NASA & Nikon

I've heard and read in the past that Nikon cameras have been used in space. Pretty cool to know that these cameras and lenses are capable of being used in these extreme conditions. The cameras are the same as the ones sold commercially, except for a different Braycote lubricant grease that is spec'd by NASA. Click on this link to see the order for the D2x. Hasselblad has also been used in the past. 

Click here if you're interested in seeing a list of Nikon Digital cameras. 

Drobo

This is really cool. I've known about this storage device for a while but my good friend Corey Fisher just brought me some good news. The new Drobo has Firewire 400 & 800! This is good for all of you photogs or music hogs :) who have a lot to store. Basically you add up to 4 hard drives to this box to store your data. It's hot swappable which means you can change out hard drives while its on. And with hard drives getting less expensive, you can always increase your capacity whenever you need more room. I personally use an external eSata drive and its FAST, even faster than FW800. I still like the storage and ethernet capabilities of the Drobo. I'll be buying one.

_Vince

Nikon

Unbelievable. It wasn't too long ago that many people on the web were saying how Nikon made noisy, inferior cameras. So the D3 comes out and many people couldn't believe what they were seeing. Incredibly clean High ISO images, full frame and fast! Then not so long after, the D700 comes out. It's capable of 95% of what the D3 can do and at $2000 less. Its funny how so many Canonites were talking trash and yet many of them have recently switched. I never liked the plastic cameras or plastic mannequin-like images the Canon cameras produced. I can understand why they're switching. Remember the focusing mess Canon got themselves in with the 1DMarkIII? You won't get that with Nikon. Bring on the flames.

_Vince