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The 31st Nikon Photo Contest International for 2006-2007 is on. This year’s theme is “At The Heart Of The Image.” Nikon is inviting entries to the contest which is divided into two categories. The company said the first category is free subject and the second is entitled “Smile, Smile, Smile!”. Entries to each category are …
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It takes pictures, off course. And yes, it is a digital camera. It is also very big, almost half a meter wide, and you hold it like so. It is the Seitz 6 x 17 Digital panorama camera. It shoots at 160 megapixels (!) to make high-resolution 6 x 17-cm native images. Its light sensitivity …
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It’s an entirely new concept: penlight batteries that charge directly from your USB port, no need for any recharging cradle or device. The positive end of the battery pops open to expose a USB connector; when closed, it looks and can be used just like any 1.5V penlight battery. It is made by Moixa Energy, …
At next week’s Photokina show Micron Technology, Inc. is set to announce a new 5-megapixel high-definition (HD) image sensor for mainstream digital cameras. The company says the new sensor is capable of capturing video at 60 frames per second (fps) in 720p (progressive) format and 30 fps in 1080p format. Micron will also introduce a …
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“Environmental Portrait ” photographer Arnold Newman’s archive has just been obtained by the University of Texas Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. Newman was known worldwide for his unique vision, photographing his famous subjects in their own environments. Some of his most famous works include beautiful portraits of Picasso, Harry Truman, and Lyndon Johnson. Newman recently …
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Sony has introduced four new DVD burners in their 830 series that can burn 16x media at 18x speeds, burning a full 4.7GB DVD in just about 5 minutes. Sony said the new 830 series of multi-format DVD burners support all of the industry’s leading recording formats in just one drive. The internal DRU-830A ($90) …
At the Photokina show next week Tamron is introducing the longest zoom lens for a DSLR in the market today. The 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 Di-II LD lens has a 35mm equivalent area of coverage of 28-388mm. The 13.9X zoom lens is made for cameras with APS-C sized sensors, and its metal mount is designed for improved …
World-renowned portrait and fashion photographer Barbara Bordnick offers her ideas and techniques in this month’s Kingston Icon of Photography. In her “Technique of the Icons,” Bordnick emphasizes two important skills: knowledge of your subject and lighting. “Whether you shoot portraits, floral, pets or landscape, understand that every subject has a personality,” says Bordnick. “Lighting is …
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Lexar has chalked up ten years of developing and delivering market-leading flash memory cards and USB drives for a worldwide market, and it is celebrating by highlighting those ten years at the company’s booth (#C066/D069) at the upcoming Photokina show in Cologne, Germany. Lexar Vice President Leslie Adams said the company has “consistently focused on …
Yesterday Sandisk took the wraps off its brand-new 4GB miniSD High Capacity (SDHC) flash card, offering fast speed and large capacity to meet the needs of storage-intensive applications. Sandisk said the 4GB capacity can store more than 2,000 high-resolution digital photos, more than 1,000 digital songs or up to 8 hours of MPEG 4 video. …
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