QuickLinks For 2006-04-21

• American PHOTO has recently published two podcasts:
  • Podcast: Chris Hondros Live in Iraq
    Since the Iraq war broke out in 2003, photographer Chris Hondros has been there to document the fighting up close and personal.
  • Podcast: Vincent Versace Unplugged
    Vincent Versace, a Nikon shooter, instructor and all-around digital photography expert, explains his "cinematic" approach to still photography.
  Tag: Podcasts

• NBC, Affiliates to Sell Video on Web:
  NBC Universal and its TV affiliates have formed a joint venture to sell news and other video generated by local stations via the Internet.
  WSJ.
  Tag: Video

• National Parks To Start Charging Photographers "Location Fees":
  The National Park Service plans to start charging location fees for video, film, and commercial still photography projects. Film and video permits have always been required, but not location fees. The change comes at the recommendation of the General Accounting Office.
  NPPA.
  Tag: Pay for shooting

• The digital challenge:
  Konica and Minolta ran into difficulties, Leica had its problems, and now "venerable camera maker Mamiya is selling its camera business--film and digital--to Japanese IT company Cosmos Scientific, probably in September".
  The Digital Photography Weblog, Mamiya to sell camera business.
  Tag: Mamiya

• Smithsonian Photo Contest Finalists:
  View all 50 finalists from Smithsonian magazine's 3rd Annual Photo Contest. 7,500 photographs were entered in five categories—Americana, The Natural World, People, Altered Images, and Travel.
  LuckyPix.Blog.
  Tag: Smithsonian Photo Contest