Rental Houses

Not sure which gear or lens to buy... this article lists rental places online to check out equipment and glass. Also, check your local pro photo shop, which often offer rentals as well.

Rentglass.com
Lensrentals.com
Webelenses.com

Nikon announces D90

Nikon announces its new 12.3 megapixel D90 camera with 24fps video. Get all the details at the official Nikon site.


Check out these sample movie clips made by the D90... this one is seriously delicious!

Lightroom Journal

Here's a great resource for Lightroom developments from Tom Hogarty and the Adobe team - Lightroom Journal

Photography/Imaging events

Here are two important events in the world of Photography & Imaging: PMA and Photokina. When buying a new camera, I would wait until after these events to hear the latest announcements.

NAS or not to NAS

Currently researching Network-Attached Storage (NAS):

HP MediaSmart - Windows version has features such as remote access plus the ability to create photo sharing website w/ user permissions. Paul Thurrott's review. Negative software update. MediaSmartServer forums.

HP Media Vault - Linux version. Computer Shopper review.
Compare prices.

After all is said and done, Drobo is the way to go!
DroboShare Storage Device VS. HP Media Vault 2120 article

File Comparison

If you're ever faced with the task of syncing folders and files, I've evaluated two programs and switched to Beyond Compare. Originally I bought UltraCompare but was annoyed when it would tag identical files with a (?) question mark.