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Well, it looks like Microsoft can’t keep their hands out of anything these days. Apparently buying Iview MediaPro and adding support for RAW in Vista makes Microsoft a leader in the photography world.

Microsoft is not only sponsoring Mentor Series and the Microsoft Pro Photo Summit, but they have decided they need a photography community of their own. Microsoft has launched the Microsoft Pro Photo Website which includes:

Microsoft Pro Photo Website Re-Launches

I am pleased to announce our new Microsoft Pro Photography website has launched with a complete facelift and new features. The new site has more dynamic galleries, an overall improved look to better fit the photography space, and has new features including this blog and the ability to subscribe to an RSS feed. With this updated site, we have brought together our pro photo community pillars (Icons of Imaging, Future Pro Contest, Pro Photo Summit, and Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe) for a consistent look and feel. As a part of the release, we have also posted Part II of the Sports Illustrated Final Four article.

Apparently the site was re-launched a few shorts months after its debut, but hosts galleries, articles, photo contents, blogs and travelogues. There looks to be some interesting content available; Microsoft certainly has the potential to get more “behind the scenes material” than most anyone else. It has the potential to be interesting – if Microsoft can keep down the Vista propaganda.

http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/

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