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Sigma says its lenses are not compatible with the new Sony SLT-α33 and SLT-α55 ‘translucent mirror’ cameras. Sigma’s lenses for the Sony mount may have a potential aperture operation problem when used with these new interchangeable lens digital cameras. For those who may have bought the Sigma lenses for use with the α33 and α55, …
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Pentax has introduced the new smc PENTAX DA35 mm F2.4 AL standard lens. Mounted on a PENTAX digital SLR camera body, the company said this standard lens offers an angle of view equivalent to a 53.5mm lens in the 35mm format for a natural, comfortable perspective similar to the naked eye for a variety of …
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Crazy colors, lots of ‘em. Pentax goes full steam ahead with their idea of having the usually staid black DSLR in any color you like with the new K-r digital SLR camera. The new Pentax DSLR is available in all sorts of colors in Japan. You can even have all those various colors in one …
Nikon today launched its high performance Coolpix P7000, with premium specs and matching premium price. What do you get for $500? The P7000 hopes to be a back-up second camera for professional photographers. Nikon says the P7000 delivers outstanding images, RAW files too, in a less intimidating form factor than a SLR. So, it’s equipped …
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Nikon’s new Coolpix S80 compact camera features a multi-touch OLED screen to improve its responsiveness and image contrast. It has a 14.1-megapixel image sensor and an optically stabilized 5x zoom that offers 35-175mm focal range. Aside from its impressive specs, it emphasizes a stylish design that’s only 17mm or 0.7-inch thick. Sliding the lens cover …
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The new Nikon Coolpix S8100 is a 12-megapixel, 10x zoom compact camera than can shoot up to 10 frames per second. It also boasts 1080p HD movies. Nikon says the S8100 features high-speed shooting at five full resolution frames at up to 10 frames-per-second (fps); there is also a pre-shooting cache that records up to …
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It should be. The SD Association says they have designed a new, dual-row pin memory card that can go up to 300 megabytes per second, in bus interface speeds, for SDXC and SDHC devices and memory cards. It is fully backwards compatible, allowing equipped devices full use of any SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards. …
Leica’s North American Road Show starts on October 5, 2010 bringing 29 workshops to 20 North American cities. It will start in Toronto, Canada on Oct 5 and will end in Tampa/St. Pete, Florida on Dec 11. Product specialists from Leica will be traveling across the United States and Canada to talk about the Leica …
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Corel today announced their Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 Ultimate (they couldn’t make the name any longer than that!). The photo editing software collection combines Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 with Corel KPT Collection, Corel Painter Essentials 4 and a comprehensive 144-page manual. The Corel KPT Collection is a set of 24 plug-n filters from …
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The 2010 recipients of grants from Getty Images are photojournalists Stefano De Luigi, Miquel Dewever-Plana, Edwin Koo, Darcy Padilla and Jerome Sessini. The photojournalists will each receive $20,000 to pursue their documentary photography projects: • Stefano De Luigi, Italy, for “TIA – This is Africa†• Miquel Dewever-Plana, France, for “The Other War†• Edwin …
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