Review of my current tripod

The Leica X1 is a fixed lens camera with a 24mm f/2.8 lens and a 1.5x crop factor APS-C sensor. Expensive, but gives the Sigma fixed-lens APS-C cameras high-end competition.

Panasonic is announcing the GF1, which is their equivalent to the Olympus E-P1. They've also got two nice Micro 4/3rds lenses to go with it.

A review of my current favorite flash

The Lomographic society has a fairly interesting looking square format 35mm camera. Should be excellent for the toy camera crowd.

I'm linking to Nicolai's site Photon Detector because I also feel that anything related to the Lomographic Society needs to be reported with more scorn than I can manage on some days.

It's actually quite funny. I was just talking with my wife (who was grousing about the A400 on a trip because I had a shoot scheduled and needed the G7) about how I was unwilling to spend money on a new digital right now unless forced to because the camera market was getting interesting. What do I see but the next day this and the G11 announced? :)

The megapixel race, at least for high-end Serious Compact cameras, seems to be over.

Actually, the G11 should make the decisions nice and agonizing whenever it's time to replace my G7.

I've got no official word on the subject, but apparently Kodak Ektachrome E200 is gone.

The E-P1, despite its flaws, is still high on the list for cameras I'd purchase whenever my G7 breaks / is stolen / ends up in the water and muck while I'm photographing a naked model.

The best highest-end tripods and heads in the world will give you blurry images if you don't use them right. Here are some things I've discovered you need to think about while shooting with a tripod...

Well, all you folks spouting off about Kodak dropping film... now it's Fuji's turn. Fujicolor 800z is now off the market.

The problem, of course, is that the market that wanted an 800 speed film is happy with a digital SLR... and also that a lot of folks tend to prefer Kodak's 800 speed film.

The other day, when I came upon "Rayovac 4.0" batteries, which use "Lithium" all over the package, I was wondering if there was a new battery formulation that I wasn't aware of...

I'm somewhat sad about this. The latest Rollei 6x6 system sold as the Leaf AFi and Sinar Hy6, is the closest digital to having the Mamiya RB67 user experience. But Leaf is now owned by Phase One... and Phase One is already committed to the Mamiya system. But Rollei has been in bad shape for a long time now, so I'm not surprised.

The Online Photographer provides a size comparison for the E-P1.

I'm betting that I can pocket it, based on that.

As somebody who griped up a storm about Kodak's previous film discontinuations, I have to say that they are discontinuing film with the appropriate amount of respect for our loss this time...