Last year Nikon announced the availability of a new wide-angle lens, especially designed to work the brand new full frame (FX) Nikon D3: the Nikon 14-24 f/2.8 This dream leans (priced at $1700, 70% more than the DX-format 12-24mm f/2.8) aims to be the definitive, pro-level wide angle for the professional photographer.
Is this lens worth the extra money?

Check this review on Popular Photography to find out the answer.

James Duncan Davidson has just published two interesting blog post explaining his experience with the new Apple Aperture 2.0.

The first post is a thorough analysis of the pros and cons of this product. The second is an even more interesting comparison between Aperture 2.0 and [Read more →]

While all the buzz is about the new-stabilized-ultrazooms, there’s still a consistent group of people who enjoy using the old, affordable and quality 50mm primes. Glenn Wolsey has just published a interesting retrospective on his webpage in which he goes through the options available to Canon user, [Read more →]

Instructables has just published a cool tutorial to build a remote shutter release for your beloved digital camera:

Make a remote shutter release for your canon digital camera (and some other brands such as Pentax, Sony, and some Nikons) for about 3 bucks in under 5 minutes.

If you enjoy DIY, [Read more →]

While Adobe is still struggling to release its Photoshop Elements for Mac, Apple managed to release last week Aperture 2.0. The new version claims to have more then 100 new features grouped in four main areas:

• improved user interfaces
• performance improvements in all the steps of the photo workflow
• enhanced image processing tools
• better integration with other Mac sofwares and Mac OS X

Apple Aperture 2.0 is already [Read more →]

Want to have a look to a place before going there on vacation with your trusted reflex camera? or, simply, just want to (virtually) visit some exotic place? Check EarthAlbum, a cool website which claims to be

a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr.

Using the website is very simple: [Read more →]

While some years ago Apple computers seemed to be the obvious choice for all photo-editing and graphic works, now the things are a bit different, especially for amateur photographers. That’s particularly clear when you notice that Adobe never shipped Photo Elements 5 for Mac.

Fast forward to the end of last year, the things aren’t really changed: AdobePhoto Elements 6 for Windows was launched last December with, again, no Mac version available. However, this time all Mac user have marked a date on the calendar: [Read more →]

Two interesting new releases from Sony: Alpha 300 and Alpha 350.

Here’s a small comparison sheet of the two cameras.

PMA 08 is starting in Las Vegas, and Nikon, as well as all the other camera manifacturers, didn’t missed the chance to annonunce new products.

Nikon D60

The Nikon D60 is the new 10.2 megapixel replacement of the D40. Check this article on dpreview for a brief comparison between the D60 and the D40.

16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S DX NIKKOR

Check the full specification here.

AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED

Specifications