by Joe Farace Never before in the history of digital imaging has so much misinformation been spread, especially on the Web, about any camera since Canon's introduction of the EOS Digital Rebel. Don't kid yourself; this is a watershed camera in much the same way as the original Canon AE-1, and ...

by Jim McGee The Digital Rebel is the first Canon digital SLR to support a new lens mount called the EF-S. The "S" stands for short back focus. An EF-S lens has the same contacts as a standard EF lens but the rear element sits further back into the camera body, ...

by Vivid Light Staff As we prepare to go to PMA next week, a trio of new Digital SLRs have been announced from Canon, Fujifilm, and Nikon. The 8.2 megapixel EOS 1D Mark II is Canon's latest rugged pro-level digital SLR. The 12.3 megapixel Fuji S3 replaces the S2 we recently reviewed. ...

by Jim McGee I've been getting more serious about photography so I'm upgrading my camera and I want to upgrade to some better lenses. The reason I'm writing is that I'm not sure what zoom to buy. I looked at the 80-200mm f2.8 and the 70-300mm f4-5.6. The 70-300mm is a ...

by Jim McGee The new Sigma SD10 is essentially an update to the SD9 that we reviewed previously. That update appears to address the biggest concern we had with the SD9 - namely it's inability to function in low light conditions - an absolute must for a pro-level camera. Sigma's SD10 is ...

The 10 megapixel F7X3-C9110 is an enhanced version of the Foveon X3 image sensor that appeared in the Sigma SD9. The newest X3 sensor doubles the sensitivity and maximum exposure times of the old design and increases the dynamic range. These are important improvements as we found the SD9 to ...

by Joe Farace   On the runway at NYC’s Fashion Week The Olympus E-1 marks a departure in the way that digital SLR's have, up to this time, evolved. It's the first camera system that's been designed from the ground up-optics, accessories, the whole magilla-to capture images electronically and not on film. Other apparently ...

by Chuck McKern In Understanding & Using Black & White Infrared Film I covered the quirks and characteristics of shooting with black & white infrared film. With the basics out of the way lets take a look at what we can do with color infrared film. If you haven't read the article ...

by Vivid Light Staff Photographers tend to be a bit religious about brand loyalty. As I wrote that sentence I realized it was kind of like saying there might be a small political problem in the Middle East. It's a bit of an understatement. That's precisely what makes digital SLRs from folks ...

By Gary W. Stanley Just about the time I start getting comfortable traveling with 100 rolls of x-rayable film, and a camera bag that, thanks to tightened security, is now swabbed and thoroughly inspected, along comes the digital revolution. Of course, switching from film to digital doesn't change the fact that ...