Ken Rockwell, photography guru extraordinaire, stopped by J&R the other day and was nice enough to chat with us a bit about cameras. During the interview, Ken lets us know his pick for the best entry level SLR (psst…it’s the D40), and also clues us in on what he thinks the future holds for point & shoot cameras…plus much more!

You can check out the short video of our interview after the cut.

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The morning of July 4th, this twitter conversation began:

smo84: @JRblog Stopping down to pickup 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens today- i hear its the one to get! wondering how it is for all around photos…

JRblog: @smo84 I hope you got the 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens yesterday. It should be crazy versatile. You can do almost any shot with it. Let us know.

smo84: @JRblog I sure did…amazing lens- photos from the fireworks I took turned out unreal- show andre in photo dept!
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More than fifty manufacturer and vendor representatives will be in front and within the entire block of Park Row across from City Hall Park.

In front, at tables on the sidewalk, like a mini-trade show will be Reps from Bose, Brother, HP, PNY, Audio Associates, Wacom, Wagan, Speakal, Nokia, Sanyo, Sirius/XM ready to show you their latest gear and take your questions.

Inside the Camera Store, 34, Park Row, will be Samsung, Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Sony, Sandisk, Lexar, Dane-elec, Digital Spectrum, Ion Audio, Vidpro, Neat Receipts, Scosche, Tucano giving you the low down on their high-tech imaging devices.
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Sure, you fancy yourself a photographer. You’ve got a nice DSLR, not just a point and shoot, and you’ve taken some beautiful shots. But what about when you’re really far away? Is the zoom lens that came with your camera really going to get the job done when you’re trying to get the perfect shot of something that’s more than 20 feet away? Well, take a look at this bad boy.

The S Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens might look familiar, as it’s the same one used by sports photographers who need to get crystal-clear action shots from across a football field. If it’s good enough for them, it’s got to be good enough for you, right? And don’t worry about your shots coming out shaky or blurry when zoomed in that far; it’s got Canon’s second generation image stabilization technology built right in, providing up to three stages of stabilization for every shot you take