The Camera Spider

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Added Lomo LC-a Section

The new Lomo LC-A section, includes comments on the camera’s batteries (important), specs and some pictures of mine. One of the Spider’s favorite cameras, the Lomo LC-A. Its an old plastic Russian film camera. People call it a rangefinder, but it doesn’t have a rangefinder “finder”, so it is really a point’n'shoot. In any case, [...]

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Foveon Sensors

Foveon is a company that produces the foveon digital camera sensor. This sensor works a little differently than typical sensors. It is used in Sigma cameras, including the DP1 and DP2 series. In normal sensors, red, green and blue colors are captured by adjacent but separate sensor that together form a single image pixel. In [...]

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Posted Lots of New Sigma Photo Equipment

I added a number of new pages in the Sigma section. Sigma has had its ups and downs, but overall they offer some exceptional deals. Searching the used market can turn up some super bargains. Higher-end Sigma equipment is excellent, sometimes rivaling 1st parts stuff and often giving us options out chosen manufacturers don’t offer [...]

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Sigma DP2 Review

View full post on Reviews (latest): Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

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