Canada’s Benoit Aquim Wins $90,000 in Prix Pictet

Canadian photographer Benoit Aquim has won the first Prix Pictet, said to be the word’s richest photographic prize at 100,000 Swiss francs (£50,000; $90,000). The Prix Pictet, sponsored by the Swiss bank Pictet et Cie, aims to foster environmental awareness and this year’s theme is about water. Aquim in fact took the absence of water …

Western Digital Adds FireWire to My Passport Studio

Western Digital today announced they have added high-speed FireWire 800 interfaces to their popular My Passport Studio portable drive to give Mac computer users and creative professionals the fast performance they need. The new interface also makes this drive a perfect storage companion for the newly introduced Apple MacBook Pro computer, the company adds. With …

illunis LLC Announces 50-Megapixel XMV 50M Camera

We don’t hear much about illunis LLC because they deal directly with OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), but they have recently developed the XMV 50M, a 50 Mega Pixel camera based on the Eastman Kodak KAF-50100 sensor. In announcing this development, illunis said the new camera delivers incredible resolution that will revolutionize the imaging industry. “This …

Redrock Announces Video DSLR Cinema Bundles for Nikon D90, Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Redrock Micro has introduced new accessories that bring the needed cinema form factor, support, and features to video DSLRs like the Nikon D90 and Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Redrock said that while these new video DSLRs now produce amazing high quality HD video and deliver the advantages of 35mm lenses, they remain awkward for …

Diskeeper Undelete 2009 Recovers Even Long-Lost Files

Undelete 2009 is software that can recover digital photos accidentally deleted off cameras or PC hard drives. It’s from Diskeeper Corporation and retails for $29.95. Not only can it recover photos that you deleted after installing the software, Undelete 2009 can also find images you deleted way before you installed it, according to the company. …

Digital Foci Now Shipping Pocket Album Deluxe OLED 2.8 Photo Viewer

Digital Foci is now shipping the Pocket Album Deluxe OLED 2.8 photo viewer touting a high-quality 2.8-inch OLED screen with viewing stand, carrying case, and wrist strap. The company said that with the OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) technology, Pocket Album OLED displays digital images brighter, with better contrast, and at wider viewing angles than conventional …

Olympus Updates Lenses for Panasonic G1 MFT Camera

Olympus has made available firmware updates for its lenses to make them compatible with the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Micro Four Thirds camera. The Panasonic G1, which is scheduled to ship in November, is the first camera under the Micro Four Thirds system to accept Four Thirds lenses using a converter. Users can implement the …

Sigma Advisory: EO-ETTL II Flashgun Problem with Canon EOS 50D

Sigma today started offering a free-upgrade service to users of their EO-ETTL II flashguns. This range of Sigma flashguns does not work with the Canon EOS 50D SLR camera: the autozoom function does not work properly and the exposure is not correct. These include Sigma’s EF-530 DG SUPER EO-ETTL II, EF-530 DG ST EO-ETTL II, …

LaCie Offers Free One Year Online Backup by Carbonite

Storage solution provider LaCie and online backup company Carbonite have teamed up to offer the LaCie One Year Online Backup, a free one-year unlimited online storage service to buyers of LaCie hard drives. For one year following software installation Carbonite will automatically backup the LaCie drive by finding new and modified files, encrypting them twice …