Man tattoos Nikon camera on arm

David Beckham is so smitten with Victoria that he got her name tattooed on the inside of his left forearm. Some photographers, like Manny Williams, love their cameras so much they have gotten these inked on their bodies, too.

Apparently, Williams has been shooting for over 25 years, and his allegiance to Nikon started when he first held the company's cameras and has since pledged never to use other brands. The picture shows a Nikon D3x in Program mode and what I presume is a 24-70mm lens.

It's a pity the ink work isn't done very well. The tattoo looks quite flat, and it'll probably appear better if Williams ever decides to get it colored for a more realistic effect. Interestingly, the word Nikon is nowhere to be seen on his tattoo.

Via Engadget

Kodak to announce revolutionary camera at CES 2010?

Rumors on the Web have it that Kodak will be announcing an interesting camera at next year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The speculation comes from UK techblog Electricpig, which claimed it got the news from a "highly placed source". While there isn't any mention of what product it will be, Netizens are guessing that this could be a dSLR or even a compact camera with an APS-C-sized sensor.

We know Kodak manufactures imaging sensor for Leica and Nikon shooters, and it has its own line of point-and-shoots as well. However, the US company currently lags far behind leaders such as Canon in the imaging space, so it will need a really powerful product to propel it back into the spotlight.

So, what kind of camera do you think it is?

Via Gizmodo

Lexar unveils new UDMA 6 CompactFlash cards

Lexar follows close on the heels of SanDisk's announcement of its 90MB per second Extreme Pro CompactFlash card with its own player, the Lexar Professional 600X. Like SanDisk's, these expensive, ultrafast cards aren't for everyone; as detailed in the Extreme Pro post, you really need to be shooting with a fast, high-resolution camera recent enough to support UDMA 6 or frequently downloading lots of files with a fast reader to see the benefit.

I repeated the casual testing I did with the SanDisk card, and while the Lexar seems to be faster overall than the SanDisk, there are two things to keep in mind: different capacities will frequently perform differently and Lexar doesn't make the same durability claims or seem to invoke the error-correction algorithms SanDisk touts; the latter probably add some performance overhead, and might be a valuable trade-off for some shooters.
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Canon outs professional EOS 1D Mark IV dSLR

Canon today announced its latest high-end dSLR, the EOS 1D Mark IV. This model succeeds the EOS 1D Mark III and features several notable upgrades over its predecessor.

The image resolution has been bumped up from 10 to 16 megapixels, though the crop factor of 1.3x remains as the sensor is an APS-H size. To keep up with imaging trends, the EOS 1D Mark IV will have full-HD video capture at 24fps with mono audio recording.

Interestingly, Canon didn't skip the IV model and jump from III to V for this dSLR. We were expecting the company to skip the "unlucky" number 4 (a number which has negative connotions in parts of Asia), since it didn't launch a G4 model for its PowerShot series either.

The EOS 1D Mark IV will compete against the Nikon D3s which was unveiled last week. Click here to see our hands-on with the new Canon dSLR.

Electronic or optical viewfinder?

Last week, Epson announced the production of a high-resolution electronic viewfinder (EVF) with the company hoping it will replace the optical viewfinder (OVF) in dSLRs. Given that most EVFs we've tried have frustratingly slow response times and inaccurate tonal reproduction, we are somewhat skeptical of Epson's claims. Still, I will give it the benefit of doubt until I've tried it.

Personally, I'm a huge advocate of optical viewfinders. Using them not only reduces power consumption, the zero lag response time is important for photographers who want to snap fast-moving subjects. I asked several photographers whether they could accept EVFs for their dSLRs, and their response varied. Some said they would embrace EVFs if these can equal OVFs' viewing clarity and performance in dim environments. Others have expressed they will stick to OVFs.

Do you think EVFs can replace OVFs? Shout back here.

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