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Lowepro has announced the launch of the Flipside 400 AW high-performance camera backpack. This new backpack follows the success of the smaller-sized Flipside 200 and Flipside 300 which are geared to the amateur who wants the convenience and comfort of a rotating bag. The larger Flipside 400 AW will appeal to the serious enthusiast or [...]

The news is all over the web, Canon has announced a new dSLR just ahead of Photokina 2008. The improvements are not just incremental over the EOS 40D; there are quantum jumps. Resolution goes to a whopping 15.1MP with ISO topping out an unbelievable 12,800*!
The EOS 50D is the first dSLR is the first to [...]

Canon Europe has announced the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Super-Zoom lens. It has an equivalent 35mm focal length of 29-320mm and offers an 11x zoom range.
The EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS is designed exclusively for use with EOS cameras with an EF-S lens mount – including the new EOS 50D, EOS 40D, EOS 1000D, EOS [...]

Look familiar? Except for the black color, the BC-700 looks exactly the same as the better-known La Crosse BC-900 AlphaPower Battery Charger. Just like the BC-900, the BC-700 has four user-selectable operating modes: Charge, Test, Refresh, and Discharge. Trickle charge kicks in once the batteries are charged.
What’s the difference? The BC-700 charging current maxes [...]

Following in the footsteps of popular sites such as Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, and ReadBurner; RobertPhotoBlog is now available in mobile format. Fully supported are standard mobile phones, Blackberries, as well as 3G devices including the iPhone and iTouch. Also supported are 1st generation iPhones that still use AT&T’s EDGE network.
Special formating solves display and [...]