Light meters, their benefits and their use, are the focus of Bill and Ed’s discussion during the episode of LightSource.
Monthly Archives: December 2005
SR Inc Releases new LR 3200 LED Ring Light
New from SR Inc is the L-Ring 3200, an LED ring light for digital cameras. The ring light has 32 ultra bright, variable power LED bulbs in an array around the 72mm opening and can act as a continuous light or be fired via hot shoe or PC connections. Visit SR Electronics … Read about …
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Nikon D200 DSLR is Shipping
Just in time for Christmas, the Nikon 10 megapixel D200 DSLR has started shipping from Nikon USA to dealers. Retailers began selling the camera on December 15, 2005 and many expect to ship to customers by the end of the month. It’s time to write those letters to Santa! Nikon has also added a section …
Beauty Pilot Software conceals skin flaws
From the press release: Two Pilots has released Beauty Pilot, a Windows application that allows you to conceal skin imperfections on a photo and bring out the beauty in women’s digital portraits. With this program, you can easily complete the most delicate retouching task. Read more about Beauty Pilot
Review of Canon Speedlight 430EX at The-Digital-Picture.com
The-Digital-Picture.com has posted a review of the Canon 430EX. The review discusses some advantages to using an off-camera flash and compares the 430EX’s features to it’s larger sibling the 550EX. Read more about the Canon 430EX Read the full review here
Second recall notice for Nikon Lithium batteries
Owners of Nikon D50, D70 and D100 cameras should be checking their batteries as Nikon has issued a second recall notice on model EN-EL3 Lithium-Ion batteries for possible overheating and malfunctioning which could potentially lead to a fire in during charging. Batteries which are under the recall can be returned to Nikon for a free …
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New CameraBright LED light accessories help focus in low light
CameraBright manufactures LED focusing lights that screw into your digital camera’s tripod mount or fasten to a standard hot shoe and cast light on your subject prior to firing your flash. This allows better low light focusing and may reduce red-eye as well. They’ve announced some new products, so here’s the dirt… CameraBright, Inc. expands …
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Photoflex launches a line of backdrops and entry level lighting kits
From the press release —Photoflex has entered the market for photographic and video backdrops with a line of muslin backdrops and two backdrop kits, it was announced today by President Sharon Reeves. Made of durable and washable muslin fabric, the Photoflex BackDrop come in two sizes, 10×12 feet, and 10×20 feet. It will be available …
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14 Megapixel Maxxum rumors
It’s smelling like Konica Minolta is cooking up a new Maxxum camera which could be based on a 14 Megapixel CMOS censor and be capable of 4.7 frames per second. Keep checking back – the anticipated release date is spring of 2006.
It’s official – Adobe owns Macromedia
Today Adobe completes the acquisition of Macromedia Inc. creating the largest creative software company on the planet! It will be terribly interesting to see what products we get in the years to come. Adobe is already beginning to bundle Macromedia Flash with many of its flagship products.