One of the most famous of vaporware products is vaporware no more. Originally announced in 2005, then again in 2007—failing to materialize on both occasions—the Pentax 645D is about to become a reality in Japan.

My opinion: the future is now. Right now. 2010 is 26 years past 1984 and nine years past 2001. For anybody who ever wanted a digital Leica, 2010 is the top of the bell curve; the best time for the company since 1958 (i.e., the year before Nikon introduced the F); the perfect time to jump on board.

I had thought of going back to Vancouver to experience the last day of the 2010 Olympics but opted to see what happened here. Pure spontaneous joy is all

Here are the rest of my photos from our recent trip to Vancouver.

PDN GEAR GUIDE.

Scientific evidence still doesn't clearly explain climate change and it's normal to be skeptical, claims former Conservative cabinet minister Maxime Bernier in an open letter published Wednesday.

Twenty-nine one day, thirty the next. Just numbers, they don't mean anything. I now believe becoming a year older only matters if you also feela year older, and that my friends can be avoided by doing what we love every day. ...

Don Denton is an editorial photographer living on the western edge of Canada in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Rogério Reis turned his back on the official Carnaval parade in Rio de Janeiro to explore the people of the backstreet "counter-Carnaval."

The photographer Alan Chin lives in New York but Toishan, in southern China, is his ancestral home -- and a frequent subject of his work.