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<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09122501happyhols.asp">http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09122501happyhols.asp</a><img src="http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/0912/snow-001.jpg" width="120" height="77" hspace="8" align="right"">The entire team at dpreview would like to wish all our readers a very Happy Holidays (whichever you're observing). As we celebrate our 11th anniversary we're looking forward to another exciting year here at dpreview, with more new features in the pipeline and of course even more of the high quality content that made this site what it is today. Whatever you're doing today, enjoy yourselves and thank you for being a part of dpreview.com!

Just posted - Our Pentax K-x in-depth review

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<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09122301pentaxkxreview.asp">http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09122301pentaxkxreview.asp</a><img src="http://a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/images/pentax_kx.gif" width="120" height="93" hspace="8" align="right"">Just posted! Our in-depth review of the Pentax K-x. Despite its compact size and inconspicuous exterior the K-x boasts an impressive feature set that is, in parts, not that far off the semi-pro K-7. In the entry-level segment of the market the new model will be facing fierce competition from the likes of Canon's EOS 500D and the Nikon D5000. Can the Pentax K-x make its mark amongst such well established rivals? Click through to find out.

Comments are closed on Climate Change, a highly contentious issue which I actually never meant to raise. Grammar Whiz winners are

anselmo_b for one understanding ("hit" as a noun) -- his the funniest of several takes running this way. ANd

joculum and

proximoception for the sense the article had ("hit" as a verb). It sounds slightly better in the original:

These resorts, which boasted top-flight entertainment — Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and Don Rickles were among the comedians who sharpened their wit on area stages — attracted upper-middle-class Jewish New Yorkers, nearly a million of whom migrated north as soon as the humidity hit to mambo in the mountain air.

Grammar Whiz
These are usually guessed as as soon as I put them up, which makes me feel like a fool for having stumbled over them when my scanning eye lights on one in the paper (I mean the online ones, natch). ANyway, make a grammatically correct and intelligible sentence out of this by adding words to either end or both ends. No c=altering the phrase itself (e.g. inserted punctuation. as the humidity hit to mambo

Puzzle
Readers of the NY Times excluded. What might the following headline mean?

Dry Coffers Can Mean that Fires Burn Longer

Just posted - Our Leica X1 in-depth review

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<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121804leicax1review.asp">http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121804leicax1review.asp</a><img src="http://a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/images/leica_x1.gif" width="120" height="58" hspace="8" align="right"">Just posted! Our in-depth review of the Leica X1. Back in September Leica surprised everyone with the announcement of its entirely home-grown large-sensor compact, which combines a fixed 35mm-equivalent lens with an APS-C sensor. Featuring a pared-down design with traditional analogue-style control dials on its top plate for shutter speed and aperture, the X1 certainly looks desirable on paper, but at an asking price around $2000, can it live up to the inevitable high expectations? We've had our hands on a production X1 for the past couple of months - click through to find out what we thought of it.

dpreview.com launches Challenge of Challenges 2009

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<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121803challengeofchallenges.asp">http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121803challengeofchallenges.asp</a><img src="http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/0912/challenges.gif" width="180" height="125" hspace="8" align="right"">It's almost a year since we launched the Challenges system on dpreview.com and we've been constantly impressed with the quality of submissions and the imagination of the challenge hosts. To showcase this talent and imagination, we're running a 'Challenge of Challenges,' to find the dpreview.com Picture of the Year. All previous challenge-winning images have been automatically entered and voting starts immediately so, if you've been as impressed as we have, make sure you show it by helping to choose 2009's best challenge-winning image.

Bigger than the War on Terror
From today's (12/18) NY Times:

Somewhat more substantively, in Washington, a group of House Republicans said they planned to introduce a resolution formally disapproving of the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gases endangered public health and safety, a step that could lead to economy-wide regulation of such emissions. The Republicans said the finding would lead to job losses and take money out of the pockets of consumers “so that radical environmentalists can wage a war against nature.”

It's Mother Nature that wants to melt the polar ice cap -- we oughta let her! She knows what's best!

Adobe launches Lightroom 2.6 and ACR 5.6

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<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121801adobecameraraw.asp">http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121801adobecameraraw.asp</a><img src="http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/0809/adobelogo.gif" width="78" height="104" hspace="8" align="right"">Adobe has launched Photoshop Camera Raw 5.6, Lightroom 2.6 and DNG Converter 5.6 for immediate download. Release candidates of all three had already been available from the Adobe's Labs site. The updates fix minor issues and provide additional Raw support for 20 more DSLRs, including the Canon EOS 7D and Nikon D3S, with additional DNG support for the Leica M9 and Ricoh GXR.

Canon 1D series and 5D II get WFT firmware updates

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<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121703canonfirmware.asp">http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121703canonfirmware.asp</a><img src="http://a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/logos/Canon.gif" width="90" height="23" hspace="8" align="right"">Canon has issued firmware updates for its EOS-1D Mark III, 1Ds Mark III and 5D Mark II cameras to provide compatibility with the wireless file transfer units. The 1D series cameras gain compatibility with the WFT-E2 II unit while the 5D Mark II gains WFT-E4 II support and lower noise when shooting Bulb exposures. Meanwhile the WFT-E2 and E2A firmware is also updated to allow use with the 1D Mark IV.

123di updates 'The 123 of digital imaging' to V6.2

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<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121702123diversion62.asp">http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121702123diversion62.asp</a><img src="http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/0908/123di.gif" width="120" height="162" hspace="8" align="right"">123di.com has updated its interactive learning application: 'The 123 of digital imaging'. Version 6.2 adds coverage for Mac and Windows versions both of Adobe's Photoshop Elements 8 and the Public Beta of Photoshop Lightroom 3. It also gains an additional tutorial on the use of clipping masks alongside revisions to keep it up-to-date with the latest changes in technology and post-processing. 123di V6.2 is free to owners of version 6.0 or can be downloaded as a free trial.

Just posted - Canon PowerShot G11 review

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<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121602canong11review.asp">http://www.dpreview.com/news/0912/09121602canong11review.asp</a><img src="http://a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/images/canon_g11.gif" width="120" height="92" hspace="8" align="right"">Just posted! Our review of the Canon PowerShot G11. The G11 is the company's flagship compact camera, offering a flexible zoom range, solid build and classic styling. This latest incarnation of the G-series regains the much lamented flip-out screen lost from its recent predecessors, it also uses a 'high sensitivity' CCD that could put right the G10's disappointing low-light performance. So, after extensive testing, how did the G11 fare?

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