Nikon D4 First Camera to Support XQD Memory
By Jim Fisher The recently announced Nikon D4 D-SLR will be the first camera to use the new XQD memory card standard. XQD is the successor to CompactFlash, which has long been the standard for use in professional cameras. CompactFlash is an aging …
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Sigma Corporation of America Announces the Passing of Michihiro Yamaki
To this end, he grew the family-owned organization into a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of lenses, cameras and flashes. The company is now known as the largest, independent SLR lens manufacturer in the world, …
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Amateurs turning professional photographers?
A year ago, on a gloomy winter morning just before dawn, a 35-year-old man stumbled through the ravines in a jungle in Jharkhand, carrying nothing but a lantern and a DSLR camera. When he got to the Maitron Dam, he knelt at the edge, whipped out his …
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