Monthly Archives: February 2008

The new telephoto lenses from Canon are marvels in lens construction and design. The monstrous Canon EF200mm f/2L IS USM telephoto lens (pictured above), for instance, manages to tip the scale at only 5 ½ lbs (2.52kg) compared to the 6.6 lbs (3kg) of its predecessor, the renowned EF200mm f/1.8L USM telephoto lens, after adding …

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One of the finer products honored by DIMA (the Digital Imaging Marketing Association) at PMA 08 was Delkin’s new dual universal battery charger. This unique charger for digital camera batteries combines universal compatibility among battery models with the ability to charge two batteries simultaneously. Delkin’s Dual Universal Battery Charger is a single, two sided charger …

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ExpressDigital has released Darkroom Assembly v8.9 for professionals who do school and group photography. The software offers an easy to use, simple workflow application specifically suited to working with schools as clients. Darkroom Assembly Edition is built on the platform of 9 flexible school photography workflows, depending on four key factors: acquiring the school data …

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The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) has announced the winners of its 3rd Annual Photoshop User Awards. Best of Show Grand Prize went to Gregory Carter of Santa Ana, CA for his entry “Take the Field,” above. Gregory will be sent by Photoshop User magazine on a dream assignment to Maui, Hawaii with the …

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SanDisk has increased the capacities and speeds of its Ultra II line of SDHC memory cards. New in the line-up are 32GB and 16GB SDHC cards and an 8GB SDHC Plus USB card. The new cards offer faster read and write speeds of up to 15MBps, up from previous speeds of 10MB/sec read and 9MB/sec …

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The Japan-based Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA) says the growth rate for digital SLR cameras will taper off in the next 3 years. The good news is it’s tapering off from a high figure, so it’s positive growth all the way. CIPA figures show year-on-year sales of digital SLRs grew 42 percent to 7.5 …

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Sunpak, a division of ToCAD America Inc. has announced four new Sunpak PRO Series Carbon Fiber tripods and monopod, expanding its line of consumer and professional tripods. The PRO 523P, 623P, 624P and 723P tripods include an aluminum 3-way pan head with quick release platform. The 723B comes with a heavy duty ball head with …

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Graphics software maker Corel Corporation has struck a deal with Smilebox to integrate Corel MediaOne with the Smilebox service in digital scrapbooking and photo greetings. Corel MediaOne users can now download and install the integrated Smilebox service directly from within MediaOne. They can take their photos and videos from MediaOne directly to the Smilebox service, …

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The very talented and prolific FotoNation of Burlingame, CA – inventor of many delightful things for digital cameras (red eye correction, smile detection, blink detection, face tracking, etc.) – is being acquired by Tessera Technologies, Inc. of San Jose, California. Tessera will pay $29 million in cash plus another $10 million if the going is …

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At the PMA 08 trade show in Las Vegas, Opus Pro has announced the LumaHawk monolight series and kits for the Opus H150 and H250 models. The LumaHawk monolight series of studio flash units offers 3 flash voltage options: 300 watt-seconds, 600 watt-seconds, and 1200 watt-seconds. Each self-contained strobe unit is powered with a standard …

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