Nikon D90
Nikon today announced the release of their newest DSLR, the D90. They also released the GP-1 GPS Unit which will bring GPS Geotagging to the DSLRs they offer. For more details about each announcement, visit our Cadco Photography blog:
Tomorrow is the 2008 Worldwide Photo Walk. I will be participating in the Portland, Oregon photo walk. For details of a photo walk in your area, go to Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk site.
Kari Kuukka shot a 360 degree high resolution panorama image of the photographer’s corral about 30 minutes before the start of the men’s 100m final at Beijing National Stadium. An about equal distribution of Canon and Nikon gear. Its starting to look like more Nikon than Canon though.
360 Degree Olympic Panorama
Episode #032, 2008 Compact Trucks, Part 1
A new player enters, Stage Right. Mr Blue is a truck marketing geek. He and Mr Black discuss the potential market for a compact pickup. This is one for marketing people to listen to, or guys who know about trucks.
Duration: 33:06
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Direct download: ORP-Episode032.m4a
Duration: 33:06
Size: 30.34 mb
Format: MP3
Direct download: ORP-Episode032.mp3
Nikon just announced their new line of COOLPIX point and shoot digital cameras. Some of the specs are staggering. the COOLPIX S60 boasts a 3.5-inch touch-screen LCD! And to compete with Canon, Nikon finally released the G9 killer called the P6000 which features a 14 megapixel sensor, built-in GPS, fully programmable and manual modes, and NEF (RAW) format support. For complete details about all cameras released, check out the Nikon Press Releases on our Cadco Photography blog.
Apple released a firmware update for the iPhone and iPod touch last night. The new 2.0.1 version is quite large at approximately 246mb, so many bug fixes should be in place now. Immediately I noticed a speed increase. After using it a bit already, it appears to be more stable as well with no lockups thus far.
I would recommend applying this update during your next iTunes sync.
Nikon announced a memory upgrade for their flagship D3 DSLR body. This memory upgrade increases the continuous shooting buffer from 16 to 36 shots when shooting in 14-bit lossless NEF raw format files. The cost is approximately $500 plus tax in the USA. You can contact your local Nikon repair center for more information. Here is a link to the info from Nikon and the matrix showing all the shot increases depending on file format used:
