Archive for January, 2008

In the “saw it coming” category, news today that Sigma has put out a teaser ad on their long-promised Rangefinder camera with a APS-C sized sensor, the Sigma DP-1.
You can catch it here at Photography Blog. You can go back and see our wish-list for a camera of this sort here.
Also comes news of Nikon’s [...]

Wow.
A recent blog by Paul Indigo pretty much hits the nail on the head when it comes to creativity and enjoying photography.

Kate of Edelman sent this a while back and I just got around to posting it (sorry Kate).
Recognizing that some of us just aren’t that organized but also understanding the importance of details, particularly to pro photographers, Microsoft has developed Pro Photo Shoot, an Outlook add-in designed to help photographers keep track of their stuff. [...]

Well, kinda.
My buddy BadDog and I are always playing “If I ran the Camera Companies” and discussing features that should be on a nice, portable “rangefinder” style camera (a la CartierBresson or Robert Doisneau).
I’m of the opinion that (at least for this moment in the economy) people are willing to spend big-bucks on digital [...]

The Library of Congress has joined up with the new mellinium (and WEB 2.0) to showcase some of it’s fantastic FSA (Farm Security Administration) collection of copyright-free images.

I got the piano tuned the other day. Hurray! It sounds wonderful and it’s actually easier to play now that the tension on each key has been adjusted. But taking advantage of an open piano, I asked the tuner if he minded if I took some pictures over his shoulder. It [...]

From the PMA (Photo Marketers Association) comes news that Nikon has sold out it’s inventory of the D40x 10mp camera in Japan. They also bring news that Nikon will increase it’s production of the new D300 and D3 model cameras.
They will be making 70,000 units a month of the D300! That’s a lot of expensive [...]

Today, we turn the focus back on you, our readers, to get a better feel of who’s out there and what you’re up to. With all the great photography going on out there, and photo-sharing sites like “Flickr”, the times have never been better (or easier) to share with the world what you all are [...]