Canon has announced its fifth annual contest that lets you win prizes for those summer memories.  The Photography in the Park contest is underway and is accepting entries until September 30th that showcase your inspiring wildlife images from any local, city, county, State, or National park or any National Monument.  18 lucky winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd place and "honorable mentions") in two categories (teen and adult) will be awarded Canon camera prizes, while two incredibly lucky grand prize winners will be sent to the National Park of his or her choice, be put up for 5 nights in a hotel, given airfare, and take home a Canon EOS 5D MarkII and a printer.

Canon announced that it has hit quite a milestone.  The digital imaging leader has hit a milestone of 40 million EOS cameras manufactured.  The 40 million milestone combines film and digital single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras manufactured since the EOS series introduction since 1987.  Canon even hit another milestone with the production of 20 million EOS Digital series cameras.

Canon announced its next offering in the PowerShot ELPH camera series, the PowerShot SD4000 IS Digital ELPH camera, and they put everything they got into making this one of their best offerings yet.  The SD4000 is a point-and-shoot with the first-ever HS SYSTEM, a high-sensitivity system that features a CMOS sensor and bright f/2.0 lens.  The HS system is ideal for low light situations without the use of a flash and helps reduce noise at high ISO speeds.

Canon rightfully boasted this week, announcing that five of its photography and imaging products were awarded "Best Product 2010" by the Technical Image Press Association, three of which were cameras.  Canon took home the awards for "Best DSLR Advanced," "Best DSLR Expert," and "Best Expert Compact Camera" for the 2010 year.  Winners are chosen from the list of products released within the last 12 months and will be part of a ceremony held during the Photokina fair on September 21st.

Last week, Canon announced their 2010 workshop schedule for EOS users to learn more about the capabilities of the Canon EOS products.  Today Canon announced some even bigger news regarding their educational offerings.  Canon has added cinematographers to their list of professionals who make up the Explorers of Light program.  Until now, the program has mainly been comprised of influential still-image photographers who educate and inspire photography enthusiasts through appearances, seminars, and gallery showings.  The addition of cinematographers is a clear statement that EOS video products are now revolutionizing film and television.

Canon released their 2010 Live Learning educational workshop schedule on Wednesday and this year they are including some "exciting" new video workshops geared towards the professional film and video users.  The workshops are all taught by leaders in the industry and travel across the United States.  The workshops are all based on EOS cameras and video technology and are a hands-on way for photographers and videographers to improve their skills. 

We've already mentioned that SquareTrade has revealed an evaluation of 60,000 digital cameras covered by the warrantee company to determine the reliability of top brands.  SquareTrade reported that Panasonic beat out the competition when it came to reliability at any price point.  But how, exactly, did they score compared to the other brands?

Canon USA, Inc has been named by the Environmental Protection Agency as a  2010 Energy Star Partner of the Year "for its outstanding contributions towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions."  An awards ceremony was held on March 18th to publicly recognize the work Canon has done to educate consumers about energy-efficient products and for its leadership in the field. 

Canon, a leader in digital imaging solutions has announced that it will be the first company to get rid of the common .com and create its own top-level domain '.canon.'  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently expanded the generic top-level domain space to "allow for a greater degree of innovation and choice."  Canon hopes to take advantage of this new expansion and make it easier for customers to find the site by just entering 'canon' into the address bar. 

Almost a year and a half after Canon released the high-end EOS 5D Mark II SLR camera, they have upgraded the firmware that expands the video capabilities.  Initially the 5D only supported 30 frames per second for video and customers were wanting more.  Version 2.0.3 to the firmware changes that "to comply with TV production standards" to 29.97 fps, and for cinema standards a 23.976 fps option. 

Since 2008, Change, a brand agency specializing in green innovation, has been conducting an industry study called MapChange, to evaluate green brands' sustainability efforts.  In past studies, Change found that there was a significant difference in what customers perceived about each brand's sustainability versus the reality. 

Today Canon USA announced three new Wireless File Transmitter (WFT) units for the EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 7D. The three cameras were released last year and now Canon is finally giving them each their very own Wireless Transmitters. The Wireless Transmitter allows photographers to wirelessly transfer pictures from their camera to the computer. It provides wireless and wired LAN connectivity. It also supports FTP, PTP and HTTP.

We have been bringing to you the latest updates on the Bing 'Home Sweet Home' photo contest. Today, Justin's photograph of the Seattle skyline went live on the Bing Homepage.  Earlier this week I interviewed Justin to highlight his experience of winning the photo competition, his skills in photography, his favorite photographs and to get details of the techniques he adopts to shoot such classic photos. 

A new year often means creating up new resolutions.  Perhaps you should consider making 'recycle all old electronics' one of your resolutions for 2010.  After all, it is both easy for you and good for the environment!  Previously discussed was the option of recycling items such as computers and their associated products – but what about other electronics?

This is the last part of our Interview series with British Photographer Richard Hull. Richard is a brilliant photographer. He is a thinker and is very gifted. He has managed to come a far way in the past year or so that I have known him. He is not only a talented photographer but a very gifted engineer and an amazing race car designer. He uses all 3 of his skills in his photographic work. When asked what was his current profession he stated that, 'I currently work in the R&D department for a Formula 1 team part-time, while completing a doctorate (PhD) in automotive transmission modeling - the order I listed them tells you something about where my priorities lie. I think my background and interest in engineering is often visible in the photos I take - detail shots of machines and mechanisms, buildings, vehicles, bridges. It's no coincidence that good engineering is usually aesthetically pleasing.'