RawShooter | essentials 2005
Pixmantec seems to have released their first Raw conversion software for free. I suppose future upgrades will cost $$$ but for now, you can try it out here.
RawShooter essentials, is a RAW workflow software tool that sets new standards for digital photography. It is a fully functional RAW converter which allows any level of user to get excellent results with the minimum of effort and knowledge. It provides the highest quality output and fastest conversion time for any RAW converter on the market today.

It’s over here if you’re interested.

The successor to the popular EOS-300D (or Digital Rebel) has been launched — the EOS-350D or Digital Rebel XT. The existing 300D however will just drop in price, giving some high-end prosumer cameras a run for their money!

US$999

Canon springs a strange surprise!
The EOS-20Da – identical to the 20D except for the IR filter which has been removed, making the camera ideal for astrophotography plus a partial transmissive mirror, making the LCD usable during focusing, i.e. live preview like in consumer digicams!

EOS-20Da

Quite an interesting read on the Kodak NC2000, the digital camera that started a revolution. You’d be surprised to find quite a few interesting things here, many of which you probably haven’t heard of or didn’t know. You can find the article here. BTW, here’s a nice digital camera timeline.

How was the everlastings in the coffee club mug shot? To spice the background up a bit, I added my IKEA cup and saucer plus my sunflower greeting card for subsequent shots.
Here’s how: My EOS-20D, Mun Leng’s EF100mm macro lens on a Bembo trekker tripod. A morris slave wide was connected via PC cable firing into a white card. For some shots, I slaved Jeff’s 420EX flash to my 550EX mounted on camera but firing into the white card.