Photo retouching, photo montage, photo restoration

The iPhone 4S has already been out for more than a month already and its was no doubt going to be crazy popular. One noteworthy improvement of the 4S over the iPhone 4 is definitely the camera. Boasting an 8 megapixel sensor over the iPhone 4's 5 megapixel, the iPhone 4S's camera is on its way to become the most popular camera in a smartphone.

The Nikon TC-17E is an expensive (about $400) 1.7x teleconverter. You lose 1.5 stops of light and get 70% more (1.7x) the focal length.

1.7x sounds stupid, but it's actually wonderful because I find performance is much better than I've gotten with the TC-20E. Since you lose 1-1/2 stops, an f/2.8 lens becomes an f/4.8 lens.

Its front elements poke out, so they are shrouded in rubber. After about ten years, this rubber develops a little bit of a gray haze on it, which wipes right off.

The Fujifilm Z900 EXR is a new addition to the fashionable line of Z-series compact cameras. The Z900 EXR has a 16 megapixel EXR CMOS sensor, a 5x wide angle lens (28-140mm equivalent), full 1080p HD movie capture and a widescreen 3.5 inch touch-screen LCD. Available in May 2011, the Fujifilm FinePix Z900 EXR will be available in black, red, pink and blue and retail for $279.95 / £219.

Introduction

The Lumix DMC-GX1 is Panasonic’s new premium compact system camera. Marking a return to the prosumer-friendly ethos of the 2 year old GF1 model, the Panasonic GX1 features a FourThirds sized 16-megapixel Live MOS sensor, built-in pop-up flash and a 3 inch touch-sensitive LCD screen with a resolution of 460,000 dots. The DMC-GX1 also offers full HD movies at 1920 x 1080 at 60i (NTSC) / 50i (PAL) in AVCHD format with stereo sound and full-time auto-focus, 4.2fps continuous shooting, fast contrast-detect auto-focus system that can lock onto a subject in approximately 0.09 second, Venus Engine processor, RAW support and an ISO range of 160-12800. The Panasonic GX1 is available in Gunmetal Grey and Raven Black for £499.99 / $699.99 body only, £599.99 / $799.99 with the standard 14-42mm kit lens, and £729.99 / $899.99 with the new 14-42mm power-zoom lens.