Monthly Archives: September 2007

Details of the new Sony Alpha 700 have finally been released, revealing a mid-range digital SLR that could be a notch better than Canon’ EOS 40D. Its slightly larger CMOS image sensor, which measures 23.5 x 15.6 (against the 40D’s 22.2 x 14.8mm) records 12.2 megapixels compared to the 40D’s 10.1 megapixels. The Alpha 700 …

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Camera Armor is now available for the Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro camera, for photojournalist covering a shooting war, police photogs documenting a crime scene in rubbles, sports reporters covering a motocross rally on a bike or simply the snooty shooter who’s deathly afraid of little scratches that can ruin the beauty of his brand new …

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The DSLR wars are on fire! The web is afire with rumors and details of a new Sony DSLR that reportedly will place it in direct competition with the Nikon D300 and the Canon 40D. In the wait for a more professional body Sony Alpha users will be delighted by the upcoming Sony A700! Engadget.com …

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In the wake of the recent release of the Canon EOS 40D, Bibble Labs has updated its professional workflow and RAW conversion software to add support for the new camera. The update is free to download for Bibble users. Bibble 4.9.8e is a maintenance release that now includes full support for the new Canon 40D …

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Corel Corp. today announced the release of their Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 image editor touting, among other things, an all-new Express Lab for faster viewing, sorting and processing of downloaded photos. If Photoshop CS3 turns you off because of its price, this is the way to go. For just $100 you get all you …

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Martin Evening over at PhotoshopNews.com posted a tutorial today that teaches us how to express Blend modes as Curves in Photoshop. Martin goes through it minutely, explaining every nook and cranny of the thing as he explains the relationship between Photoshop Curves and how all non-dissolve, per-channel Photoshop blend modes are equivalent to some kind …

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Apple officially announced the new iPod touch today looking more like the highly hyped iPhone and sporting a 3.5” touch screen that provides a simple yet compelling interface to control the device. It plays nicely with photos too. You tap a button icon to display your albums, and then tap again on an album to …

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The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) has announced the selection of Rhonda Shand, an Associate Professor of Art at Pittsburg State University, as the first-ever recipient of the Bruce Fraser Scholarship. The scholarship honors the legacy of the late Photoshop guru Bruce Fraser. It was established in late 2006 and is to be awarded …

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As the Digital SLR wars are in full swing Olympus announces that they will be unveiling the successor to there E-1 system. DPreview reports that there have been internet leaks of specs (unconfirmed by Olympus). The leaks say the new system will be called the “E-3” and will feature “…ten megapixels, Liveview, in-body image stabilization …

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That’s about one 4×6 photo in just 8 seconds, and that’s fast. The new Mitsubishi CP-9800DW digital photo printer could be of great use to professional photographers out there in the field when they need to produce a high volume of prints at a moment’s notice. It could also be a profitable proposition for those …

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