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Sigma Corporation of America announces that the new Sigma APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM lens, released in Tokyo last July, is now available in the United States. Price is $2,470, supplied with a tripod collar and a petal type lens hood. The OS designations means it is optically stabilized and Sigma claims that …
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Oregon Scientific has the new HD ATC9K All-Terrain video camera; all-terrain because you can take it with you scuba diving down to a depth of 65 feet under the ocean or up to 12,500 feet up in the air jumping out of a plane (with a parachute, hopefully!) In-between heaven and sea, you can go …
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Sanyo today announced a new waterproof full HD dual camera, the Xacti VPC-CA102YL, that can take 1080 high-definition video and 14-megapixel still photos underwater. It can dive with you up to a depth of 10 feet and can record 480 minutes of video on a single 64GB SDXC memory card. Sanyo said their Dual Cameras …
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The Datacolor-sponsored photo contest, the “Real New York,†has announced its winners from among hundreds of photographs submitted online. Grand Prize went to Tom McKelvey of Largo, Florida for his entry “Downtown,†pictured above. He wins a trip to the 2010 Photokina trade show happening on September 21-26 in Cologne, Germany. First runner-up is Richard …
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Samsung Germany has announced the company’s ES75 compact digital camera featuring 14 megapixels and a 27-135mm zoom lens. Maximum aperture at the wide end is f/3.5 while it’s f/5.9 at the longest zoom. The Samsung ES75 features an interesting image stabilization system: it takes two photos in the blink of an eye, one is a …
The new Samsung PL90 compact camera sports a built-in USB connector so you don’t have to fuss for additional wires or cords. The USB connector flips out of the camera and can be directly inserted into your PC. It automatically installs the included Intelli-Studio software for viewing the photographs. The PL90 is a 12.2-megapixel shooter …
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The new two-port PNU3 USB 3.0 ExpressCard Adapter from Transcend is an easy-to-install add-in card that allows users to enhance their notebook with the faster USB 3.0 technology, up to ten times faster than the aging USB 2.0. Transcend said the new USB 3.0 ExpressCard Adapter comes with two high-speed USB ports that fully support …
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Rocky Nook announces the release of the new book, Practical HDRI, 2nd Edition by professional photographer Jack Howard. It’s all about High Dynamic Range Imaging using Photoshop CS5 and other tools. HDRI is a multi-shot technique used to digitally capture, store, and edit the full luminosity range of a scene in ways not possible in …
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Casio has a couple of newly announced compact cameras, the Exilim Card EX-S200, shown above, and Exilim Zoom EX-Z800, both boasting slim and stylish bodies and advanced features, including a Super Resolution digital zoom that extends the zoom range. Both have the same features, they differ only in body sizes. The EX-S200 is a card-sized …
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Two new touch-screen cameras from Rollei: the Compactline 360 TS, pictured above, and the Compactline 370 TS, both of which will be available from the end of September in “Marilyn Monroe pout†packaging. Why Marilyn Monroe? The new owners of the company have found a link to the Monroe name via Bruno Bernard who took …
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