Monthly Archives: March 2010

Nik Software is holding its Spring 2010 Webinar until mid-June. The six-hour long educational webinars cover a range of photography topics including portrait, scenic and landscape, flora and fauna, architecture, and wildlife, while offering basic information, insights and tips on using Nik Software’s entire line of award-winning image enhancing plug-in products. Attendees can also pose …

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Tamron’s Contest Two 2010 is all about backyard wildlife: those found in your own backyard, local parks or other urban and rural neighborhood areas, any wildlife indigenous to the photographer’s home town; photos from zoos, aquariums and the like will not be considered. This is the second in Tamron’s series of four photo contests for …

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The new Polar Pearl Metallic photo inkjet paper from Red River Paper promises to deliver photo prints that closely match the look of photo lab metallic prints. The company says Polar Pearl Metallic features the same aspects as its lab equivalent – a high gloss finish and a pearlescent base stock that yields an elegant …

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Lightroom 3 now supports tethered shooting with select Canon and Nikon cameras. That means you can view large jpeg previews of your images on your computer monitor as you shoot them. The latest LR version will also be able to manage videos shot with your video-capable DSLR; no, you can’t edit your videos in Lightroom …

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ImageRights International is offering a service that promises to help protect the copyrights of photographers and stock photo agencies by scouring the Internet and tracking down where your images are being used and displayed. Targeted to the estimated three million worldwide commercial photographers, ImageRights is applying visual search and image recognition technology to track the …

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The new Sigma APO 50-500mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM telephoto lens is now available through authorized Sigma dealers at a retail price of $2,400. Initially available for the Canon mount, the new lens will also have Nikon version later this month. Sigma said this 10x high-zoom ratio, ultra telephoto zoom lens differs from its predecessor …

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Update: Canon has issued Firmware Version 2.0.4 to fix the just-released Version 2.0.3. The latest firmware is available HERE. Firmware Version 2.0.3, issued just two days ago, is causing problems with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II DSLR, so the company has stopped making the new firmware available on its website. Canon admits that a …

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Western Digital has released My Passport SE for Mac, featuring one terabyte (1TB) capacity. The new portable mobile drive is formatted for Mac and compatible with Apple Time Machine software. WD said My Passport SE drives are USB-powered and do not need an external power adapter. They are also equipped with 256-bit hardware encryption with …

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Canon USA has released Firmware Version 2.0.3 for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II full-frame DSLR to enhance its video capabilities, plus other improvements. The 5D Mark II’s 30fps setting now gives frame rates that match TV production standards. Also, its audio sampling frequency has been increased from 44.1KHz to 48KHz, and a 64-step manual …

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The new DraganFlyer X4 from Air2Air is now available for purchase in the United Kingdom. The X4 is a small helicopter for unmanned aerial photography, capable of taking high definition pictures and video. The X4 follows successful launch of the DraganFlyer X6 last September 2009. The company said the new DraganFlyer X4 uses a quad …

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