The Travel Photographer on Photoshop TV

I'm thrilled to see that The Travel Photographer blog was featured on PhotoshopUser TV, which is brought by NAPP (the National Association of Photoshop Professionals). Both Matt and Dave are industry icons, and present their weekly informative television episodes to an appreciative public.

My thanks to both Matt and Dave, the hosts of the program.

The episode is PhotoshopUser TV Episode 140 (June 30, 2008)

Loupe: Another Piece of "Uselessness"

Uniden, a Japanese camera accessory maker launched a new magnifying glass for LCD screens of digital cameras on their website. The magnifying glass can be used by owners of SLRs and compact digital cameras with LCD screen size of 3 inches. The images are magnified three-fold, and it's claimed that it will not scratch the surface of LCD screens.

I have no idea who will buy -and use- this utterly useless piece of equipment...unless it's an obsessive pixel/histogram-peeper, with $47 to burn.

Via CrunchGear

Nikon D700 Announced

I'm not a Nikon user, but I heard much about the newly announced Nikon D700 at the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Mexico City. It was just a rumor then, but some of its specs were being discussed among the photojournalists there. It was described by a fervent Nikon user as a certain Canon 5D "killer".

The British Journal of Photography has published an article describing the D700 as having many of the Nikon D3's features, including full frame, a 12.1 million pixel resolution, a 36x23.9mm CMOS sensor and a reinforced D300 body. The price is said to be GBP 2000 ($4000), however this includes VAT. I read elswehere that it'll be around $3000 here in the US.

The New York Times also has an article on the D700

Only time tell if the D700 is really a Canon 5D "killer", or if the rumored new 5D II regains Canon's momentum.

Michael Reichmann of the Luminous Landscape shares his thoughts about the D700 and the coming match-up with the Canon 5DII here