Canon have announced the release of the Canon 50D, as well as the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens. You can read the official press release on the Canon USA website for more details.
A detailed review of the 50D is available at dpreview.com.

The 50D annoucement comes approximately 12 months after the release of the 40D, while typically, Canon have waited 18 months between successive releases.

There's still no firm details on the 5D replacement, other than plenty of rumours, with the 5D replacement expected to be announced at Phototokina 2008 (23-28 September 2008).



Nikon have announced their D90, and one of the much-talked-about features is the ability to shoot video with it. For more details, see Nikon's press release.

There's been some interesting responses to the inclusion of video capabilities on the D90. Vincent Laforet also raises some interesting concerns about video on the D90, particularly with regards to events such as the Olympics, where tv companies won't be too happy with the idea that photographers can shoot high-def video with their still cameras.



Canon are apparently working on powering a DSLR with a fuel cell. They're looking at using the fuel cell to not only power the DSLR, but also external accessories including lenses, flashes, etc.



Here's 41 Amazing Tilt-shift miniature faking photographs that are definitely worth looking at. Tilt-shift faking involves digitally applying a tilt-shift effect to a photo to give it the appearance of being a photo of a miniature model.
I wrote a tutorial on how to fake tilt-shift in Photoshop to create realistic miniaturised photos a few months ago.

Here's a great collection of creative photos by Chema Madoz, where he takes ordinary every-day items, and uses them in interesting ways as props for his photos.

And finally, here's some great collections of photos from the Olympics:

• Opening Ceremony on dpreview
• Amazing 2008 Olympics Photos
• Beijing 2008 - It's a wrap