p>The new Olympus P-11 is designed to give users fast photo-lab-quality prints with ease of use, portability and affordability. The P-11 also can be used without a computer, by directly connecting any PictBridge-compatible camera.

The printer’s dye-sublimation technology diffuses ink into...

Olympus has introduced the SP series, with the launch of the 7-megapixel SP-310 and the 8-megapixel SP-350. Both cameras offer the option of manual settings for creative control or 30 selectable shooting modes, along with 2.5-inch LCDs, optional lenses and optional underwater housings.

The addition of manual aperture priority and shutter priority modes gives users versatility and control. The SP series features...

Olympus has released its ultra-zoom digital camera, the SP-500 UZ, with a 10x optical zoom. With a 2.5-inch LCD, manual and automatic settings, and optional add-on accessory lenses, the SP-500 UZ is designed to be versatile enough for advanced users.

The 6- megapixel CCD image sensor provides images that are sharp and vivid, even in large-format prints.

The SP-500 UZ has 21 program-med scene modes. With QuickTime movie mode, it can...

Olympus has introduced three interchangeable, fixed-aperture, wide zoom lenses designed for use with its E-System digital SLR cameras. The new digital-specific B lenses include the Zuiko Digital ED 14-35mm f/2.0, the Zuiko Digital ED 35-100mm f/2.0 and the Zuiko Digital ED 90-250mm f/2.8.

The 14-35mm f/2.0 (28-70mm equivalent) and the ED 35-100mm f/2.0 (70-200mm equivalent) lenses feature apertures of f/2.0 over the full zoom range, which are intended to...

Olympus has released the next generation in its Stylus series: the Stylus 500. The camera features a 2.5-inch HyperCrystal LCD, 5 megapixels of image resolution and a compact, all-weather body.

The lens provides the equivalent of 35-105mm, f/3.1-f/5.2 in 35mm photography, with 12x combined total zoom (3x optical and 4x digital). A super macro mode captures fine details.

The LCD, with 215,000 pixels of high resolution, has a 160-degree view radius and...

Olympus has released its C-7070 Wide Zoom with a super-wide-angle lens and high-resolution, 7.1-megapixel CCD. Two new autofocus modes enable photographers to shoot fast, sharp photos of subjects in motion.

The C-7070's high-quality glass lens was designed specifically for digital cameras. Its 4x optical zoom ultra-wide-angle is equivalent to 27-110mm, f/2.8-f/8.

For added versatility, photographers can select from three new conversion lenses. The WCON-17c is a 0.7x wide-angle converter that reduces the...

Jeff Schultz, one of Iditarod's two official photographers, will mark his twentieth year chronicling the race when the dog sledding teams leave Anchorage next March. Originally a portrait and wedding photographer, he was swept up in Iditarod fever after shooting a portrait of the charismatic Joe Reddington Sr., a founder of the modern race who passed away last year.

That seed planted in Iditarod's early days has blossomed into an Alaska-focused career for Schultz, who now shoots editorial and corporate assignments and owns the the stock agency Alaska Stock Images at alaskastock.com. Schultz himself regularly shoots outdoor and adventure stock in addition to his annual coverage of Iditarod.

Much has changed since the race first reached Nome in 1973, and since 1981, when Schultz hired a pilot on his own first year on the trail, and "could only afford to fly the trail half way." More teams, more media, and more machinery have turned the Iditarod into...