The Bravery Headlines Fujifilm Z10fd Launch Party in NYC

Fujifilm USA is holding a launch party in New York for the FinePix Z10fd, a sleek ultra-portable model that combines style and sophistication with advanced features and beautiful colors. The Z10fd targets those in their teens and twenties, so they are assembling an event fit for the youth. The launch party will take place tomorrow …

Samsung Officially Announces 5-Megapixel G800 Camera Phone

Samsung has officially announced its vaunted G800 camera phone featuring a 5-megapixel image sensor with 3x optical zoom along with a number of other camera enhancements: wide dynamic range, xenon flash, face detection and auto focus. Its lens cover, which resembles that of a digicam, protects the lens from scratches even as it enhances the …

Free Sample Chapter from Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage

Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage has been released, and there’s a free sample chapter that you may download for free. The free sample is on Chapter 4: The Quick Fix (PDF, 26.2MB) and may be downloaded from the O’Reilly website. The new book by Brundage provides easy to understand lessons to …

DEEP Indonesia 2008 Underwater Photo Competition

Wetpixel and DivePhotoGuide, in cooperation with DEEP Indonesia, have launched the 2nd Annual DEEP Indonesia International Underwater Photo Competition. The photo contest is in conjunction with DEEP Indonesia 2008, a diving, adventure travel and water sports trade exposition to be held at the Jakarta Convention Center on March 28-30, 2008. Photographers will compete in 7 …

Pentax UK Recalls Plug Cord for Some Pentax Cameras

Pentax UK is recalling the plug cord – not the camera itself – of some models sold after November 20, 2006 in the United Kingdom. The plug cords in question may be faulty and had been supplied with some Pentax Optio A20, Optio L20, Optio S7, Optio T20, Optio W20 and K10D cameras. Pentax acknowledges …

PopPhoto.com Names 25 Best Products in 2007 POP Awards

PopPhoto.com has announced their 2007 POP Awards, featuring their editors’ pick as the 25 best products of the year. Photography’s Outstanding Products (POP) Awards recognize the best tools of 2007 – the ones that helped photographers take, fix, share, organize, and sell great photos. Their choices are: Adobe Lightroom 1.1 Buffalo TeraStation Live Canon EOS …

SanDisk Extreme III 16GB CF Card Wins Editor’s Choice Awards from American Photo Mag

SanDisk picked up an Editor’s Choice Award from the American Photo magazine over the weekend at the PhotoPlus Expo in New York. The award cited SanDisk Extreme III 16GB CompactFlash memory card for its qualities. “Unlike competitors, it’s a tough-as-nails professional version with ‘extreme’ temperature and shock specifications identical to its 8GB predecessor – and …

PhotoTune 2.2 Incorporates ColorTune, SkinTune Technologies

The color correction plug-ins 20/20 Color MD 2.0 and SkinTune 2.0 are now in the onOne Software camp. PhotoTune Software, who developed the Photoshop plug-ins has been acquired by onOne. 20/20 Color MD 2.0 will be renamed ColorTune now that it is owned by onOne Software. ColorTune, combined with the SkinTune technology, has become PhotoTune …

Olympus Releases Studio 2.1 Update

The newest version of Olympus’ professional workflow software, Studio 2.1, is now available for download from their website. Studio 2.1 offers powerful tools to help in your workflow, like examining and selecting the best shot from a large number of images, searching for a desired image from folders and albums, editing and processing images you …

cenOmax Launches 7” Digital Photo Frames

cenOmax has introduced a range of 7-inch digital photo frames aimed at the consumer market. The new products feature changeable frames and offer an easy way to display your photos in a slideshow with MP3 music support. The F700A model, pictured above, has a resolution of 480×234 pixels and contrast ratio of 400:1. Its built-in …