Nikon and National Geographic, which both feature the color yellow in their corporate logos, announced today the winners of the 2006 “Yellow to Me†photo contest which ran from Oct. 23-Dec. 24 for participants across the Asia and the Middle East regions Grand Prize went to Andi Sucirta of Indonesia for his entry “Friendship,†while …
Monthly Archives: February 2007
These Cameras Are the Strangest Things
Of course you’ve read about the 160-megapixel camera. And the wrist-mounted camera. But did you hear about the Lego Pinhole Camera made entirely of Lego bricks? Or the almost useless two-in-one hybrid camera that’s both film and digital but good at neither? How about the 360° Camera, pictured above, that takes a panoramic unbroken view …
Gary Fong’s Lightsphere Debuts in Manila
Internationally renowned photographer Gary Fong has introduced his Lightsphere diffuser at the on-going Photo World Manila 2007 at the Glorietta Mall in Manila. The Lightsphere is a flash diffuser that lights up the entire room to soften the images, unlike most diffusers that point the light like a flashlight. It eliminates shadows and makes flash …
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Did Fujifilm Lower Its Prices for the S9100 & S6000fd?
From Imaging Insider we have this report that Fujifilm USA has lowered its prices for the FinePix S9100 and S6000fd digital cameras. The report said Fuji now sells the 6.3-megapixel FinePix S9100/S9600 at $400 MSRP and the 9-megapixel S6000fd/S6500fd at $500 MSRP (manufacturer’s suggested retail price). I haven’t bought any of these Fuji models but …
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Harman Matt FB Inkjet Paper Features Real Photo Baryta
Starting today, Harman Photo Matt FB MP paper will be available in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. What’s special about this instant-dry photo paper is that it incorporates real photo Baryta, the renowned coating utilized in premium traditional photography products. It provides longevity and clarity to inkjet prints. Harman Technology said their Photo Matt …
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Nikon, Olympus Post Huge Quarterly Profits
Nikon and Olympus today reported hefty quarterly profits for the October-December quarter due to robust sales of digital cameras and other imaging devices, and a weaker yen. Nikon Corp. said Monday its group net profit jumped nearly 60 percent for the third quarter of the Japanese fiscal year ending March on brisk sales of digital …
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A Robot to Shoot Panoramas? My Monkey Can Do That
Carnegie Mellon University and NASA’s Ames Intelligent Robot Group have developed a $200 robot that can take panoramic shots on its own, using an ordinary digital camera. They call it the Gigapan. It escapes me at the moment why you would need a freakin’ robot to do that when it’s actually quite easy to shoot …
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Review: Sigma AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC
18-200mm digital. Why, that’s a film-equivalent zoom range of 27 to 300mm. Is that a good thing? While it’s wide enough for architecture shots in narrow streets and long enough for wildlife photography, dpexpert is quite skeptical about these improbably long zooms. In the case of this Sigma AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC, dpexpert notes that …
Hama Previews High-Speed CompactFlash Card Readers
Computer accessory supplier Hama will introduce two high-speed memory card readers at the upcoming CeBit 2007, March 15-21, in Hannover, Germany. Both can read CompactFlash cards and Micro Drives at about twice the speed of USB devices. The USB 2.0 version can download data at up to 30MBps and the FireWire 800 version up to …
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Fuji Gets Dealers to Offer Images on Postage Stamps
Fujifilm has signed up retail photo dealers to sell postage stamps online featuring personalized images of the buyers. Putting a personal photo onto post office stamps has been authorized by the U.S. Postal Service since 2005, but this is the first time that photo dealers have come into the program. Fuji’s website www.yourstamps.com, which went …
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