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Bored with your average run-of-the-mill memory card?

Check out Robin Raskin’s article on Eye-Fi: The World’s First Wireless Memory Card.

It has the distinction of winning Best Gadget at the Consumer Electronics Show. It looks to us like it has a lot of potential. It’s aimed at allowing you to post instantly to a social network, but do us Pro’s need something like this. Heck ya! We’re thinking shooting tethered without the tether. Shooting an event and having an assistant edit instantly as they come in. We would like to see a compact flash version, but is this takes off that should be a given… We hope!

For you Nikon users out there - here’s some news on the D300.

Everytime I turn around, Nikon seems to unveil a semi-pro camera body that has me wanting to tap into my children’s college fund.

The latest is Nikon’s D300, a 12.3-megapixel monster that is very similar to the D3, but with some new features.

One of the most talked about features is the new monitor - bigger, crisper and more life-like. Ken Rockwell has a nice review here.

While the monitor is nice, I am most interested in getting behind the lens and checking out the new 51-point auto focus system. It’s coupled with Nikon’s new 3D Focus Tracking Feature and, as long rumored, a live preview of the image on the LCD screen.

Nikon just recently launched a new project with Flickr.  It’s a site that allows users to get free advice.  Yes, that’s what they claim.

It’s touted as the Nikon Digital Learning Center on Flickr.

More from the release: 

“Complementing an interactive educational site on Nikon’s USA Web site, the launch of this new program on Flickr is revolutionary for a camera manufacturer. As an extension of Nikon School, this online resource provides Flickr members with tutorials, practical photography tips and advice from Nikon photo professionals to assist them in taking the photos they’ve always dreamed of capturing.”

Check it out and let us know how extensive it is OR if it’s a waste of time!

I don’t know what is more difficult, hitting a round baseball with a round bat OR photographing the bat making contact.
Both require practice and an excellent eye.

This is the story of John Burgess, photographer for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and his efforts to snap Barry Bonds’ record breaking home run. As the article states, it took him 16 days, 13 games, trips to Los Angeles and San Diego and one postponed family vacation.

For the photos, click here and tell us - which one is the best?

It won’t buy you a Nikon Digital DSLR, but close to it.

Found an interesting article in the Washington Post concerning the price of DSLR’s and how much those prices are falling.

Most professionals will shy away from this camera, but some semi-pros (like myself) are looking at these as great second bodies.

There is good news when it comes to price drops. Yes, it’s frustrating to see the exact same camera body’s pricetage fall when a company comes out with version 1.2. However, as those prices fall - more and more cameras sell. Most of the time, companies then re-invest in R&D. In turn, photographers get faster cameras with better features.

At least that’s the hope! Conspiracy theorists can comment below!

I will never forget my first venture to an NFL sideline. I was a young intern with WWL-TV in New Orleans and the Saints and Falcons were tied late in the 4th quarter of a divisional playoff game.

I was enamored with the action, crowd, suspense, and yes - the photographers.

I will also never forget one particular photographer (his name is not important and to be honest, I never asked) who had black electrical tape on his camera - covering the brand name, Nikon. At first, I just assumed that he was a Canon-guy and was forced to use Nikon equipment; thus, protesting the decision by his boss.

However, that was not the case. I asked him, “Why the black tape over ‘Nikon’?”

He snapped, “I’m not a walking billboard - I’m a journalist!”

It’s the reason for the recent article here on PPS, and why this story is getting a lot of attention in the photo-journalist circles.

Todd