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We were full of big plans this time last year. We were going to learn to cook, run a marathon, and stop watching so much doggone TV. Now here it is nearly 2008, and we??™re still spending every […]

From the Forum Looking for photo poster ideas. Post your winter photos! Share your 2008 resolutions Tips on using White balance control

We were full of big plans this time last year. We were going to learn to cook, run a marathon, and stop watching so much doggone TV. Now here it is nearly 2008, and we??™re still spending every night talking back to Trebek and noshing on Tasty Bite.

Needless to say, game show marathons and shelf-stable delicacies do not a Haile Gebreselassie make.

So much for 2007.

And hello, 2008! We??™re planning to greet it with some kinder, gentler resolutions, and you can bet they won??™t involve the kitchen, the remote, or running shoes. But they will involve a shutter.

We’ve come up with 19 photo-related New Year’s resolutions that’ll have you learning more, practicing more, and taking more risks in two thousand and awesome. (What is, “Fewer eyes trained on Trebek,” Alex?)

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Just over a month ago, we got word that Pentax could be readying a pair of new DSLRs, and now it seems that we’ve been blessed with a plethora of shots of the K200D. ‘Course, we suppose they could be doctored, but we just don’t believe someone would spend that much time working up Pentax fakes, ya know? Regardless, feel free to hit the read link and check out what’s probably the outfit’s next shooter — or some mighty fine ’shops, worst case scenario.

[Via Photography Bay]

After just a few months of legal wrangling, Kodak and Matsushita have settled their patent lawsuit, originally brought by Kodak due to Matsushita’s alleged infringement of a number of digital camera-related patents. The two companies have agreed to cross-license each other’s patents, but it’s not all sharing and cupcakes — the agreement is “royalty-bearing to Kodak,” according to documents filed with the SEC. That was fast — guess Kodak’s newstrategy of aggressively enforcing its IP portfolio is working out after all.

Just as soon as Digital Foci introduced a trio of digital photo frames, along comes Polaroid with a 7-incher of its own. The XSJ-00750M rocks a 480 x 234 widescreen panel, 400:1 contrast ratio, 250 cd/m2 brightness, USB 2.0 connectivity and a multicard reader that handles SD, MMC, CF, MS, MSPro and MSDuo. Aside from sifting through your JPEG collection, it also plays back MP3 files, and just in case you’ve got a thing for varying colors, you’ll be delighted to know that this one comes with black, white and wood colored frames. Grab one next month (if you’re in Japan, that is) for ¥17,000 ($149).

[Via FarEastGizmos]