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		<title>Sony NEX-7: First Impressions</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2011/12/26/sony-nex-7-first-impressions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony has finally started shipping its NEX-7 compact system camera. Not being one of the big fish, I got mine the old fashioned way: I got on a waiting list and waited. Patience paid off and I was graced with a UPS box a week ago containing a Sony NEX-7 body and a spare battery. No lens. I am still waiting for this to arrive. Fortunately, I had planned for this and acquired a couple of lens adapters allowing me to fit legacy glass on my shiny new NEX-7. So while I wait for the Zeiss lens to appear on my doorstep, I shall write this first impression article based on legacy glass and my observations on how the camera and it&#8217;s files behave. Delays, delays&#8230; The floods in Thailand caused a lot of devastation for the locals as well as the corporations that housed their factories there. Originally scheduled for shipment on November 11, the cameras did not start showing up until the last week in December. Even then only in rarified numbers. Unbelievably, this delay did have a positive side. The delay allowed software makers to prepare their raw converters for the day when the camera arrived. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentax Q in the house!</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2011/12/06/pentax-q-in-the-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fedex truck just dropped off a Pentax Q. I will keep updating this article with images and thoughts as I put this pint-sized powerhouse through it&#8217;s paces.]]></description>
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		<title>News Roundup</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2011/05/05/news-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 04:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite busy this week, so I will present all of the news I have received here. Phase One Releases Capture One 6.2 Paul Waterworth named as Hasselblad’s new Global Photographer Relations Manager Leica Camera Announces Leica Akademie&#8217;s North American Debut Leica Camera at the New York Photo Festival Focal Press’ new Focus On series brings fundamental techniques and software know-how to beginning photographers Full releases after the jump. Phase One Releases Capture One 6.2 COPENHAGEN, April 28, 2011 — Phase One today released Capture One 6.2. An upgrade to the popular raw conversion and image editing software that supports both professional medium format systems and more than 170 different DSLR camera models, Capture One comprises a full digital workflow to produce beautifully detailed and richly rendered images. Capture One 6.2 adds camera support for Samsung, Fuji, Ricoh, Panasonic, Canon, Sony and Nikon and for Phase One IQ180, IQ160 and IQ140, including tethered support. Features and Enhancements &#8211; Local Adjustments (Local adjustment of saturation and clarity; Invert local adjustments mask; Copy local adjustments mask from other layer) &#8211; Auto sync of XMP metadata (sidecars only) &#8211; Additional camera controls for Canon and Nikon &#8211; Improved OpenCL and 64 bit performance Camera [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hands on with the Phase One IQ180</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2011/03/23/hands-on-with-the-phase-one-iq180/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Phase One IQ Road Show made a stop here in Miami, FL and I was able to attend, sampling the latest in high-end camera goodness from Phase One: the IQ180 digital back. Big thanks to Phase One and Capture Integration for having the roadshow stop here and inviting me. The event was held on the 9th floor balcony of the Museum Tower in downtown Miami across the street from Bayfront Park. Capture Integration is located two floors up. The back was mounted on the Phase One 645 DF camera system, based on the Mamiya 645 DF. The model I handled also sported the V-Grip Air which, in addition to providing a nice vertical grip includes a remote trigger for Profoto Air lighting systems. The camera/lens + back + grip combination was surprisingly well balanced. The IQ180 sports an 80 megapixel sensor (as does the Leaf Aptus-II 12) which is astounding by itself, but the creamy goodness does not stop there. First and foremost is the amazing LCD display on the back of the unit: a wide format (3.2 inch), high resolution (1.15 Mpx), 16 million color touchscreen that rivals the Retina display found on Apple&#8217;s iPhone 4. The back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phase One Capture One Pro v6 Review</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2011/01/21/phase-one-capture-one-pro-v6-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phase One, Danish maker of medium format digital backs and cameras (with a little help from Mamiya), recently updated their flagship image processing application, Capture One, to Version 6. Phase One was one of the first camera makers to transform their image processing software package from a niche product that only supported their own brand to a general purpose image processing solution. Capture One comes in three flavors: DB &#8211; used exclusively for Phase One Digital Backs; Express &#8211; a basic edition; and Pro &#8211; a version geared for professionals and advanced amateurs who want all of the bells and whistles. You can see a feature comparison here. Phase One graciously provided me with a copy of Capture One Pro v6 for review. For the record, I have been drinking the Capture One Kool-Aid since version 3, so when Phase contacted me with an offer to review v6, I jumped at the chance. To be honest, I was squirreling away cash to pay for the upgrade when this came along so I consider myself very lucky. What&#8217;s New? Version 6 of Capture One brings a whole raft of new features and improvements making this powerful photo manipulation tool even more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Darkroom Essentials: Das Keyboard Professional and the Wacom Intuos4</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2010/11/15/digital-darkroom-essentials-das-keyboard-professional-and-the-wacom-intuos4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When one sets out to create a digital darkroom for themselves, either professionally or otherwise, great care and research almost always goes into selecting the best monitor, the best colorimeter, the best computer, the best mouse, heck, even the desk and chair gets some attention. Workflow articles always focus on the input from one&#8217;s camera into the computer and then out to the printer, but this misses the point. There is another vitally important part of the workflow whose input needs should the be considered: the photographer. Human Interface Devices (HID) is the fancy term for gizmos that allow you, the user, to interact directly with the computer. Since we all don&#8217;t have access to Johnny Mnemonic&#8217;s wetware interface, Tony Stark&#8217;s awesome 3D displays or Flynn&#8217;s molecular digitization system we have to do it the old-fashined way: with a keyboard and a pointing device. Enter the subjects of today&#8217;s literary offering: The Das Keyboard Professional S and the Wacom Intuos4 Pen Tablet. [DISCLAIMER: Both Das Keyboard and Wacom sent units for evaluation. I was not compensated in any way other than to be allowed to keep the review samples.] PART 1: DAS KEYBOARD PROFESSIONAL Your Daddy&#8217;s Keyboard (sort of) The Das [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Really Right Stuff BM9-B Grip Plate Review</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2010/10/02/really-right-stuff-bm9-b-grip-plate-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 23:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Really Right Stuff, purveyors of fine camera accessories, have recently added a new product for the Leica M digital rangefinders. The BM9 is a version of their famous L-plates that allows cameras to be mounted on a tripod (using any Arca Swiss style clamp) in either the horizontal (landscape) or vertical (portrait) orientation without having to tilt the tripod head over 90o, forcing the photographer to have to completely recompose the shot and altering the center of gravity of the tripod. The BM9 is actually much more than an L-plate. It is a system that allows for custom combinations to suit the needs of any photographer. Consisting of a Base Plate, an L-bracket, and a Grip, the BM9-B stylishly adds multiple mounting options to Leica digital M cameras while shoring up handhold-ability for folks with large mitts (like yours truly). [DISCLAIMER] The BM9-B Set was provided to me by Really Right Stuff for me to review. [/DISCLAIMER]   Appearance The BM9-B is only available in an anodized black finish. This might irk owners of chrome Leica M8&#8242;s or steel paint M9&#8242;s, but to be honest, the finish is so rugged and durable, it&#8217;s worth the minor color mismatch. Heck, just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mamiya DM28 Review over at Mil-Leica</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2010/08/06/mamiya-dm28-review-over-at-mil-leica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troy Freund got his hands on a Mamiya DM28 to play with (lucky bastard). He has posted a review on his blog, Mil-Leica. The review pulls no punches. As expected, moving to medium format digital from a DSLR requires changes in the way you do things, but when you get it, the results are spectacular.]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling with the Leica Wide Angle Tri-Elmar</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2010/06/15/traveling-with-the-leica-wide-angle-tri-elmar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leica is world renowned for the quality of their lenses. Unmatched optical design coupled with exotic glass,  produces lenses that are head and shoulders above anything else in the 35 mm market today.  Leica&#8217;s M-system rangefinders are no exception. However, due to the mechanical nature of the M-rangefinder, zoom lenses are not possible. This did not deter Leica&#8217;s engineers from creating multi-focal length lenses for this platform. The first such lens, the Tri-Elmar, was introduced in 1998 and sported three distinct focal lengths in one lens: 28, 35, and 50 mm, all at f/4. The lens was a mechanical marvel. In September 2006, Leica announced the Wide Angle Tri-Elmar (also known as the WATE) which covered focal lengths of 16, 18 &#38; 21 mm. It was intended for the Leica M8, the first digital M camera which sported a 1.33x cropped sensor, making the effective focal lengths of the lens approximately 21, 24, and 28 mm. I recently took a trip to London and Paris and Leica USA was kind enough to loan me this $6000 lens and its attendant Universal Finder. I also packed my Nikon D700 kit as well and will now report on my experiences with carrying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leica M9: Old School Digital</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2010/03/05/leica-m9-old-school-digital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, on September 9, 2009 (09/09/09), Leica Camera surprised everyone by unveiling their second generation digital M rangefinder camera, the Leica M9. The photographic world was pleasantly surprised that Leica, who had vehemently denied the development of a new digital rangefinder, managed to pull this rabbit out of the hat. Background Leica&#8217;s first attempt at a digital M rangefinder, the Leica M8, met with some success but was not without it&#8217;s issues. The sensor&#8217;s lack of an AA filter, while increasing overall image sharpness, required the use of IR cut filters mounted on the lenses. To not do so often meant that images of black synthetics would take on a magenta cast that could not be corrected in post-production. The Leica faithful raised such a ruckus that Leica obliged them and shipped two IR cut filters for free to anyone who purchased a Leica M8. Still, the filter requirement raised the hackles of many a photographer. Next was the crop factor of 1.33x that Leica engineers said was necessary in order to maintain compatibility with the majority of M lenses made since 1954. Many wide-angle shooters were displeased by this. Others were put off by the initial 2GB storage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voigtlander Color-Skopar 20mm/3.5 Aspherical SLII Review</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2010/02/02/cv-color-skopar-20mm-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, Cosina's Voigtlander division introduced a new lens in it's SL II lineup. This tack-sharp 20mm wide angle lens produces stunning results and is a very good addition to any enthusiast's lens collection.]]></description>
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		<title>David Farkas Photography Blog &#8211; Leica S2 Review</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/11/11/david-farkas-s2-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leica dealer, Leica Fanatic, and good buddy David Farkas has posted his extended Leica S2 System Review based on his trip to Leica High Command (at their invitation). Read on and enjoy a well thought out and comprehensive review. Link]]></description>
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		<title>OpenACircle: Online Collaboration + Social Networking</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/11/03/openacircle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OpenACircle is an online collaboration and social networking site aimed at providing home-based and small-to-medium businesses with an affordable means to collaborate over the web. I was asked by them to review their service offerings. I am being compensated (slightly) for my efforts. Using the concept of circles, OpenACircle seeks to combine social networking, desktop &#038; file sharing and video conferencing into a simple, affordable service. I signed up for the free account (which is more than enough for most home users) and after filling out my profile, I was present with several dialog boxes to invite all of my contacts to join — a la Facebook. Afterwards, I was presented with my dashboard which includes such sundry items as an event calendar connection/circle statistics meeting scheduler a document management system (including public and private &#8220;vaults&#8221;) a messaging inbox The usual trappings of an online collaboration suite mashed up with social networking. Think Go to My Meeting meets LinkedIn and you will have a pretty good idea of what is going on here. The software itself is Java based. You will need to install the latest JRE from java.sun.com in order to run it. Oddly enough, the system does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backing up your photos &#8211; a guide for photographers</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/10/19/backing-up-your-photos-a-guide-for-photographers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the marvels of digital photography is the fact that taking photos no longer requires an investment of cash every single time you want to see how your photos turned out. One thing I tell my students all the time: TAKE PHOTOS! With digital, there is no recurring cost to practice. This will lead you to taking seventy-seven bazillion photos and having to store them all somewhere. Now, there are entire books dedicated to the subject of digital asset management, but in this article, I am going to talk about the most potentially expensive one: backups.Back in the film-only days, asset management meant having a good secure (fireproof) filing cabinet and some form of catalog to keep track of what photo was on what strip of film. The advent of personal computers allowed for the digitization of this information (via film scanners) and backups onto some form of durable media. Nowadays, we usually skip the whole film scanning step (unless that is your thing) and go straight to storing images on our computers and backing up from there. The problem is that we are usually pretty bad about keeping up this sort of discipline unless you are massively Type-A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animoto Rides Again &#8211; v2 iPhone App Rocks!</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/06/23/animoto-rides-again-v2-iphone-app-rocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last October I attended the Photo Plus Expo in NYC (coverage here) and there had the opportunity to talk to The Animoto Guys. There I was introduced to one of the most amazing Web 2.0 applications I have ever seen &#8211; Animoto. For the uninitiated, Animoto allows you to produce stunning, one-of-a-kind, professional-grade music video style slideshows. Simply upload your photos (or link to one of several online galleries), place them in the order you wish, select (or upload) a soundtrack, and click &#8220;Render&#8221;. Animoto does the rest &#8211; literally. All heavy lifting is performed by Animoto&#8217;s servers. Here one I whipped up using photos from the show: Since the Animoto Guys are so in-tune with current tech trends, an iPhone app was inevitable. The first iteration was OK, allowing you to create videos from the iPhone, but it had some significant shortcomings, the least of which was not being able to sync to an existing Animoto account. Version 2 of the iPhone app hit the App Store last night and the shortcomings have been addressed. Now able to completely sync with existing accounts (even full commercial accounts, like mine), V2 has truly become a portable front-end to this powerhouse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colormunki Photo Review</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2009/06/09/colormunki-photo-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the questions I often hear from my photography students is &#8220;Why does my photo look fine on the screen, but the colors are all wrong when I print it?&#8221; The moment you ask that question (even to yourself), you have crossed over into the Twilight Zone known as colorspace management. In a nutshell, the colors your camera sees may be more or less than what your computer can see/process which may be more or less than what your printer can print. Simple, right? Without going into a full blown discussion of this topic, I will go so far as to say that once you have come to this bump in the road, it&#8217;s time to go shopping for a colorimeter. A colorimeter is a device that measures the color output of your display (and in some cases, printers) and produces a color profile that is then installed in your computer&#8217;s operating system (Windows and Mac both support this) where colorspace-aware applications (like Photoshop) can then accurately map the colors from one device to the next making sure that what you see is truly what you get. In this first installment, I got to spend a considerable amount of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cosina Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f2 SL II Review</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/08/02/cosina-voigtlander-ultron-40mm-f2-sl-ii-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cosina Voigtlander (CV) is a japanese camera maker that specializes in 35mm film rangefinder cameras. They also make their own lenses and are quite good at it since Cosina is the manufacturing partner of Carl Zeiss, AG. While the lion&#8217;s share of lenses they make are for Leica Thread Mount (LTM) and Leica M-mount, they do make a few SLR lenses in Nikon F and Pentax KA mounts. Today I present to you the CV Ultron 40mm f2 SL II. Specs Two surface Aspherical Element lens for maximum correction CPUs for metering compatibility with Nikon or Pentax digital SLRs Compact Pancake lens extends only 24.5mm from lens mount (Nikon AIS) Six elements in five optical groups 9 Aperture blades Size 200 grams, 63mm diameter, 24.5 length from lens mount (AIS) Filter size 52mm Close Up to .45 meter (1:7) without close up, close up range of .38 to .25 meter (1:4) with close up lens Angle of view with film 57 degrees Smallest aperture f/22 Included with the lens is the dome shape lens hood and the close up lens. Features The CV Ultron 40mm is a pancake lens, very short and compact by design. Made completely out of metal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nikon D300: First Impressions</title>
		<link>http://www.echenique.com/index.php/2008/05/29/nikon-d300-first-impressions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 05:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Echenique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nikon,D300,Review On August 23, 2007 Nikon introduced two new pro-level cameras: the top-of-the-line D3 and the more modestly priced D300. Both cameras offer weather-sealed bodies, 12.3 Mpix sensors, high-speed photography, 51-point autofocus, 1,005 point exposure sensor but the D300 offers all this in a small body form-factor with a DX sensor (1.5x EFOV) for only $1,799 USD. I was a lifelong Canon shooter. My first Canon was an AE-1. I then moved up to a T90 which served me well for many years. I traded in my beloved T90 for an EOS 10S, my first autofocus SLR. Later I purchased a Canon EOS D60 and then sold it to get a Canon EOS 1D Mk II. Canon&#8217;s digital offerings were fine cameras but I found that the photos taken by even a pro level camera like the EOS 1D Mk II required lots of massaging to get to a final form. Then, through my other websites (PlanetAMD64 &#38; PlanetX64), I was offered a chance to try out a Nikon D40x as part of a &#8220;Ready for Windows Vista&#8221; campaign. The Nikon D40x is an entry level DSLR recently superceded by the Nikon D60. Still, it is an excellent little camera. [...]]]></description>
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