The Globe and Mail Journalism Dream Contest

Submit your story or photographs from any sporting event you’ve attended.

Grand Prizes: One photographer and one writer will have the opportunity to cover the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as part of The Globe and Mail’s editorial team.

Other prizes: Acer laptop computers, Panasonic DMC-L10 Lumix Digital SLR Cameras

Deadline: November 22, 2009

Rules and Regulations

[ Enter the Journalism Dream Contest at: The Globe and Mail ]

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Canon EOS 7D

“A superb top-end DSLR with loads of features and HD video. Score: 4.5/5”

TechRadar has posted their review of the Canon EOS 7D [Specs], a Digital SLR camera with 19MP resolution using an APS-C size (22.3 x 14.9 mm) CMOS sensor, Continuous Shooting 8fps, Full HD Video capture at 1920 x 1080 resolution with selectable frame rates of 24p, 25p or 30p, 19-point Autofocus system, ISO speed settings from 100-6400 (expandable to 12,800), iFCL metering, Intelligent Viewfinder using a large all-glass pentaprism providing 1.0x magnification with 100 percent coverage, Dual Axis Electronic Level, pop-up flash witha built-in Integrated Speedlite Transmitter for control of multiple off-camera EOS Speedlites without the need for an external transmitter, Intelligent Macro Tracking function, a new Quick Control Button, RAW/JPEG toggle button, 3.0-in LCD (920,000 dots), and optional WFT-E5A wireless file transmitter.

[ Read the Canon EOS 7D Review at: TechRadar ]

Fujifilm FinePix S200EXR

“One of the best bridge-style cameras that we’ve reviewed.”

PhotographyBLOG has posted their review of the Fujifilm FinePix S200EXR [Specs], a 12MP resolution (1/1.6-in. Super CCD EXR) ultra zoom digital camera which allows you to optimize the image capture according to the scene: High Resolution, Wide Dynamic Range or High Sensitivity & Low Noise. The S200EXR features optical image stabilization, a 14.3x optical zoom (30.5-436mm equiv.), a 2.7-in. LCD (230K dots) and Movie 640×480 @ 30fps.

[ Read the Fujifilm S200EXR Review at: PhotographyBLOG ]

“The results are in a class above.”

The British Journal of Photography has published their review of the AF-S Nikkor DX 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 GII ED VR, the second generation of the popular zoom lens. The new “GII” model improves on the original “G” model and can be distinguished by a GOLD “VR” label (the original “G” lens has a RED “VR” label).

AF-S Nikkor DX 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 GII ED VR

Note that you might see this lens on Nikon’s web site, the lens’ own instruction leaflet, and on Amazon.com, etc. referred to as “VRII” or “VR II” — look instead for the “GII” and GOLD “VR” label on the lens itself.

[ Read the Nikon 18-200mm GII Review at: British Journal of Photography ]

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Nikon Coolpix P90

“There are quite a lot of positives [...] but all of this seems to be heavily outweighed by the poor image quality.”

DigicamReview has published their review of the Nikon Coolpix P90, an ultra zoom digital camera with 12.1MP resolution (1/2.33-in. CCD), 24x wide-angle optical zoom (26-624mm equiv.), 3.0-in. Vari-angle LCD (230K dots), PASM, Sensor-shift Image Stabilization, D-Lighting function, Smart Portrait System, Face-priority AF, Smile Timer, Blink Warning, Blink Proof and In-Camera Red-Eye Fix.

[ Read the Nikon P90 Review at: DigicamReview ]