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January 2008
Week Two Number 448B
Volume 16
Key words in this issue: New Prod-
uct | Lowepro Primus AW Camera
Bag | Zipper | Polar Bears | Fast
Access | Canon 5D | Converter
Box | FAQ | Coupon | Analog | Cell
Phones | Batteries | Photogra-
pher’s Market
NEWSWORDS: The Straight
Scoop | Hey Wait! | Bustin’ At The
Seams | Dust Be Gone! | Can’t De-
cide | Lotsa Learning Here | Light
And Lenses Tips | A New Algorihm
| Where Do They Come From? |
He’s Gone | The Frog Wins
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Every now and then
a new product comes along and it
is simply amazing that nobody has
thought of it be-
fore.
The Lowepro
Primus AW cam-
era bag is such
a product. With
its functionality
and its simplicity
this is probably
as close to being genius as you can
come for a camera bag. If you love
the carrying comfort of a backpack
but sometimes need to access your
camera gear fast, you will quickly
fall in love with Primus AW.
It features a side access to the
main camera compartment. You can
open one zipper and have access to
your gear in sec-
onds. No need to
remove the back-
pack from your
back!
With tradi-
tional Lowepro
quality in materi-
als, design and
workmanship, there isn’t anything
not to like about this product. Priced
at a very affordable $249.95 and
with a portion of that going to the
non-profit Polar Bears Interna-
tional—an organization that works
to save the Polar Bears—even if you
have a camera backpack you already
like, the Primus AW should be seri-
ously considered.
I have found that the Primus AW
is perfect when I don’t need to carry
all my gear and when I might need
fast access to my camera. I use a
Canon 5D with a grip and a 24-70
2.8L as my main workhorse and this
easily fits in the bag. And there’s
still room for a few more lenses,
rain gear, dry socks, CF cards and
everything else I constantly carry
with me.
With Primus AW, Lowepro has
– yet again – hit a homerun so far
out of the stadium that the ball might
not even have landed yet.
Photojournalist Mikael Karlsson has 26
years’ experience of working for magazines and
newspapers in more than 30 countries. He moved
to the United States in 1998 from his native
Sweden. He lives in Nebraska and is currently
US correspondent for 11 Swedish magazines and
A BACKPACK, NOT A BACKACHE
ON-LINE
by Bill Hopkins
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Last month we told you about
the nation’s switch to all digital
broadcast television. After 2/17/09,
there will be no analog TV trans-
missions over the airwaves. We also
said that the government was help-
ing the transition by offering $40
coupons that could be applied to-
ward the cost of a set-top converter
box.
I signed up, and only after sign-
ing up did I discover some caveats
that I’m passing on to you.
Sure, if I knew what questions to
ask, the answers were buried in their
lawyer-thick FAQ section, but here
are two points I consider key.
First, if you sign up early, the
coupons won’t ship until the set-top
boxes actually go on sale a little
later. Not a big thing, just something
to remember.
Second, the coupons carry an
expiration date of 90 days after is-
suance. If you sign up for two (the
max per address), and let them
expire, you can’t get replacements.
However, if you sign up for one
coupon and it expires before you
can purchase your converter, you
can apply for one more coupon, giv-
ing you one last chance to get your
discounted converter box within 90
days. And after 3/31/09, no coupons
will be issued.
There is a tiered system
,
with the first 22 million or so going
to any household that requests them,
even if you have cable or another
non-airwaves delivery method. Af-
ter that first round, only households
that DO NOT subscribe to cable
will be eligible (thus if you have
one TV on cable and one not, you’re
ineligible). Here is the URL to sign
up:
. Or you can
call, 24/7: 1-888-388-2009. That’s
1-888-DTV-2009, but I hate those
mnemonic numbers ‘cause the let-
ters are so small on the touchpad. If
you’re wondering what will happen
to all that analog spectrum, the gov-
ernment will auction it to wireless
carriers, hoping to bring in as much
as $15 billion. Wonder what they’ll
spend it on....
BATTERIES CAN’T FLY
Starting the first of this month
(1/1/08),
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LOTSA LEARNING HERE. Travel, Landscape, Nature and Portrait
Classes Highlight 2008 Sundance Photographic Workshops - Award-winning
photographers Nevada Wier, Eddie Soloway, Bobbi Lane, Tony Sweet, Brenda
Tharp and Tom Bol headline a world-class faculty at the series located at the
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LIGHT AND LENSES TIPS. Training DVD Offers View of Pho-
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