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Rocky Nook has published Panobook 2011, a collection of 150 winning panorama pictures from Kolor’s 2011 Panoramic Photography Competition. Kolor is an imaging company that makes software for image stitching and virtual tour solutions. The photographs in the book were selected from more than 2,000 images submitted by professional and amateur photographers who captured a …
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Kenko Tokina has a variable ND (neutral density) filter that you can adjust from ND2.5 all the way up to ND1000 – that’s stopping down to as much as 10 exposure values! You only have to turn its outer ring, much like turning it with a circular polarizing filter, to achieve the effect you want. ND …
It’s good news coming out of Microsoft: Windows 7 and Windows Vista can finally show RAW files in Windows Explorer and Photo Gallery. You just have to download and install their new Microsoft Camera Codec Pack for Windows 7 and Vista to add support to more than 120 DSLR cameras in Photo Gallery, as well …
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If you happen to be in the San Francisco CA area, check out Adobe Systems’ Photoshop & You experience at 550 Sutter Street, San Francisco (between Powell and Mason, 1.5 blocks from Union Square). It’s open until Saturday, August 6, 2011 with all presentations, classes and other activities free to the public. “The Photoshop & You …
Hard drive maker Western Digital has posted revenues totalling $2.4 billion for its fourth quarter, with net income of $158 million, translating to $0.67 per share. Total hard drives sold for the period was 54 million units. The quarterly results included total expenses of $35 million associated with the planned acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage …
Leica Camera Inc is collaborating with Momenta Workshops on their 2011-2012 Project Series. Beginning November 2011, participants of Momenta Project workshops are invited to do their narrative documentary photography and multimedia storytelling using Leica equipment. Host destinations include New Orleans, Washington, D.C., India and South Africa. The collaboration between Leica Camera and Momenta will kick …
The new Essential and Plus high performance SDHC and micro SDHC memory cards from Samsung offer read speeds of up to 24 megabytes per second, with write speeds of up to 21MBps. The new Samsung memory cards are designed to meet the growing need for faster data transfer from a mobile device, such as smart …
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Leica has unveiled three new Leica lens mount adapters that allow photographers to attach medium-format lenses from other manufacturers to Leica S bodies. The Leica S-Adapter V can be used for Hasselblad V System lenses, the Leica S-Adapter P67 for the Pentax 67 system lenses and the Leica S-Adapter M645 for the lenses of the …
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Some units of the Nikon Coolpix L23 digital camera can overheat when the batteries are inserted, or the AC Adapter EH-65A is connected. Even with the camera turned off, excessive heat is generated in the top portion of the camera, which sometimes causes the top cover to become deformed. There is no danger of fire …
Pentax is offering a limited edition 645D camera kit to celebrate the PENTAX 645D being named Camera Grand Prix Japan 2011 “Camera of the Year.” The company said this limited edition camera features an elegant, lacquer-finished body. The whole kit will include: PENTAX 645D Japan camera body Leather Strap 645D japan O-ST123 Body Mount Cap …
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