Digital Camera Photography Tips

The Sigma DP1, the world’s first digital compact camera featuring an APS-C sized imaging sensor, was first presented as a concept prototype at Photokina 2006. Since then prospective users have nervously been waiting for its release to market - in vain. Sigma has today published an announcement in which the company explains the delay by unforeseen image quality problems which resulted in a requirement to change the specification of the camera’s imaging pipeline. Luckily things seem to be back on track now with alpha testing of the final design having started in November. Click through for a link to the official announcement.

I’m not a lawyer, but Bert Krages is and he has written a wonderful book to guide photographers through the basics of how the legal system affects photography. From…

(AP) - Hot air balloons fly at the International Hot Air Balloon Festival over Leon, Mexico, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Mario Armas)

(Reuters) - Cirque du Soleil artists perform during the "Delirium" show presentation in Lisbon's Atlantic pavillion November 28, 2007. REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro (PORTUGAL)

(AP) - Gardener Heike Ludwig looks at poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) in a greenhouse in Barth, northern Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. Poinsettias are also known as Christmas Stars or Winter Roses. (AP Photo/Frank Hormann)

The winner of the Thanksgiving weekly assignment 11 photo contest is…Jayne! Congrats on a job well done!
Be sure to check out the rest of the finalists and…

Time to get ridiculous! The winter holiday season is all too often filled with seriousness instead of celebration. Let’s do something to lighten the mood this week. …

Canon has released firmware version 1.1.3 for its EOS-1D Mark III DSLR. Available now via Canon Japan’s website, the update increased transmission speed when using high-speed SD cards, improves AF-tracking in certain situations and fixes a couple of bugs. Click through for a list of changes and the all-important download link.

(AP) - In this image released by the Association of Surfing Professionals, ASP No. 1 Stephanie Gilmore, of Australia, cuts back on a wave during her round 2 heat in the Roxy Pro surfing tournament at Sunset Beach, Hawaii, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, Gilmore kept her ASP World Title hopes alive by defeating Rochelle Ballard, of Hawaii, and Jacqueline Silva, of Brazil. (AP Photo/ASP, Kirstin Scholtz)

(AP) - A giant illuminated Berlin Bear made up of fairy lights, is seen at a junction in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday Nov. 27, 2007. (AP Photo / Michael Sohn)