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Olympus

Olympus E30 ISO100-ISO3200 Outdoor Sample 100% Cropped Comparison

The E-30’s newly developed 12.3-megapixel Live MOS Sensor offers high resolution, rich gradations, and bright, natural color reproduction that faithfully renders your subject in fine detail. Based on proven MOS signal amplification technologies, the new sensor features a simplified structure that was achieved through fundamental improvements to materials and production technologies.

The sensor is also mounted on a flexible circuit board as single unit, greatly reducing signal and circuit resistance, power consumption, heat, and noise.

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Olympus E-30 Art Filter Sample Photos

The E-30 does not just reproduce images with amazing fidelity, it also enable users to express themselves creatively by using Art Filters to produce the precise effect they want. As a result, virtually anyone can easily enjoy modes of photographic expression that ordinarily require the use of special lenses, add-on filters, or the use of complex image processing techniques. The following 6 Art Filters are offered: Pop Art, Soft Focus, Pale & Light Color, Light Tone, Grainy Film and Pin Hole.

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Sigma: Gray Market Products Notice

What seems attractive at first glance often hides a very different story underneath: So it is when it comes to grey imports. Buying goods cheaply doesn’t always mean you are getting a great value. There are hidden pitfalls many consumers are unaware of.

Sigma EX products sourced from foreign markets will not include the valuable additional Sigma Corporation of America Extended Service Protection , offering an extra 3 years of free service to provide unrivalled 4 years’ peace of mind.

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Canon Awares of Black Dot Phenomenon and Vertical Banding Noise

Canon released the following statement regarding the black phenomenon and vertical banding noise

To Owners of the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera :

Thank you for using Canon products.

We have learned that some users of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera have indicated two types of image quality phenomena that appear under certain shooting conditions.

  1. “Black dot” phenomenon (the right side of point light sources becomes black)
  2. Vertical banding noise

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