Studio Lighting Tips, Techniques, Tutorials and Equipment Information
They look like ordinary luggage, and it’s meant that way to (hopefully) disguise what’s inside. Urban Disguise bags by Think Tank Photo are designed to ward off hot eyes on the prowl for expensive cameras and gear. The bags come in six sizes, the largest size having room enough for multiple DSLRs, lenses and laptops. …
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Samsung has announced a 1.8″-type 64GB flash-based solid state drive that’s a drop-in replacement for tiny hard disk drives in mobile devices like UMPCs, portable media players, mobile phones and MP3 players. It is also becoming a viable solution for personal navigation systems and digital camcorders, even network servers. Samsung said the new flash-SSD is …
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ACD Systems has released ACDSee Photo Editor for Windows Vista, their second product to be certified for the new operating system. Two weeks ago, ACDSee 9 Photo Manager also came out with the “Certified for Windows Vista†logo. ACDSee Photo Editor is an application that not only fixes common photo problems like poor exposure, red-eye, …
Samsung currently holds the bragging rights for the world’s smallest 8.4-megapixel CMOS image sensor. Samsung says it has developed the tiny chip for use in camera phones, digital cameras and video camcorders. It boasts a 1.4μm (micrometer, a millionth of a meter) pixel design. Of course, you know what they say about very tiny pixels …
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Interfit has introduced the EXD200 studio lighting kit, designed as a lightweight, stylish and robust lighting solution for the modern photographer on the move. It features flexible digital output and controls; button controls allow the desired power levels and functions to be quickly set. Accurate power adjustments in one tenth increments over a 4 f-stop …
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Today’s release of Adobe Creative Suite 3 includes two versions of Photoshop: Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended. Photoshop CS3 is a full version major upgrade of the popular image editing application, while Photoshop CS3 Extended offers everything of the former plus tools for 3D and motion graphics and image measurement and analysis. The two …
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It’s official: Adobe Systems Inc. today announces the release of the Adobe Creative Suite 3 product line, combining the best of Adobe and Macromedia applications to provide designers and developers with creative tools for print, web, mobile, interactive, film, and video production. There are six editions of Adobe CS3: Adobe CS3 Design Premium Adobe CS3 …
Time Inc. today announced it will end publication of LIFE magazine, the iconic serial now distributed as a weekend newspaper supplement. Its last issue will be dated April 20, 2007. The LIFE supplement was carried in 103 newspapers with a circulation total of 13 million. This is the third time that it dies, apparently withering …
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Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America Imaging Products today announced the new CP-9800DW digital photo printer, a high-speed printer that can create a 4†x 6†print in just 8.7 seconds or 100 prints in 15 minutes. The Mitsubishi CP-9800DW is marketed towards event photographers who need to print out photos fast and photo retailers with large …
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IBM today announced a prototype optical transceiver chipset that can move data at 160 Gigabits per second, providing a preview of a new era of high-speed connectivity that will transform communications, computing and entertainment. Optical networking offers the potential to dramatically improve data transfer rates by speeding the flow of data using light pulses, instead …