Monthly Archives: June 2009

The Prince of Cheap is back! Now its time for the second part of my 2 part review of the LP120 flash by MPEX. What I did was I took them out for a serious spin while photographing a project for a soon to be famous makeup school in Los Angeles, the European School of …

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The new Kata Photo Reporter bag bills itself as the perfect balance between gear protection and light-weight design. This series comes in three models, the PR-420, PR-440 and PR-460, designed for photographers who are always on the move – reporters, travel photographers and photojournalists. Each bag can be adapted to each person’s individual needs by …

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Casio has launched the new EXILIM Hi-Zoom EX-H10 compact digital camera, featuring what it calls an ultra-wide angle 24mm lens with 10x optical zoom. The 12-megapixel shooter also boasts ISO sensitivities from ISO 64 to ISO 3200. A large 3-inch LCD screen is used for framing the shot or viewing the photos; there is no …

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The Fujifilm FinePix Z300 debuted in Tokyo yesterday, touting a large 3.0″ touchscreen display with a new touch shutter control. With the new feature, users can just touch the screen to select a focus area and to actually take the picture. The Z300 packs a 10-megapixel CCD sensor and a 5x optical zoom lens (36-180mm). …

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Western Digital has introduced the new 4-Terabyte My Book Studio Edition II dual-drive storage system, designed for creative professionals working on Mac computers. Compatible with Apple Time Machine automatic backup feature and formatted for Mac computers, the new 4TB My Book Studio Edition II external storage system’s dual-drive RAID 0 configuration and high-speed interfaces deliver …

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There are two new all-in-one printers from HP: the HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One at $150 and the HP Photosmart C4700 All-in-One Series at $130. Both new models can wirelessly print documents and photos even without a PC, their built-in Wi-Fi support takes care of that. HP said the Photosmart Plus All-in-One includes photo printing features …

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The new Selphy CP790 from Canon is compact dye-sublimation photo printer that can print archival quality photos that last a hundred years, according to the company. The CP790 boasts a large 3-inch LCD and can print postcard size photos in 47 seconds. “Canon has always made it easy to produce lab-quality photos,“ said Rainer Feuhres, …

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Underwater housing maker Fantasea has announced two new camera housings for the Canon PowerShot A480 (FA-480) and the Nikon Coolpix L19 and L20 compact cameras (FL-19/20). The FA-480 and FL-19/20 are depth rated to 60 meters or 200 feet and provide full access to all camera functions via push-button controls. Fantasea housings feature a double …

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Eye-Fi Inc today launched its 4GB Eye-Fi Pro, a new wireless SDHC memory card that lets you upload photos automatically from your camera to your computer or straight to the Internet. You don’t need a router to do that, the uploading is done via the Eye-Fi wireless technology that’s built into the card. The new …

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