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I am of the camp who believes the megapixel craze has gotten a bit out of hand. Particularly when it comes to consumer point-and-shoot cameras, many companies market on the basis that the more megapixels they provide, the better the camera. The reality, however, is that most point-and-shoots are just too small to effectively translate all those megapixels captured into a better image. The greatly informative website 6mp argues that for most cameras this size, 6(ish) is the magic number, meaning relatively lower numbers of megapixels are best handled by smaller sensors, creating optimum results. Today I came across this article on Sony's soon-to-be-supposedly-anachronistic 7mp Cybershot W120 model. 

In early December, Brigham Young University photography student J. Michael Wiltbank put up his photography show, pairing "BYU students who identify themselves as homosexual and a person that supports them." The pairings appeared without labels, as Wiltbank felt captioning would "create separation and division;" in this sense, the project's ambiguity is part of it's mission of inclusiveness.

Technology in photography has been advancing incredibly fast in the last few years, to the point where even low end cheap cameras aren't all that bad, when it comes down to it. In other words, digital photography and videography is now available in decent quality to anyone who wants it.

This week we continue our publication of Euphonix's tutorial videos featuring Vincent di Pasquale, the Artist Series Controllers, and Logic Pro 8.

Euphonix Artist Series & Logic Pro - Part 2 of 5 - Ultrabeat

I know that this is a little atypical for me to be posting, but check this out:

One of the most impressive items that has come to light in 2008 has to be the Artist Series controllers from Euphonix. The MC Mix and MC Control made a huge splash at NAMM and rode high on that wave all year long, showing no signs of slowing down. Just within the past month announcements have come out regarding more manufacturers integrating the controller's EuCon protocol for communication into their products.

Moog Music has released some information in what appears to be an attempt to chum the waters and see if anyone bites.

A news flash on the Moog website is announcing that the Taurus I Bass Pedals will be re-released and sold for a limited time effective immediately and running thru the 15th of February, 2009. Only 1000 units are pledged to be produced and they are being sold as pre-sale orders with a $500 deposit only.

Aspartame, aka NutraSweet, was discovered entirely by accident and changed the world of sugar and sugar-like substances forever. Is digital photography on the verge of a permanent shift of the aspartame variety?

German camera maker Voigtlaender has released an ad this week for the Bessa III, a medium format folding camera, which is not due to be released until the spring of 2009.