The new 5-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot DSC-V1 digital camera just arrived in Tokyo stores on Friday, and I had my first opportunity to take a look at it last night. Retailing for ¥79,800 (around US$680) at Yodobashi and Bic Camera, this small, lightweight camera offers advanced exposure control features including aperture and shutter priority, and a Carl Zeiss 4x optical zoom lens. I've been tossing up between this camera and the 4-megapixel Canon PowerShot G3 for a while, but I think the Canon edges it out as I currently shoot within the Canon system and have an external Speedlite flash that fits this digital camera. I am also disappointed that the Sony Cyber-shot has a fixed LCD screen, as I find the swivelling screen on the Canon G3 a particularly attractive feature.

Jennifer Sharpe is slowly releasing a series of absolutely priceless video oddities by Coyle and Sharpe (Jennifer's father), early masters of the 'put-on' and street prank dating back to the 1960s. Check out Mothman and The Efficiency Experts, in particular.

Photoblogging and Tokyo's own Hunkabutta were featured in the New York Times this week (registration required).

Arild Danielsen is this month's feature photographer on guu, a site dedicated to Norwegian design (via Styleboost).