tiny capacitor for Xenon flashes that it claims is just as powerful as existing, larger versions. This is potentially big news for the smartphone industry which has primarily used LED lights in preference to Xenon flashes up to now. Few smartphones have incorporated Xenon flashes because of their higher power demands and larger physical size. Learn more about the tiny new capacitor at connect.dpreview.com.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

February 22, 2013
Our Most Popular Photography ‘Gear’ Related Posts of 2012
From: Do you 'Wear' your Camera?

Today’s summer series recap looks at some of the hottest ‘gear’ related posts on dPS from 2011. It includes some reviews but also some gear related tips and discussion starters.
1. Quick Tip: Never Forget Your Memory Card Again
2. Do You Wear a Camera?
3. Fujifilm X-Pro1 Review
4. Is Camera Lust Destroying Your Photography?
5. 8 Things Every Camera Owner Should Know About Their Camera
6. Why your Kit Lens is Better than You Think
7. Does A Point & Shoot Camera Still Make Sense For You?
8. Fujifilm X10 Review
9. How a Humble 85mm Lens Became my Favourite
10. Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX20V Review
11. The 15 Most Popular DSLRS Among Our Readers
12. 29 Most Popular DSLR Lenses Among Our Readers
13. The 18 Most Popular Point and Shoot Cameras Among our Readers
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.

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Our Most Popular Photography ‘Gear’ Related Posts of 2012

Digital Photography School
December 30, 2012
The 18 Most Popular Point and Shoot Cameras Among our Readers

Over the last couple of weeks we’ve highlighted the best selling DSLRs and best selling DSLR Lenses among our readers.

Today we’re moving onto best selling* ‘point and shoot‘ cameras. In actual fact ‘point and shoot’ is not the best term for this list as really it is a list of non interchangeable lens cameras and includes compact point and shoots, super zoom cameras and more. So if it is a camera and it doesn’t have an interchangeable lens it’s here.

Here’s the list!

1. Canon PowerShot Elph 110 HS

2. Canon PowerShot S100

3. Canon PowerShot ELPH 300 HS

4. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150

5. Canon Powershot SX260 HS

6. Panasonic Lumix ZS20

7. Canon Powershot Pro Series S3 IS

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8. Canon PowerShot SX50

9. Panaonic DMC-ZS15

10. Nikon Coolpix L810

11. Canon PowerShot G15

12. Sony DSC-RX100

13. Fujifilm FinePix S4200

14. Canon PowerShot ELPH 310 HS

15. Canon Powershot A1300

16. Fujifilm X100

17. Nikon Coolpix AW100 Waterproof

18. Panasonic Lumix TS20 Waterproof

*Note: these lists were compiled from reports supplied to us from Amazon.com where we are affiliates. One of the ways dPS is able to cover its costs and be a sustainable business is that we earn a small commission when readers make a purchase from Amazon after clicking on our links (including those above). While no personal details are passed on we do get an overall report from Amazon about what was bought and are able to create this list.

Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.

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The 18 Most Popular Point and Shoot Cameras Among our Readers

Digital Photography School

December 20, 2012
29 Most Popular DSLR Lenses Among Our Readers

Over the weekend we released a list of the 15 most popular DSLRs judged according to what our readers have been buying on Amazon over the last 4 months*. Today we’re turning our attention to the most popular DSLR lenses.

As usual – Canon and Nikon lenses were by far the most popular so I’ve divided them into two lists but I’ve also included a third list of lenses from other manufacturers below.

Nikon Lenses

1. Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

2. Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

3. Nikon 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S DX Nikkor Zoom Lens for Nikon Digital SLR

4. Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR [Vibration Reduction] Nikkor Zoom Lens

5. Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens

6. Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S ED VR II Nikkor Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon DX-Format Digital SLR Cameras

7. Nikon 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX Nikkor Lens

8. Nikon 50mm f/1.4G SIC SW Prime Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR Nikkor Zoom Lens

10. Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens For Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

Canon Lenses

1. Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens

2. Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras + Lens Cleaning Kit

3. Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras

4. Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras

5. Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras

6. Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens for Canon EOS SLR Cameras

7. Canon 40mm EF f/2.8 STM Lens

8. Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Medium Telephoto Lens

9. Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens

10. Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM 1-to-1 Macro Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras

Other Brands

Normally we don’t see a lot of lenses from other brands purchased but in the last 4 months we’ve noticed a spike in sales of lenses from Signma, Tamron and Tokina who each make quality lenses for DSLRS of different brands – many times at more affordable prices than the equivalent lenses from the main brands. Here’s the ones that we saw decent sales of:

1. Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras (also available for Nikon, Samsung and Sigma DSLRS)

2. Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 SP XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon Digital SLR Cameras (also available for Minolta and Sony Pentax, and Nikon DSLRs)

3. Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 SLD DG Macro Lens with built in motor for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

4. Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II LD SP Aspherical (IF) Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras (also available for Nikon and Minolta and Sony DSLRs)

5. Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 SLD DG Macro Lens with built in motor for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

6. Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM FLD AF Ultra Wide Zoom Lens for APS-C sized Canon Digital DSLR Camera (also available for Nikon, Pentax, Sigma and Sony DSLRs)

7. Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD LD Aspherical IF Macro Zoom Lens for Canon DSLR Cameras (also available for Nikon and Sony DSLRs)

8. Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X116 Pro DX II Digital Zoom Lens (for Canon EOS Cameras) (Tokina also make a similar lens for Nikon DSLRS

9. Tokina 12-24MM F/4.0 Pro II Zoom Lens for Digital Canon SLR Cameras (Tokina also make a similar lens for Nikon DSLRS)

*Note: these lists were compiled from reports supplied to us from Amazon.com where we are affiliates. One of the ways dPS is able to cover its costs and be a sustainable business is that we earn a small commission when readers make a purchase from Amazon after clicking on our links (including those above). While no personal details are passed on we do get an overall report from Amazon about what was bought and are able to create this list.

Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.

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29 Most Popular DSLR Lenses Among Our Readers

Digital Photography School

December 6, 2012
The 15 Most Popular DSLRS Among Our Readers

Every few months we like to report back to the dPS community which cameras (and other gear) are most popular with our readers. Today we’re going to take a look at the highest selling DSLRs among our readers over the last 4 months (as ranked by the reports that Amazon gives us*).

As usual you’ll see it is largely a battle between Canon and Nikon (who dominate this class of camera) and that at the top of the list we see entry level DSLRS most popular (mainly due to their price). Further down the list we see more serious (and expensive) contenders.

Note: Amazon currently have some great specials at the moment on cameras and gear as part of their Holiday Promotions.

1. Canon EOS Rebel T3i

2. Nikon D3100

3. Canon EOS Rebel T3

4. Canon EOS Rebel T4i

5. Nikon D5100

6. Nikon D7000

7. Nikon D3200

8. Canon EOS 5D Mk III

9. Nikon D600

10. Canon EOS 60D

11. Canon EOS 5D Mk II

12. Nikon D800

13. Canon EOS 7D

14. Sony Alpha SLT-A57M

15. Nikon D4

*Note: this list was compiled from reports supplied to us from Amazon.com where we are affiliates. One of the ways dPS is able to cover its costs and be a sustainable business is that we earn a small commission when readers make a purchase from Amazon after clicking on our links (including those above). While no personal details are passed on we do get an overall report from Amazon about what was bought and are able to create this list.

Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.

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The 15 Most Popular DSLRS Among Our Readers

Digital Photography School

December 2, 2012
The 15 Most Popular Photography Tutorials from the 2nd Half of 2012

As we approach the end of 2012 I thought I would post ‘looking back’ post to follow up on a post I did halfway through the year that highlighted The most Popular Photography Tutorials of the First Half of 2012.

Since posting that earlier list we’ve published 300 more photography tutorials here at dPS – the most popular of them being the following 15.

1. Why Your Kit Lens is Better than You Think

2. Posing Guide: 21 Sample Poses for Photographing Women – Part 2

3. 8 Tips for Long Exposure Photography

4. DSLR Camera Focusing Tips for Beginners

5. 14 Ways to Significantly Improve Your Photography Today

6. 10 Tips for Improving Your Wildlife Photography

7. 19 More Creative Mirror Self Portraits

8. One Light Portraits: Simple Elegance

9. How to Take Creative Couples Portraits

10. Posing Guide: 21 Sample Poses to Get You Started with Photographing Groups of People

11. 10 Tips for Landscapes Photographers

12. 12 Ways to Capture the Colors of Fall

13. How to Read and Use Histograms

14. How to Create Backlight or Hairlight Outdoors with Natural Light

15. 7 Steps to Get Over Your Fear of Street Photography

Lastly – the other page on the site that got a load of attention in the last 5 months was our newest eBook – our iPhone Photography eBook which we launched a few months ago which is still available in both PDF and ePUB formats.

Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.

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The 15 Most Popular Photography Tutorials from the 2nd Half of 2012

Digital Photography School

November 27, 2012
The Most Popular Digital Photography Books of 2012 [Among dPS Readers]
Over the last 12 months we’ve reviewed and mentioned a lot of great photographic books (real paper ones) here on dPS.

So today I thought I’d dig into the stats that Amazon give us as to what our readers have purchased after clicking through from our site to showcase the 15 most popular books bought by our readers. Hopefully it gives those of you shopping for presents for photography loving friends and family some ideas!
1. Beyond Snapshots: How to Take That Fancy DSLR Camera Off “Auto” and Photograph Your Life like a Pro (co-authored by dPS eBook author – Rachel Devine
2. Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera
3. The Digital Photography Book
4. The Photographer’s Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
5. Understanding RAW Photography (The Expanded Guide: Techniques)
6. HDR Photography (The Expanded Guide: Techniques)
7. Digital Photographer’s Guide to Dramatic Photoshop Effects
8. Visual Stories: Behind the Lens with Vincent Laforet (Voices That Matter)
9. The Luminous Portrait: Capture the Beauty of Natural Light for Glowing, Flattering Photographs
10. Speedliter’s Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites
11. Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Boxed Set
12. Complete Digital Photography
13. Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color & Composition in Photography
14. Digital Wedding Photography: Capturing Beautiful Memories
15. BetterPhoto Basics: The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Taking Photos Like a Pro
Want more?

Check out the current best selling digital photography books on Amazon where they currently have most books at 30-50% off retail price!

Note: dPS earns a small commission if you purchase one of these books after clicking on one of the above links. This helps our site sustain itself – we appreciate your support!

Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.

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The Most Popular Digital Photography Books of 2012 [Among dPS Readers]

Digital Photography School
November 25, 2012
Popular Photography Digital Days Photo Tips – Taking better pictures using Light

A great video on some basic ways you can take better photos, and take your photography to the next level. Brought to you by Digital Days – a nationwide series of digital photography workshops presented by Popular Photography magazine. We are coming to a city near you! Check www.digitaldaysphoto.com for our schedule, ADDITIONAL VIDEOS, and more information!

March 18, 2012
Popular Software Review Sites

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Software reviews are an excellent way for those in the world of technology to check out digital media software by relying on the expert advice of trusted members in the field. Various sites will try out every new software release and provide readers with the ins and out of the software. Staff members or website owners try out the software, putting it through the paces so users will know the best and worst features of the downloads. Major sites that conduct reviews will …

Digital Shot

October 30, 2010
Popular Photography Digital Days Photo Tips – Taking better pictures using Color & White Balance

A great video on some basic ways you can take better photos, and take your photography to the next level. Tips on using color and white balance Brought to you by Digital Days – a nationwide series of digital photography workshops presented by Popular Photography magazine. We are coming to a city near you! Check www.digitaldaysphoto.com for our schedule, ADDITIONAL VIDEOS, and more information!
Video Rating: 4 / 5

January 30, 2009