Digital Photography Tips and Techniques

Nikon is currently promoting its my Picturetown as a “secure, simple, and smart” photo sharing service. Many registered Nikon users have received emails with an offer of 20GB free storage until March 1, 2008 ($2.99/month afterwards). Check out the new features, and take a tour.

Designed to work with Nikon’s Wi-Fi capable digital cameras such as the COOLPIX S50c and the new COOLPIX S51c, my Picturetown makes it easy to share photos via email, and wirelessly upload and archive your photos on-the-go. They also include a six month of complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi service with your purchase of a COOLPIX S51c.

Please note that the service is for US and Japan customers only. Two account types are offered: Free account with 2GB storage, and Gold account with 20GB storage.

If you are interested in showing your (or any) flickr photos on your website or blog in a slideshow format, flickrSliDR makes it very easy for you. All you need to do is enter the URL of a user, a set, or a group, and select some simple options. The site will then return the code you can embed into your website or blog. There is nothing to download or install. You can see an example (photos from our flickr group) after the jump. Read More…

According to the report on news.com, more FX (Nikon’s marketing term for full frame) products are definitely coming but no details on the specifications or when. In the report, Steve Heiner, senior technical manager of Nikon SLR marketing, said Nikon is committed to bringing out more FX cameras, and more technologies at the highest end (Nikon D3) will trickle down to the lower end, which appears to mean Nikon will offer a lower-end full-frame model. Some rumors put that in second half of 2008. It is highly likely that it will compete against Canon’s successor to the 5D.

It will also be interesting to know who will make the sensor for Nikon. As Sony gets deeper into the red hot DSLR market, it may no longer be willing to supply sensors to Nikon.