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With the recent releases of Microsoft’s Zune and Apple’s new iPod, Singapore’s Creative has re-introduced its Zen Vison W portable media player, this time in the United States. Creative’s Milpitas, California announcement essentially reiterates what they said earlier in Singapore but adds that the Zen Vision W will play downloadable content from Amazon’s new Unbox …
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SitePoint has released a new book designed to help graphic artists and web professionals. Titled “The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques”, the book is authored by Corrie Haffly. The book is printed in full color and large 8†x 10†format. It offers many useful techniques about using the Photoshop imaging …
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Camera maker Nikon is getting some flak from its endorsement and sponsorship of a photography contest that requires contestants to surrender copyrights to all the pictures they submit. The controversy has tarnished Nikon’s reputation after the company endorsed the “rights-grabbing” Opodo Reflections Competition. The terms of the competition provide Opodo with an instant royalty-free photographic …
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Olympus has announced its tiny 10-megapixel E-400 DSLR, so tiny in fact you can almost call it a compact camera. But its correctly placed buttons and controls do not hinder photographers with large hands, making its small size a convenient advantage. Olympus said its CCD image sensor is energy-efficient and has fast processing times (3fps …
Leica Camera AG of Germany will unveil its new Leica M8 digital viewfinder camera at the Photokina show in Cologne which kicks off September 26th. Combining old world reliability and modern technology, the Leica M8 brings to the digital world all the key characteristics of the analog Leica reporter’s camera of the 1950’s such as …
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Minox has announced its versatile DMP 4 portable media player, which is also a recorder and data storage device. Minox said the DMP 4 is a strong performer in the recording and playback of MPEG4 films and music. Films from DVD or TV programs from the television can be recorded and stored in the tiny …
Sony’s new ultra slim, sleek and stylish Cyber-shot® DSC-T50 and DSC-N2 digital are functional and now sharing pictures just became a little easier. With Sony’s Clear Photo Plus LCD technology designed to improve resolution (230k), the camera’s 3 inch touch screen LCD boasts multiple viewing angles and much higher resolution and contrast levels. Both camera’s …
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ACD Systems has released their latest version of ACDSee photo management software, offering the fastest and most powerful imaging applicaton available for viewing, organizing, enhancing and sharing digital photos. ACDSee 9 now features Quick View mode, desktop Showroom, Shadow/Highlight tool, Private Folders, Auto Categories and Calendar Events View. Quick View mode lets you see your …
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Canon last night celebrated 10 years of the Ixus line by throwing a star-studded party-cum-fashion show and unveiling ten diamond encrusted Ixus cameras. The ten diamond-encrusted IXUS cameras – one for each year – will be auctioned through eBay with all proceeds going to the Red Cross. One called the Super Diamond IXUS is worth …
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This one’s just for show and not for everybody else like you and me. Carl Zeiss is exhibiting a humongous 1700mm telephoto lens at this year’s Photokina tradeshow which kicks off September 29th in Cologne, Germany. Dubbed the STL Sonnar, the telephoto lens weighs 256 kg, has a focal length of 1700mm, f/4 speed and …
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