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It’s $1500 for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 Micro Four Thirds camera, a rather steep price considering that the new Canon EOS 500D sells for about $900 with kit lens and the Nikon D90 has an MSRP of $1300, with kit lens. While this may be comparing apples and oranges, Panasonic could be pricing themselves out …
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Flip Video’s new line of pocket-sized camcorders are now available in both high-definition and standard-resolution models. The new Flip Ultra and Flip UltraHD versions offer a full two hours of recording capacity, a bright 2-inch transflective screen for no-glare viewing even in direct sunlight, and an innovative AA rechargeable battery pack that can be conveniently …
Corel Corporation is working with Microsoft for ways to deliver new creative experiences with the upcoming Windows 7 operating system. Corel said that with new features such as Windows Touch, JumpLists and Libraries, Windows 7 delivers exciting new possibilities for their software development teams while providing consumers with a more engaging and expressive computing environment. …
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O’Reilly has released The DAM Book, Second Edition by Peter Krogh, an update to his original work on digital asset management. Krogh says, “Since the first version of this book was published, much has changed, but much has stayed the same.†The new book adds information on the latest available technologies. O’Reilly says The DAM …
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New Jersey-based Sinar Bron Imaging – the US distributor for Sinar, Broncolor and Foba – is giving away some excellent gear to students who are registered in full time photography programs. First prize is a Broncolor MobileA2R Kit, 2nd prize is the Broncolor Minicom 40 and third prize is the Foba Superball Head. The Sinar …
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O’Reilly has released the new book, iMovie ’09 & iDVD: The Missing Manual by David Pogue and Aaron Miller, offering a complete course in film editing and DVD design. The book publisher said this Missing Manual seeks to address the lack of a good user’s guide for Apple’s iMovie ’09 and get the user up …
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Canon USA is expanding its production facilities in Newport News, Virginia. Canon opened Friday (May 1) its new 700-thousand square foot plant on the Canon Virginia (CVI) campus for the manufacturing of cartridges for laser printers that will incorporate Canon’s proprietary high-speed, automated technology for cartridge production. Canon first announced plans to expand in Virginia …
The Prince of Cheap here! I’ve been at it again and I gotta say, we got TONS of questions, comments and info from other photographers like you about the first 10 or more things cheap list from last year and this year. Here we go again! This time I looked for lowest price & most …
The Prince of Cheap is BACK… and now he’s a Strobist style shooter as well!! Been away working on some fun and involving projects! Now I’m back to give you a review of another piece of “Cheap Worthy” gear – the $129.99 LumoPro LP120 hotshoe flash! Its the flash that’s caused quite a stir in …
For those who have been keeping up with the Paul C. Buff (maker of Alienbees, White Lighting and Zeus flash systems) you probably know and/or have been awaiting the release of info on the New Einstein flash units. The wait is almost over. Today in a post on the Paul C. Buff forum, Buff released …