Possibly, the most important recent camera news is the announcement of the Red DSMC system. Red is the most important camera company no one has ever heard of. They made a name for themselves with a modular digital video camera called Red One. Now they’re attacking the high-end digital SLR market with their DSMC (Digital Still and Motion Camera) system. The DSMC system can be configured in seemingly endless ways, supports frame rates unheard of in the DSLR world, and can mount Nikon and Canon SLR lenses. It’s definitely targeted at high-end working pros, and even then I believe it will only appeal to a limited market. But the timing is interesting, as the hybrid still/motion system was announced shortly after Nikon and Canon both introduced digital SLRs with HD video capability. But imagine a pro-level digital camera that can capture 30, 50 or even over 100 frames-per-second…
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Canon Rebate Company Bankruptcy

I’m sorry we didn’t post this sooner, as it probably affects quite a few of you. On Monday, November 17th, Canon USA posted an announcement on their Web site stating that the rebate company handling their current rebate campaign has gone bankrupt.
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The Olympus E-520 is a 10-megapixel digital SLR with a compact body, built-in image stabilization, a 2.7-inch LCD with live view, and enough exposure modes to please any photographer. It’s part of the Four Thirds System, which uses a smaller 4:3 aspect ratio imaging sensor that helps keep the camera body and lenses small and light.

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Olympus E-520 Studio Test Images
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Pros Light and compact Built-in mechanical image stabilization Super Control Panel LCD interface Excellent, compact lenses Lots of customization possible 3.5 frames-per-second frame rate Supersonic Wave Filter dust reduction system Great value	Cons Image quality isn’t as good as the competition Sometimes auto focus locks up Only three auto focus points Menus and customization options can be overwhelming

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Do you want to share with and learn from other photographers? Online communities like PhotographyREVIEW.com are a great place to share your photos and learn from other people. But there’s no replacement for actually taking pictures alongside other photographers so you can see what they do and compare photos. Plus, it’s fun to meet new people! PhotographyREVIEW.com has had a bunch of Gatherings and everyone always learns a lot and has a great time. There are a growing number of local photowalk groups and blogs around the world. Salt lake City, where I live, has a very active photowalk that gets together about once a month. Recently, a master photowalk blog, Photowalklist.com, was created so that people could find photowalks wherever they live or travel.
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Think Tank Photo has updated their line of Airport Addicted professional photo travel backpacks. All four backpacks now include a built-in metal security cable that can be used to lock gear into the backpack or lock the backpack to immobile items like airport benches. As the name implies, Think Tank Photo’s “Airport Addicted” backpacks are designed for photographers who spend a lot of time traveling. They range in size from the Airport Antidote, which will fit in tiny commuter plane overhead compartments; to the Airport Addicted, which fits a 400mm f/2.8 or 500mm f/4 lens along with multiple DSLRs and complies with international carry-on rules.
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DxO Labs enters the camera comparison business…

Digital photography software maker DxO Labs, has announced a new beta Web site, DxOMark.com. The new site offers “objective RAW-based image quality data to enable fair analysis and comparison of digital cameras.” It’s a free online camera resource and they already have over 50 digital cameras listed. The cameras are mostly digital SLRs as well as some high-end compact digital cameras that support RAW capture. The data is easy to sort and digest and you can compare up to three cameras at once. I did a quick comparison of the Canon EOS 40D and the Canon EOS 50D and was impressed at the amount of information and the quality of the data. Based on my experience with both cameras, the DxOMark.com data seems right on target.
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Red Announces Digital Still And Motion Camera System

There’s a lot of buzz in the online photography community about the new Red modular camera system, announced today. Red really stirred things up in the digital video industry last year with their Red One ultra high-def modular video camera system. I’m no video expert and I won’t pretend to understand exactly how the Red system differs from the Canon, Sony, and Panasonic cameras. But I do know it’s modular and upgradeable and a lot of videographers believe it offers a serious challenge to the digital video status quo.
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Sigma Corporation announced today that they are acquiring Foveon, developer of the X3 sensor. Foveon developed and manufacturs the unique 3-layer X3 sensor used in the Sigma SD14 digital SLR and DP1 compact digital camera.
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The New Olympus E-30 - The Creator Digital SLR

In September, at Photokina, Olympus announced they had a new Four Thirds digital SLR in the works. The new 12.3-megapixel Olympus E-30 is designed to fall between the E-520 and the flagship E-3. It shares many of the high-end features of the E-3 in a smaller, lighter body, less expensive body. Olympus calls the target E-30 buyer the “Creator.” It’s aimed at artists, designers, illustrators, art students, and other creative types and includes brand new technology that gives creative photographers new tools for “superior expressivity.”

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Nikon sent us their new 13.5-megapixel Coolpix P6000 for review. Below you’ll find a short preview of the P6000, including studio sample photos and short unboxing video.

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