entering the world of the photoblog – cetan.org
In direct conflict with my desire to reduce domain name clutter, I've decided to give a photoblog a try again. PixelPost is easy to use and allows some straight forward design changes to the UI. I can pre-load images to show up at a specific date/time, it creates thumbnails, allows comments (spam might be a problem later on), and handles tags as well.
You can click on the photos to scroll back through my previous postings (or click on the previous/next links below each photo). If, for whatever crazy reason, you want to subscribe to a feed of the site, you can do so.
I've decided to do this mainly as a way to motivate myself to start uploading and posting photos again. The bernhard.us photo gallery will still be my main photography gallery, this will just be an extension of that. The entries on cetan.org won't necessarily be "best of" photos, but may turn out to just be photos I like. We'll see. The UI is still a work-in-progress, so things might change a bit.
My goal is to try and update the site every two to three days.
Konica Minolta to end its camera business
2006 is shaping up to be a year of tremendous change in the world of photography. First, Nikon announces they are going to abandon all film cameras except two and now this:
http://konicaminolta.com/releases/2006/0119_03_01.html
Konica Minolta is going to completely withdraw from all aspects of photography, both film /and/ digital. A large portion of their camera and photography related assets will be transfered to Sony.
This is quite shocking, given the length of time Minolta has been involved in the photography business. It's also a good sign of how tight the photography market really is today.
Sony, on the other hand, is going to be entering into the Digital SLR market. Since July 2005, KM and Sony were jointly developing a DSLR based around the Minolta lens mount found on their Maxxum line and now Sony is going to go it alone. I must wonder though, how likely it will be that Sony sticks with the KM mount. I can certainly see them abandoning it in favor of an in-house development, which would leave KM DSLR users hanging. But that's just speculation on my part. Sony will likely be a strong force in the DSLR market which will hopefully motivate Canon and Nikon to further innovation.
Strange times ahead for sure.
edit/update:
In other news, Canon has sold its 30 millionth EF lens.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06011902canonef.asp