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PowerShot SD880: spent, PowerShot SD780: fresh

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All of you with the rich, metallic taste of Canon’s PowerShot SD880 stuck in your happy, compact camera loving mouths, please make your peace. It looks to be replaced by the PowerShot SD780, and unlike the 880, we have this one in stock for the low price of 279.97, which qualifies for the free UPS Ground shipping if you order through our online shopping cart.



photoGooru Mock-Ups Getting Finalized

Hey all, photoGooru’s been delayed a bit by a few small fires, but it’s still coming and coming in a ‘sooner-than-later’ sorta way. Again, if you missed the press release, photoGooru is going to be our compliment to the Online Help Department, focusing on technical columns in friendly language to help people better understand the world of digital imaging. If you hadn’t noticed or haven’t voted yet, check the poll on the right to cast your vote for what content we need to prioritize.

In the meanwhile, here’re the mockups for what you can expect. Mind you, they’re tiny, but it’s something to show, right?



Cooliris implemented to massage your eyeballs with our Flickr

Did I say it was easy to embed Cooliris in a page? I did. Guess what, it’s not beneath our fearless webmaster use something sexy and free. Check our monthly photo contest page and our Flickr feed to see this slickery goodness.

If you want in-depth knowledge of how to do this head on over to the Cooliris developer forums or pester us (Derek) in the comments below.

You should also keep an eye on the Robert’s Raw footage videos on our Youtube channel. I hear rumblings from the webmaster implying that he’ll be feeding them into Cooliris as well. Ba-da-BING!



Your New Career Path: Midnight Paparazzi

astroscopeFor those of you in the rough right now, here’s a wonderful, if somewhat ridiculous, idea: midnight paparazzi. Thanks to the availability of products like Electrophysic’s “AstroScope” DSLR-mounted night vision intensifiers, quibbling little details like “lack of light” are no longer concerns for the discerning night photographer.

Oh, sure, as pointed out in Electrophysic’s catalog, it probably has quite a few legitimate uses in fields such as “military tactical imaging,” “law enforcement,” “government surveillance,” “low-light photography,” and “photojournalism.” But we all know my solution is far better, right?

For those who are now curious, it sits between lens and body, so you can use all your current glass to get great, green night pictures. It’s available for full-frame Canon and Nikon bodies.




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