Canon has introduced their new EOS-50D digital SLR, which has been the subject of rumors for the last several days. Since we’re under a non-disclosure agreement, we’ve been unable to publish anything until now.

Rainman
Rainman, originally uploaded by razorbern.

Explosive Experiments
, originally uploaded by sweet distin.

Passengers
Passengers, originally uploaded by naughton321.

How to Break your SB-800’s Little Neck Like a Chicken
UPDATE: Thanks to Eric, in the comments, for the surgery-based workaround (see comment at 11:58 a.m. on 8/13/08). And yes, I know the vid was way too drawn out. Which is why I told you where you could skip to…Peter Gregg spends two minutes and 40 seconds admonishing you not to do this. Then shows you exactly how he strong-armed his Nikon SB-800 speedlights so that they will now go 135 degrees to the left. (Clarification: When you are looking at the flash from the front.)The SB-800s of normal photographers only go 90 degrees to the left.Many CLS-ers lament the inability to turn the signal receiver window to any angle needed when shooting multi-light, off-camera. This (insane) little mod would seem to rectify that.FAIR WARNING: I am not going to do this to any of my babies. In fact, I get a little squeamish just watching it. But if you are stupid brave enough, it might give you access to every click-stop through the 360-degree range.Or it might get you a $320.00 paperweight.-30-This is a full RSS feed post from Strobist.com. Click the post title to see the full post and view reader comments. This month’s feeds are sponsored by:

Nikon D700, Pentax K20D, Olympus E-520 bonus galleries posted
I’ve got three new photo galleries today that are a bit of a departure from the norm around here. First up, I have a gallery of Olympus E-520 photos that I took last month at the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament at Stanford University (which, as you may know, is one of my standard photo stops). Olympus is a sponsor of the US Open, so I was able to pick up my review camera and take some photos courtside with some nice lenses.

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