Nikon has dusted off the good old SB-900, slapped SB-700’s simpler GUI on it, incorporated a pair of plastic color compensation filters for incandescent and fluorescent lights and called it the new SB-910 flagship Speedlight. “As Nikon’s new flagship speedlight, the SB-910 provides exceptional high performance and versatility that users have come to value in …
Monthly Archives: November 2011
CEA Launches Best Shots 2011 Photo Contest
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has launched a photo contest for US residents. Grand prize is a Nikon D3100 14.2MP digital SLR Camera, filter, memory card and a 55-200mm zoom lens. The “Best Shots” photography contest has four categories: people, travel, pets and cell phone shots. Participants can submit one photo in each category. Deadline …
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DxO Optics Pro 7 Available Nov 30
DxO Labs says their Optics Pro 7 raw processing and optical correction software will be released on November 30 at a special 33 percent discount until December 24. It is a free upgrade for uses who got Version 6 after September 1, 2011. This major release, according to DxO, offers up to 4 times faster …
Kingston Unleashes Data Traveler HyperX 3.0 USB Drive
Kingston’s new Data Traveler HyperX 3.0 USB Flash drive boasts data transfer rates of up to 225MBps read and 135MBps write. “Enthusiasts have long known HyperX as the memory of choice for overclockers and power users who need the most performance from system memory,” said Krystian Jaroszynski, product marketing manager Flash, Kingston Technology. “The new DataTraveler …
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Silver Shadows 2 B&W Plugin for Lightroom
Seim Effects Photo Tools has released Silver Shadows 2 black-and-white plugin for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, offering over 100 refined easy-to-use black-and-white presets that address the subtleties of digital silver conversion. “The goal for Silver Shadows 2 was to create a complete silver conversion toolkit to provide photographers of all levels with refined black-and-white right inside …
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Topaz Adjust 5 Now with 100+ Presets
Topaz Labs has released a major update to its most popular Photoshop plug-in for color, detail and exposure enhancement. Topaz Adjust 5 now includes an intuitive selective adjustment brush, over 100 new presets for a faster workflow, effect stacking, transparency control, a new finishing touches tab and many more user-requested features. The update is being …
Oskar Barnack Award 2012 Photo Competition Jan 16-Mar 1
Leica will start accepting entries to the Oskar Barnack Award 2012 international photo competition beginning January 16, 2012. The contest is open to all professional photographers from all over the world. Contest entrants should submit a portfolio of up to twelve images expressing “the interaction between man and the environment.” The winner will receive an …
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New from O’Reilly: The Twitter Book, 2nd Edition
You can tweet about your breakfast, or about your dog, or just about any number of mundane things, but you can also use Twitter to tweet about your business, your passions and just about anything that’s important to you. That’s why Twitter is used by businesses, non-profit organizations, celebrities and people who want to reach …
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DxO FilmPack 3.1 Offers New Rendering, User Interface
DxO Labs has released FilmPack 3.1, the latest version of its silver halide simulation software. The new version adds a line of 25 new creative renderings and an improved user interface. DxO says FilmPack 3.1 brings to photos all the emotional impact of silver halide photography. Using an intuitive interface, beginners and experts alike can …
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Tamron Launches Mom-to-Mom Photo Tips
Tamron USA has launched its Mom-to-Mom Project where moms can learn and share photography with other moms. Participants on Tamron’s Mom-to-Mom panel share their own personal approaches and tips to the craft by photographing a family-centered “assignment” with select Tamron lenses, including the Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD 15X lens, SP 70-300mm Di VC …