Hassleblad has released a 200 megapixel camera that’ll run its owner $45,000. I’m fascinated by this — not because of the amazing technology or the equally amazing price tag, but because I have no idea who exactly needs this. Obviously it’s intended for professional photographers but even after going through the Hassleblad User Showcase I can’t come up with many situations where one might need a sensor this big. Is it just so you can blow up a photograph to 30 feet to hang on a gallery wall? Or is there some actual practical advantage I’m unaware of?

via Gizmodo

cazenov + loyd Leica | Travel Photographer of the Year Competition 2011 Hey, budding travel photographers, want a Leica X1? British travel company cazenov + loyd and famed camera maker Leica have teamed up on a year-long photography competition, the winner of which gets his grubby paws on a gorgeous X1. From the contest website: We’re looking for photographs taken in one of cazenove+loyd’s three areas of expertise – Africa+Indian Ocean, South+South East Asia, Central+South America – that you feel capture a spontaneous moment, portraying a land, its people or wildlife. Each month a winner will be selected and receive a lesser Leica prize (e.g. compact Leica camera, binoculars, etc.). All monthly winners are entered into the final competition for a chance to win a Leica X1 and workshop at the Leica store in Mayfair. Of course, this means even if you end up winning the grand prize, you wouldn’t have that Leica X1 in hand presumably until 2012. Submissions for January are being accepted now. Click here for complete contest details. Be sure to read the terms and conditions because contests like that these typically require you to forfeit at least some of your rights to the photograph to the organizers of the contest.
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cazenov + loyd Leica | Travel Photographer of the Year Competition 2011

Hey, budding travel photographers, want a Leica X1? British travel company cazenov + loyd and famed camera maker Leica have teamed up on a year-long photography competition, the winner of which gets his grubby paws on a gorgeous X1. From the contest website:

We’re looking for photographs taken in one of cazenove+loyd’s three areas of expertise – Africa+Indian Ocean, South+South East Asia, Central+South America – that you feel capture a spontaneous moment, portraying a land, its people or wildlife.

Each month a winner will be selected and receive a lesser Leica prize (e.g. compact Leica camera, binoculars, etc.). All monthly winners are entered into the final competition for a chance to win a Leica X1 and workshop at the Leica store in Mayfair. Of course, this means even if you end up winning the grand prize, you wouldn’t have that Leica X1 in hand presumably until 2012.

Submissions for January are being accepted now. Click here for complete contest details. Be sure to read the terms and conditions because contests like that these typically require you to forfeit at least some of your rights to the photograph to the organizers of the contest.