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Sony has for some months been building a new company-backed Flickr community to give photographers a place with direct access to Sony representatives and other unique opportunities.  Some of the features of the new community include Q&A opportunities with product development teams, and trying out new equipment as it is released.  I've been a beta-tester in that community since it began, eager for it to go public to see what new members make of it.

If you use a Sony camera, be it a Cyber-Shot, Alpha, NEX, Mavica, or whatever else, please stop by and check us out!  Yes, there are other groups within Flickr that are larger and better established than this one, and already a trusted resource to many users.  The Sony Camera Club doesn't pretend to replace those, but it does intend to offer exclusive opportunities, and bring together Sony users of all walks.

Come see the new Sony Camera Club at Flickr!

Today I have returned to Texas from an ill-advised road-trip to Yellowstone National Park.  In the early spring.  In a Mazda MX-5 Miata.

Yellowstone National Park: surveyed in 1871 by the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871, established as a National Park on March 1, 1872, conquered in the least practical car ever by Yours Truly in the spring of 2010.

I can't tell you how many times my wife and I apologized to each other, or told each other "We made it!" or how many people pointed and stared at the 2,300 pound car in the snow with two 64 quart plastic trunks bungeed onto the luggage rack.  I can tell you how many times we needed a push out of the snow (twice), and that neither instance was in the park itself.  Look for pictures to come along next week, including buffalo with winter coats, active geothermal features, and a bear-proof Unimog.