It looks like a gold ingot, it’s painted gold and it’s quite heavy at 2.5kg. The Thanko GOLDHB01 USB 2.0 hub was made purposely heavy to provide stability and make it easy to plug and unplug USB devices. It has a total of 9 ports, 1 upstream and 8 downstream; and it has an auxiliary …
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Brookstone VistaPix IS70 Digital Spotting Scope
For the budding paparazzo, Brookstone is offering this new VistaPix IS70 digital spotting scope. Its 70mm lens brings you 14x closer to the action, and its 3-megapixel built-in digital camera will capture what you see. The “IS†in its name stands for imaging spotter, not image stabilization, so to take really sharp pictures you might …
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Nikon Solutions Expo 2006 in London
If you’re in London first week of December, check this out. Nikon UK is hosting Solutions Expo 2006, a two-day photographic show designed for the professional photographer. There will be conferences, seminars and demonstrations covering a range of topics from shooting the perfect portrait to devising complete workflow solutions. Apple, Adobe, Epson, HP and Mitsubishi …
4GB iriver clix Now on Sale at $200
It has a 2.2-inch QVGA LCD screen, built-in FM tuner, voice recorder, and support for MP3, WMA, ASF, and OGG music files, as well as MPEG-4 video. Needless to say, it can also store and display your vast collection of photos. The iriver clix boasts of an “ultra-intuitive interface that is easily customizable to match …
Review: EPSON Picturemate 250 Printer
DPexpert.com highly recommends the $330 Epson PM250 portable photo printer. After reviewing the PM250, it said “the image quality from this tiny printer is exemplary. Resolution is of the highest order. Colour is faithful to the original. Output is consistently excellent and comparable with the very best photolab prints.†The Epson PM250 prints postcard-size (10cm …
Nikon Launches D40 Flash Website
Nikon today opened a new website featuring flash animations exclusively for their new entry-level D40 digital SLR camera. In it, Nikon explains the advantage of using a DSLR over point-and-shoot cameras, which of course applies not just to the D40 but to other DSLRs as well. Nikon says digital SLRs offer speed, image quality, creative …
FotoMagico 1.8 Reads Aperture Library
Boinx has announced that its FotoMagico 1.8 now integrates libraries from Apple’s Aperture software in the Images tab so that photos in the Aperture Library can be accessed directly from within FotoMagico. FotoMagico is a Mac slideshow application especially for those who use a projector or a high-res display for their presentations. Its blurb says …
Image Genius Professional v3.0.6
Pixel Dragons has announced their updated Image Genius Professional 3.0.6 containing additional functionality based on user feedback. Image Genius Professional is a versatile batch image processor designed to perform repetitive editing tasks on large numbers of digital images. It allows the user to build a graphical workflow of image editing operations, referred to as a …
Iridient Releases Raw Developer v1.6 for Mac OS X
Iridient Digital has released its updated Raw Developer 1.6 for Mac, giving it much faster initial file loading and support for image preview caching, among other improvements. Three new noise reduction filters have also been added for better handling of images shot at higher ISO settings or from cameras with high levels of noise, and …
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Ricoh Firmware 2.10 Update for GR Digital
Ricoh has released a third firmware update for its GR Digital high-resolution compact camera. Version 2.10 of the firmware adds new optional sizes when taking JPEG images simultaneously with RAW, new aspect ratio selection to allow more shots, and finer shooting adjustment of ±0.3 EV in addition to ±0.5 EV. The firmware update also brings …
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