Rob Galbraith - Digital Photography Insights

Initial shipments of the Nikon D4 to retailers have been pushed into next month. The pro digital SLR had originally been scheduled for worldwide release beginning late next week. Now, says a Nikon USA PR representative, a "minor production delay" means dealers can expect to start taking delivery of the company's new flagship in the middle of March.

The Atlantic features The Civil War, Part 1, The Places, an historic gallery of interesting old black-and-white photos.

Peter Turnley features an interesting slideshow called Moments Of The Human Condition on his website.

Getty Images photojournalist Peter Macdiarmid shares the Top 7 things I've earned as a Getty Images news photographer but what is more interesting is the video below the list.

Sigma today announced that the price of its SD1 DSLR camera has been reduced to US$2,299 in the U.S. (That is the Minimum Advertised Price, or MAP, which is normally also the actual street price.) This is a reduction of more than $4,500 from the previous MAP. At the same time, the company announced updated versions of the DP1 and DP2 large-sensor compact cameras, which now use the same 14.75 million image pixel, 3-layer Foveon sensor as the SD1.

To inaugurate a new lineup of Micro Four Thirds format interchangeable-lens compact system cameras called the OM-D series, Olympus has announced the E-M5. Designed for advanced photographers, the new camera boasts a 15.93 million image pixel sensor and a built-in high-resolution electronic viewfinder in a weather-sealed magnesium alloy body styled to evoke the Olympus OM-series 35mm film SLRs of the 1970s and 80s.

Firmware updates for the Nikon 1 J1 and V1 correct a flash overexposure bug and, in the V1 specifically, an instance of the camera malfunctioning when switching between the rear LCD and the EVF.

The D800 appears to be slowing down web servers right and left today, as photographers clamor for more information on the new Nikon digital SLR. Here are links to stories, pictures and videos on and from the D800 and its near-twin, the D800E.

LENS, The New York Times photo blog features, Siberian Memories: Warm and Real, the work of photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva.

Canon has updated its EOS-1D X sample images page with six full-resolution downloadable photos, shot at sensitivity settings ranging from ISO 400-1600.

Joy Ride, a video shot with the Nikon D800 by Sandro Miller for Nikon, has been posted to Vimeo.

Canon has announced the EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM, EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM and EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM.

Nikon has posted 14 full-resolution photos captured with the D800 and D800E by photographers Cliff Mautner, Jim Brandenburg, Muga Miyahara, Rob Van Petten, Toshiya Hagihara and others. All were shot as NEFs and converted in Capture NX2.

Nikon has unveiled the D800, a new camera whose headline feature is its 36.15 million image pixel full-frame sensor which, as of this writing, makes it the highest resolution available or announced for a digital SLR camera, ever. We have a comprehensive overview of the new model, as well as its near-twin, the D800E, which is the same in all respects, except one: the blurring effect of the D800's low-pass filter has been cancelled out in the D800E, for maximum per-pixel detail.

The Atlantic features a fine collection of weather pictures in Deep Freeze Spreads Across Europe.

Three galleries from Sunday's Super Bowl XLVI that caught our eye are MSNBC's Super Bowl XLVI; a comprehensive effort from Reuters with Giants Win Super Bowl; and SI's Best Shots of Super Bowl XLVI.

MSNBC features a fine gallery of The Week in Pictures.

Canon USA has posted EOS Utility 2.10.4 for Mac. The only stated change is compatibility with OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.x.

Nevercenter has released CameraBag2 a standalone image editor and special effects application available in versions for Windows and Mac. CameraBag 2 includes processing tools such as cropping and a curves editor as well as more than 100 styles and effects filters.

The war on terrorism has become the war on photography, says National Press Photographers Association general counsel Mickey Osterreicher, as quoted on the web site of the (U.S.) National Press Club. In a presentation to Press Club members, Osterreicher detailed what he says is increasing repression and obstruction of photographers, both amateur and professinal, by police in the U.S. using what he refers to as a "catch-and-release" program.