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Enjoy our classes, workshops & field trips!

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:00:08 +0000

Sharpen your photography skills with our in-house classes, workshops and field trips!

Enjoy hands on, personal training, tips and experiences with some of the top photographers in the world. From shooting to processing, digital to film, basic to advanced, you’ll find great events at Seawood Photo.

Find the newest schedule here, . . . → Read More: Enjoy our classes, workshops & field trips!

Welcome to Classic Camera Corner

admin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:19:30 +0000

Digital cameras are amazing, yet we love old cameras here at Seawood!

This section of our world is dedicated to those machines, how they work, what you can do with them, and why they are still viable tools despite technological advances in digital photography.

Scroll through and enjoy the articles below, and share our love . . . → Read More: Welcome to Classic Camera Corner

So Why Use A 4×5?

graham — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:31:41 +0000

So you would think that in this day of digital cameras that offer immediate results, have incredible exposure latitude, are compact in size (and take pretty darn good pictures!) that large format photography would be dead. Actually, at Seawood we are selling more 4×5 view cameras than ever before! How is this possible?

Perhaps we are . . . → Read More: So Why Use A 4×5?

Panasonic Lumix FZ40

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:58:36 +0000

Big Zoom Camera!

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ40 14.1 MP Digital Camera

Brand new, this 14 MP Panasonic camera has more zoom than it should be allowed to have! Starting with a super-wide 25mm focal length, it zooms to an incredible 24X- all optical.

In 35mm terms, it’s like having a 25-600mm lens!

The perfect safari . . . → Read More: Panasonic Lumix FZ40

Panasonic Lumix LX5

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:57:37 +0000

Two well known facts: Panasonic is one of the world’s finest manufacturers of electronics. Leica designs the finest optics on the planet.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 10.1 MP Digital Camera

Many Lumix cameras have Leica lenses! Put them both together and you get incredibly versatile cameras with razor sharp optics and intuitive, user friendly controls.

. . . → Read More: Panasonic Lumix LX5

Panasonic Lumix GF1

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:56:29 +0000

Even more compact- the Lumix GF1!

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera

This camera has the same pro-level picture quality as the G2 yet is small enough to fit in a jacket pocket.

It has basically the same specs but does not have a built-in eye level finder (though they . . . → Read More: Panasonic Lumix GF1

Panasonic Lumix G2

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:56:05 +0000

The coolest thing we’ve seen in a long time!

Having been in the photo industry for what seems like forever it’s really rare that something new comes along that makes us excited enough to sell our Hasselblad or incur the wrath of our significant others by purchasing yet another . . . → Read More: Panasonic Lumix G2

Nikon Coolpix P100

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:36:51 +0000

This is a reasonably priced compact camera with a remarkable zoom range – 26x!

Nikon Coolpix P100

Super wide to super telephoto- this is the equivalent of a 26-678mm lens!

Good for sports and action photos as well as it shoots up to 10 frames per second.

10.3 megapixels for stunning prints as large . . . → Read More: Nikon Coolpix P100

Nikon Coolpix P7000

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:35:26 +0000

Nikon Coolpix P7000 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 7.1x Zoom

This is a high quality pocketable camera that will let you take seriously good photos!

The 10.1mp sensor is much larger than the ones inside most compact cameras (1/1.7″ CCD), meaning less noise in the shadow areas making this quite good for low-light photos.

. . . → Read More: Nikon Coolpix P7000

Nikon D3100

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:33:05 +0000

Nikon D3100 14.2MP Digital SLR

Finally, a small, reasonably priced and lighweight Nikon DSLR that shoots 1080p Video!

It boasts a 14.2mp CMOS sensor- More pixels than you should be allowed to have.

This is a very user friendly camera with intuitive controls, and a built-in Guide Mode that walks you through the . . . → Read More: Nikon D3100