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There have been a lot of rumors about the D800 being announced in a couple weeks so the D700 being discontinued was no surprise, but a new pro-level DX body (D400?) hasn't really been being talked - yet. Link: Nikon D700 & D300s are now officially discontinued | Nikon Rumors

Sad day indeed. The long rumored bankruptcy filing by Eastman Kodak happened today. Nice article by USA Today. I know I'll date myself, but who else remembers using lead lined bags to carry film through an airport so that the x-ray machine wouldn't fog your high-speed film?

As I've said before, I use both platforms. I get discouraged when people say that Macs cost more than PCs. If you're talking consumer grade semi-disposable equipment, then yes. But price a top tier PC laptop and Apple laptop and the price is very similar. Compare a 15" MacBook Pro and a 15.6"...

My wife and I just booked a Benelux trip for early May. Part of the trip will be to knock off one of my bucket list items: Keukenhof tulip gardens. It seems a shame to even consider going somewhere with 7 million tulips and no macro lens, right? At least that is what I'm telling my wife. :cool...

Ever wonder what a naked D4 looks like?

Tamron has updated their Event Calendar for 2012. ABout 4-5 years ago I attended one of their macro workshops with the late Don Gale and it was fabulous. I don't own any of their lenses but at the event I attended they were loaning equipment.

Early last year Bibble Labs was purchased by Corel. Corel announced a new product based on Bibble called AfterShot Pro. It is a direct competitor for Lightroom and Aperture. Simultaneously they announced that no further development will be done on Bibble. The new product looks promising. Both...

With all of the recent price reductions and sales on Lightroom 3 and discussions on changing upgrade policies for Photoshop, we shouldn't have been surprised that Adobe had something planned for CES. Adobe announced the availability of a public beta of Lightroom 4. You can download the beta...

Nicely done video by B&H.

From an article in Popular Photography. This is one of the most creative photography ideas that I've seen! Link: Commercial Food Photographer Portfolio | Food Photographer, Kyle Dreier

Ever wonder which lenses have profiles in Lightroom or Photoshop? Here is the list of Nikkor branded lenses.

Just in time for the holidays, Adobe left a little gift under our collective trees. Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw 6.6 are now available. Of interest to Nikon shooters: Support for the Nikon 1 including the Nikon 1 NIKKOR 10mm f/2.8 and Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 lenses. Lens...

The image count for a particular body is also stored in the EXIF. See the screenshot below from Photoshop for an example.It can be used for sequencing. However, if your body is serviced it is usually reset. Setting up some sort of file management scheme similar to described previously is a...

I don't discriminate between Mac and PC:

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I just downloaded Snapseed. All I can say is WOW!! What a sweet little app. I took a throw away image from the Photowalk, cropped and converted to a B&W image in just a few seconds. I'm pretty happy with the results. Best iPad app I've found to date. Original:

Thanks for the feedback. Here is a modified version: Here is the original HDR before the crop:

I participated in the Kelby Worldwide Photowalk yesterday in Philadelphia. We walked the Ben Franklin Bridge. Good day. I took an HDR of one of the control buildings and then cropped. I cranked up the sharpening trying to get an edgy or gritty look. Is it too much? EXIF: D300, Nikkor 17-55, ISO...

Update time! Lightroom 3.5 and Camera Raw 6.5 are now available. Of interest to Nikon shooters: Support for the P7100 Lens Profiles for the Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED, 24mm f/1.4G ED, 35mm f/1.4G, 50mm f/1.8G and the SIGMA APO 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM When applying automatic lens profile...

Nikon released an updated version of ViewNX with support of the Nikon 1 cameras. More info and download links available here.