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Canon today introduced another entry-level DSLR camera, the Canon EOS 1000D (EOS Kiss Digital F in Japan), a 10-megapixel model with all the powers of a full-fledged DSLR but targeted at first-time photographers. The new model, which was announced simultaneously in Tokyo and in Amsterdam, will be known as EOS Rebel XS in the U.S., …
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Hasselblad is calling for entries to its 2009 Masters Award photo competition. The contest is open to all established professional photographers using large and medium format cameras, regardless of brand. There are 9 categories: Fine Art, Nature/Landscape, Social/Wedding, Portrait, Fashion, Editorial, Product, Architecture, and General Photography. There is also a special category for up and …
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Oregon Scientific’s ATC5K shockproof video cam is designed to be mounted on helmets or bicycles to capture those adventure moments from a first-person perspective, and is marketed towards the sports-loving outdoor types. This camera records at 640×480 pixels at 30fps, good enough for playback on most TV displays; its own LCD is a tiny 1.5-inch …
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Joby Inc.’s Gorillapod tripod goes mobile with the launch of its Go-Go! Mobile Entertainment Kit. This new contraption allows users to position or attach their hand-held devices anywhere, perfect for cell phones, MP3/MP4 players, PDAs and digital cameras. Weighing only 45.2g and measuring 15x3x3cm, the Gorillapod Go-Go! consists of ball-and-socket joints and covered with rubberised …
The Microdia 64GB XTRA ELITE CF card can read and write at sustained speeds of 300x or 45MB/second; that’s fast, perfect for photographers looking for high burst rates with their state-of-the-art digital SLR cameras. And the 64GB capacity is indeed huge. Microdia claims this is the world’s first 64GB memory card. They launched it last …
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The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia is exhibiting Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 from today, June 7, until October 5, 2008. The exhibit will showcase 130 photographs – many of which have never been on public display – from two decades of the Civil Rights Movement. The High …
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Women in Photography will hold a launch party on Wednesday, June 11 at Giano, 126 E. 7th St. New York City. The organization’s website formally launched last Tuesday, June 3, with featured photographer Elinor Carucci. Women in Photography showcases works by female artists in the contemporary photo world. It is also a resource for photographers, …
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DPReview notes that while Sony‘s first two DSLRs, the A100 and A700 showed clear signs of their Konica Minolta lineage – sharing a lot of DNA with the Maxxum (Dynax) 5D and 7D respectively, the A350 shows a much greater Sony influence in its design. DPReview.com has posted its review of the Sony A350 and …
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While other search engines use words – captions, filenames and keywords – to search for images, Tineye.com’s search method is image-based, it uses the images themselves. Tineye does for images what Google does for text; but it looks at the pixels, not text. Tineye creates a digital fingerprint each time you upload a file or …
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No space in your PC for another hard drive as Photoshop scratch disk? Now it’s easy to add one. USBfever.com who specializes in gadget connectivity is offering the 3-in-1 2.5″ 3.5″ SATA HDD Enclosure + Card Readers + USB HUB. If the name is longish, just use the still longish product code AK449-B142 and it …
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