Leica Oskar Barnack Award & Leica European Publishers Award for Photography

Germany’s Leica is now calling for entries for its next international “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” and “Leica European Publishers Award for Photography” competitions for professional photographers. The annual Leica Oskar Barnack Award (deadline January 31, 2008) is given to the photographer “whose sure powers of observation most vividly express man’s relationship to his environment in …

Snapter ICE Makes PDF Documents from Photos

The Snapter ICE application converts a photo of a page or a book into a PDF document like it came out of a flatbed scanner. The software automatically crops, stretches, flattens, and processes pictures of business cards, documents and whiteboards into more usable forms. With Snapter, you can capture receipts, business cards, whiteboards in a …

Canon A570IS Camera is a Best Seller at Amazon.com

The Canon PowerShot A570IS digital camera made it as the number one electronics item in Amazon.com’s best-selling products for 2007; the 7.1-megapixel shooter sold more than any other digital camera or electronic item in its category. Amazon’s “Best of 2007” lists the bestselling, most positively reviewed, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com …

DP 1on1 E006 – Setting Up a Pocket Wizard System

In this episode of Digital Photography One on One, Mark Wallace [SnapFactory.com] discusses how to set up a pocket wizard wireless studio trigger system. Question Answered: 1) How do I set up a Pocket Wizard trigger system? Wireless Fun: Sports Illustrated has the ultimate wireless setup PopPhoto: The New World of Wireless Flash More information …

AthenTech Signs Up New Licensees for Its Perfectly Clear Tech

Ever wonder how some photo sites and software do their image enhancement techniques? They get some help from real experts, of course, experts like AthenTech Imaging. As a matter of fact, Canada’s AthenTech of Calgary, Alberta, has just signed a new round of licensing agreements with PhotoWorks and Digilabs in the U.S., Fotokasten in Germany, …

The El Cheapo eBay Octabox: Unbelievable Light at a Cheap Price!

For years photographers have sought broad soft light sources that: enhance skin, reduce the need to have a fill source, and create forgiving areas of soft predictable light coverage. This is what makes large light modifiers the easiest lights to position as well as some of the most desirable to portrait photographers across the globe …

Sony Introduces Affordable Cyber-shot S730 Compact

The latest compact camera to come out of the Sony factory is the Cyber-shot S730, offering 7.2-megapixels, 3x zoom and a 2.4-inch LCD screen with wide viewing angle. “Light, compact and beautifully easy to use” is how Sony describes the new camera which was designed as an affordable entry-level model, although no price has been …

Olympus Releases RAW Codec for Windows Vista

Olympus has written and released a code-decode program (codec) which enables the import and display of Raw files in Windows Vista. It works with all flavors of Vista from Home Basic to Ultimate. The Olympus cameras supported by the coded are: the E-1, E-3, E-300, E-330, E-400, E-410, E-500 , E-510 , E-10, E-20, C-70 …

Pre-CES 2008: 3 New Photo Frames from Digital Foci

Digital Foci, Inc. will introduce three new digital photo frames at CES 2008, January 7-10 in Las Vegas. The new frames – the 15” IMT-153, 8” IMT-083 and 5.7” IMT-063 – are all adding to the company’s Image Moments line. The 15-incher boasts of 1024×768 XGA resolution with 16.2 million colors and a high contrast …