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Pentax Imaging Company says the new smc PENTAX D FA MACRO 100mm F2.8 WR lens’ simplified weather-resistant construction is designed to repel water and moisture. Combined with a weather-resistant PENTAX K-7, K20D, K200D or K10D digital SLR camera body, the lens performs well in damp, inclement outdoor conditions including rain, mist, water spray and splashes, …
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O’Reilly has released a new book, The Portrait: Understanding Portrait Photography by Glenn Rand and Tim Meyer (Rocky Nook, $34.95 USD), a thorough and balanced textbook on the modern techniques and practice of portrait photography. In the new book, Rand and Meyer have avoided the single-style viewpoint common to so many books on portraiture and …
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FotoTV released today the first edition of FotoTV.News, an online news show about photography. It presents news clips, events, interviews, exhibitions, portfolios, surf tips and many more for avid photographers worldwide. It also provides a quick look at upcoming programs on FotoTV.com. The company said they have invested heavily in the latest production technology, by …
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The Leaf Capture Remote application allows photographers and digital operators using Leaf digital backs and camera systems to view, zoom and pan high resolution Leaf RAW images on an Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The new app is an extension of the Leaf Capture 11 workflow software. While a photographer is shooting tethered using Leaf …
Akvis Software has updated its Akvis Enhancer to Version 11.0, adding a new interface design and support for Photoshop Elements 8, Snow Leopard and Windows 7. The plug-in version now also supports the Smart Filter function in Photoshop CS3 and CS4, including 64-bit support. Akvis Enhancer is billed as an image enhancement program that improves …
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It’s still 9 months away, but this early Photokina is already prepping up for the 31st Photokina World of Imaging convention in Cologne, Germany. To be held September 21 to 26, 2010, the gathering will be attended by all the leading names in photography and imaging – “from A to Z, from Adobe to Zeiss,†…
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Sigma’s latest lens offering is a fast 17-70mm standard zoom lens, and it’s optically stabilized. The new Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM will be available for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax and Sigma DSLRs. With the OS (Optical Stabilizer) function, Sigma claims you can shoot with shutter speeds 4 stops slower than would be …
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Epson today announced PictureMate Show, a 4×6-inch photo printer with a built-in digital photo frame. Epson claims better-than-lab quality photos from the new device. PictureMate Show features a 7-inch 16:9 tilt digital photo display with 800×480-pixel WVGA resolution. It also offers 12 unique and entertaining slideshow formats for digital images, as well as a remote …
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The new firmware for the Pentax K-x digital SLR adds 3 kinds of particular shooting effects (Preset 1, 2 and 3) on the Cross Processing function. It also assigns the green button to the Cross Processing function. Additionally, Firmware Version 1.01 promises improved accuracy of the Battery Level Indicator under specific conditions and improved stability …
The Lumiere 4K x 2K digital camera system from ViewPLUS Japan takes standard Nikon F mount lenses and can output 12-bit raw uncompressed 4096 x 2048 images at 60 frames per second to the host PC, essentially a high-res, high-speed movie using SLR quality lenses. The Lumiere 4K x 2K digital camera system was introduced …
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