Photography - No Comments » - Posted on October, 13 at 2:01 pm
Olympus, Nikon and Canon have announced firmware updates. Canon’s firmware update for the Canon WFT-E3/E3A wireless transmitter will now make it compatible on the 50D. The firmware update for Nikon D80 and D200 corrects the problem of light flashing empty, inspite of it being fully charged, commonly known as the ‘Dead Battery Syndrome’. Meanwhile, firmware v1.1 for the Olympus E-520 and E-420 improves the brightness level of AF target points in the Viewfinder.
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Photo News - No Comments » - Posted on October, 12 at 10:37 pm
HP photo printers at Photokina 2008 : HP doesn’t seem to have anything left to offer when it comes to cameras. The company seems to have bid these farewell and instead focuses on image editing for cameras and printing solutions in any which way you can imagine. HP offers many printer solutions, from compact trendy photo printers portable in an equally trendy bag, to large format printers that print ultra big poster sized prints. HP no longer manufacturing digital cameras is a loss for the digital imaging industry, since the company used to develop and manufacture interesting models. Sadly, HP lacked the strategy to actually claim a market share. Perhaps their choice is not a permanent one,
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Tags: hp photo printers, large format printers, photokina
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Cameras, Tips Tricks - No Comments » - Posted on October, 8 at 12:01 pm
As with a lot of books, Take Your Best Shot is one that has been years in the making. While working with the nature photographer George Lepp, Tim Grey started a quarterly newsletter called "Digital Darkroom Quarterly." Over time he kept getting questions via email asking questions on digital photography, and many times these questions were the same or similar questions. So instead of just responding to these questions, in 2001, he started the Digital Darkroom Questions (DDQ) email newsletter. To this day, these questions still go strong. Tim Grey's latest book, Take Your Best Shot, was developed from these questions. The book is 252 pages in length and is divided into 10
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Tags: chapter, chromatic aberration, george lepp
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Photography - No Comments » - Posted on October, 8 at 1:25 am
Photokina 2008: Pretec has today introduced the highest capacity and fastest CompactFlash cards in the world. Under the highest capacity come the 64GB and 100GB, 233X CF cards with a read and write speed of 35MB/s. And the 333X CF cards in 32GB and 50 GB capacities have broken the record of the fastest read and write speed with 50 MB/s. Both the cards will start shipping this month. Press Release: Pretec Releases 64GB and 100GB CF Card – Highest Capacity in the World Cologne, Germany, September 23rd , 2008 － Pretec, creator of the highest capacity CompactFlash card in the world (48GB) and the fastest CF card in the world (333X) will demonstrate even higher capacities including a
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Tags: flash memory card, patent pending technology, speed
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Photo News - No Comments » - Posted on October, 7 at 5:43 pm
Sigma has used Photokina to showcase four new lenses. First up is the 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG which is equipped with a built-in HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor). The 14-element-in-12 group lens includes Extraordinary Low Dispersion (ELD) and Special Low Dispersion (SLD) elements. It will come in Sigma, Nikon, Canon, Pentax and Sony AF fits at a price yet to be announced. Also new is a 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM lens designed for use on Four Thirds digital SLRs. Features include a minimum focusing distance of 45cm, maximum magnification of 1:7.4 and full-time manual focus override. It will cost £379.99. Sigma has also unveiled 10mm and 4.5mm fisheye lenses for Pentax and Sony digital SLRs with an
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Photo News - No Comments » - Posted on October, 3 at 3:49 am
Olympus Four Thirds standard digital SLR camera : Olympus Imaging Corporation (President: Masaharu Okubo) is developing a new interchangeable-lens digital SLR (single lens reflex) within the Olympus E-System. This new Four Thirds-compliant camera reinforces the company’s commitment to the standard. Positioned as a mid-level model, this new interchangeable-lens digital SLR camera is intended for anyone who wants to express their creativity through photography, whether they are an amateur just starting out or a profession with years of experience behind them. Introduction of the new camera is expected in the first quarter of the year 2009. The developed camera will be exhibited as a reference
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Photography - No Comments » - Posted on October, 2 at 2:28 pm
“Was the war in Georgia just an agreement between Putin and Bush? One Latvian NGO put this posters all over Riga as part of their project”. Taken by Biljana Klisarova
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Cameras, Tips Tricks - No Comments » - Posted on October, 2 at 5:43 am
Last August, Adobe released the second incarnation of their photography workflow product Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 to rave reviews. As is to be expected, new editions of companion Lightroom books are also coming to market to provide educational assistance to learning Lightroom. Scott Kelby's Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book For Digital Photographers, along with being one of the best, is also one of the first out of the chutes. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, while it certainly addresses the new features of Lightroom 2, also guides you through the existing features that have not changed. This version is 456 pages in length (40 more pages of material) and contains 14 chapters (3
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Photography - No Comments » - Posted on September, 27 at 10:22 am
Pre-Photokina 2008: Canon has announced a pair of 10 megapixel successors to its PowerShot S5IS ‘super zoom’ compact digital camera. Both the PowerShot SX10 IS and PowerShot SX1 IS feature 28-560mm (equivalent) 20x zoom lenses, DIGIC IV processors, improved image stabilization system and wealth of new features. The SX1 IS is particularly interesting as it is the first PowerShot to feature a Canon CMOS sensor, which allows the camera to offer 4.0 fps (full resolution) continuous shooting and true 1080p HDTV movie capture at 30fps. UPDATE: While we haven’t heard this officially from Canon it does appear that the new CMOS SX1 IS won’t be available in North America. Press Release: Canon
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Tags: 1080p hdtv, powershot, vcm technology
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Cameras, Tips Tricks - No Comments » - Posted on September, 27 at 8:42 am
Bibble 5 will be officially launched at Photokina next week. The latest version of this RAW conversion software includes improved performance (up to twice as fast as Bibble 4), complete non-destructive selective editing including multiple layers, and an advanced and fast Digital Asset Management system. Bibble 5 Pro will be available in Q4 of 2008 at an initial price of $199.95, and will continue to be offered for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. Customers who purchase Bibble 4 now will receive a free upgrade to Bibble 5 when it is available. Bibble Labs Press Release Bibble Labs to Introduce Bibble 5 at Photokina Austin, Tx, Sept 15th, 2008: Bibble Labs is thrilled to be officially
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Tags: asset management system, bibble, digital asset management
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