Review: Samsung NX-200

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Feb 012012


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Samsung’s NX200 is the electronic ‘giant’s’ latest flagship mirrorless camera; and one which they hope will be taken seriously as a photographic tool for beginners in order to compete against the likes of well-established brands such as: Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Sony, and Nikon (all of whom have many more years experience as camera manufacturers). The NX200 has a 1.5x APS-C-sized sensor. The only other mirrorless cameras to feature sensors that big are Sony’s NEX range. Panasonic and Olympus both have a 2x crop sensor and Nikon opted for an even smaller 2.7 crop. At 20.3MP, the NX200 also has the 2nd highest megapixel count for a mirrorless camera. Only Sony’s range-topper (NEX7) has more (with 24MP). At the moment, Samsung’s sensor is in fact one of highest resolution cameras on the market; regularly out-resolving many pro-level DSLR’s. On paper then: Samsung’s 2nd generation flagship mirrorless camera looks good.

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MIT Camera Captures Photons

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Dec 192011


This is not a breaking story but it is one that has caught my interest recently and was wondering if there are some more technically or scientifically minded readers that could share with us how they see this new camera technology benefiting consumers in the future. MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have created a high speed camera that shoots at a trillion frames per second and is able to capture the movement of photons which obviously move at the speed of light. Check it out on their site here. Also see the story where we found it at Peta Pixel.


Posted by Tristan - Founder at 2:48 pm

First Impression – Nikon 1 J1 and V1

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Sep 212011


We have just returned from the South African launch of the Nikon 1 series and got to go hands on with the new J1 and V1. Nikon claim this is the most important announcement they have made in 14 years when they first announced their entry to digital cameras, but is it all they hope it to be? Read on for our first impressions.
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What DSLR To Buy For $600?

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May 122011


There isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t see someone on Twitter asking what camera they should buy, and where possible we like to help out with advice based on the cameras we get to review. At the same time, its difficult to give full reasoning in 140 characters. This post then is a more detailed answer to the question asked by @bakedbyjoanna on the topic of what camera to buy.

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HTC Launch

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Apr 142011



Some great new products have been launched here. With HTC having sold over 25 million phones in 2010 the new lineup is aiming to make an even greater impact on the market. The two very exciting products here, the HTC Flyer tablet and the Sensation super phone, man it’s quick.

Let’s Run Through Them Quick

The Sensation has a great screen, 1.2ghz dual core processor, and as a photographer, the 8mp sensor for the camera is amazing. It also applies creative filters like Black and White, Sepia, Negative etc for stile and video. This will launch in South Africa in June with Vodacom having exclusivity at first.

Tablets are coming out from everyone so to make a mark you need to do something different, the HTC Flyer does just that. The Scribe technology allows you to make notes with a Bluetooth Tethered Pen on screen grabs, it’s great. You can also record voice notes while scribbling notes on the digital pad at the same time. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab and I have the iPad but neither appeal to me the way this Flyer does.

Other phones launched are the Wildfire S, Incredible S but nothing is quite as exciting for the socially conscious market as the Salsa and Cha Cha which have a specific Facebook button for quickly updating your status. This little button also flashes and vibrates when you take a picture or listen to music so you can quickly post it to your Facebook stream.

All in all there are some great products out and we cannot wait to get our hands on them.


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Get Experience By Volunteering as a Photographer! (Part 1)

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Mar 152011


Ed Norton at SIFF Screening

A great way to get some photography experience, as well as getting out of the house, is to volunteer as a photographer to cover events, functions and conventions. It is simply amazing how many of these groups rely on whomever has a camera or on people in attendance covering the events. No matter the size of your town, there are always things going on that could use someone to capture the event.

What do you need? Some of the bigger events like film festivals and conventions require a minimum of a digital SLR with at least 10 mega pixels and a flash. Smaller places like art shows, parades, town meetings, etc. won’t necessarily need more than a 3-5 mega pixels and a point and shoot will work just fine. Make sure you check with them ahead of time to make sure you have what they need. This is often covered on the website.
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Canon Service Advisory on 18-200mm IS

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Feb 282011


We picked this up on Canon Rumours and thought we should pass it on. It seems there may be an issue with Canon’s EF-S 18-200mm IS lens.  To quote from the service advisory:

We have discovered that some EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens products may have screws that come loose inside the lens and which may interfere with zoom operation of the lens.

You can get more details over at the Canon Rumours website here.


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UPDATE: 12 Feb 2011 – Valentine Photo Walk in Parys

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Feb 122011


We held our February PhotoWalk in the ‘City of Love’ Parys, in the Free State unfortunately not France. However there are a few things that can be said for Parys over Paris, there are more Eiffel Towers, although they may not be as grand, and the river is far more impressive and does not smell so bad.

Please head over to the Gallery Page for this Photo Walk. Included there are the entries and winners in the competition held for the best image of the day. Epson sponsored the printing and we printed each participant’s best image from the day and judged the images and award a prize of the book Photo Recipes. A great guide to taking better photos.

Parys Photo Walk 12-02-2011 Gallery Page


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Notice: Server Upgrade

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Jan 312011


Over the next 24-48 hours our servers will be undergoing an upgrade. While we hope that there will be no major interruptions in our service there may be times that the website is not fully functional. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope that the upgrade will improve future visits to PhotoComment.


Posted by Greg W - Admin at 8:34 am

Update: Photo Walk Pretoria CBD 22 Jan 2011

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Jan 242011


A very big thank you to all the photographers who came out to the second PhotoComment Photo Walk which was held last saturday in the Pretoria CBD. Although the weather didn’t look as though it was going to cooperate we gathered outside at Capello’s outside the State Theatre and then set off in a light drizzle. After a while the sun came out and all was well.

Fuji sponsored the walk with Disposable camera’s so we each tried our hand at getting a perfect shot with a disposable camera where you have absolutely no control over exposure. The best image from the disposable camera will win a R250 voucher to use at a Foto First store. We will have the films processed (no they are not digital) and scanned and put them in the gallery later today. Should be interesting.
A great time was had by all. Head over to the PhotoWalk Gallery page here to view the images from the walk or upload your images from the walk.

The next PhotoComment Photo Walk will be on 12 February 2011 in the ‘City of Love,’ well kind of, Parys. Watch photocomment.net for more details.


Posted by Greg W - Admin at 8:29 am

Quick Post: 14mp Cellphone Camera

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Jan 122011


CES is done and dusted but there was so much there that we are still getting bits of news. Like the story from Engadget of a 14MP camera on a cellphone, or is that a cellphone with a 14MP camera?

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/11/aigo-a8-leo-14-megapixel-cameraphone-hands-on-video/


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Quick Post: Nikontrol 3K – Open Source Camera Control

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Jan 112011


That’s right, Nikon’s Camera Control Pro has an open source competitor if you will. From what I am understanding, it offers more support on more models. Be sure to check out the story as we found it on the Crunch Gear link below or at Nikon Rumours.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/11/nikontrol-3k-tethers-your-camera-to-your-pc-for-free/


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CES 2011: Sony Spectacular Swamping

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Jan 062011


Where do you begin with Sony at CES 2011? Some of the new Handycams are to exciting to pass by with 3x 3D models, others with built in projector and speakers for instant sharing. A 3D Bloggie that has us excited and I lost cound on the compacts. Here are just the ones that we think are different enough to mention.

First to let you know what is similar on all of them. A 16.2MP Backlit CMOS sensor, 3D stills (not sweep panoramic, stills with a single lens by shooting two images at different focus points, roughly) and a Dual Record mode which allows the shooting of stills images while shooting HD video, and yes we are still talking about a compact camera not a camcorder.

Cyber-shot DSC-TX100V
This camera claims to be the first compact digital which shoots full HD video of 1920×1080/60p. This is also the first Cyber-shot to use a 3.5inch OLED touch screen.

Cyber-shot DSC-TX10
Dustproof, waterproof, shockproof, freeze proof and stylish with 3inch touch screen.

Cyber-shot DSC-HX7V
The replacement of our favourite little HX5, the new one is the same 10x zoom and the features common amoung all these new models listed at the top.

Cyber-shot DSC-WX10
A very nice 7x optical zoom starting at 24mm with an f2.4 aperture. Very keen to play with this one.

Cyber-shot DSC-WX9
Essentially a 5x zoom version of the above WX10.

Thats the exciting ones, the rest are really just a lot of updates on the rest of the range. Well done to Sony for overwhelming us.


Posted by Tristan - Founder at 3:22 pm

Quick Post: CES Camera Rumours

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Dec 302010


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The guys at Engadget have picked out a few of the camera rumours doing the rounds leading up to CES next week which could make for some interesting reading http://tinyurl.com/3aoae4e

We can tell you what what we are fairly certain we will see and which Sony Alpha Rumors has hinted at. Things like the Cybershot HX1 which is really in need of an upgrade now. It will most likely have a bigger zoom, Exmor R sensor, AVCHD video with 3D Sweep Panoramic. While we dont expect a new NEX camera just yet we really are holding thumbs on the announcement at long last of the Alpha 700 replacement, be it the A77 or what ever they want to call it.

Its a given to expect some consumer 3D video cameras but what would be very cool is a 3D Bloggie.

Lastly, we expect some kind of light shedding on the high end camera front from Nikon and Canon. We know of some people going over to CES by invitation of at least one of these two brands which leads us to believe that there is more than some new Powershots bwing launched. Oops, does that give away who it is?


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Have you registered?

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Jan 192010


Have you registered as a user on PhotoComment? Have you subscribed to receive updates from our website?

Malcolm of Johannessburg registered on our site and automatically qualified for an entry into our first website comeptition. He is now the proud owner of an Olympus FE-4000 Compact Digital Camera. Congratulations Malcolm!

Register now to automatically qualify for some of our website based competitions.  You can be sure that we will have many more.

Competitions on photocomment.net are currently only open to residents of South Africa.

Posted by Greg W - Admin at 1:00 pm

Service Interuptions

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Aug 282009


A very big apology to all our readers, we are in the process of improving PhotoComments Website. Check back regularly to see the changes take place.

We apologise that the site has been down for the past 2 days, We will endevour to keep the site ’live’ while we iron out the last few kinks of the switch over.

If you were previously registered on the old photocomment site, you should receive an email with your new temporary password, if you have not received it, please contact admin, or try to register again.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

All the best

PhotoComment Team


Posted by Greg W - Admin at 5:03 am

New Canon EOS 500D with HD Video

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Mar 252009


Canon has announced a new digital SLR in the form of the Canon EOS 500D. The new camera offers consumers and new SLR buyers a 15.1 MP APS-C size CMOS sensor, 3.0 inch 920,000 pixel LCD screen, ISO sensitivity to 12800 and with the inclusion of the recently launched DIGIC 4 processor the new EOS 500D can record video at full 1080P HD. The question now left to be asked is how long till the EOS 50D is replaced with something that shoots video?

15.1 Megapixels and Full HD – tell the full story with the EOS 500D

Telling the full story often means finding an extra angle on your subject. With 15.1 Megapixels and Full HD video capability, the EOS 500D is a digital SLR for those who want to capture more than one side to life’s significant moments.

A resolution of 15.1 Megapixels records each moment in rich, intricate detail, ready to turn into poster-size prints or crop to perfection. When light levels fall, an ISO range of up to 3200 – expandable all the way up to 12800 – lets you carry on shooting in the darkest of conditions, while Canon’s DIGIC 4 processing ensures that noise doesn’t spoil images. This is particularly ideal for when you can’t, or don’t want to, use flash.

Alternatively, switch to Movie mode and record events as they unfold. Capture every last detail of a wedding, a day out with friends or your baby’s first steps by shooting in stunning Full HD (1080P), then simply connect via HDMI to any HDTV to watch the results. For times when the action just won’t stop, a choice of 720P and VGA resolutions allows you to shoot and store longer movies on your memory card.

The EOS 500D’s high resolution 3.0” ClearView LCD screen enables detailed checks on stills and video footage in playback mode; or shooting from awkward angles using the high quality, real-time feed provided by Live View mode.

As part of the EOS system, the EOS 500D delivers full compatibility with Canon’s world-leading range of lenses and accessories; this is complimented by Canon’s free, powerful imaging software. A new flash, the Speedlite 270EX, offers a powerful addition to any EOS 500D photographer’s kitbag.

Features at a glance:

* 15.1 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
* Full HD movie recording with HDMI connection
* ISO 100-3200 (expandable to 12800)
* 3.4 frames per second
* 3.0” ClearView VGA resolution LCD with Live View mode
* 9-point wide area AF
* DIGIC 4 processor
* EOS Integrated Cleaning System


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