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35mm Full Frame DSLRs and Friends Price Charts (visual reference)

Yesterday we brought you Price Chart snapshots of Compacts with RAW and the day before we brought you the Mirrorless Cameras Price Charts. So you know where this is heading, now we have the 35mm full frame DSLRs and beyond price charts!

The prices are a snapshot in time, the snapshot was taken on May-16-2013 in the afternoon. The prices will not be updated in the chart below. It is a snapshot. The prices are the lowest price between Amazon and Adorama and B&H Photo. More details on the data after the chart...

If you wish to repost the chart on your website/blog/forum, be sure to include a proper credit/reference to this post.

Can any of these three (Usain Bolt, Best Buy, Chase Jarvis) help Samsung's NX mirrorless system?

Samsung was one of the first to jump on the mirrorless bandwagon, divorcing their DSLR K-wife in doing so. And they have APS-C size sensors. And the Samsung brand name recognition and popularity is skyrocketing thanks to their Galaxy smartphones. Yet, their NX system continues to be in the shadow of the other mirrorless systems. And that's being polite :)

A trio of new developments may help Samsung's NX system get more exposure, directly or indirectly.

Five Good Deals: Nikon J2, Panasonic GX1 [updated]

We have a new round of "Five Good Deals". The theme in this edition is time was sensitive deals (they expired since the original post). To see all specials as they happen, stay tuned to the Camera Deals blog (shortcut url noisydeals.com).

The Nikon J2 with the 10-30mm kit lens, in new condition, in many different body colors is offered for $360 at Amazon by Amazon. This is a live/ongoing price with no preset expiration, so it may (or may not) change at any time.

If you need an extra M43rds body or if have no use for the 14-42 kit lenses, the Panasonic GX1 body only is offered for $250 in new condition in black by various at Amazon and Adorama and B&H Photo. The silver also goes for $250 at Adorama. The silver is discontinued (no longer available) at B&H Photo. This is a live/on-going price.

You can research the cameras mentioned above at the Camera Reviews stream with the easy to remember url noisyreviews.com

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Compacts with RAW Prices snapshot in a single Giant Chart (visual reference)

Yesterday we brought you the Mirrorless Cameras Price Chart (a snapshot in time), today we have a new Price Chart for you. We take a look at Compacts (Fixed Lens Cameras) with RAW (RAW support out of the box). To keep the chart at a readable size, we only include cameras with a sensor size of 1/1.8" and larger. There is a handful of superzooms at the 1/2.x" level that would have made the chart almost twice as long and ten times more unreadable.

Google I/O: new Highlight feature picks your best pictures

At Google I/O, Google announced a new feature, Highlight, that automatically picks your best pictures using a number of parameters with their algorithms "trained" by human picture raters. Another feature that is moving into Google+ is an "Auto Enhance" feature, including "noise reduction" and "wrinkle softening" and "auto awesome" Tumblr-y effects. Google+ has become the center of picture sharing at Google.

This was one of the announcements at Google I/O. Of gadget-interest, if you love the Samsung Galaxy S4 camera but hate bloatware, Google Play is going to offer an unlocked no-contract S4 for $650.

Zeiss Touits: Full Size Samples with 12/2.8 and 32/1.8 in both NEX and Fuji X

More Zeiss action! ePhotozine Japan has published hands-on reports with lots of real-world JPEG samples taken with the Zeiss Touit 12mm f2.8 and the Zeiss Touit 32mm f1.8. Samples are available from both NEX (NEX-7) and Fuji X (X-Pro1, X-E1) cameras. In addition to pictures of the lenses themselves.

The Zeiss Touits are currently available for pre-order at Adorama and B&H Photo.

Mirrorless Cameras Prices snapshot in a single Giant Chart (visual reference)

And now some chart geekery! We have prepared for you a chart showing the prices of most of the current and recent mirrorless camera kits. The prices are a snapshot in time, the snapshot was taken on May-14-2013 in the afternoon. The prices will not be updated in the chart below. It is a snapshot. The prices are the lowest price between Amazon and Adorama and B&H Photo. More details on the data after the chart... If you wish to repost the chart on your website/blog/forum, be sure to include a proper credit/reference to this post.

Google I/O begins Wednesday: may or may not have photography impact

Google I/O, Google's big developers conference will begin on Wednesday May 14. It may or may not have announcements that impact photography. Google is all over the place in terms of technology and moonshot projects, so who knows. The various technology websites and blogs are going to be in a Google I/O frenzy tomorrow. Or if you prefer video coverage, there is going to be live coverage at the Twit Live Stream starting at 12pm New York City time.

Cameraholic Digest: Ricoh GR noise comparison, Nikon A lens test, X100S, E-PL6, GF6, etc

Never a dull moment here, a new edition of the Cameraholic Digest has arrived! We also added ten more new completed lens reviews at the Lens Reviews stream with the easy to remember url noisylenses.com. The completed lens reviews are NOT included in the round-ups below...

Like the Cameraholic Digest round-ups? Want them to continue? It takes a lot of time to prepare them and they actually hurt the blog because every time Google sees a new episode with a hundred links, it barfs at this blog. If you like to see more Cameraholic Digests, you can help fund them by making some of your purchases through our Amazon affiliate link.

Time Sensitive: T-Mobile Mobile Life Albums DEAD on 6/30/13 - Transfer your Photos before it's too late!

T-Mobile is discontinuing its Mobile Life Albums feature. The service will end on June-30-2013. After that, you will NOT be able to access your photos and videos. So be sure to save and back-up everything that needs saving!

If you prefer an easier way to save your soon-to-be-gone pictures, T-Mobile has partnered with Google Drive, so you can transfer your albums to Google Drive. Details at the T-Mobile Get My Photos page and the detailed FAQ. You can create a new Google account for this or use an existing one.

If you are a paying Mobile Life Albums customer, you will get an additional 10GB of storage added to your Google Drive for the next two years. This is 10GB on top of the current quota of your Google Drive (which recently increased to a 15GB shared pool between Google services).

British Journal of Photography launches new Digital Convergence iPad-only magazine

If you needed another excuse to get an iPad, here comes a new excuse. The British Journal of Photography has launched a new iPad-exclusive digital-only magazine "Fade to Black", a digital convergence quarterly digital-magazine that is, according to the app description, "dedicated to a new generation of image-makers who embrace the convergence of photography, video and multimedia, and all the new opportunities offered by digital capture and distribution to shoot and distribute their projects themselves".

The magazine has a 90 second trailer on Vimeo along with a 20 minute Q&A video at Sundance London. Everything has a trailer these days!

Correction: the magazine name is "Fade to Black" not "Face to Black". Either a d/c keyboard typo or a word-similarity typing error. Thanks to @jonNothin for catching it!

First wave of Zeiss Touits (12mm f2.8) expected on June 3 in 2013

The first wave of the new Zeiss Touits is expected to arrive on June 3rd 2013 with the 12mm f2.8 lens at B&H Photo. This for both the Fuji X and the Sony NEX mirrorless camera systems.

Meanwhile, the 32mm f1.8 has a floating "6-8 weeks" estimate, while the 50mm f2.8 macro has an October 1st estimate. The 12/2.8 goes for $1250, the 32/1.8 goes for $900 and the 50/2.8 is not-yet-priced.

As always, please keep in mind estimates are only estimates and they do change over time! For more deals and alerts, stay tuned to the Camera Deals blog with the easy to remember url noisydeals.com

New Polaroid XS80 action cam with 1080p video

The action cameras continue to be unafraid of the smartphones and the fixed lens P&S digital cameras. Today the Polaroid brand announced a new action camera, the Polaroid XS80 with 1080p video and waterproof up to 30 feet with a starting price of $130.

Details via Engadget and Ubergizmo and Business Wire et al.

Interestingly, Engadget reader Banjo. D in the Engadget comments points out that this looks very similar to the Monoprice action camera which goes for $100.

Mobile: New Nokia Lumia 925 camera-phone and new Smart Camera app

Once upon a time Microsoft and Nokia ruled the world. Now they are the challengers in the mobile world! This morning's Nokia announcement revealed a third co-flagship Lumia camera-smart-phone, the slimmer and lighter aluminum Lumia 925. It has a 8.7 megapixel sensor like the 920, optical image stabilization, the Pureview brand (but not the 41 megapixels of the original Pureview), 4.5 inch organic LED display, etc.

New SLR Lens announcement: Canon 200-400mm f4 with built in 1.4x tele-extender (review and RAW samples available!)

The Canon vs Nikon rivalry apparently extends to Lens Announcements as well! Nikon announced their 32mm f1.2 CX lens and Canon is answering with a new lens of a totally different giant, a weight lifter's dream, the 200-400mm f4 SLR lens with a built-in 1.4x tele-extender. The built-in tele-extenders are starting to become a little bit of a trend.

Sample pictures, including RAW pictures taken with the Canon 5D Mark III are available at Focus Numerique.

A five page review of the lens with Dxomark test results included is available at Le Monde de la Photo. Look for the small orange "Page Suivante" button to go to the next page or jump directly to page #2 and page #3 and page #4 and page #5.

This lens was paraded at trade shows earlier in the year. For example, this is a brief hands-on with the lens at the Focus On Imaging trade show in early March 2013 at ePhotozine.

Press release parade at dpreview and FotoIntern and Photoscala et al.

The new announcement is discussed in the dpreview comments and dpreview Canon lens forum. [NEW!]

The lens is priced like a used Honda Accord, 13000 euro for European buyers and $12000 for US shoppers. It is available for pre-order at Adorama along with its hard lens case which goes for $800.