Olympus Europe Offers Free Power Grip, Backpack for E-3 Buyers

Olympus Imaging Europa GmbH is offering a free HLD-4 power grip and an E-System pro backpack for buyers of their E-3 professional Four Thirds format DSLR camera. But they don’t just give it to you outright when you buy the camera. For whatever corporate reason, you have to go through a bit of an involved …

Canon Releases Digital Photo Pro 3.2 RAW Converter

Canon‘s RAW converter Digital Photo Professional (DPP) Version 3.2 is now ready for download. DPP 3.2 is being bundled with the new EOS-1Ds Mark III pro camera (those that are not being recalled, anyway). The new version adds support for the EOS-1Ds Mark III and EOS 40D. Additionally, it adds lens aberration correction function (for …

JOBO AG Unveils New GIGA Vu Extreme

Germany’s JOBO AG has rolled out the new GIGA Vu Extreme digital image storage and viewing device for pro photographers, featuring a 3.7” VGA resolution LCD screen and support for more than 100 RAW formats. The company says the GIGA Vu Extreme’s brilliant LCD offers VGA resolution display for crisp and clear viewing of stored …

Akvis Releases Sketch 6.0 with Textured Canvas

Akvis Sketch v.6.0 is now out, offering a new effect that gives an artistic touch to a photo that has been converted as a drawing or watercolor painting by adding a canvas or any other textured surface like corrugated paper, brick wall, metallic or ceramic coating. The new version also adds a new Canvas tab …

Month-Old Sony A-700 Gets a Firmware Update

Barely a month after its release last September 6, the Sony A-700 DSLR is getting a firmware update. Sony says the update improves image sharpness and reduces noise under certain circumstances, like it was not that good when it was released. It also improves flash control at very short distances with non-ADI control lenses, according …

Nikonians eZine 35 Now Available

The latest issue of The Nikonian, the official magazine of the Nikonians community is now available for download. The Nikonian eZine 35 issue shares insights on the soon-to-be-released Nikon D3 pro DSLR, Custom Brackets and about the Nikonians Academy. Other highlights: 7th ANPAT Memories Grand Prize winners from the Nikonians 100,000 Member Celebration Party Updates …

Fantasea Announces Underwater Housing for Nikon Coolpix S50, S51

Fantasea has a new underwater housing — the FS-51 — that’s fully compatible with the Nikon Coolpix S50, S50c, S51 and S51c compact digital cameras. The Fantasea FS-51 gives photographers access to all camera functions of the said camera models and is rated to a depth of 60 meters or 200 feet. Underwater photographers can …

Samsung Rolls Out Fastest DVD Burner with 16X Dual Layer Recording and LightScribe

Samsung is now selling the fastest DVD burner in its line-up, the Super-WriteMaster SH-S203N, with 16X dual layer recording capability and LightScribe technology and support for all CD/DVD discs including DVD-RAM. The SH-S203N features: 16X DVD+R Dual Layer recording, 20X DVD±R recording, 12X DVD-RAM recording, 12X DVD-R Dual Layer recording, 8X DVD+RW recording and 6X …

Canon Recalls EOS-1D Mark III Pro DSLR

Rob Galbraith was right all along. Canon has now acknowledged the autofocus defect in its EOS-1D Mark III flagship DSLR and is recalling all unsold units. In a letter to its dealers, Canon said “we have concluded that there is a quality issue with some EOS-1D Mark III units in the market.” The problem, it …

Ricoh Announces GR Digital II Premium Compact Camera

Ricoh Co., Ltd. of Japan has announced the new GR Digital II premium compact camera, successor to its well-received GR Digital released last October 2005. The GR Digital II is equipped with the new GR Engine II image processor to maintain the resolution, tone characteristics, and color saturation of the original GR Digital, while achieving …