Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 10.2 Megapixel, SLR, Digital Camera with Sony SAL-18200 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Autofocus Lens for onyl $629.95 + Shipping (18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 alone costs over $400, so you do the math..) at B&H Photo

The Sony α (Alpha) DSLR-A100 10.2 Megapixel, SLR, Digital Camera is a top-quality 10 megapixel Digital SLR Camera that utilizes Sony imaging innovations and builds on a two-decade legacy of Minolta photographic leadership. It accepts all Minolta A-mount lenses sold worldwide (Maxxum & Dynax), and includes impressive features such as high-sensitivity shooting with Super SteadyShot in-camera image stabilization, Sony's exclusive Dynamic Range Optimizer to automatically increase detail in bright and dark picture areas, Effective Anti-Dust technology to keep the CCD imager clean for better pictures, and the Eye-Start Autofocus system for faster camera response.

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Two new Picture Control profiles - Portrait and Landscape profiles- for D3, D300 and D700 are now available on Nikon website in addition to the D2x picture controls. You can use Landscape mprofile for vivid shots of landscapes and cityscapes and Portrait profile for creating portraits with soft, natural skin tones.

You can find the download links for the profiles here.

Just a week after the announcement of 50 megapixel H3DII-50 back/camera combo from Hasselblad, Phase One announced the P65+, probably the most desirable medium format digital back yet.

The 60 Megapixel P65+ is said by Phase One to be ready to be shipped in the 4th quarter of 2008. Chip manufacturer Dalsa and Phase One is claiming equal, if not enhanced image quality, with a dynamic range of 12.5 stops for the P65+, compared to 11.75 stops on the P45+. And with the 1fps max shooting sequence, this 60 MP monster is not a speed master for sure, but will easily make you have wall size prints

Price: The P65+ digital back starts at US $39,990 and can also be had with a Phase One camera system starting at $41,990.

I recommend you to the read the Phase One P65+ Preview by Luminious Landscape.

Nikon announced the new D700 today as expected and Photolectic become one of the first websites to announce you the official Nikon D700 yesterday. Now we have more detailed specs and photos of the new D700.

Nikon D700 Key Features

UPDATE!

Read Nikon D700 vs. D3 Comparison here

Read Nikon D700 Detailed Specifications here

UPDATE 2!!

A German photography magazine ProfiFoto published a 2-page presentation of the new Nikon D700 Full Frame DSLR. The official announcement from Nikon is expected to be tomorrow, on the 1st of July. The magazine delayed this issue 5 days to become the first one with the official D700 specs. The new SB900 flash from is Nikon also presented in the magazine.

Nikon D700 Specifications, Price and Availability:

Could this be the strongest evidence of the upcoming D700, affordable FF DSLR from Nikon?

DigitalDepot.co.uk, an online retailer from UK, already published a page for the Nikon D700. This site claims that the Nikon will announce the D700 on Monday, 30th of June. I am not sure how reliable this info is but definitely very interesting. One thing I noticed was that how the silhouette looked like Nikon D3 body, instead of the D300 body as expected.

Good news coming from Oberkochen/Germany, the home of legendary Zeiss lenses. Carl Zeiss has announced the Distagon T* 3.5/18 ZF, a new 18mm super wide-angle lens for SLR cameras (ZF (F bayonet) and ZK (K bayonet)). This new rectilinear lens offers dramatic perspectives for architectural, landscape and close-range photography on 35mm full-frame cameras. The Distagon T* 3.5/18 is a derivative of the ZEISS designs for the Contax RTS series of cameras, but utilizing all modern materials and eco-friendly glass materials. The Distagon T* 3.5/18 ZF for F-mount cameras will be available in July 2008 for 960 Euros.

Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 3.5/18 ZF Technical Specifications and Press Release:

World's fastest compact flash card, the 350X Turbo Series, has been launcehed by A-DATA in 8GB and 16GB capacities. A-DATA 350x has a read speed of 52MB/sec and the write speed of 47MB/sec. The advantages of this high speeds will be more visible on the fast shooting DSLR cameras with large file sizes like Nikon D300, Nikon D3, Canon 1D Mark III and Canon 1Ds Mark III. A-DATA Turbo Series CF 350X also supports dual-channel data transferring, UDMA 0-5 mode and MDMA 0-4 mode which is featured by some of the pro and semi-pro DSLR cameras.

A-DATA Turbo Series CF 350X Features:

Ricoh today announced the new GX200, a 12 Megapixel digitat compact camera with a 24mm super wide-angle,460,000 pixel HVGA LCD screen, 5fps continuous RAW mode, an electronic level function for horizontal and vertical shooting and Ricoh's latest imaging engine SIE III. This camera succeeds the popular Caplio GX100 compact digital camera which was introduced in April 2007. Ricoh Caplio GX200 will be available in the beginning of July 2008.

Sony has announced a new flashgun named SONY HVL-F58AM which features an innovative system called Quick Shift Bounce. Quick Shift Bounce offers creative lightning, flash and bounce angles which haven't been possible with the flashguns you had before.

The head of SONY HVL-F58AM can pivot 90 degrees left and right on a horizontal axis in addition to the conventional up and down vertical adjustment. With the help of this system, the camera and flash unit can keep the same orientation regardless of portrait or landscape shooting, thus giving a higher degree of flexibility when arranging the direction of light.

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