Why Did the Olympus E-600 Come After the E-620?

Why did the Olympus E-600 come after the E-620? As an afterthought, of course. Perhaps Olympus figured, “Hey, we can drop the E-620’s backlit buttons, 3 art filters, multi-exposure mode and aspect mask control, and offer a new camera $100 cheaper!” Will the new $600 price (with a 14-42mm kit lens) entice new buyers? “With …

September 9 Launch for New Leica Cameras: S2 DSLR Finally There?

Leica is drumming up interest on the unveiling next week of a new generation of Leica cameras. September 9, 2009 is the launch date with a live webcast at 9:00 am (EST) in New York; 2pm London, 3pm Berlin, 5pm Moscow, 9pm Beijing and 10pm in Tokyo. You have to register to watch the live …

August Issue of PhotographyBB Online Magazine Now Available

PhotographyBB has announced the release of the 19th edition of the PhotographyBB Magazine Online. The Vancouver-based online magazine is free resource, offering readers Digital Photography tips and techniques, DSLR camera function training, and image post processing tutorials in Adobe Photoshop, and RAW processing in Photoshop Lightroom. The August 2009 edition features a theme of “How-to” …

onOne’s iPhone Remote Adds Support for Nikon DSLR Cameras

onOne Sotware’s application that makes use of Apple’s iPod Touch or iPhone as remote control for DSLR cameras now supports Nikons in addition to Canon EOS digital SLR cameras. DSLR Camera Remote v1.1 adds new functionality including Nikon DSLR camera support, Auto Bracketing for HDR photography, Burst Mode for sports photographers, an improved User Interface, …

Sony Introduces More Affordable α850 Full Frame DSLR

Sony also announced today the new full-frame α850 DSLR, a more affordable version of Sony’s flagship α900 DSLR. At $2000, the new α850 has the same 24.6MP Exmor CMOS image sensor and almost all the other features of the more expensive α900 which was introduced last year with a body-only price of $3000. The α850 …

Sony Bares New α550, α500 DSLRs

Sony’s two new DSLRs – the α550 (14.2 megapixels) and α500 (12.3 megapixels) – utilize a new generation of the company’s Exmor CMOS sensors and BIONZ image processors. Sony says their Exmor CMOS image sensors employ new low-noise processing for high-quality pictures, while the BIONZ image processor has color-noise reduction that helps achieve low noise …

JOBO Adds Crystal, Atrum, Plano Digital Photo Frames

JOBO AG is introducing three new models in its family of digital photo frames: the Crystal line featuring beveled edges, the affordable Atrum 7, and the new PLANO media digital frames. The new JOBO Crystal 15 digital picture frame features multimedia capabilities including photo and video playback and music. The frame surrounding the 15-inch color …

New Roxio Creator 2010 Touts Faster Video Encoding

The new Roxio Creator 2010 is now out in the market, offering automatic smart encoding to dramatically speed up rendering times while maintaining optimum video quality. Roxio says the new version of their media burning application leverages ATI Stream and NVIDIA CUDA technologies to make project encoding up to five times faster. Creator 2010 also …

Corsair Introduces Extreme Series X256 Solid State Drive

256GB and solid state, the new Corsair Extreme Series X256 zips along at 240MB per second, reading, and 170MBps, writing. It boasts a combination of the Indilinx Barefoot controller, Samsung flash memory, and a generous onboard DRAM cache of 64MB to achieve those speeds. It promises fast performance for games and applications. Corsair says it’s …

Mastering Photographic Composition, Creativity and Personal Style by Alain Briot

Rocky Nook has released a new book, Mastering Photographic Composition, Creativity, and Personal Style by Alain Briot. Here, the author goes beyond the conventional rules of composition and takes on a fresh, new approach to teaching the art of photography. Briot approaches fine art photography as being a combination of art and technique, and in …