Nikon Canada announces D800 36.3-megapixel digital SLR

Nikon Canada D800 DSLRNikon Canada today announced the release of the 36.3-megapixel Nikon D800 digital SLR, built with Nikon’s highest resolution sensor to ensure astounding image quality, and equipped with valuable video features for today’s multimedia professionals.

Some of the key features of the Nikon D800 include:
- A 36.3-megapixel FX-format CMOS sensor
- An enhanced Multi-Cam 3500-FX AF autofocus system
- New 91,000-pixel 3D Colour Matrix Metering III
- The Advanced Scene Recognition System
- An enhanced 51-point AF system
- Full HD (1080p) video
- Video features including full manual control, uncompressed HDMI output, incredible low-light video capability
- Scheduled to be available at Authorized Nikon Canada Dealers on March 22, 2012
- Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $3,149.95
- Exclusive Two-Year Canadian Warranty for the D800 purchased from an Authorized Nikon Canada Dealer

Additionally, Nikon Canada is releasing the Nikon D800E, a supplementary model for professionals requiring even higher resolution and more extreme versatility.

Read the full press release below:

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Rock photographer Andrew MacNaughtan dies on assignment with Rush

Andrew MacNaughtanToronto photographer Andrew MacNaughtan passed away suddenly in Los Angeles on Tuesday. He was only 47 years old and apparently suffered a heart attack while on a photo shoot with Rush. MacNaughtan had documented the iconic Canadian rock band for years and a joint statement on Rush’s Facebook page said: “We’re deeply shocked and heartbroken to learn of the sudden passing of our close friend and longtime photographer, Andrew MacNaughtan. He was a sweet person and a very talented artist. Words cannot describe how much he will be missed.”

MacNaughtan had photographed the Who’s Who of the Canadian music and entertainment industry and was a three-time Juno winner for album design. He also won a fourth Juno for Music DVD of the Year for Rush in Rio. The photographer’s most recent work was a book called Grace: Africa in Photographs, with proceeds going to Art Gives Hope, a charity he founded in 2006.

Update Jan 31st: Rush drummer Neil Peart has posted a touching memorial to MacNaughtan on his website: http://www.neilpeart.net/news/andrewm.html

February fundraisers for two members of the Canadian photo industry

Heather Morton FundraiserFundraisers are being held this February to assist two members of the Canadian photo industry who have been fighting some life-altering illnesses. Toronto’s Heather Morton is a well-known art buyer and lecturer who runs a blog called Heather Morton Art Buyer that offers lots of great advice and information for working photographers. Last November Heather was diagnosed with a tumour in between her rib cage and shoulder blade. It’s a rare condition called Fibromatosis, a non-malignant sarcoma which grows aggressively and is hard to resolve. The standard course of treatment is 2 years of chemotherapy.

Heather’s friends and colleagues have rallied together to produce a fundraising event that will take place on February 5th at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. Naomi Harris, Daniel Ehrenworth and Brett Gundlock will be speaking about their latest projects, and 40 photographers have donated work to a silent print auction. All money raised from the sale of their prints will go directly to Heather. Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased by visiting her blog and clicking on the “Purchase Tickets” link in the right hand column.

Sean Connor

Sean Connor, staff photographer at the Kelowna Capital News.

A similar event is also being held in Kelowna, BC on Thursday, February 2nd to support Sean Connor, a staff photographer for the Kelowna Capital News. Last summer Sean was diagnosed with a chordoma tumour, a relentless bone cancer that occurs in the head and spine. In Sean’s case it formed from bone in the brainstem and he needed treatment unavailable in Canada. It’s called Proton Radiation and required Sean to travel to the Loma Linda Medical Center in California for two months of treatment. While the treatments were covered by B.C. Medical, the whole ordeal has still cost Sean and his wife a significant amount of money and they had to remortgage their home. In addition, his wife lost the job she was planning to return to due the economic downturn.

As such, a group of friends have organized a major benefit concert on his behalf. The Sean Connor Fundraiser is Thursday, Feb. 2, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Kelowna Community Theatre by donation. Performances from Sherman Doucette and Deb Stone are already on the bill. The group is still looking for more silent auction item donations, any and all values, for which donors will gratefully be given credit that evening. For more information on the event, or to donate to Sean’s cause, please contact Heather McCullough at 250-808-0131 or Kim Calloway at 250-763-6397.

To read more about Sean’s story and his treatments in California, please see the complete article at the Kelowna Capital News website.

CanPhoto welcomes Bron Imaging Group as an advertiser

Bron Imaging GroupThe Canadian Photographers Network is very pleased to welcome the Bron Imaging Group as an advertiser on our site. Bron is the North American distributor for some of Europe’s finest photographic gear including Broncolor, California Sunbounce, Foba, Kobold, Sinar, and Visatec photographic equipment. Ads for their products will be in rotation on all areas of the site, beginning with banners for the new Sun Sniper camera strap. Please help support CanPhoto.Net by clicking on our advertisers’ banners once in a while.

New Larry Towell exhibition opening in London

Larry Towell’s latest exhibitions are “Close to Home.”

That’s the name of a show running through Feb. 4 at London’s Michael Gibson Gallery, just down the road from the Dawn-Euphemia Township farm where the celebrated photographer lives.

It features photographs from two Towell series and publications — The World From My Front Porch and the Mennonites.

The lifelong resident of Lambton County began travelling as a freelance photographer and writer in the 1970s and became the first Canadian accepted into the prestigious Magnum Photo Agency.

He just recently received a career achievement prize from the Ontario Arts Foundation.

Towell is scheduled to sign copies of his 2008 book, The World from My Front Porch, at an opening reception Jan. 21, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the London, Ontario, gallery at 157 Carling St.

The collection of photographs of Towell’s family life were taken over several years on and near his farm. The exhibition also includes domestic scenes of Mennonite migrant workers from Towell’s earlier book The Mennonites.

On Jan. 28, 2 p.m., the gallery will screen Towell’s film, Indecisive Moments. The video diary was honoured at the 2007 New York International Independent Film Festival.

A second exhibition of Towell’s work runs Jan. 21 to April 1 at Museum London, 421 Ridout St., N., in downtown London.

Larry Towell: Danger and Aftermath, features work exploring conflicts over issues of land, control and identity in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, as well as images from 9/11 and Afghanistan.

An opening reception is set for Jan. 27, 8 p.m.

Source the Sarnia Observer.

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