Canon通常在二月或八月發表新機﹐已成慣例。今年Nikon亦同步推出新世代的DSLR。

dpreview有極詳盡的資料﹐這裡不贅。

• Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III: 21.1 megapixels, DIGIC III, 3″ LCD w/ Live View,
• Canon EOS 40D: 10.1 mp, DIGIC III, 3″ LCD w/ Live View, 1D-series menus, WiFi Vertical Grip
• Nikon D3: 12.1 mp, full frame, 3″ 922K-pixel LCD w/ Live View
• Nikon D300: 12.1 mp, similar specs to D3 sans full frame

40D的specs確實很吸引 — 第三代DIGIC處理器﹐全新CMOS sensor﹐優良的UI﹐等等。從preview裡提供的照片來看﹐就畫質而言﹐還是傾向於soft的一面﹐這一點似乎未見明顯的改進呢。

還是也考慮D300看看﹖對Nikon的鏡頭和週邊完全陌生﹐卻又很喜歡它們相機的手感。

那還是先做一點點功課好了。

Today, the JEM 20th was finally unveiled at the NAMM Show 2007.

From Vai.com:

The new Jem features a clear acrylic body with threads of color that pass through the guitar body. When the tone knob is pulled up, the guitar glows green (this effect can be seen on the Vai.com Homepage). The tuner heads are also made of material to match the body.

Absolutely stunning guitar, to say the least. Now I’ve played a few plastic bodies (darn heavy) before, but I swear I’ve never seen a guitar like that: see-thru body, swirled on the inside, with flashing green LED. Exactly my type of guitar!

RRP is USD$7K. Street price USD$6 big ones.

I’d been procrastinating over buying a mirror Jem for awhile. After hearing Ibanez was going to cease production of the ‘bad horsie’ before 2007, I figured I might as well bite the bullet and grab one.

Here she is, after an initial setup by myself. Say hello to ‘Julie’…

She’s a real ripper! The neck is a little thinner than expected, sort of a cross between a Wizard and an Ultra. I’m still getting used to the Edge Pro bridge. This is my first post-Lo-Pro Ibanez.