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Tanya Chuang, Director of Worldwide Retail Product Marketing, SanDisk joins host Scott Sheppard to discuss some details about their new SanDisk Extreme® III 30MB/s Edition line of SDHC™ Cards that boost card performance speeds by 50%. Tanya explains how their close relationship with Nikon helped them break the barriers of the current card limits and that the new Nikon D90 is the first camera body to support the advanced performance capabilities of their new cards which are ideal for both photo and video capture. Tanya also discusses some updates on their compact flash cards and what we can expect to see on the horizon for their full line of high performance photo and video cards.

For more information visit: http://www.sandisk.com

The McNamara Report on Inside Digital Photo with Michael J. McNamara
This week’s topic: Nikon and Canon save best DSLRs for last

Photokina is the largest photo-trade show in the world, and it kicks off in Cologne, Germany on Sept.23. Predictably, manufacturers announce their top models just prior to the show, and this year it’s no different. Both Canon and Nikon just made back-to-back announcements of their top advance-amateur DSLRs, and in this radio segment, Scott and Mike take sides in a verbal shootout of the features to see if Canon’s new $1,400 50D is a better deal than Nikon’s new $1,000 D90.

For more new Photokina product announcements visit: http://photokina.en.koelnmesse.info/

Read more insights and analysis from Mike McNamara on: http://www.mcnamarareport.com

Dane Sanders, Author, Trainer, & Wedding Photographer, joins Inside Digital Photo for an update on his new book "Fast Track Photographer", a comprehensive guide on how to build a recession-proof, competition-proof photo business in the 21st Century. Dane explains his unconventional approach that includes a Photographer DNA (pDNA) Assessment Tool designed to help you identify your personal strenghts and personality type that can determine the best approach you can take to differentiate yourself instead of simply copying your competition. Dane shares some tips from his own experiences and is thrilled to have this opportunity to pay it forward to the community via this book designed not as a "how-to" shoot weddings but a tool that will help you build your photography business.

For more information, and to get your own copy visit: http://www.fasttrackphotographer.com/ for information and to see Dane’s work visit: http://danesanders.com/

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Photographer and Author, John Harrington joins host Scott Sheppard to share some details about his work and an update on his recent talk about the Orphan Works Bill at this year’s MS Pro Photo Summit. Based in Washington, DC, John is often on assignment covering staff at The White House in addition to his broad range of commercial, portrait, and occasional wedding work. John’s websites include a blog "Photo Business News" that allows him to share his passion and wealth of information on the business side of photography. John and Scott also discuss some issues and commentary about the recent partnership between Getty and Flickr. John points out, which is also well documented on his blog, Flickr’s early partnership with Photoshelter.net. John explains some examples of how Getty may be leveraging their new partnership via stock image searches.

John recently finished his book "Best Business Practices for Photographers"where he shares his experiences and interactions with clients that have helped him build his successful, and fulfilling, photography business. John explains some highlights including very valuable lessons in negotiating pricing and contracts.

His passion for educating photographers and working with interns led him to create another valuable resource site "Assignment Construct". On this site, John actually explains in detail how to setup your gear and environment for a range of photo assignments. The videos are also available as a podcast on iTunes and offer time saving tips, and techniques.

Find out more about John’s client work at: http://www.johnharrington.com/ or visit his blog sites at: http://www.photobusinessnews.com and http://www.assignmentconstruct.com

The McNamara Report on Inside Digital Photo with Michael J. McNamara

This week’s topic: Digital photo projectors come of age, but beware of smoke
and mirrors.
Almost overnight decent digital projectors dropped in price from thousands of dollars to under $500. Now the best projectors offer image quality that is compelling enough for photographers to consider as showcase for their favorite photos and portfolios (or use on the side . They’re also more portable than a wide screen TV, and cheaper than making prints to show off. But just as until recently the digital camera industry focused too heavily on megapixels to determine image quality, there are misleading specs and several smoke and mirror acts that can mislead you into buying the wrong projector for showing photos. In fact there’s a war going on between the projector manufacturers, split nearly 50-50, and it all came to a head at the Projection Summit and Infocomm 2008 trade show in Las Vegas last month.

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