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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

ProgRes® Digital Microscope Camera

ProgRes® Digital Microscope Camera

microscope camera ProgResĀ® Microscope with a ProgRes® camera
A digital microscope camera of the ProgRes®-family is based on decades of experience in development and production of high-end solutions for digital imaging.
The integration of a ProgRes® microscope camera into the laboratory is easy. The ProgRes® microscope camera connects via C-mount to the microscope. The connection to the computer is done via Firewire.
For all contrast methods in light microscopy you find a suitable model out of the ProgRes® microscope camera family at best price-performance-ratio.

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Essential:

Life Science

Reproducibility and sensitivity are the important requirements to a digital Microscope camera in life science applications. For fluorescence imaging we offer three monochrome microscope camera models:
ProgRes® MF
ProgRes® MFcool
ProgRes® MFscan
If you look for a sensitive color microscope camera, you will find a wide range of cameras at the ProgRes® microscope camera family. ProgRes® CF,
ProgRes® CFcool,
ProgRes® CFscan
ProgRes® C14plus.

Relevant:

Material Science

A microscope with a ProgRes® microscope camera is an absolutely reliable and productive working place, easy to use, and delivering images with very high quality. To capture color images in excellent quality using a microscope in Material science we recommend a camera out of the following list:
ProgRes® CT3
ProgRes® C3
ProgRes® C5
ProgRes® CF
ProgRes® CFcool
ProgRes® CFscan
ProgRes® C14plus

Flexible:

Macroscopy

Very high resolution and flexibility are required from a digital camera used in stereo microscopy and macroscopy. With the Macro-Photography workstation, consisting of a copystand, a macro zoom lens, a foot switch, and a ProgRes® microscope camera, you document your objects fast, precise and reliable. The Macro-Photography workstation can be equipped with any ProgRes® microscope camera. Please look up your best-suited model out of the ProgRes® microscope camera family.

The ProgRes® microscope camera family offers the right camera for all contrast methods in light microscopy or macro-photography.

In applications, where exact reproduction of colors is the first priority, ProgRes® offers camera models with finest details, because every color channel is digitized in 14 Bits.

With the help of the patented "color-co-site-sampling" used in ProgRes® C14plus a real color image is generated without any interpolation and moire effect.

Experience for years in using color sensors and the exact adjustment of the ProgRes® camera to the microscope guarantee that your ProgRes® camera delivers images with absolutely natural colors.

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of images only make sense, if microscope and camera provide absolutely reproducible and high-quality images. And exactly this distinguishes a microscope with ProgRes® camera.

High-grade electronics of a ProgRes® microscope camera and analog gain guarantee digital images at a very low noise level, even at low light conditions and with long exposure times.

Depending on your requirements you choose a ProgRes® microscope camera with monochrome sensor or with color sensor.

Especially when long exposure times are needed, we recommend a cooled microscope camera. Cooling in the CF- and MF-series uses a Peltier element and a heat sink. The sensor is integrated into a capsule which is hermetically sealed and nitrogen flushed.

An important prerequisite for productive work with a digital microscope camera is a fast live image. A microscope with a ProgRes® camera can be set up fast and precisely thanks to the fast live image. In addition ProgRes® CapturePro software supports your setup of microscope and camera in many cases e.g. with a focus tool, by selecting the correct exposure time automatically, or with calibration data for your microscope.

All parameters for taking an image are stored, hence you can capture your images with exactly the same parameters again and again. This makes your reports, generated with a ProgRes® microscope camera, absolutely comparable.

The high resolution of a ProgRes® camera in combination with the very good lense of the Macro-workstation, delivers digital images at the level of stereo-microscope.
The image capture software ProgRes® CapturePro supports you again with lots of features like rotated live image, a continuously adjusted exposure time, or with displaying a scale bar and measurement values.
The capture is done easily by pressing the foot switch. This keeps your head and hands free and let you fully concentrate on your macro-photographic task.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Digital cameras

Digital cameras

Reviews and advice on digital cameras, dSLRs, lenses, camera accessories, and more.

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Latest digital camera reviews and advice

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The Canon EOS Rebel XS joins the ranks of digital SLR cameras that can be had for a song--to the tune of $750 or less, with lens. Read more


Wednesday, November 12, 2008

LEICA M8 and M8.2


LEICA M8 - The First Classic of Digital Photography

The LEICA M8 doesn't only look like an M - it utilises all the benefits of the analog Leica M system for sophisticated and creative digital photography. It is the only digital camera for enthusiasts and professionals alike to incorporate the rangefinder system with its advantages of discreet and quiet operation, speed and precision. Full compatibility with nearly all M lenses means that their unique imaging performance is available for digital photography, too. The CCD image sensor has been specifically matched to the compact lens design to guarantee superlative photographic quality. The controls and functions of the digital M still concentrate on the essentials.

Exceptional performance in every detail

For Leica, image quality is not only a byword, but a value attained by optimising all the links in the performance chain: Leica's high performance M lenses, now performing even better in the digital system with the 6-bit coding. The low-noise CCD sensor with a resolution of 10.3 megapixels, which is specifically matched to the extreme requirements of the high-resolution M lenses. The future-guaranteed raw data format (DNG) and the new raw data converter Capture One4, acknowledged as the best. It is this combination of these high-quality individual components that ensures the best image quality.

Concentration on the exposure. Not on the controls.

By concentrating on the essentials, the camera's operation is simple and intuitive. The LEICA M8 deliberately dispenses with multifunction keys and nested menus. All the main settings are in clearly structured menus on the bright 2.5" display. For detailed quality control whilst "on location", RGB histogram and clipping warning can be used on even the finest details of the subject.

LEICA M8.2 - The Evolution of the Digital Rangefinder Camera

The new LEICA M8.2 is a significant development of the digital rangefinder camera for professionals, M8. Where important attributes of LEICA M8 such as discretion, intuitive work and robustness have been further improved.

Even more intuitive operation

The new snapshot mode "S" can be particularly useful in tight reportage conditions. It will also appeal to all those who want good results right away without knowing a lot about photography. If the shutter speed dial is turned to the new "S" setting, the camera controls all the key features automatically, such as automatic exposure (aperture priority), automatic ISO speed setting and automatic white balance. Another new feature is a quick override setting. For more precise framing at long distances, the bright-line frames in the viewfinder have been designed to handle larger framing areas.

Robustness & discretion

The new LEICA M8.2 is the very first professional digital camera to use an ultra scratch-resistant sapphire crystal as coverglass for the camera monitor. It is so hard that it can only be worked with special diamond tools. The camera also sports a new easy-grip and specially robust "vulcanite" finish.

Thanks to numerous detailed modifications, the noise and vibration of the shutter action have been audibly and noticeably reduced even further. The fastest shutter speed of the metal blade focal-plane shutter is 1/4000 s, and the flash sync speed is 1/180 s. To make the camera even more discreet in critical situations, the photographer may personally determine the suitable moment when the shutter is cocked.

The shutter comparison - You can hear it here:

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Compact and quick - New charger unit

The new compact charger unit is designed to take up a minimum of space in the photograper's bag and has a quick-charge function when charging the battery. The LED flashes yellow after about two hours when 80 percent of the charging capacity has been reached. This is already sufficient for about 400 exposures.

M8 Upgrade Service

A lot of the new features of the LEICA M8.2 can also be integrated to the LEICA M8: The scratchproof sapphire glass, a quieter shutter (excluding delayed cocking action) or the bright line frames which are matched for longer distances. You can find further information on this on our service pages .

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Photographic Headquarters Since 1899 - Our 109th Year

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Nikon D90 12.3 MP DX-Format SLR Body w/18-105mm DX VR Lens
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Nikon D40 Digital SLR w/ 18-55mm Lens Kit with FREE Binocular
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Nikon D60 Digital SLR w/18-55mm VR Zoom
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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Samsung confirms plans for new DSLR

Friday 10th October 2008

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Samsung GX-20/GX-30
Samsung has confirmed that the company is currently working on a new digital SLR. Speaking exclusively to WDC Editor Nigel Atherton at the company's worldwide headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Mr Young-Bae Kim, Samsung's Director of DSLR business, revealed that the new DSLR, the company's third, would be quite different to its previous models.


"The GX-20 was not very different in appearance to the GX10," he admitted, "but from the GX-20 to the next model will be a much bigger change."
He would not reveal any specific features, specifications or even the name of the new camera except that it would be smaller in size than its predecessors, and would be launched in the second half of 2009. Asked whether it would follow the new trend of incorporating HD Video capture, Mr Kim said:

“It is certainly something we will think about, but there is lots of homework to be done to overcome some of the limitations of the feature in existing models.” Samsung already incorporates HD video into many of its compact cameras.

Like its previous two DSLR models, the new DSLR will be a joint development with Pentax and Mr Kim reiterated the company's commitment to this partnership for the foreseeable future saying that, if anything, this relationship would 'expand'.

He did, however play down rumours that Samsung is developing a full-frame (35mm sized) sensor.
“I think we will be staying with the APS-C sensor for now, and developing it further. We believe that there is still much potential to improve the image quality from DSLRs using the existing APS-C sensor and it is very important to Samsung that we continue to do so.”

He admitted that there is still 'pixel competition' in the DSLR sector, with manufacturers striving to produce not only larger, full-frame sensors but higher pixel counts on smaller sensors, but he would not speculate on what he thought the maximum practicable pixel count might be for an APS-C sensor, or give any indication as to how many megapixels the new DSLR would have.

News of a forthcoming DSLR comes in the wake of the announcement that Samsung is working on a new 'Hybrid' camera system to rival Micro Four-Thirds, which will feature interchangeable lenses and an APS-C sensor, but an Electronic Viewfinder instead of a reflex mirror and prism (thus enabling a much smaller body). Mr Kim was not able to reveal any more details of this system, or whether its first Hybrid camera would look more like the DSLR-style Panasonic Lumix G1 or the rangefinder style Olympus prototype shown at Photokina. He said they would observe consumers' response to these two products with interest.

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Sunday, October 19, 2008

High-resolution Live View Finder and Free-angle 3-inch 3:2 460,000-dot LCD

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High-resolution Live View Finder and Free-angle 3-inch 3:2 460,000-dot LCD
Panasonic Lumix DCM-G1 interchangeable lens digital camera highlights
A large, clear, easy-to-see LCD, that rotates 180 degrees horizontally and 270 degrees vertically is upgraded both in size and resolution to be 3.0-inch with 460,000-dot high resolution to offer even more comfortable view for both monitoring when shooting and for playing back the results. Extraordinary 3:2 aspect of the LCD on DMC-G1 is familiar to those who are used to analog film cameras. The G1 is designed for easy viewing, no matter where your photographic pursuits take you. When the lighting around you changes, the LCD changes too. The Auto Power LCD function automatically boosts brightness by as much as 40 percent, depending on the shooting condition. The LCD monitor remains easy to see at all times. This helps make framing a shot with Full-time Live View even easier.

The DMC-G1's Live View Finder has the large 1.4x (0.7x on 35mm equiv.) magnification and the 100-percent field of view as the optical viewfinders on high-end digital SLR cameras. This, plus the 1,440,000-dot equivalent resolution, makes it easy to shoot the exact image the camera sees. Surprisingly, when you look into the viewfinder, a sensor automatically turns the Live View Finder on and the LCD off. You enjoy smoother, easier shooting without having to switch the setting of display.

Full-time Live View and Contrast AF

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Full-time Live View and Contrast AF
With the G1 users enjoy the advantages of Full-time Live View not only when viewing the LCD, but when using the electronic viewfinder too. The G1's viewfinder system retains the outstanding viewability of an optical viewfinder and can also display information about camera settings that the user can see without taking his or her eye from the subject. This is one of the ways Full-time Live View uses digital technology to give the photographer useful new features and functions. In addition to a mirror-less structure, the G1 features a high-resolution 1,440,000-dot equivalent Live View Finder.
Panasonic Lumix DCM-G1 interchangeable lens digital camera highlights

A clever built-in eye sensor automatically switches on the viewfinder when the user looks into it, then switches it off and turns on the 3.0-inch high-resolution 460,000-dot LCD (which boasts a wide viewing angle) when the user looks away from the viewfinder. The 60-frames-per-second Live View is made possible by the Live MOS sensor, which takes signals directly from the image sensor and sends them continuously to the LCD, in real time. You can use either auto focus or manual focus while using the Full-time Live View.

Both the Live View Finder and LCD provide a 100 percent field of view. This allows the user, when composing a shot, to check the framing accurately from corner to corner.

The G1 introduces a new Contrast AF function that is not only accurate and easy to use, but also very fast. Users can choose from a wide range of AF modes, including multiple-area AF with up to 23 focus areas, 1-area AF with a selectable focus area, Face Detection, and AF Tracking. In the 1-area AF mode, the AF frame size can be changed by simply turning a dial. The G1 also has a Quick AF function that begins focusing as soon as the user aims the camera--no waiting for him or her to press the shutter button halfway. This provides a quicker focusing that can help capture the subject before the crucial moment passes. Continuous AF keeps the subject in focus at all times. With the G1's many auto focus modes, there's an option that's just right for any shooting situation.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 12.1MP Interchangeable Lens Camera with Lumix G Vario 14 - 45 mm F3.5 - F5.6 ASPH.Mega OIS Lens (Red)

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Monday, October 13, 2008

3.0-inch Clear View LCD

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3.0-inch Clear View LCD The EOS 50D features a bright, high resolution, 3.0-inch Clear View LCD monitor with 920,000 (dots/VGA) pixels and a broad viewing angle of 160 degrees horizontally and vertically. It offers a brighter and more detailed display than the EOS 40D, includes a new smudge-resistant coating, and is perfect for accessing camera settings like ISO, Metering modes AF Point selection and flash options. Plus, it’s superb for reviewing, editing and deleting photos or composing new images in Live View Function.

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Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Lens

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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Nikon D60 10.2-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera & 18-55mm Lens - Black

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Sony alpha DSLR-A700K12.2-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera & 18-70mm Lens - Black

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X10's Wireless Security Camera - we keep an eye on America!


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If you've been looking for a surveillance solution with all the great features you need at a reasonable price, look no further. The XCam2 gives you crystal-clear, vivid color video, and takes only minutes to set up! The best part? It's totally wireless! All you need is a power outlet, and the camera will send the video up to 100 feet through walls and floors to your TV!

It's the perfect solution to keep an eye on your home or small business! Plus, it is weather-resistant, so you can mount it indoors or out! Keep an eye on your children playing in the back yard. Watch over your car parked in the driveway. Mount it over the cash register to make sure your employees are staying honest. The uses are endless!


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ikon D700 Review

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ikon D700 Review
Lars Rehm & Simon Joinson, October 2008

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Review based on a production Nikon D700

The introduction of Nikon's new D700 may have been one of the worst kept secrets in an industry with more leaks than the Titanic, but it was still something of a surprise coming so hot on the heels of the D3 and D300. Essentially a D3 shrunk down and squeezed into a body roughly the same size as a D300, the D700 is Nikon's first 'compact' professional SLR, and in its segment of the market will compete with the recently announced Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Sony DSLR-A900.

The imaging side of the D700 is pretty much the same as the D3; it shares the acclaimed 12.1MP full frame ('FX') sensor and has the same processing engine, so we would presume output to be almost identical. The main differences (aside from being considerably smaller) are physical; there's a different shutter (good for 150,000 exposures rather than 300,000 on the D3), different viewfinder prism (with 95% coverage) and a slower burst rate. You also lose the rear LCD info panel (there's no room for it) and one of the D3's two CF card slots, but you do get a couple of extra features to soften the blow slightly; most notably a self-cleaning sensor and a built-in flash. We'll look a little more in-depth at the differences between the D3 and D700 in a moment.

The D700 joins the D3 as a fully-fledged 'professional' model; it has the same tank-like build quality (though we're sure the pop-up flash will cause a few raised eyebrows), and gets you the full pro service from Nikon. And the pricing (around $2999) reflects this; anyone hoping for an 'affordable' semi-pro full frame Nikon SLR will have to wait until the cost of producing such large sensors falls considerably.

Nikon D700 Key Features

  • 12.1 megapixel full-frame sensor (8.45µm pixel pitch)
  • Image Sensor Cleaning (vibration) *
  • ISO 200 - 6400 (with boost up to ISO 25600 and down to ISO 100)
  • Also supports DX lenses, viewfinder automatically masks (5.1 megapixels with DX lens)
  • 14-bit A/D conversion, 12 channel readout
  • Same ultra-fast startup and shutter lag as D3
  • Nikon EXPEED image processor (Capture NX processing and NR algorithms, lower power)
  • New Kevlar / carbon fibre composite shutter with 150,000 exposure durability *
  • Multi-CAM3500FX Auto Focus sensor (51-point, 15 cross-type, more vertical coverage)
  • Auto-focus tracking by color (using information from 1005-pixel AE sensor)
  • 95% coverage, 0.72x magnification viewfinder *
  • Auto-focus calibration (fine-tuning), fixed body or up to 20 separate lens settings
  • Scene Recognition System (uses AE sensor, AF sensor)
  • Picture Control image parameter presets
  • 5 frames per second continuous with auto-focus tracking*
  • Optional MB-D10 Battery Pack (same as D300), increases burst rate to 8 fps *
  • UDMA compatible single CF card slot *
  • 3.0" 922,000 pixel LCD monitor
  • Live View with either phase detect (mirror up/down) or contrast detect Auto Focus
  • Virtual horizon indicates if camera is level (like an aircraft cockpit display)
  • HDMI HD video output
  • 'Active D-Lighting' (adjusts metering as well as applying D-Lighting curve)
  • Detailed 'Control Panel' type display on LCD monitor, changes color in darkness
  • Magnesium alloy body with connections and buttons sealed against moisture
  • Improved Info display on main screen *

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Canon EOS 40D Highlights


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Enhanced Durability Recognizing the often rigorous shooting conditions encountered by professional and advanced amateur photographers, Canon design engineers made the EOS 40D SLR's magnesium alloy exterior even more ruggedly dependable than its predecessors with upgraded dust- and weather-resistant construction, particularly around the camera's connection ports, battery compartment, and single-slot compact flash (CF) memory card door. Should the user inadvertently open the compact flash card door while the camera is writing to the card, a warning will pop up on the LCD screen and an open door "alarm" will sound, but the image(s) will continue writing to the memory card without interruption. The EOS 40D SLR also retains many of the outstanding features of the EOS 30D model, such as its fast 0.15-second initial start-up, its extremely durable shutter (rated up to 100,000 cycles), its top shutter speed of 1/8000 second, and 1/250 maximum X-sync flash shutter speed setting.
Improved Image Quality Although it is based on the image sensor used in the EOS Digital Rebel XTi, the EOS 40D Digital SLR's 10.1-megapixel CMOS APS-C size image sensor has been significantly improved thanks to the use of larger microlenses over each pixel to reduce noise and expand sensitivity up to ISO 3200. The EOS 40D retains the model 30D camera's 1.6x focal length conversion factor (compared to full-frame digital image sensors or 35mm film) and is compatible with the full line-up of Canon EF lenses as well as the Company's expanding selection of high-quality, affordable EF-S lenses created specifically for Canon digital SLRs with APS-C size image sensors.

Adding to the improved virtuosity of the images captured by the EOS 40D SLR is the camera's 14-bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) conversion process. Able to recognize 16,384 colors per channel (four times the number of colors recognized by the EOS 30D SLR's 12-bit conversion capability), the EOS 40D camera is able to produce images with finer and more accurate gradations of tones and colors. The EOS 40D also incorporates the optional Highlight Tone Priority and High-ISO Noise Reduction functions first introduced earlier this year with the EOS-1D Mark III Professional Digital SLR.

DIGIC III DIGIC III is the latest generation of Canon's proprietary image processing engine. DIGIC III technology ensures that the fine details and natural colors of the images are optimally recorded and, as an added bonus, is also responsible for the EOS 40D SLR's high-speed performance, faster signal processing, and even its efficient energy consumption.

sRAW In addition to retaining the RAW image capture capabilities of its predecessors, the EOS 40D SLR now offers a more manageable "sRAW" recording format. In sRAW mode, the number of pixels is reduced to one-fourth that of a standard RAW image and the file size is cut in half, while retaining all of the flexibility and creative possibilities associated with full-size, conventional RAW images.

Canon EOS 40D Highlights

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Enhanced Durability Recognizing the often rigorous shooting conditions encountered by professional and advanced amateur photographers, Canon design engineers made the EOS 40D SLR's magnesium alloy exterior even more ruggedly dependable than its predecessors with upgraded dust- and weather-resistant construction, particularly around the camera's connection ports, battery compartment, and single-slot compact flash (CF) memory card door. Should the user inadvertently open the compact flash card door while the camera is writing to the card, a warning will pop up on the LCD screen and an open door "alarm" will sound, but the image(s) will continue writing to the memory card without interruption. The EOS 40D SLR also retains many of the outstanding features of the EOS 30D model, such as its fast 0.15-second initial start-up, its extremely durable shutter (rated up to 100,000 cycles), its top shutter speed of 1/8000 second, and 1/250 maximum X-sync flash shutter speed setting.

Canon EOS 40D Highlights

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Display's the Thing The most easily visible upgrade on the EOS 40D Digital SLR is the camera's larger 3.0-inch LCD screen (compared with the EOS 30D's 2.5-inch monitor). Still, size is only the beginning of the difference between these two cameras' displays. In order to increase viewing ease in outdoor conditions such as bright sunlight, Canon raised the brightness level of the EOS 40D camera's 230,000-pixel LCD screen, broadened the color gamut, and narrowed the viewing angle from 170 degrees to a still wide 140-degree perspective in all directions. An added advantage of the larger-sized display is the ability to use a larger font size for text, making it easier to read setting and menu options on the screen. The camera's menu is organized in the same tabbed format as the EOS-1D Mark III Digital SLR.

Canon extends its "ease-of-reading" policy to the EOS 40D SLR's viewfinder as well. The upgraded viewfinder increases optical magnification from 0.90x to 0.95x, expands the viewing angle from 251 degrees to 264 degrees and raises the eye point from 20mm to 22mm.

Canon EOS 40D 10.1MP Digital SLR



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Canon EOS 40D 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Lens

Fresh for Photokina: Next-Gen DSLRs and More

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Bell+Howell 10.0 Mega Pixel Camera (Digital Zoom)

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Friday, September 12, 2008

Nikon D40 Digital Camera


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Nikon D40 Digital Camera

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Olympus SP-550 Ultra Zoom Digital Camera


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Olympus EVOLT E-510 Digital Camera

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T200 Digital Camera

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