Bitcoveractie: de winnaars
27/10/2011 09:49 Je kunt aan de cover van Bit 189 zien wie de winnaar is van de Bit coveractie. Het is de foto van Nynke Kouwenhoven, ‘Wytske en Nelis’. Nynke wint behalve haar foto op de cover van Bit ook nog eens de nieuwste Nikon D3100 digitale spiegelreflexcamera met een 18-55mm VR lens ter waarde [...]
Pentax Q Review & Rating
Pentax has never been a company to do things in a typical way. It marketed some very fine SLR lenses in oddball 31mm, 43mm, and 77mm focal lengths, and released its K-x D-SLR ($599.95, 4 stars) in a rainbow of colors. its first mirrorless compact camera, the 12-megapixel Pentax Q ($799.95 direct with 8.5mm lens) [...]
Best Buy Black Friday Deals: TVs, Cameras, PCs, and More
Best Buy’s Black Friday circular was leaked online on Friday, offering some of the best TV and PC deals we’ve seen so far for ambitious midnight shoppers. Notably, you can grab a Sharp 42-inch 1080p LCD HDTV for only $200 instead of $800. elsewhere on the TV front, Best Buy will have deals for Samsung, [...]
Pros and cons of Micro 4/3 digital cameras
Q: I just heard about the new Micro 4/3 digital cameras. What are their pros and cons, and should I buy one? A: these cameras came on the scene around 2008 and are a derivative of the original 4/3 cameras but are smaller in size and weigh less. ADVERTISEMENT The thrust of these cameras is [...]
“A Year in New York” really conveys the experience of life in the Big Apple
(CBS) – Ah, the Big Apple. I still remember the feeling of my first year living in new York City after moving here from Texas. bright lights, big city… a subway system! and the beautiful video above brings back a lot of those memories for me. Check it out. The video was made by Vimeo [...]
Olympus’ Kikukawa Quits as Axed Woodford Takes Complaint to FBI
November 02, 2011, 5:53 AM EDT Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — Olympus Corp. Chairman and President Tsuyoshi Kikukawa quit after allegations over acquisitions wiped out more than half the company’s market value in two weeks and as the chief executive officer he fired prepares to meet U.S. criminal investigators. Shuichi Takayama, head of the unprofitable camera [...]
Video: How Sensor Sizes Affect Your Photos
You all know that the size of a camera’s sensor changes the effective focal length of a lens, right? But what about its effect on depth-of-field? we know that cameras with smaller sensors we get more depth-of-field (more of the image is in focus), but why? it turns out that it’s nothing to do with [...]
Radio Shack Black Friday 2011 Deals, Ad Highlights
Radio Shack Black Friday 2011 deals are revealed in their preview ad. Doors open at 5:30 a.m. for their Shack Friday Sale. Lowered prices will last through Saturday. The Black Friday 2011 ad covers everything from phones, tables, laptops, and other major electronics throughout the store. The day after Thanksgiving sale is a good time [...]
Kodak posts wider 3Q loss
Friday, November 04, 2011 » 08:07am While surging sales of inkjet printers are helping Eastman Kodak, the embattled picture-taking pioneer says its third-quarter loss widened to $US222 million ($A215.36 million) on slumping digital camera and film sales. Kodak also trimmed its full-year outlook, warning that revenue could be 1.5 per cent to 4 per cent [...]
Nikon D40 Camera Digital Camera Review
The Nikon D40 Camera is making the news. Nikon made the new D40 affordable and compact with the point-n-shoot features such as the SLR digital. it is suppose to follow the D50 series, yet it is more affordable. Some of the features are somewhat different, which makes some people wonder if Nikon is not compromising [...]