Adobe Issues Lightroom 4.1 Release Candidate

Adobe has published the Release Candidate for its Lightroom 4.1 photography workflow software. Issues fixed by LR4.1RC include the following: Estimated price does not update when switching between books in the Collection panel. Postscript Type 1 Fonts do not appear in the Font menu within the Book module. Filenames can now be used as auto …

Adobe Rolls Out Photoshop CS6, CS6 Extended

The new Photoshop CS6 and CS6 Extended are part of its latest suite of creative packages. This latest iteration of Photoshop now includes content-aware move, video editing, the blur gallery and Adobe Camera Raw 7, which thoroughly revised its series of controls. Photoshop CS6 Extended includes all Photoshop CS6 features and adds Mercury Graphics Engine …

Nikon Recalls Defective EN-EL15 Battery

Nikon has issued a recall for specific batches of the EN-EL15 rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack used in the company’s digital SLR D800, D800E, D7000 cameras and the Nikon 1 V1 interchangeable lens camera. The batches in question have the letters E and F in their serial numbers, specifically the 9th digit of 14-digit lot number. …

Beyond Point-and-Shoot by Darrell Young

Beyond Point-and-Shoot: Learning to Use a Digital SLR or Interchangeable-Lens Camera is a new book by Darrell Young (Rocky Nook, 140 pages, $30) for those who want to transition from compact cameras and get creative with DSLRs. Assuming little to no knowledge of photographic terms, techniques, or technology, Beyond Point-And-Shoot is intended to help the …

New Nikon D3200 Offers Wireless Option

Nikon’s new entry-level DSLR camera touts a 24.2-megapixel APS-C sensor and shares the same EXPEED 3 image processor of the flagship Nikon D4. Newcomers to D-SLR photography will benefit from the camera’s latest Guide Mode that takes the user step by step through the photography process to capture images. The new camera also features full …

New Hasselblad Phocus Software Allows Simultaneous Viewing on iPhone, iPad, iTouch Devices

New versions of the Hasselblad Phocus tethered shooting software now allow simultaneous viewing of images via multiple devices. Instead of huddling together over one monitor, Phocus 2.6.6 and Phocus Mobile 2.0 can show the images being shot on an unlimited number of iPhone, iPad and iTouch devices that are connected to the Phocus server. Phocus …

Canon Introduces EOS-1D C DSLR with 4K Video

This new $15,000 Canon EOS-1D C DSLR boasts 4K high resolution video capture – 4096 x 2160- pixel video frames, as well as Full HD (1920 x 1080-pixel) resolution to support high-end motion picture, television production and other advanced imaging applications. “The Canon EOS-1D C digital SLR camera was designed in response to the needs …

DxO Updates Optics Pro Lens Correction Software

Now Version 7.2.2, DxO Optics Pro lens correction software has added support for the new Nikon D4 flagship DSLR as well as the Olympus XZ-1 and Olympus PEN E-P1 digital cameras. Even more, some 500 new camera-lens combinations have been added recently to the DxO Optics Module library – a total of 6,000 available modules …