It is finally Friday. Not a whole lot of news happening yesterday, but here’s a few things you might of missed.

The Digital Picture reviews the Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens. In short, it’s better than expected. I suspect it’ll be a popular ..read more

The most controversial aspect of the Canon 50D is the move to 15 megapixels. On the one hand it seems like the logical way to move forward, but on the other hand, the increased resolution on the APS-C sensor isn’t without its caveats. ..read more

Nikon has released a firmware update to the D300 that improves and addresses a large number of issues.

Find out more and download at Nikon: mac | windows

Canon has released a firmware update for the EOS 50D that addresses the “err99″ message that has been the topic of some discussion on the “forums”. From Canon:

Rainy day here in the northeast, hopefully it’s nicer where you are. Anyway let’s get going here…

Photography Blog reviews the Canon G10. Not to rehash, but on a feature basis, it is a fine camera, and certainly capable of taking great pictures. It ..read more

Uh, am I the only one finding this amazing? If you can read Japanese, the full review here at DC Watch, with plenty of samples.

Seriously though, that ISO 3200 sample is amazingly good.

The sound’s not working, but I think you can see the potential. (And imagine the pictures!)

video by angus giorgi.

Rockwell does some nice work with Canon’s G10. Clearly, the G10 takes a nice picture, and as the compact universe stands as of today, it’d be hard to do alot better.