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The new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S800 is vintage Sony, of course – the look, the feel, the styling – classic Sony, but there’s one important difference. Take a closer look at the lens. It’s no longer the usual Carl Zeiss lens; the markings say it’s Sony’s own optics now. The company has manufactured its own lens …
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The Nikon D40 did away with the built-in autofocus motor, among other things, from its body to minimize cost and be able to offer the new DSLR to more people at an affordable price. Since its debut, test reviews have confirmed that the D40 is a very capable DSLR, affirming Nikon’s design move. Without the …
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onOne Software today said they are now shipping the completely overhauled version of its flagship product Genuine Fractals image enlargement software. Genuine Fractals 5 and Genuine Fractals Print Pro 5 are now available for immediate shipping with improved scaling technology, faster performance, several new features, a new user interface and greater ease of use. Genuine …
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Author Lee Varis tackles the tricky subject of achieving accurate skin tones in his new book, skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies. Lee is a Hollywood photo-illustrator with 30 years of involvement in commercial photography. His photos have been featured in National Geographic, Newsweek, and Fortune magazines. In …
The first Festival of the Photograph is scheduled for June 7-9, 2007 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The 3-day event will feature photographic exhibitions, outdoor projections, master classes and interviews with world-famous photographers. It is a special event created by photographers for photographers. Organizers describe it as “three days of peace, love and photography.†They said the …
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ArcSoft Inc. is bundling its TotalMedia Extreme multimedia software suite with the Panasonic Blu-ray and all DVD optical drives distributed by Sunland International (SLI). The ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme software suite includes four primary applications: Digital Theatre, TotalMedia Studio MV, TotalMedia Studio AV, and TotalMedia Backup & Record. The suite provides video playback, video editing and …
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The Technical Image Press Association, headquartered in Madrid, has named their choices for the TIPA European photo and imaging awards. Headlining the winners are the Nikon D40x as the best entry-level DSLR, Pentax K10D as the best expert level DSLR and the Canon EOS-1D Mark III as the best professional level DSLR. TIPA also named …
Memorex has entered the burgeoning market for flash memory cards with its new line of products intended for mobile devices such as digital and video cameras, PDAs and mobile phones. They have almost all of the card formats, except Sony’s proprietary Memory Stick. Memorex TravelCards include the mini SD with up to 2GB capacity, the …
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The new Sony Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo media offers up to 3x faster data transfer than standard Memory Stick Duo products. The new media offers shorter data transmission times and faster recording times between hardware because of its 8-bit parallel interface. Sony said with the addition of four connector pins to the Memory Stick’s traditional …
Adobe Systems Inc. has announced new site licensing options, curriculum and certification programs for primary and secondary schools that deploy Adobe Creative Suite 3. The new Creative Suite 3 K-12 School Site Licenses help primary and secondary schools to deploy Creative Suite on school-owned or school-leased computers across the campus. Once deployed, educators can implement …