Monthly Archives: July 2009

Hasselblad USA is inviting a limited number of rich photographers for an all-expenses-paid weekend with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and their design team at the Kennedy Space Center. The exclusive event is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first lunar photographs and the launch of the new Hasselblad H3DII-60. To join the event, …

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Canon USA Inc adds two new PIXMA Photo All-In-One (AIO) Printers and one new SELPHY Compact Photo Printer to its printer offerings. Canon says the new printers are affordable, starting with the PIXMA MP490 Photo AIO Printer at only $100. The PIXMA MP490 features a four-color ink system and can print out a photo-lab quality …

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LaCie’s LaCinema Rugged multimedia hard drive is now available in High Definition version. The LaCinema Rugged HD product range boasts of the most compact, reliable, and mobile multimedia players on the market. Touting enhanced HD capability, LaCie says the LaCinema Rugged HD is the first multimedia player in its class, to allow users to store …

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Course Technology PTR has a new book, the Canon EOS Rebel T1i/500D Guide to Digital SLR Photography, by the best-selling digital photography author David D. Busch. The new book shows users how to make the most of their 500D’s robust feature set, including its 15-megapixel resolution, fast automatic focus, real-time preview system Live View, and …

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Fujifilm UK is holding an underwater photo festival in Looe, Cornwall – their first – dubbed ScubaSnap Weekend 2009 on September 12 & 13. It promises a weekend of fun, diving and underwater photography in the wonderful surroundings of the Cornish coast and countryside. In association with local dive operators Looe Divers, the weekend will …

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Bogen Imaging hits the road from July to October for its 5-Star Summer Tour to showcase the latest tripods and ball heads from Gitzo, including the new Ocean Traveler and Vintage Collection tripods. The Gitzo 5-Star Summer Tour has 17 scheduled stops at leading photo dealers in America. It will go coast-to-coast, beginning at the …

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Hasselblad has introduced the new CFV-39 digital back designed for Hasselblad V cameras. The 39-megapixel back, with a sensor twice the size of premier DSLRs, features two capture modes and a new digital lens correction technology for Carl Zeiss lenses, powered by Mac- and Windows-compatible Phocus image processing software. “Quickly and easily, the Hasselblad CFV-39 …

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Bogen Imaging will hold a free webinar titled “Adventure Sports Photography: Round Table with Adventure Photographer Michael Clark” from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT, on Friday, July 17th. This is part of the company’s Bogen Café series of free instructional webinars. In it, adventure photographer Michael Clark and David Fisher, Bogen Imaging’s webinar host, …

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JOBO AG has announced two new affordable digital picture frames, the Curve 7 and Curve 8, featuring rounded edges, a stylish design in black or white varnish finish on the frame, and screen displays of 7 inches and 8 inches diagonally. The Curve 7 has an elongated 480×234-pixel display, while the Curve 8 model has …

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