Subscriber -- Welcome to DPS 10-01, late January, 2012: With CES and PMA launching dozens of new products this month has flown by. I spent a week covering the shows and while there were literally hundreds of cameras introduced, there were three that stood out. We've reviewed or given a first look to all of them: the Nikon D4, the Canon G1 X, and the Fuji X-Pro1. We also review the hard-to-findCanon PowerShot S100 after a month hands-on with one.

We've also got updates or reviews on the amazing Photoshop Touch tablet application, Eye-Fi Pro cards, and new Sigma lenses.

With the new year it's also natural to start to anticipate all the great photo trips we have planned for 2012. We still have openings in most of them -- all popular destinations we've visited and vetted many times before! -- for photographers of all levels and for non-shooting companions as well. Our trips are small, personal, and focused on the clients. Because they are small, we work to customize them for all our clients. It's no wonder about half of our participants are multi-time clients from previous trips. Our personal guarantee is that you won't find a better offering anyplace else.

Our Texas Hill Country bird photo safari in April is beginning to fill up. It'll once again include only a small group of us staying and shooting in a pristine and historic ranch setting with custom designed photo blinds and setups, deluxe accommodations, and home-cooked meals, all right on the gorgeous Block Creek Natural Area properties. The setting is gorgeous, with plenty of hiking, sight-seeing and other opportunities for interested in a variety of activities in addition to photography. I'll be heading from there directly to our popular Rio Grande Valley birds of South Texas photo shoot, a long-time favorite where we also have a couple openings. For the ultimate Texas trip, join us for both!

We're starting to get sign ups for our July Alaska Bear safaris so now is a good time to sign up while you can still get your choice of weeks and the early bird discount. You can read my trip report from last year online or just skip to the 2012 Alaska Bear Photo Safari info if you'd like to join us.

There is no better trip of a lifetime than our Deluxe Botswana, African Wildlife Safari, which we're offering in Nov/Dec, 2012: We're accepting deposits for the Botswana trip already. It features three of the very best safari camps in all of Africa, so if you've been waiting for the perfect time to go on that safari of a lifetime, this is it! If you have any quesionts, please let us know by emailing safaris [at] cardinalphoto.com

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	Website forum Updates: We're overhauling our nikondigital.org forums this week. After over a decade of running them in the now old-fashioned stand-alone BBS style, they will become fully integrated into the overall website. That means with a single login you'll be able to comment on articles on the site, post to the forums, and share forum posts with your Facebook or Google Plus friends. You'll also be able to log in to the forums using a Facebook ID, the way you can now to the website. The new forums should be live by Friday, February 3, with email instructions on updating your forum account going out to all of our 3500 registered users. In a bit of a return to my high-tech journalism days, I've begun writing a bit for extremetech.com. Only a few of the articles are directly photo related, but if you enjoy keeping up with technology that may impact all of us eventually, you can keep up with my articles on their site. I covered both PMA (the photo trade show) and CES (the consumer electronics trade show) in mid-January in Las Vegas.

Remember: You can earn great discounts on our trips with our new Customer Loyalty Program If you have a group and want a custom safari to any of the destinations we frequent, drop us a line at safaris [at] cardinalphoto.com!

Canon S100 field test: The best point and shoot you can fit in your shirt pocket

Despite being crazy addicted to Nikon DSLRs, I usually find myself carrying a Canon point and shoot. Canon has consistently shipped small, usable, models that take great images. Sometimes it has gotten it wrong and packed too many pixels or too much zoom into too small a package, but year in and year out there have always been a few standout models.

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Photoshop Touch: Android finally gets some Adobe love

As a loyal Android user (my wife has the iPad & iPhone in the family) I’ve been moping over the last year as one hot app for photographers after another came out for the “i*” products, and Android was left behind. Best sellers like Instagram, Snapseed, and even Adobe’s original tablet applications for use with Photoshop, were and are still only available on Apple devices.

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Nikon unveils sweet little 85mm f/1.8 lens, Sigma adds micro 4/3 & Sony NEX lenses, DSLR-compatible 180mm f/2.8 macro

CES featured plenty of new cameras, but there were also several exciting lens announcements from some of our favorite lens makers, Nikon and Sigma. Nikon's new 85mm f/1.8 lens is refreshingly small for what it does, while Sigma a new line of lenses for Micro 4/3 and Sony NEX – called DN for Digital Neo, plus an impressive 180mm f/2.8 Macro lens for Nikon & Canon DSLRs...

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Hot new Nikon D4 and Canon PowerShot G1 X now available for pre-ordering!

B&H is now taking pre-orders for several of the hottest new cameras about to be on the market. First and foremost, the new flagship Nikon D4, which is expected to ship next month.

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Nikon introduces Nikon D4 DSLR –- rattles Canon’s cage

It's getting really hard to tell the players without a scorecard. The newly announced NikonD4 is amazingly similar in specs to the recently announced Canon 1D X. Both are mid-resolution (16MP & 18MP) full-frame cameras -- allowing for larger pixels and stunning low-light performance with ISOs in the tens of thousands promised. And both are wicked fast (11fps and 12fps), with full 1080p HD video, dual card slots, heavy-duty construction, full bit depth image recording, and scads of other features…

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This award-winning image was captured with a Nikon D300s,
and a Nikon 200-400mm f/4 lens with 1.4x TC. 1/750s @ f/5.6, ISO 800.
I knew that I wanted plenty of shutter speed to freeze the quick action,
so I bumped my ISO to 800 and opened the lens wide (with TC f/5.6 is wide-open).