From WIRED.com
“It may look like another sleek, sliver point-and-shoot, but Casio’s new 7.2-megapixel camera packs some surprises under its svelte case. Underneath the beautiful chassis lurks a surprising array of manual controls such as aperture adjustment, shutter priority, and flash intensity.” $400 casio.com

“A subsidiary controlled by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev has agreed to purchase the New York Times building from Tishman Speyer for about $525 million, Mr. Leviev’s holding company announced today.
The landmark headquarters of the newspaper was built in 1913 and the New York Times, owned by New York Times Co., has occupied it ever since, [...]

PopPhoto Notes:
Norway & Iceland, August 7-18, 2007. Traverse the same land and sea that the Vikings explored over a thousand years ago when you join Nikon professional photographers Daniel J. Cox and Rob Van Petten, August 7–18 for an extraordinary Mentor Series photography workshop in breathtaking Iceland and Norway!
This is only of of many places [...]

From The New York Times:
 
“Professional photographers have relied on clever hands and sophisticated software to turn a good picture into something that stands out. Now, Web sites are selling professional retouching services. For $20 to $200 or more, anyone can get a tighter stomach, smoother skin and brighter teeth — at least in an image. [...]

Tips from PopPhoto:
“The Problem: A lovely shot done with good technique, but our resident nitpickers weren’t happy with (what else?) that horizon line placed just about dead center. That’s not necessarily terrible in itself, but combined with the big, empty expanses of sky and water, it tends to make the picture feel static.
What now? This [...]

Wolfgang Gruener of TG Daily informs us:
(A test between HD photo and the JPEG has been in affect for a while now…)
” These results clearly suggest that HD Photo’s time may not have come yet. As long as JPEG is simply good enough for the mainstream, there is little incentive to switch from JPEG [...]

From Dphoto:
“Offering improved performance in many areas over its predecessor, the EF 70-200 2.8L USM, this new lens features Image Stabilizer technology, improved autofocus performance and high levels of dust and moisture resistance. The new lens, with its enhanced performance and Image Stabilizer technology, is sure to set the benchmark for professional level telephoto zoom [...]

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Excerpt of David Friend’s peice, (one time Director of Photography for Time Life Magazine)
“Last month, Time Inc. announced that it was suspending publication of the weekly Life magazine. Like some charmed and perpetually resuscitated being in a mystical Eastern rebirth cycle, the publication seems destined to occupy a limbo of near-death experiences and “eventual resurrection” [...]

Cnet informs us: ” Looking at 10 different photos of Niagara Falls, it might be hard to tell the difference between amateur snapshots and professional postcards. But to Elliot Anderson, there’s art in the common man’s photography of the American landscape. Anderson, a software engineer turned new-media artist, has taken tourist photos uploaded to the [...]