Starting with Olympus and now with Canon coming on strong, digital SLRs are starting to have the ability to preview live video feeds from their main sensors. This means you can flip up the reflex mirror and view through the lens what the final image will look like.
This is technically very interesting, but I'm simply amazed that no one has put one and one together: enable video capture on the SLR camera. And yes, I mean on pro models like the new EOS 1Ds Mark III and 1D Mark III along with the plastic SLRs.
Have you ever wondered why you can't paint like Vermeer? Chances are you just haven't bought the right paint brushes yet.
Have you ever wondered why you can't play basketball like Steve Nash? Chances are you just haven't found the right shoes yet.
These all sound pretty absurd, yes? So why are Nikon marketing-types now claiming that the Nikon D40 is the answer to every crappy photographer's dreams?
From the Nikon press release: "If you’ve ever wondered why your vacation pictures don’t look as good as those magnificent landscapes and flattering...