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Unified Color has released HDR PhotoStudio Version 2.12, updating its color management and workflow software that promises users more control over image editing. HDR PhotoStudio is billed to be modeled after human vision and claims to be the only imaging software featuring accurate color, full color gamut and HDR editing capability. Explains Dr. Sergey Bezryadin, …
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Canon will begin construction of its factory in Nagasaki prefecture next month, with a plan to start producing digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras in April of next year. Construction was originally planned for January 2009, with operations to start in December 2009, but was shelved due to a sharp decline in digital camera sales as …
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The new ProShow StylePack Volume 2 from Photodex Corp is a collection of pre-made slide enhancements for use in ProShow Producer slide shows. It features 25 new styles, including styles like Old Film Projector, Slot Machine, Merge Madness and Blow Out Cascade. Photodex says with just a few clicks, images and videos are instantly transformed …
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There’s a new Raw compatibility update from Apple, for users of their Aperture 2, iPhoto ’08 and iPhoto ’09. Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 2.6 adds support for the Raw files from the Canon Digital Rebel T1i (EOS 500D in Europe and EOS Kiss Digital X3 in Japan), Nikon D5000 and Olympus E-30 digital SLRs. …
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Hasselblad is offering the H3DII-50 with the new HCD 4.0-5.6/35-90 zoom lens at a price of $29,995, available only in the U.S. for the month of June – this month only. This bundle promotion represents savings of about $3000 (the price of a new full-frame DSLR) and includes Hasseblad’s new zoom lens that normally sells …
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The new Muse PL selective focus lens from Lensbaby is specially designed for movies, for use with PL mount motion image capture cameras. It complements Lensbaby’s existing motion picture camera lens, Lensbaby 3GPL, which remains in Lensbaby’s product line. The company said the Muse PL allows for highly creative focusing effects on any 16mm or …
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Sharp says they have developed an LCD monitor that can display five primary colors: Red, Green and Blue (RGB), plus Cyan and Yellow. What this means, Sharps says, is that their new monitor can render real surface colors the way humans see them. A prototype of this display will be exhibited at the international symposium …
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The latest Transcend PF730 digital picture frame boasts customizable slideshows: users can view photos one by one or in a tiled thumbnail view. It can take in your hi-res photos as they were taken and display them instantly – no resizing or adjustments necessary. The 7-inch photo frame has a 4:3 screen with 800×600 resolution. …