Popular Digital Cameras 2008

Here’s what’s really been hot this year as far as digital cameras and photography books go. We start with DSLRs...

Popular Digital SLRS

1. Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR (pictured right)
2. Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR
3. Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR
4. Nikon D60 10.2MP Digital SLR
5. Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR
6. Olympus Evolt E510 10MP
7. Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR
8. Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR
9. Pentax K200D 10.2MP Digital SLR
10. Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR

Popular DSLR Lenses

1. Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens (pictured)
2. Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens
3. Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Lens
4. Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens
5. Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens
6. Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
7. Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens
8. Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Telephoto Lens
9. Sigma 70mm F/2.8 EX DG Macro Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
10. Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor Lens

Popular Point and Shoot Cameras

1. Canon PowerShot A590IS 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (pictured right)
2. Canon PowerShot A470 7MP Digital Camera with 3.4x Optical Zoom
3. Canon PowerShot SD750 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)
4. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28K 10MP Digital Camera with 18x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
5. Sony Cybershot DSCS60 4.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
6. Canon PowerShot SD790IS 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
7. Fujifilm Finepix J10 8.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
8. Canon PowerShot SD870IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
9. Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5K 9MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
10. Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

Popular Digital Photography Books

1. The Digital Photography Companion (pictured)
2. The Digital Photography Book
3. Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera
4. Digital Photography Pocket Guide
5. Understanding Shutter Speed: Creative Action and Low-Light Photography Beyond 1/125 Second
6. Perfect Digital Photography
7. The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2
8. Complete Digital Photography
9. The Betterphoto Guide to Digital Photography
10. The Photographer’s Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos

What’s on your Digital Photography Christmas Wish list or shopping list?

Black Friday Deals

It's that time of year again! Thanksgiving is only a few days away, which means the biggest shopping day of the year is also fast approaching.

Amazon.com has contacted me directly with an offer I'm passing along here today. Don't miss this!

Black Friday deals start today!

Don't spend Black Friday 2008 jostling for bargains and parking spots. Amazon have amazing deals to help you get holiday shopping done for less.

Their Black Friday page (www.amazon.com/blackfriday) is already up and ready for business, including the Gold Box hourly deals featured from midnight to 11pm PST and thousands of products that are on sale for a limited time only.

Save some gas, stay at home, forget the crowds and shop online at Amazon.com

 

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LIFE Photos at Google

Google has cataloged a huge library of photos from LIFE's library, dating back to the very dawn of photography in the 1860s. A lot of these works were never published. One can spend hours looking through all of these. I particularly enjoyed the ones of Marilyn Monroe and the 1970s.  Check it out at http://images.google.com/hosted/life

Running A Successful Photography Business

I recently had a friend ask me about starting a business doing family photos. This friend has been into photography for a number of years and even did a few weddings in the past. I told him I knew exactly the book for him. This is an outstanding book that cuts through the gloss and reveals what it really takes to run a successful business. This book is about running your business. That's why there are no photographs in it.  And Bob Povencher's writing style lays it out like it is. It may offend some, but the way I see it, I either call it the way I see it or say nothing at all. This book contains the truth behind the "business" of running a studio, many success strategies, what they won't teach you in photography school, how to create a style that is uniquely your own, selling techniques, marketing strategies, publicity, web site marketing, posing techniques, lighting, composition, working with weddings, babies, most of what he, and maybe you are looking for.

 

Price: $17.95
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Some others:

Business and Legal Forms for Photographers (with CD-ROM) (Business and Legal Forms)
Best Business Practices for Photographers
The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2
Start Your Own Photography Business: Studio, Freelance, Gallery, Events (Start Your Own Photography Business: Studio, Freelance, Events)
The Business of Studio Photography: How to Start and Run a Successful Photography Studio