Sony A350 In Stock and Shipping

It looks like Amazon has updated the Sony A350 to “In Stock” and ready to ship.  However, this only applies to the standard A350 kit with the 18-70mm lens.  The body only and the 2 lens kit still show a release date of April 25.
For more info on the Sony A350, visit Photography Bay’s Sony [...]

Free Links Friday

Below are some of the best photography links from other sites that I came across this week.  Enjoy!
Hacks claim to ‘liberate’ Canon shooting options from Crave - The CHDK (Canon Hacker’s Development Kit) is an open-source software that creates more shooting options (RAW image capture) and controls (max shutter speed of 1/60,000) for your Canon [...]

Nikon Coolpix P80 - 18x Superzoom

Nikon has announced the new superzoom point and shoot camera, the Coolpix P80. The new P80 boasts a 10.1 megapixel image sensor, Nikon’s EXPEED processing and vibration reduction on a whopping 18x optical zoom lens. For more info on the new P80, check out the press release below.

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Nikon Coolpix S52 and S52c

Nikon has announced two new ultra-compact point and shoot cameras, the Coolpix S52 and S52c. Each features a 9 megapixel sensor and a 3x optical zoom with VR. The S52c adds Wi-Fi capability to instantly email pictures or upload them to Nikon’s Picturetown.  For more info on each of these new cameras, see [...]

Olympus E-3 Review at Trusted Reviews

Trusted Reviews has published its review of the flagship Olympus E-3.
What the Olympus E3 brings to the table is excellent images, a great build quality, and a lovely user experience, but fails to match the innovation of the E-1, or even other models from the Olympus range. Instead it’s taken the best bits, refined them [...]

Pentax K200D Review at Photo Review

Photo Review has posted its review of the Pentax K200D.
Pictures from the test camera had a superficial resemblance to our test shots from the K20D, particularly with respect to the extended dynamic range provided by both cameras. However, the K200D showed less inclination to bias exposures slightly in favour of recording highlight details and the [...]

Flickr Adds Video

Flickr has just stepped up the standards for online photo media sharing with the launch of video for its pro members (mind you that’s only $25 per year). While anyone can view or share via embedding (like the one to your left) videos, only pro members can upload them. My initial impression is [...]

Ricoh GR Digital II Review at Cnet

Cnet has posted a review of the Ricoh GR Digital II.
The GR Digital II is a cute compact camera that might appeal to street photographers looking to step away from a rangefinder and into digital, but doesn’t deliver the features, performance, or image quality it should given its steep price tag.
For the latest news and [...]

Canon EOS 40D Firmware Update Version 1.0.8

Canon has updated the firmware for the Canon EOS 40D to version 1.0.8.  The firmware update is available for download here.
This firmware update (Version 1.0.8) incorporates the following improvements and fixes.

Fixes a phenomenon in which Image Stabilization operation emits a sound when certain buttons are pressed, with the EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens attached to [...]

How To: Single-Image HDR

The following post on HDR photography is by Atlanta based photographer Zach Matthews. Learn more about him at the end of this post.
Over on The Itinerant Angler forums, we’ve spent some time bad-mouthing HDR, and to some extent that is fair. When HDR is over done, it can result in a jacked up, unnatural [...]