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Nikon has filled in the gap between its midrange and pro digital SLRs. The D700, announced today and slated to ship in late July 2008, looks like a D300, acts like a D3 and promises to be as big a hit as each of them. Nikon has taken the full-frame 12.05 million image pixel CMOS sensor from the D3, placed it inside a body that is similar to the D300, weaved in capabilities from both and put a U.S. price tag of US$2999.95 on the result. http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-9311-9483

The MediaStorm Workshops: One Man Brand by Lucy Nicholson and Jassim Ahmad

Photographers and Painters – A Symbiosis

What can photographers learn from painters?
What can painters learn from photographers?

This camera might be advanced for many users but it is a glimpse into the future of photography....where one will shoot very high quality RAW video and stills from one device.

Is the RED ONE a video camera?
RED does not record video, which is defined as an RGB signal. Think of the RED ONE as a RAW recording DSLR that shoots as high as 120 fps at 2K (30 fps at 4K).

SCARLET Overview

NAB’s bombshell was Scarlet, a 3K masterpiece targeting an under $3K price point. Employing a 2/3″ 3K sensor, built in 8X T2.8 Zoom lens that maintains speed through the zoom, 4.8″ flip out attached LCD, built in stereo mic, internal removable battery, dual CF card slot recording media, and an all aluminum body. Scarlet is the camera everybody will want and Scarlet will change the industry. There will be no reservation system for Scarlet; the day it is introduced is the day you can buy yours. Planned introduction is early 2009.

The details on Scarlet’s systems are forthcoming, as features will evolve over the next year. We had great input at NAB and Scarlet will reflect much of what we heard on the show floor. We are a company that listens and strives to make what the customer wants. The only ones disappointed will be our competitors.

Canon USA informing dealers of upcoming price jump.

Photo by Keith Skelton

The differences between still and video cameras is almost nil. Many new compact digital cameras offer a movie mode that takes a short video. Some video camcorders have the ability to take a small file still photo.

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We often get asked which are the best flash memory cards to use for a digital camera. Many people automatically go for the popular SanDisk or Lexar brands. There are a host of other brands that are excellent products and can save you money. I use the Transcend and Ridata brands. A 8GB Transcend can cost you around $140 compared to a similar SanDisk of over $300.

Note that the write speeds of a Transcend 8GB 266X are less than one second slower than the SanDisk Extreme Ducati 8GB.

Match your Digital SLR to a particular disk in the chart. With compact digital cameras (not included in this database) you can estimate the SD card speeds by checking the camera that uses the SD card (such as the Nikon D80)

www.robgalbraith.com has updated the CF/SD Performance Database. It is a regularly-updated compilation of write and read speed test results designed to aid the serious and professional photographer in selecting camera storage media for a Canon or Nikon digital SLR.

-Keith Skelton

Here is a look at a new Ricoh compact camera designed for heavy outdoor use. It even conforms to US Department of Defense standards. (what ever those are). It has a 28-140mm lens and 10 mega-pixels. It looks like fun!

Check it out:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0804/08042201ricohg600.asp

http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/g/g600/index.html

Now you are going to be able to sit at Starbucks (T-mobile sites) and photograph your latte with a 28mm to 280mm lens, shoot a HD movie, and Wi-Fi the pictures directly to Google. All with the Panasonic TZ50 9.1 megapixel camera. Amazing....

Photo by Giacomo Brunelli.

sunnida1 offered this humorous but frightening video of Wellington
airport in New Zealand.

Travel&Leisure Magazine has put out a list of what they feel are the world's scariest runways. They forgot to mention Burbank airport, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, and the deck of an aircraft carrier (I guess that doesn't count) Maybe you can add your scariest runway to the list!

http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/the-worlds-scariest-runways/1

Photos by Keith Skelton

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Here are some wonderful photographs taken by amateur photographers. Check it out.

Photo copyright by Darwin Guevarra, "My Inspirations"

American Aperture

New York Times photojournalist Dith Pran, whose harrowing survival of genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge was dramatized in the film "The Killing Fields," died on Sunday at the age of 65.

Check out the NY Times slide show link below.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/03/31/nyregion/20080331_DITH_index.html

http://www.cambodian.com/dithpran/

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKN3032761720080330