Summary: Edward discusses the importance of making prints of your work as a way to act as an archive of your images, leaving something tangible to future photographers and art viewers. Also, a lot of affordable medium format digital cameras are on their way, Edward discusses both the Mamiya DM 22 and 28 in addition to Pentax's new offering. If you enjoy the podcast drop me a comment and maybe even a review or rating on iTunes. Thanks! Show Notes The British Royal Family on Flickr The British royal family is now using Flickr (http://flickr.com), with over 600 images of the first family of Great Britain online and available for use on your blog, Facebook or whatever. Want to check out royal family's photo stream, here it is http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishmonarchy/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishmonarchy/) Mamiya's Pair of "affordable" Digital Camera Systems Mamiya has two new digital camera systems on there way to your wish list and at a price that won't crush your wallet...to much. Mamiya's new DM22 and DM28 systems will be retailing for $9,995 and $14,995, a pretty good price considering all you get, camera body, 80mm 2.8 lens, Raw Software and the back. If you need more meat they also have a DM33, DM40 and DM56 however a price on these bad guys are much more difficult to come by. You can't your hands on them yet but November will be here before you know it. Until then head on over and check out all the specs and some images of the camera at Mamiya USA (http://www.mamiya-usa.com/dm22-and-dm28.html). Not to be outdone, Pentax has 40MB digital in the works Pentax was actually the first medium format camera maker to step up to the plate with a truly affordable camera, the Pentax 645D. Featuring a 40 mega byte sensor and a price tag of only $9,400 this camera may be exactly what the medium format market needed to start a boom. Now the camera was announced way back in 2005 and their hasn't been much in the way of "new" news since March 2010. The camera was set to hit the streets in Japan in May of 2010 with no release date for the US...yet. It's unclear exactly what will be included for your $9,400 but even if it's just the body and possibly raw software a sub $10,000 price tag is still $20,000 to $30,000 less than its competitors in that MB range. As detailed of information as your likely to get is over on Dpreview.com (http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp), check it out. My Podcast Alley feed! (http://www.podcastalley.com/) {pca-aa6ef8145c64383a2e5c5f50ab4298d7}
