Darren over at the Digital Photography Blog has pictures of the Nikon D200 that were captured from the Nikon UK website. These pictures look like they were accidentally posted, as they have been taken down already.

Looks like the launch for the D200 is going to be soon.

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DPreview has a review of the Olympus E-500 EVOLT:

The E-500 EVOLT was announced on 26th September 2005, almost exactly a year after the E-300 which was the first affordable Four Thirds System digital SLR. The E-500 features an eight megapixel Kodak 4/3 Type CCD sensor, a Four Thirds System lens mount and a more traditional pentaprism viewfinder. Appearance wise the E-500 looks more like a traditional film SLR than the long and flat E-300 with its sideways swinging mirror and viewfinder setup. Improvements over the E-300 include an all new metering system, a larger 2.5″ LCD monitor, better control layout and other firmware delivered improvements.

Read the rest of the review at DPreview.

Small Business Computing has a great article on why a small business would be smart to look at Nikon’s D50 D-SLR camera. This 6 megapixel camera allows one to use different lens to capture what you need, and the quality of the images is beyond compare.

From Small Business Computing:

Sharper Images Choosing the D50 over competing D-SLRs comes down ultimately to personal preference and business need. However, D50 is very slightly bigger and heavier than is its main rival, Canon’s hugely popular Digital Rebel XT, but it’s easier to hold and feels better balanced and more solidly built. Although the Rebel has a higher-resolution, 8 megapixel sensor, the D50’s sensor is bigger and, to our eyes, produces cleaner, clearer images.

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This 6.3 megapixel, 3X Zoom camera is a consumer camera with a few features that will appeal to those ready to move up to a Prosumer camera. Features like a 1600 ISO , manual shooting functions, and a 500 shot battery will make this camera a great portable camera.

The Fugifilm FinePix F11 will be available in November and pricing will be announced closer to the release date.

Press Release

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The Photography Blog has news of a defect in some of the Nikon D70 Cameras.

Nikon has posted the following notice on its Support page for the D70 / D2H / F55 cameras.

It has come to our attention that electronic components related to exposure control in some D70 cameras may, on rare occasions, fail.

Should you experience this problem with your D70 camera, Nikon will replace the associated components free of charge even if the camera’s warranty has already expired. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience you may have suffered because of this problem.

To check if your camera has failed due this reason, please read the symptom description, below

Nikon Technical Support

With the digital market growing significantly, and the use of film based photography shrinking, the future of the local camera store has been in jeopardy. Fortunately, there death has been premature. It seems the public is still willing to have their prints made professionally, but instead of the roll of film, they are bringing in their compact flash card.

A new study shows that “retail digital photofinishing is becoming an increasingly important segment of the consumer digital printing market. According to an August Internet survey conducted by in 2004, 33% of digital camera owners who print photos had obtained prints at a retail location, up from 14% in 2003. The two major product categories of the retail digital photofinishing market are digital minilabs and photo kiosks. This report looks at these two product segments and accesses their growth over the next five years. “

The full report costs approximately 5,000 USD, so I will not be purchasing it, however, if you so desire, it is over at Research and Markets.