Monthly Archives: June 2007

It’s summer and the BBC is inviting you to their Photographer of the Year 2007 competition. The top prize is a Nikon D40x DSLR with lens. You can start taking your photos now on the theme of Blue and submit your entries (JPEGs only, please) via email on or before July 8 to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. There …

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Olympus is introducing the new Zuiko Digital ED 70-300mm 1:4.0-5.6 telephoto lens this autumn. The new lens is designed specifically for digital SLR cameras in the Four Thirds system. While previous lenses offering 35mm equivalent focal lengths of 600mm or more were invariably large, heavy, and expensive, making it difficult for most users to enjoy …

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Lynda.com has launched the online version of “Photoshop CS3 for Photographers,” offering a self-paced tutorial for those who want to get their feet wet on the latest digital imaging editor from Adobe. Taught by Instructor Chris Orwig of the Brooks Institute of Photography, “Photoshop CS3 for Photographers” covers all the essential techniques a digital photographer …

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The new high-definition LCD TVs from JVC have a built-in USB Photo Viewer so you can show your photos directly from the camera or from USB flash drives. The photos can be viewed in Multi Screen mode to display a mosaic of thumbnail images or as a slide show. The four new models feature full …

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Sigma Corporation has disclosed that it has chosen the Blackfin ADSP-BF561 processor by Analog Devices to power the 14 megapixel Sigma SD14 digital single lens reflex camera. The SD14 is touted to reproduce high-definition images rich in gradation and three-dimensional detail, because its Foveon X3 sensor directly captures red, green and blue data for every …

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SnapVillage Beta has gone live on the Web with the beta version of its online microstock marketplace for user-generated photography. It’s a brainchild of Corbis, the photo stock agency, to give a broader base of photographers a foothold in the microstock market, taking advantage of the interactivity of Web 2.0. SnapVillage introduces innovative advances in …

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Here’s a new publishing idea from JPG Magazine: all its content is generated by its online community of photographers and writers. JPG, which bills itself as the magazine of brave new photography, is espousing a publishing model that works together with an online community to produce a printed magazine. Issue 11 of the magazine is …

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Just a handful of years ago you could have called this the high end of scanners, with a high price to boot. But today’s Epson Perfection V200 Photo Scanner is just $99, with its 4800 dpi optical resolution and other high-end features. The V200 is geared for the photo hobbyist, or the mom with a …

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This year’s Pixel Trade Show & Awards ceremonies in the UK promise to go on a whole new level by introducing a brand new format to the awards rites. The organizers are hosting the industry bash this time at the London Waldorf Hilton. Throughout the daytime there will be the Trade Show, a much different …

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The FotoVivo digital photo frame from AG Neovo certainly exudes style and spunk with its sleek black frame, and… look ma, no buttons! Its designers decided to do away with the buttons that could otherwise mar its exterior and instead chose to use LED lights flush with the frame to control it. Instead of pushing …

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