CALL FOR ENTRIES: 28th Annual College Photography Contest

Presented by Photographer's Forum Magazine and Nikon, this competition has awarded over $200,000 in cash prizes since 1980, its first year. This time around, Photographer's Forum is presenting two ways to enter, by either uploading your images online via the official website, or by sending prints or slides along with a traditional entry form. Winning Photos will also be published in the magazine's May 2008 issue. What's more, all finalists will be published in The Best of College Photography Annual 2008.

The Final deadline is on November 19, 2007.

The entry fee is $3.95 per photograph. Awards for this year include $4,200 in cash grants, two Nikon cameras, and entrance into Nikon's Emerging Photographer's Hall of Fame.

Click here to visit their official website.

Canon and Nikon release new top-of-the-line DSLRs

Canon has announced their newest addition to the E0S Series. The E0S-1Ds Mark III's number of effective megapixels more than doubles its predecessor, the
E0S-1D, at 21.1 megapixels. The camera also introduces a full frame matching the size of 35mm film. Not to be outdone, Nikon announced shortly afterward its own contender for the cutting edge of medium-format cameras, the 12.1 megapixel D3. This is Nikon's first SLR to have a full frame sensor.

From CNET:

"A full-frame sensor is a feature that some Nikon fans jealously eyed in Canon 35mm models. But adding it poses complications, especially for higher-end enthusiasts who've invested in Nikon lenses that support only the smaller DX size or who are considering new lens purchases. DX lenses will work only in a limited 5.1-megapixel mode on FX cameras, and the two formats can pose <>confusing compatibility and performance issues for consumers."

The price tag of Nikon's new FX system comes to about $5,000, and with the neccessary lens upgrades on top of it, this may be out of reach for even the truest, bluest Nikon enthusaists. Canon's E0S-1Ds is priced at $7,999.

Nikon has also opened a free training center on Flickr, the photo sharing website, designed to help everyday people get more out of their digital cameras. Check it out here.