I’ve been really occupied lately with other things that have kept me away from the site, and I apologize for not having any posts in the last month or so. This happens, and there’s little we can do about it - but I appreciate all the emails inquiring about me and the status of Fotohacker. I’m fine, we’re fine… just busy. But the photo world has been busy too, over the last few weeks, so let’s check out some cool stuff.

• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Beta 2 is out now, and I’ve had a chance to play with it. It’s got some really nice new features and a few interface changes. You can download the Lightroom 2 Beta yourself, if you want.
• Do you like quick access to your camera? Do you like westerns? If so, you may like the camera holster. If you own a Canon Rebel XTi or a Nikon D40, D40x, D60, D200, or D300 - you’re in luck! Grab your leather camera holster today!
• If you’re still on the fence about whether to keep your photos in their native RAW form or to convert them to DNG files, you may want to inspect this article.
• If you haven’t heard already, Flickr now does video.
• Depth of Field… if you’re like me, you love being able to achieve a narrow depth of field, but it can be tricky with slower lenses, which is why a handy DOF calculator is required. Here’s a good online DOF calc.
• There are 16 days left to contribute to issue 17 of JPG Magazine.

Every week, we round up a bunch of the best and most interesting links we’ve found in the online photography world, and deliver them to your doorstep. So, as promised, here is your regularly scheduled link snapshot for the week.

• RadioPoppers - they’re real, and David Hobby of the Strobist blog gets a little hands on time with the creator of the devices, Kevin King. Check it out.
• You enjoy photography, but do you ever wonder if you should go pro? Here are seven signs, according to Photopreneur, that you should.
• There are some great tips at Photocritic about model photo shoots - but from the models perspective, including practical concerns such as wardrobe, makeup, and skin care.
• There are 10 days left to contribute to issue 16 of JPG Magazine.

Every week, we round up a bunch of the best and most interesting links we’ve found in the online photography world, and deliver them to your doorstep. So, as promised, here is your regularly scheduled link snapshot for the week.

• A new patent, described in detail over at Gizmodo, would allow DSLR cameras to shoot video like their point-and-shoot cousins.
• DPReview has a review of the new Olympus E-3 EVOLT.
• There are 38 days left to contribute to issue 16 of JPG Magazine.

Every week, we round up a bunch of the best and most interesting links we’ve found in the online photography world, and deliver them to your doorstep. So, as promised, here is your regularly scheduled link snapshot for the week.

• It’s a sad day - and we should say a moment for Polaroid film. The photo company is closing their instant film factories, and after next year, it will be impossible to buy.
• Interesting article on Canon repair estimates, and what you can expect if you have a damaged camera.
• Loosing pictures sucks, and backing up sucks too. The Lightroom-Blog explains the process for automating a catalog backup in Adobe Lightroom.
• There are 52 days left to contribute to issue 16 of JPG Magazine.

Every week, we round up a bunch of the best and most interesting links we’ve found in the online photography world, and deliver them to your doorstep. So, as promised, here is your regularly scheduled link snapshot for the week.

• Sony has decided that their new 25-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor should be used in one of their DSLR’s first, and Gizmodo has a picture of it. The full-frame contenders so far are Canon and Nikon, so Sony is hoping to keep people interested in their SLR’s by joining the full size club.
• Lifehacker has a quick and dirty (and cheap!) way to make a DIY camera stabilizer to help smooth your shooting experience.
• Jobo is a German company that has a GPS enabled hotshoe adapter that will record latitude/longitude information for every shot you take. DPReview has some pictures of it from PMA.
• There are 6 days left to contribute to issue 15 of JPG Magazine.

Every week, we round up a bunch of the best and most interesting links we’ve found in the online photography world, and deliver them to your doorstep. So, as promised, here is your regularly scheduled link snapshot for the week.

• Rob Galbraith has a great article outlining the newly announced PocketWizard Multimax wireless flash adapter, which sports a brand new USB plug.
• Gizmodo has an article about the Flying Stick Camera, which lets you spin it up into the air like the old wooden helicopter sticks, except this stick is actualy a camera which takes shots at set intervals before it comes back down. Cool idea.
• Pro Photographer Mag gives us a simplified HDR technique.
• PMA `08 starts this coming Thursday - and we should see plenty of new announcements of cool gizmos and gear. Fotohacker unfortunately won’t be attending the show, and we can’t cover everything - but we’ll report on the best of the best as the information becomes available.
• There are 13 days left to contribute to issue 15 of JPG Magazine.

Every week, we round up a bunch of the best and most interesting links we’ve found in the online photography world, and deliver them to your doorstep. So, as promised, here is your regularly scheduled link snapshot for the week.

• PMA `08 is only 11 days away! It will be held January 31 through February 2 in Las Vegas. Fotohacker wishes it could blog the event live for you, but unfortunately - we’re unable. Still, we’ll be keeping our eyes and ears open during the whole thing for cool news.
• Eye-Fi has enhanced it’s Mac compatibility. Visit the Eye-Fi support site for more.
• onOne Software has acquired a new image resizing and retargeting technology called Liquid Resize, and you can see the video of the technology in action here. Very impressive.
• Harry Nowell talks about the power of big apertures in his article The Power Of 1.8!
• There are 20 days left to contribute to issue 15 of JPG Magazine.

Every week, we round up a bunch of the best and most interesting links we’ve found in the online photography world, and deliver them to your doorstep. So, as promised, here is your regularly scheduled link snapshot for the week.

• Adobe has made the latest version of Photoshop Elements available for the Mac, priced at $89.99, and yes, it is fully compatible with Leopard.
• Joe McNally is a pro photographer who has worked for various publications from Life to Time to National Geographic and others. He’s a fanatic of shooting with flash, and shoots all sorts of different subject matter in all different styles. Now Joe has a Youtube channel. Check out his videos here.
• Samsung has teamed up with Pentax and dropped the 14.6 megapixel GX-20 Digital SLR at this year’s CES conference. See more at Engadget.
• Herbert Keppler passed away this past week. Keppler was a giant of photography, having spent years with Modern Photography and later with Popular Photography, who ran this memoriam.
• There are 26 days left to contribute to issue 15 of JPG Magazine.