Amazon leaks Adobe CS3 pricing

Amazon has leaked pricing info for Adobe's CS3 line. Get the details here.

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee, Jamaican dancehall DJ.

Sigma APO 200 - 500 mm F2.8 EX DG lens.

Sigma's got a "whale" of a lens, in the form of the APO 200 - 500 mm F2.8 EX DG. The lens offers f/2.8 through the entire zoom range. A first, Sigma claims. The lens is supplied with a dedicated APO TELE CONVERTER 2x EX DG II as a standard accessory. Look forward some very interesting focal length figures with this package on say, a DSLR with a 1.5x crop factor.
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/news/200_500_28.htm

SanDisk again. It's their new 8GB SDHC card.

In an announcement today, SanDisk is introducing a 8GB SDHC card. The card will ship with a SDHC card reader, since the SDHC standard is not supported by older devices.

SanDisk write-once flash memory

Somewhat old news, I know.
One Febreuary 26th, Sandisk's head of consumer business, Greg Rhine announced their intention to introduce a new Flash Memory category, using a technology they call 3D memory. The result is a write-once, read-only memory card. These cards are likely to be very cheap and promise storage of 100+ years. With this, comes another addition to the existing methods of archiving digital files. "Very Cheap" sounds good to me. Let's see how that develops.

Canon's EOS-1D Mark III 10fps shooter. It's here!

Canon has announced their new 1-series pro body, the EOS 1D Mark III. Their are a number of improvements over the model it replaces. It seems to be new from the ground up. It's expected to ship in April for USD$3'999.

Some highlights:

• The world's fastest autofocus DSLR with 10fps.
  
• Dual DIGIC III Image Processors for fine detail, natural color reproduction and high-speed performance
  
• A new 10mp APS-H (1.3x) sensor.
  
• Self-cleaning system.
  
• 3" LCD with 230,000 pixels and live view (at last).
• ISO 100-3200 with ISO expansion, L- 50, H - 6400.
• Startup time, 0.2 sec. approx.
• Selectable Highlight Tone Priority.
• New compact, lightweight, high-capacity lithium-ion battery with detailed battery info.
• External USB recording media (IE USB 2.0 hard drive) via the WFT-E2A.

Links:
Specs
Canon Japan
Canon USA whitepaper

Pros & Point & Shoots

Professional photographer Alex Majoli, uses Olympus point & shoot cameras to capture his images. I found this article a while back on Robgalbraith.com.

Rethinking the Business of Wedding Photography

I found this really excellent article by Thomas Kachadurian recently. Check it out.
Thanks Tom.

"Bling" business

Jamaican dancehall DJ Bling Dawg in the pilot seat of his recently launched barber shop, Bling Kutt, Central Avenue, Kingston.

Transportation mode

Mother & daughter make their way home through Monday evening traffic. Old Hope Road, Kingston.