Nikon D40 Collects DIWA Gold Award

DIWA, or the Digital Imaging Websites Association, has bestowed a DIWA Gold Award to the Nikon D40 digital SLR, validating it as “a quality built camera with good ergonomic design, user-friendly operation, fast and precise functions, excellent image quality and a very attractive price.” “With priority on performance rather than marketing tricks and gimmicks, the …

Nokia N95 Now Shipping, But Not in America

It’s touted as a multimedia computer that is set to become Nokia’s flagship device and after months of anticipation since its announcement last August, the Nokia N95 is now shipping in Europe, Asia and the Middle East (how ‘bout the Americas?). The N95 mobile phone has a load of pioneering features. It offers built-in GPS …

Memjet Printer Technology Offers Super Fast Printing

There is a new development in printer technology that’s simply amazing because of its speed. Silverbrook Research has unveiled its Memjet printer technology which enables printers to print 5 to 10 times faster than current printers; they have posted videos to prove it, and there is very little reason to doubt what the videos portray: …

Buy Canon A460, Donate to Red Cross UK

Canon UK is donating £5 to the British Red Cross for every red Canon PowerShot A460 digital camera sold in Tesco stores. Money raised will be spent on first aid training, emergency equipment and home care services in local communities in the United Kingdom. The Canon gesture is in support of the British Red Cross-Tesco …

iView Automates Photo Submissions to Getty Images

iView Multimedia Ltd. has announced the availability of the Getty Images iView Submission utility, a plug-in for iView MediaPro to automate the photo submission process. Getty Images is a leading provider of imagery, film and digital services, while iView Multimedia is a wholly-owned Microsoft subsidiary that produces the cross-platform digital asset management tool iView MediaPro …

Interfit Studio Lighting Announces Super Cool-Lite 5 System

Interfit Studio Lighting has introduced the Super Cool-Lite 5 System, which offers a more convenient yet economical modern studio lighting that the company says produces little or no heat. Suitable for use with conventional still, digital or video cameras, the Super Cool-Lite 5 system provides a soft uniform diffused light, ideal for portraits in a …

Kingston DataTraveler Secure USB Flash Drives Now Available in 8GB Capacity

Kingston Technology Co. has announced that its DataTraveler Secure and DataTraveler Secure – Privacy Edition USB 2.0 flash drives are now available in 8GB capacities. “Secure” in its name means these flash drives are made of industrial-grade titanium-coated stainless steel casings that are also waterproof to depths up to 4ft. It also means hardware encryption …

PMA Releases List of DIMA 2007 Innovative Digital Products

The Philippine Marketing Association has released the list of winners of the “DIMA 2007 Innovative Digital Product Awards”. DIMA, or Digital Imaging Marketing Association is a PMA member association. DIMA chose 18 from the hundreds of digital products on display at the recent PMA 2007 to receive the awards. DIMA Innovative Digital Product Awards recognize …

Kodak EasyShare 5100, 5300 Photo Printers Now Available

The low-cost high-quality printers that Kodak promised last February are starting to come out. The EasyShare 5100 and 5300 all-in-one Kodak printers are now available in Best Buy locations throughout the United States. These all-in-ones offer printing, scanning and copying functions. Kodak says the new printers use Kodacolor Technology, a combination of pigment-based inks, microporous …

$20,000 Up for Grabs in “Under the Blue” Photo Contest

“Under the Blue,” a photo and video competition for underwater photographers is now open for entries. The contest is under the aegis of UnderwaterCompetition.com which recently held the successful “Our World Underwater” and “DEEP Indonesia” competitions. Photographers will compete in four still image categories, including a category for images that focus on California’s unique and …