PENTAX Optio WG-2 GPS and K-01 Reviews; What Happened to Photography?

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. PENTAX Optio WG-2 GPS Review PENTAX has announced its new "lifeproof" cameras, the Optio WG-2 and WG-2 GPS. These models replace last year's well-reviewed WG-1. As one might guess, the WG-2 and WG-2 GPS are pretty much the same camera, save for one of them having an all new GPS module PENTAX says will "deliver a shorter time lag before GPS start-up and longer life during GPS activation." I'll leave it to you, dear reader, to guess which model here includes GPS (wink). Both WG-2 models might not seem like vast improvements over the WG-1 series, but if you look under the hood, you'll see the new cameras have a back-illuminated CMOS image sensor (an upgrade over last year's CCD) with a 16 megapixel resolution. That translates to faster performance overall, noise-free image capture in lower lighting conditions, and the ability to record full HD 1080p movies (which you can watch on your HDTV thanks to the built-in Micro HDMI port). Other nice features include... Continue Reading Pentax K-01 Review What Happened to Photography? Canon PowerShot A2400 IS Review June 21st Winner: Honeybee at wildflower by Lorne Melin. Canon 60D. "Tamron 18-270 zoom at 154mm, iso320, 1/200sec, f/5.6 Taken at the low knoll of Minnekhda regional park, Coquitlam BC." Click Here to See Today's Photo of the Day Winner! Are you a Steve's Fan on Facebook? Steve's Digicams now has over 5,425 awesome fans around the world and we'd love for you to join our social network. It's a fun place to see high resolution Photo of the Day albums, interact with other shutterbugs, post your own photos, and read our latest articles or reviews! Steve's Digicams Most Popular News Stories The 41 MP Nokia 808 PureView Smartphone Comes to the US July 8th It's rare that we'll talk about the release of a cell phone on Steve's Digicams, but there are times where it just can't be avoided. Apple releases fall under that category of course, and so does the new Nokia 808 PureView, which is finally coming to the US. What separates the 808 PureView from the competition is a camera with an absolutely ridiculous 41 MP sensor. The camera takes that information and compresses the picture into a five megapixel size. Of course, if you prefer larger, you can capture shots at up to 38 MP... Continue Reading New Accessory Review Posted of Smith-Victor's ImageMaker Plus Lighting Kit For those of our readers who make a living by, or a hobby of, selling items on online auction sites like eBay, or in the form of for sale adds on sites like Craigslist, etc.; Smith-Victor has created an affordable, table top photo booth that helps you capture higher quality photos of your products - which they claim will help you increase sales. The ImageMaker Plus lighting kit has everything you need to get started, including a collapsible 20" photo tent, two lights with 10" reflectors, diffusers, backdrop sweeps, and much more... Continue Reading Nikon Warns of Older Software Corrupting RAW Files Nikon Europe has just issued a warning to all photographers using older versions of ViewNX and Transfer. According to Nikon, RAW files transferred, edited or even viewed with these older versions can become corrupted. The problem only comes with 1.x versions of ViewNX or Nikon Transfer, so you'll need to update if you want to continue using these programs. Nikon says that the problem is only with unsupported cameras, so if you're using an older Nikon and an older program, you shouldn't have any issues...Continue Reading Steve's Digicams - http://www.steves-digicams.com Send all Feedback to: fb@steves-digicams.com This bi-monthly newsletter was sent to from Steve's Digicams because you subscribed. Rather not receive our newsletter anymore? Unsubscribe Here. This email was sent by: Steve's DigiCams 909 N. Sepulveda Blvd., 11th Flr El Segundo, CA, 90245, USA