
After many delays, Sigma has announced that the SD15 is available. Sigma UK is advising availability at the beginning of July. However, Sigma US has yet to announce an availability date.
Amazon has the SD15 listed in its inventory; however, it is still showing shipping in 1 to 2 months. [click to continue…]

Over on his blog today, John Nack, Principal Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop, briefly spoke about the huge demand for a Lightroom App for the Apple iPad and how hard that it is to make it work right. Adobe’s Terry White had previously given us a wink and a nod that we might see Lightroom soon on the iPad, and Nack’s brief commentary suggests Adobe is hard at work to make it happen. However, citing Camera Bits’ troubles, it looks Abode is running into similar road blocks that other app developers have faced when it comes to making a truly worthwhile app for photographers.
Head on over to John Nack’s blog to see his thoughts, and speculate as you see fit.

Every few weeks, Buy.com offers some pretty good deals on Kingston SD cards. Several SD cards just went on sale there today. [click to continue…]

Talk about changing the way HDR is done . . . .
A recently published Canon patent application (see USPTO Appl. No. 12/630,594) reveals a method for altering exposure values at the pixel level, which would allow Canon to produce a camera that captures a much wider dynamic range with a single image.
The lengthy patent application spells out a process whereby the camera captures a preliminary image with normal exposure values and then evaluates the exposure level across the entire image. After creating an exposure map of the scene, the camera alters the exposure amount at the pixel level for the primary HDR image capture. [click to continue…]

Below you will find this weeks firmware updates. Hit the manufacturer website links for more details and download instructions for the firmware. [click to continue…]

Buy.com has got the Canon 7D for a good $100 to $150 less than any other legitimate sites have right now. At $1425, this is a heck of a deal on the Canon 7D right now. Free shipping is included. The deal ends next week . . . or whenever it sells out.
You can find the 7D here on Buy.com.