Starting with Olympus and now with Canon coming on strong, digital SLRs are starting to have the ability to pratonton live video feeds from their main sensors. This means anda can flip up the reflex mirror and view through the lens what the final image will look like.

This is technically very interesting, but I'm simply amazed that no one has put one and one together: enable video capture on the SLR camera. And yes, I mean on pro Model like the new EOS 1Ds Mark III and 1D Mark III along with the plastic SLRs.

Now, before anda "purists" roll your eyes and say that "that's what I have a camcorder...

Have anda ever wondered why anda can't paint like Vermeer? Chances are anda just haven't bought the right paint brushes yet.

Have anda ever wondered why anda can't play bola keranjang like Steve Nash? Chances are anda just haven't found the right shoes yet.

These all sound pretty absurd, yes? So why are Nikon marketing-types now claiming that the Nikon D40 is the answer to every crappy photographer's dreams?

From the Nikon press release: "If you’ve ever wondered why your vacation pictures don’t look as good as those magnificent landscapes and flattering portraits seen in countless glossy magazines,...