Pentax Offers to Fix K-5 Sensor Stain

The problem is stained image sensor, especially with the first shipments of the Pentax K-5 DSLR, and the company is acting appropriately to offer an apology and a fix. The Pentax statement says: “We deeply regret that the first shipment of our PENTAX K-5 digital SLR camera included some products with a stained image sensor …

New Digital Backs from Phase One

Phase One has announced a new series of digital backs, the IQ180, IQ160 and IQ140 featuring maximum resolutions of 80, 60.5 and 40 megapixels respectively. The new digital backs sport a newly-designed 3.2 inch retina type, multi touch screen with 1.15-megapixel resolution, that provide the highest resolution and largest display of any SLR type camera …

HTML5 and CSS3: Develop with Tomorrow’s Standards Today by Brian Hogan

This is for photographers who also design their own websites: HTML5 and CSS3: Develop with Tomorrow’s Standards Today is a new book that will get you up to speed on the new HTML5 elements and CSS3 features you can use right now, and supplies backwards compatible solutions to ensure that you don’t leave users of …

ILFORD Offers Free Printing at WPPI 2011

If you’re attending the WPPI Convention & Trade Show in Las Vegas on February 21-23, 2011, ILFORD wants you to try out their quality prints. The first 100 professional photographers who submit their images will get 16×20-inch prints for free. The images have to be submitted to ILFORD via secure FTP by January 28. The …

SanDisk Unveils Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I Card

The new SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I memory card zings at 45MB/sec read and write, perfect for ultra-high-speed (UHS) cameras like the Nikon D7000 where the card achieves high performance and efficient power consumption. In addition to that 45MBps speed for fast shooting of Raw images, the card also adheres to the new UHS Speed …

Sekonic Launches SL-308DC Light Meter for Cinematographers, Photographers

It’s available now, the new Sekonic L-308DC DigiCineMate light meter, a compact and easy-to-use light meter aimed at DSLR videographers and photographers. Sekonic said the new light meter features a full range of shutter speeds plus a special grouping of cine speeds and shutter angles and indicates exposure in f-stops to one-tenth step. The unit’s …

Sony Unveils CLM-V55 Clip-On LCD

The Sony CLM-V55 is a 5-inch clip-on LCD monitor for recording movies with Sony’s DSLR cameras. The aim is to give owners of Sony’s interchangeable lens cameras a bigger and better view of their footage while shooting HD video. Sony said the CLM-V55 is a portable video monitor featuring a high-resolution WVGA (800 x 480) …

Olympus Releases Version 1.11 of Viewer 2 Software

The Olympus Viewer 2 software has been updated to add support for the new Olympus E-PL2 camera. Version 1.11 is available for download for both the Windows and Mac platforms. To update, open Olympus Viewer 2 on a computer that is connected to the Internet, then click Help > Update Software. Olympus Viewer 2 v1.11 …