Lindy Announces 3-Port FireWire 800 Repeater Hub

Lindy Electronics has launched its 3-port FireWire 800 repeater hub that enables users to link up two FireWire devices to a computer at distances of up to 4.5 meters. Lindy’s 3-port FireWire hub supports speeds of up to 800Mbps but it also allows connection with legacy FireWire400/200/100 devices. Built-in active repeater circuitry allows FireWire connection …

HP Launches Street Photography Gallery

HP has launched the Street Photography online gallery as venue for professional photographers to exhibit their work at the Recontres d’Arles photography festival in July 2007. Photographers are invited to join and post their street photos at www.hypegallery.com. They can also join the contest to have their images displayed at Arles, where they will be …

Adobe Sets Two-Day CS3 Conferences in LA, NY

Adobe Systems Inc. has scheduled two-day conferences in Los Angeles and New York cities for photographers and designers who wish to be first to learn the new features and techniques available in Adobe Creative Suite 3. CS3: The Creative License Conference will feature almost 40 sessions intended for those who work with video or motion …

Alien Skin Releases Eye Candy Effects Collection

Alien Skin has released the Eye Candy Effects Collection which includes full retail versions of Eye Candy 5, namely Textures, Nature, Impact, Xenofex 2, and Snap Art. The Eye Candy Effects Collection enables users to create photo effects like chrome, fire, smoke, lightning, clouds, comics and others. Purchased separately, the five titles will cost $575; …

Pro Tech Showcases HP Designjet Photo Z Series Printers at PhotoWorld Dubai 2007

HP Designjet Photo Z series large format printers will highlight the exhibit of Pro Technology at the 2007 PhotoWorld Dubai trade show on April 17-19. Pro Technology is the authorized HP reseller in the Gulf Region and exclusive reseller in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The 3rd International Digital & Imaging Exhibition in the Middle …

3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator Supports New Photoshop CS3

Logitech company 3Dconnexion has retooled its SpaceNavigator pointing device to support the new Standard and Extended editions of Adobe Photoshop CS3. The SpaceNavigator device enables users working with 3D objects in Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate camera views and 3D objects. Paired with Photoshop CS3 Extended, the SpaceNavigator device allows …

DVD: Dean Collins on Lighting Live at Brooks Institute of Photography

Software Cinema has re-released “Dean Collins on Lighting Live at Brooks Institute of Photography” onto DVD. This is a live recording of Dean Collins’ seminar covering various light manipulation techniques and tricks applied to photography. The re-launch of the 1.75-hour DVD coincided with the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) Convention and Trade Show in …

PictoColor Releases iCorrect EditLab ProApp v.6.0

PictoColor has updated its iCorrect EditLab ProApp color correction software to meet the needs of large volume workflows. At the heart of the new iCorrect EditLab ProApp 6.0 is ProcessQ, a completely redesigned image queue that allows photographers to easily view, sort, and manage their color corrections for more efficient, time-saving workflows. The application offers …

Memjet Shooting for 360ppm Print Speed? Whoa!

Memjet Techonology, which last week demonstrated printing speeds of 60 pages per minute, is now talking about increasing that output to a theoretical 360 pages per minute in two to three years. Hold it right there, Memjet. Let’s make that 60ppm a reality first, that’s quite a big leap already and we’d be happy enough …

Olympus SP-550 Ultra Zoom Camera Sports Kopin EVF

Kopin Corp. reveals that the electronic viewfinder (EVF) in the Olympus SP-550 UZ digital camera is made by them; Olympus has chosen Kopin to supply the EVF for precise viewing in the ultra-wide zoom of the SP-550 UZ. The new Olympus model, which began shipping last month, features the first ultra-wide (18x) optical zoom for …