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DxO Labs has added 10 new lenses, including popular zooms and fish-eyes, to its library of lens correction modules for DxO Optics Pro v5. The addition of these lenses, designed specifically for the Nikon D3 and Nikon D300 digital SLR camera bodies, bring the total number of lens correction modules available to DxO Optics Pro …
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The Nikon D60 DSLR camera, which is just starting to ship in many countries, has a ready-made underwater housing for deep sea diving photography. That’s because the FD-40X housing for the Nikon D40x made by Fantasea is fully compatible with the D60. That goes true also for the full range of accessories for the FD-40X …
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Canada is reporting a 26 percent jump in digital camera sales in 2007, vastly overshooting a predicted 10 percent growth for the year. The Canadian Imaging Trade Association (CITA) said the big disparity between predicted and actual growth was not a result of poor forecasting but a genuinely unexpected shift in consumer buying trends. CITA …
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Minox has launched its 5-megapixel Digital Eyepiece Camera, the DEC 5.0, designed to record digital photos through a spotting scope. The DEC 5.0 is compact at 68x56x71mm and weighs only 220 grams. This camera is fitted to the eyepiece bayonet of a spotting scope or telescope to photograph subjects at a great distance from the …
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Akvis LLC has rolled out its first release of SmartMask plug-in v.1.2 for Windows and Macintosh. It is compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Corel (Jasc) Paint Shop Pro and other image editing applications. The new masking plug-in promises to save you time in making complex selections by utilizing a simple idea. It uses two …
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The new Corsair 16GB GT Flash Voyager USB drive will be showcased at the CeBIT 2008 Show next week in Hanover, Germany on Corsair’s Booth 40 in Hall 21. Corsair says the new Flash Voyager GT USB drive perofrms 4X faster than standard USB 2.0 drives. It features a water and shock resistant all-rubber casing …
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xTrain.com has added Photoshop expert Ben Willmore‘s High Dynamic Range (HDR) Mastery Course to its track of online digital photography courses. The new course shows learners step-by-step how to master High Dynamic Range (HDR) to produce stunning photos that shows great detail even in its extreme highlights and shadows. HDR is the process of taking …
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If Nikon has overtaken Canon in the Japanese DSLR market segment, it’s a different picture in Europe, where Canon still reigns supreme, not just in DSLR sales but more so in compact camera sales. According to figures from the research firm GfK, Canon attained the top position in both digital SLR and digital compact markets …
Nikon USA has a redesigned website featuring a visual user interface that utilizes images to display information about Nikon’s products and services. The homepage, for example, displays very appealing photos taken by Nikon users complete with the photographer’s name, camera used and the photo’s EXIF data. Nikon said the new site emphasizes their strong commitment …
AccentSoft Team, based in St.Petersburg, Russia, has released its SnapTouch Version 2.50 software, offering users a quick way to apply a series of the usual photo editing tasks. It works well for editing a large number of images, batch editing them in just a few simple steps. SnapTouch offers the usual tools for cropping, rotating, …
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