The D3, D700 and Canon

As has widely been reported around the net, today marks the introduction of the new Nikon D700. In my eyes, this release pretty much seals the deal that Nikon is back in the game and in a huge way. More to the point, the domination that Canon has enjoyed since 2000 in the mid to high-end digital SLR market is well and truly over. So, what’s next?

Changing Your Point of View

A sure way to photographic dullsville is to take a picture from the same point of view that everyone sees the same scene from day in and day out. I think that this must be because we assign the viewpoints from which we’ve viewed the world from as boring.

Feeds, Republication, and Copyright

Derek Powazek has yanked out full blog entries from his syndication feeds and is now providing simple summaries. He apparently hit his saturation point with people scum republishing his content to profiteer from his work. On the one hand, I want to be disappointed about it. On the other, I totally understand.

Action Stream

  • duncan tweeted, "@christine Avoiding a big flaming melt through is exactly what we were after in trading in the power supply at Apple."
  • duncan tweeted, "@pinarozger is experimenting with espresso today and the quality of her shots just went up by an order of magnitude"
  • duncan saved Good Eats Season 10 Ep19 (1/2) as a favorite video
  • duncan saved Good Eats Season 10 Ep19 (2/2) as a favorite video
  • duncan tweeted, "Just finished a quick visit to the Genius Bar to replace bad MBP power adapter. MagSafe connector had frayed."
  • duncan tweeted, "Some armchair quaterbacking about the D3,D700, and Canon: http://tinyurl.com/65nngp"
  • duncan tweeted, "WALL•E was an amazing movie. But most of you knew that already."
  • duncan tweeted, "@rlepage I'll be back in PDX next Tuesday night or so. And yes, coffee. :)"
  • duncan tweeted, "ust blocks from where it was made."
  • duncan tweeted, "Just snagged tix for WALL•E in digital projection in Emeryville, j"