Monthly Archives: November 2007

Adobe says Photoshop Lightroom 1.3 is now available, updated to add support for Leopard Mac OS X 10.5 and now sporting a technology preview of the Lightroom Export SDK. The Lightroom Export SDK preview allows for the development of third-party plug-ins that will enable communication from the Lightroom 1.3 Export Dialog to third party tools, …

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Our friends at AdoramaPix.com are offering a price rollback on big prints: 8×10 prints go for 99¢, 11×14 at $1.99 and 16×20 prints can be had for $4.99. But only for a limited time, so hurry. 8×10 and 11×14 prints at this price are made on Kodak Royal paper, on either Matte or Glossy surfaces. …

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The new WD RE2 GreenPower line of hard disk drives from Western Digital offers storage capacities of 500GB, 750GB and 1TB and they’re all environment-friendly. No, they don’t plant trees or soak up oil spills or sign up with Greenpeace; they’re green in the sense that they’re energy-efficient. WD RE2-GP hard drives are designed with …

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A new book, The Glossary of Digital Photography by John Blair, demystifies over 1500 words, abbreviations, and acronyms to make the jargon of photography more understandable. Whether you’re a n00bishooter who just wants to talk the talk or a seasoned pro who’s simply baffled by the new photographic (and digital) terms that seem to come …

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The Green House Gaudi GHV-DV17SDS camcorder packs a 5-megapixel image sensor, 16MB of built-in memory and an SD card slot which supports up to 2GB. Nothing fancy, nothing extraordinary. But its price of Â¥13,800 or about $125 is pretty attractive and makes the camera well worth Googling. AkihabaraNews (yes, this Gaudi was seen in Japan) …

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Organizers of the Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 Competition in the UK say their prize money now exceeds £25,000 ($50,000) in cash and vouchers. In addition to the main cash prizes of £5000 for Best Single Image and £5,000 (includes £2,000 Calumet vouchers), for The Best Portfolio, there is now a generous range of …

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The latest digital picture frame from PhotoVu is the new PV1765w, announced today by the company. It’s a wireless photo frame capable of beaming pictures from WiFi sources in your network. Its 17-inch LCD screen displays 1280×800 resolution in 16:10 widescreen aspect ratio. “This is clearly a premium digital picture frame at a very affordable …

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For a limited time, LumiQuest is offering the LumiQuest Bounce Kit, a 3 piece kit that includes a Pocket Bouncer, Gold and Silver Metallic Inserts and a free storage envelope. “We took our top selling Pocket Bouncer and paired it up with our Gold and Silver Metallic Inserts to create the Bounce Kit at a …

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Samsung today announced their new 8-megapixel CMOS camera module for mobile phones. That should pack enough pixels to shoot images with 3264×2444 pixels resolution, enough to print high-quality 8×11-inch photos. Samsung says the 8MP CMOS module is about the same size of the 3-megapixel module and should easily be incorporated into the design of newer …

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Nokia today launched the N82, a brand new camera phone with brilliant photo and video capabilities. The 5-megapixel phone is the latest multimedia computer optimized for photography, navigation and internet connectivity, says Nokia. To demonstrate the phone’s new chops, Nokia is hosting a virtual launch here; the video – recorded entirely on the N82 – …

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