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Adobe Labs has released the Camera Raw 4.5 and DNG Converter Release Candidate plug-in; it is now available for download from their website. Release candidate means the plug-in has been thoroughly tested but further community testing is desired. The Camera Raw team would like the community to help verify the quality of the plug-in through …
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Lighting manufacturer Bowens has announced the free Litebook for photographers, a bimonthly online guide to lighting techniques, products and services. Of course it has Bowens advertisements in it, but Litebook is also full of news, tutorials and unique editorial features on contemporary photographers and their work. And it’s free – even the hard copy is …
Lens maker Carl Zeiss announces the new Distagon T* 3.5/18 super wide angle lens. It’s a premium prime lens available for Nikon and Pentax mounts. It costs $1,450 and it’s manual focus. Now, why would you want to mount a manual focus lens on your auto-everything, total TTL digital SLR camera? Because you want to …
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Ricoh Co., Ltd. today launched the GX200 12-megapixel CCD compact camera featuring a high-end 24mm ultra-wide-angle optical zoom. This camera succeeds the award winning Caplio GX100 compact digital camera introduced in April 2007. Like its predecessor, the GX200 features a 24-72mm (35mm film equivalent focal length) wide-angle optical zoom lens on a 25mm thin pocketable …
Logitech is offering Mac users its 2-megapixel QuickCam Vision Pro webcam for Mac, touting premium autofocus technology and Carl Zeiss optics. Logitech says the new webcam delivers image-perfect detail and clarity, and exceptional video calling with iChat and Skype. “The lens and autofocus, the sensor and the lighting software all contribute to create image-perfect detail …
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Plug-In Suite 4 by onOne Software offers full versions of six essential software tools – Genuine Fractals 5 Print Pro, PhotoTools 1.0 Professional Edition, PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition, Mask Pro 4.1, PhotoTune 2.2 and FocalPoint 1.0 – in one affordable combination that includes everything a photographer needs to make their images look their best. Version …
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Taiwan-based A-DATA Technology has rolled out its Turbo Series CF 350X memory card made especially for professional photographers. It reads at 52MB/sec and writes at 47MB/sec and claims to be the fastest available today. A-DATA says its Turbo Series CF 350X supports dual-channel data transferring and UDMA 0-5 mode as well as MDMA 0-4 mode …
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Can you do 101 Photoshop Tips in Five Minutes? Deke McClelland can. As a matter of fact, that’s the title of his latest work – in video. And he does it in some sort of zany, hilarious way. 101 Photoshop Tips in Five Minutes is a new music video sponsored by O’Reilly Media and Lynda.com …
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The Olympus E-420 DSLR’s strongest point is its diminutive size, pocketable and ready to go anywhere especially when paired with the Zuiko Digital 25mm F2.8 pancake lens. It’s a full-featured digital SLR, with a Live View that features Contrast Detect Autofocus not found in other amateur DSLRs. You also get “bracketing, customizable mirror lock-up, wireless …
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Adorama Camera and SportsShooter.com has this photo contest specifically for students only, the Student Portfolio of the Year Contest. Let’s look at the prizes first (then drool and dream): the grand prize is a package of “Essentials†that include: • Nikon D300 equipped with an 18-200mm VR lens • Nikon SB-800 Speedlight • Apple MacBook …
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