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Going Retro: Olympus OM-D E-M5

If you’re like me (chances are slim), then you will probably want to get on a pre-order list for one of these. From DP Review: With the launch of the E-M5, Olympus harks back to one of its most fondly-remembered camera systems – the Olympus OM range of 35mm SLRs. The E-M5 is the first [...]

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From CNSNews.com: The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a North Carolina county commission over the mostly Christian prayers offered at the beginning of its public meetings. The justices on Tuesday left in place a federal appeals court ruling that held that the predominantly Christian prayers at the start of Forsyth County commission meetings [...]

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DxOMark Sensor Metric Analysis

The Luminous Landscape has published a rather long article explaining how the DxOMark Sensor metric is calculated. It’s fascinating reading, if you’re so inclined. DxOMark Sensor For Benchmarking Cameras

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Nikon D7000 Teardown

Chipworks has done a teardown on a Nikon D7000. I find this sort of thing fascinating—I have ever since I disassembled my moon crawler in grade school. My mom used to give me broken clocks and appliances to take apart. I can’t really justify spending $1500 on a D7000 to use, much less tear down. [...]

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Monomountogamous

I woke up this morning thinking that it was going to be just another ordinary day, and right off the bat I find out that I’m monomountogamous. New term proposed: monomountogamous Fortunately, Romans 1 doesn’t have anything to say about being monomountogamous, so I guess it’s OK.

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Sony Alpha NEX-3 and NEX-5

And now, for something completely different. Sony introduced their new line of SLD (Single Lens Direct) cameras this morning. There are two models, the NEX-3 and the NEX-5, both sharing the same 14-megapixel APS-C “Exmor” sensor. The image quality is better than the Micro Four Thirds cameras from Panasonic and Olympus, as one would expect [...]

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