Canon Live Learning Seminars in Seattle on Dec 5 & 6

Canon USA is hosting a Canon Live Learning seminar in Seattle on December 5 & 6, 2009. Professionals and serious hobby photographers are invited to attend. Canon Live Learning seminars offer high-quality classes and workshops targeted at photographers who are using or are interested in Canon EOS line of cameras and lenses. The classes are …

Call for Entries: 10th Annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Adobe Systems Inc is calling for entries for the tenth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The competition honors the best student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from accredited higher education institutions worldwide. For the second consecutive year the International Council of Graphic Design Associations or icograda is endorsing …

Nikon Updates Capture NX, Camera Control Software

Nikon has updated Capture NX and Nikon Camera Control Pro to add support for the latest Nikon D3S Digital SLR. Nikon Capture NX 2.2.3 also adds the following bug fixes and enhancements: • When RAW (NEF/NRW) images with GPS information embedded were saved in JPEG format, GPS information was modified in some rare cases. This …

onOne Software Releases Plug-in Suite 5

onOne Software’s new Plug-in Suite 5 for Adobe Photoshop is now available, offering to solve the most common problems facing photographers in the areas of color correction, enlarging, masking and professional photographic effects. Plug-in Suite 5 combines full versions of six essential software tools in one affordable package: FocalPoint 2, PhotoTune 3, PhotoFrame 4.5 Professional …

Free PhotographyBB Online Magazine Issue 22 Now Available

The 22nd edition of PhotographyBB Online Magazine is now available, free to download from the Internet. The November 2009 issue features some basic macro photography tips, keeping wildlife (and yourself) safe during nature photography sessions, and a new “Evolution of an Image” series where the creation of a photograph is examined from start to finish. …

Hansen Takes over as New Hasselblad CEO

Hasselblad Chairman Dr. Larry Hansen has been appointed new Chief Executive Officer, replacing former CEO Christian Poulsen who has decided to leave to pursue other activities. Hansen’s new position now combines Chairman and CEO responsibilities. Dr. Hansen was appointed Hasselblad Chairman in March 2009. He has 26 years of experience in top management positions in …

Panasonic Improves Firmware for Lumix GF1, Five Lenses

Panasonic has issued firmware updates for the LUMIX DMC-GF1 Micro Four-Thirds camera and for five lenses including the 14-45mm, 45-200mm, 14-140mm, 7-14mm, and 20mm pancake lenses. DMC-GF1 Firmware Version 1.1 improves AF performance in video recording, improves the picture quality in high sensitivity photo capture, improves the auto white balance performance, and improves the AE …

Samsung Rolls Out 2TB STORY Station Plus External Drive

Korea’s Samsung has launched the STORY Station Plus, a new line-up of 3.5-inch external hard drives featuring an external serial ATA (eSATA) interface to allow faster data transfers. The 3.0-gigabit per second (Gbps), high-performance drives are available in up to 2-terabyte (TB) capacities. “Samsung new line of high-density solutions with the eSATA interface give users …

LaCinema Classic HD Media Player Packs 1TB Storage

LaCie today introduced the LaCinema Classic HD, with one terabyte (1TB) of storage and billed as the most complete HD multimedia hard drive player, combining full HD 1080p playback, format compatibility and DLNA media server functionality. With it, users can browse, play and share HD media collections from anywhere in the home, directly on HDTV. …