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If you know these two guys and haven’t seen it before watch the video below for a good laugh.

Found it on Joe McNally’s blog. Make your comments there.

After quite some research and coping with the seemingly antagonistic contradiction between desire and financial capabilities I decided to migrate to Mac. My final choice was the simpler Mac Mini which was sold by a local Premium Reseller with 2G RAM as a promotion and I asked for a 320G (7200RPM) HD replacing the original 120G one.

I actually migrated from two directions:

• I used to be using a pretty old laptop with Ubuntu Linux on it for emailing, surfing the Web, writing blog posts and some basic Web developments,
• and was suffering on an even older desktop PC with Windows on it for photo editing.

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I upgraded my camera bag a few weeks ago. I’ve chosen the same brand so it is a Lowepro again, but a Magnum AW this time.
I’m pretty satisfied with it so far. I can put all my stuff into it (see my gear here): a camera body, two lenses, two speedlights, chargers, batteries and still have some room for some future developments or a backup body.
It seems to be padded very well for protection.
I also purchased a Belt strap with it. It’s easier to carry the full bag on my shoulder with the belt fastened around my hip and the belt prevents the bag from slinging when not needed.

This is about something Chase Jarvis mentioned some time ago: the convergence of still photography and video.
Alexx Henry was lucky – or hard working – enough to get an assignment where he could use and leverage the features of an amazing Red One cinema camera for a project that combines still images and video. You’ll see some movie posters coming alive.

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There are lots of speculations around the Web on what Nikon is after with launching a normal (52mm equivalent) prime lens exclusively in DX format.
DPreview seems to have great connections to ask Nikon itself about the official reasons.
The major messages are:

• “DX is not over”
• “The main target is D40/D60/D90 owners”
• “this is not the last lens announcement we’ll be making this year”

Read the interview with Nikon representatives at DPreview.

Let the word spread around. The Nikon D90 has just been announced and even Chase Jarvis has his words about it. See the video below, the DPreview here and some sample videos made with this camera here.

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