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Kenro has announced the availability in the UK of new Digital Super High Grade filters from Marumi of Japan. The company said these new filters have been specifically designed for digital photography, adding that each filter uses a specially developed ultra-low reflection coating to minimize internal reflection off the camera’s built-in CCD and CMOS Sensors. …
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MAPC is offering the SE-3 GPS, a dedicated GPS module with a digital compass that fastens to the Ricoh 500SE digital camera to provide an integrated Geo-Imaging Solution. MAPC said the module uses modern components to provide optimal reception and accuracy in all outdoor environments, and offers the following: • Embeds GPS coordinates with captured …
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The Transcend T.photo 720 digital picture frame senses its orientation and appropriately adjusts its screen for either portrait or landscape display. Transcend calls it the AOS, for Automatic Orientation Sensor. The new photo frame features a 7-inch widescreen TFT panel with 800×480 resolution and supports most popular digital camera JPG and BMP formats. It can …
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PTLens works as a stand-alone application for both Windows and Mac platforms or as a plug-in for Lightroom and Aperture as well as Photoshop. It corrects various types of optical distortions in digital images such as lens pincushion/barrel distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberration, and perspective. PTLens runs under Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista with …
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They’re giving away Nikon D60 DSLRs over at Iconic Britain; as of today, there’s still 27 D60s left and they’re giving one away every day until August 14, 2008. This is in connection with the Iconic Britain competition, a search to find the iconic photograph which represents Britain. The competition is open to UK residents …
The world’s largest digital camera maker, Canon Inc., is getting even bigger with a planned Â¥15 billion ($140.5M) factory in Nagasaki, western Japan. The new plant is Canon’s first new domestic camera production site in 26 years. Work will begin in January and it is scheduled to be completed by the end of next year. …
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Fujifilm USA introduces three new cases – the TRE, BULLET and CUBO – for the Z-Series compact digital cameras such as the Fujifilm FinePix Z20fd. The TRE is made of black nylon with color-coordinated snap-on wrist straps, in black, pink, or blue. The BULLET is a black nylon shell that sports a peek-a-boo cutout to …
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Pentax today released the Macintosh Updater for its PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 (Version 3.52) and PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 (Version 3.51). The update simply adjusts the date printing position of the applications. Details and download instructions at the link below. [Site: Pentax]
The amiable Joe McNally has a review of the new Nikon flashgun, the SB-900, where he says, “Well, if the SB800 is a real nice Chevy, this baby’s a Cadillac.†We’ll take his word for it, Joe’s a straight shooter. Joe’s all praises for the SB-900’s smooth light. The unit has three light distribution patterns, …
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In the UK, the DVD set Wedding Photography Blueprint by Nick Stubbs will be offered at a 30 percent discount to encourage anyone “sitting on the fence” to act now to start their own wedding photography business. The discount is valid only during the first week of sales due to launch at the end of …
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