Want the most awesome mid-range DSLR of the year so far (or maybe it isn’t?) ahead of the official April 21st launch? Well, BestBuy has you covered at the $900 mark complete with the kit lens. The Nikon D5100 is available at both retail and online BestBuys. Via: BestBuy
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Nikon D5100 Available Before April 21st Launch At BestBuy
Nikon D7000 Is A Lot Of DSLR, For A Lot Of Money
The Nikon D7000 is hot and you’re not. It has a fresh 16.3 megapixel sensor, 6 fps burst mode, 108op HD 24fps video recording in h.264 (or 720p at 30fps) with autofocus limited to 20 minutes, and a completely new 39 point AF system.
There’s more. ISO is 100-6400, however it can extrapolate up to fricking 25,600, and also has a 2,016 pixel 3D color matrix meter RGB sensor, which will make this DSLR the most accurate in white balance of all DSLRs out there, like its rival the new Canon 60D.
Now onto the price. Get ready: it’ll release in mid-October for $1199 for the body only, and $1299 with an 18-105mm VR lens. Let’s say this fits the “bang for your buck” phrase, except there’s a lot of bang, and a lot of buck.
Source: Nikon
Pentax K-r DSLR, Successor To The K-x Is Coming Out In October
Remember the Pentax K-x? By far and wide, the most colorful 12-megapixel DSLR in the world? I reviewed it, and I liked it. Well, Pentax has just come out with the Pentax K-r, the direct successor to the K-x and boy, is it nothing like the Canon Rebel T2i and Nikon D3100.
It’s in its own class of “I’m just a cool Stormtrooper DSLR”.
It has a new improved ISO range (up to 25600 expanded), better burst rate of 6 FPS, improved LCD (3″ at 640×480, a godsend), and the same 12 megapixels and the 720p video that is limited to 25 FPS. The Pentax K-r launches in October (my birth month!) for $800; adding an 18-55mm kit lens will put it at 850 Benjamins. PR after the jump!
Canon’s EOS 60D Is A Slap To The Rebels
Canon has not only said “HEY, WHAT’S UP!?”, but it’s shaken the Rebels. In this case, not the Rebel Alliance you Jedi fool! The Canon Rebel entry-level DSLR line, primarily the famous and almost-new Rebel T2i.
With 18 megapixels gracing it’s lens, 1080p H.264 video recording, a single DIGIC 4 processor and boasts 1080p, in–camera video editing, a 3-inch LCD 1.4 million dots resolution screen (read: swiveling screen), 100-6,400 ISO purported to be expandable to 12,800, and lastly the professional awesome feature: support for processing RAW images on the camera itself.
It’ll cost $1,100 body-only, or $1,400 with a bundled 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS zoom lens, at the end of September.
Canon EOS 60D press shots
Panasonic Lumix G10 Review: Hello, Micro Four Thirds
The Micro Four Thirds category of cameras, essentially taking the power and photo-taking ability of a 2 pound DSLR and cramming into the size of a point-and-shoot camera, albeit with the same lens size. In the Panasonic Lumix G10′s case, its size is more mini-DSLR than Micro Four Thirds (i.e Olympus E-PL1 or Sony NEX-3) but honestly, for $600 bucks, who cares!? Read on, because the G10 is more than a solid digital camera. It’s awesome.
New Rumor: Nikon’s new entry-level DSLR will be the D3100
The upcoming entry-level DSLR from Nikon you ask? Accordingly, since it is meant to be a cross between the Nikon D5000 and D3000, this new DSLR will be called the D3100, and should feature autofocus in video mode, HD video in 720p and 1080p, a 10 megapixel CMOS sensor, in-camera video editing, and new AF config covering the viewfinder, and will come as a kit, most likely with a 18-55mm lens. With a list of specs like those, I’m excited already (notice that I’m a Nikon 13-year-old boy)
The official announcement is rumored to come up in the next few weeks.
Source: Nikon Rumors, CrunchGear
Sigma SD15 DSLR finally grabbing a release, this month
The Sigma SD15 debuted all the way back in 2008. Flash forward to June 2010 (World Cup 2010 times) and find that it still hasn’t launched yet. As a quick recap of the SD15′s specs, it stores a 14-megapixel Foveon X3 direct image sensor that contains three “layers”. Those being 4.7-megapixel layers each that capture red, green or blue light, creating some pretty nice, well colored shots, with plenty of exposure. There’s also other tasty bits like the 77-segment AE sensor and AFE (Analog Front End) and 3-inch LCD display. The release date is slated for this month on June 29th for about, wait for it, wait for it — about $1,443 USD. Remember it’s a top-class SLR.
Pentax K-x DSLR Review
The Pentax K-x is an entry-level 12.4 megapixel DSLR camera targeted at — entry-level users. And that means dumbed-down controls, easy to navigate interface, easy mode switching, and a softy pricing scheme. But all of this doesn’t mean the K-x is limited to beginners: the K-x is a great DSLR camera. In fact it is anything but an “entry-level, easy to navigate interface, easy mode switching, and a softy pricing scheme” type of DSLR. Read on to see the review (and my thoughts), in detail.
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