Olympus finally does the right thing for the 4/3rds mount
One of the central arguments of the 4/3rds mount was that digital camera sensors were destined to stay small, thus, a new mount for these smaller sensors, with a smaller lens throat and registration distance so that the lenses could be smaller and lighter, only covering that 4/3rds mount size. Of course, Olympus kinda screwed it up.
London's Metro Cops need their head examined
London's Metropolitan Police have a new "keep your eyes open" campaign.Guess who the scapegoats are? Well, there's people with too many phones, your funny-looking neighbors... and photographers.
Lunar Eclipse 2/20/2008
Some pictures of the 2/20/2008 eclipse
17 Lies and half-truths in the Camera business
There are a lot of half-truths going around about photography. Generally, the various photographic equipment companies spread one or two of them, and then the various photography magazines and megasites play along because they realize that to go against what the photography companies want is a great way to not get access to the latest and greatest for review.
Polaroid gone?
So, we've known for a long time that Polaroid has lost their way. See, back in the seventies and sixties, they were a brilliant company that could do no wrong, led by Dr. Land and a team of expert engineers....
The last word on PMA 2008
There's been some hope that we're going to stop seeing the fairly stupid megapixel race progress and might actually see some new features in cameras. As usual, it didn't happen this PMA.
DIGIC, Venus Engine, and other fancy names for mundane products
Digital cameras need a computer processor inside to do their imaging magic, just like a lot of devices. My cellphone has one. My wife's iPod has one. Unlike my cellphone, which isn't advertised as having a Moto-Blast processor or something silly like that, some of the camera manufacturers have given their processor a name...
Digital Photo Archiving: Proven archival
People like to argue about the various archival value of various treatments, with an eye towards being able to know that if you use a specific combination of products, you'll be able to store your images for years to come.
Cool new stuff for the new year
Just when we thought that Kodak was out of ways to improve films, they got even finer grain out of the 400NC and 400VC films
I'm proud of the local bubble burster and party pooper
Lane Hartwell forced YouTube to take down a popular viral video.

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