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Canon USA today launched a batch of new Powershot cameras headlined by the G11 model, pictured above. The new Canon Powershot G11 features a high sensitivity 10-megapixel image sensor powered by the company’s enhanced DIGIC 4 image processing technology to reduce noise and increase quality equal to 2-stops. The G11 also features a new Dual …
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Pentax arguably has very good cameras, but they have been lagging far behind (very far behind!) industry giants Canon and Nikon. What to do? “I’m afraid it will need some sort of alliance with another company in the long term,†said Hoya Chief Executive Hiroshi Suzuki. High-tech glass maker Hoya bought the Pentax company in …
Casio released today two new additions to its EXILIM digital camera lineup, the EXILIM Zoom EX-Z450 and EXILIM Zoom EX-Z90. Casio said both are equipped with Intelligent AF, a “new” function that can detect even a non-human photographic subject (isn’t that a function of normal AF?), allowing the camera to automatically determine the focus and …
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If you can’t buy the Wacom pen tablet because it costs 20 times more than a good mouse, there’s always Genius as an affordable alternative. Genius today announced two new digital tablets, the G-Pen M609X and G-Pen M712X, for graphic designers and artists. These are dual-mode multimedia tablets for serious designers, mind, not your entry-level …
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Unique Apps has this new iPhone application called PhotoScatter which lets users submit photos to most of the top photo sharing sites on the internet like Facebook, Flickr, Shutterfly, PhotoBucket, Picasa, and Twitter (TwitPic). With your iPhone, you simply select or take a photo, choose the sites you want to submit to, add a title …
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Ink2Image is offering a new range of refillable cartridge kits and ink for a host of Canon Photo Inkjet printers that may save users as much as 90% compared to using normal disposable cartridges. These kits include a set of 4 oz bottles of ink, a set of specially modified refillable cartridges, and all necessary …
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Tamron today announced that their AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) macro lens has won an EISA Photo Award as European Travel Lens of the Year 2009-2010. EISA Awards are presented each year to the best products in photographic, audiovisual, video and mobile product categories as voted by the EISA (European Imaging and …
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UK-based studio lighting equipment vendor Smick has introduced the Lightbank 350, a powerful mains operated continuous lighting kit with seven 50w compact fluorescent bulbs in each head. There are three switches on the back of the unit that allow bulbs to be turned off. You can turn off one, two or four bulbs or any …
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Topaz Labs has released Topaz Detail, a Photoshop plug-in to manipulate image detail, sharpness, and toning without creating visual artifacts like overshooting or halos. The company said Topaz Detail uses new advancements in imaging technology that gives it the unique ability to greatly manipulate image detail and sharpen images without any signs of regular sharpening …
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