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It hopes to smoke the competition with its stylish slim design, fast video streaming and music downloading, and enhanced ability to capture and share photos. The SE K618 is a 3G camera phone and it’s target market are business people who are constantly on the move. It’s thin and ultralight, and hopes to deliver the …
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According to the National Press Photographers Association website, last week’s photojournalism controversies have led Reuters to be in the ethics hot seat. After Patrick Schneider’s firing from the Charlotte Observer for toning and el Nuevo Herald’s doctoring of two images to create one fake photo, Reuters’ Head of Public Relations, Moira Whittle, in a statement …
Memory maker Lexar continues to push the performance envelope as it recently announced that its Professional CompactFlash Series memory cards will be will now be available at 133X read and write speeds. A data transfer rate of 1X is roughly equal to 150 kilobytes per second meaning these new cards will be capable of sustained …
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The Pentax Optio W20 is the newest iteration in the company’s W series of cameras that are waterproofed for underwater photography without using a waterproof case. Now with 7 megapixels, the Optio W20 is an upgrade to the popular waterproof Optio W10. This latest model also features a new Blur Reduction mode which allows the …
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) announced on Aug. 7, 2006, the induction of Eddie Tapp, Jeff Schewe and John Paul Caponigro into the 2006 Photoshop Hall of Fame. Official induction takes place during a special ceremony at the upcoming Photoshop World Conference & Expo (http://www.photoshopworld.com) at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in …
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In an article entitled “The Death of the Bridge Camera” PhotographyBLOG is reporting today on the slow but inevitable extinction of “bridge cameras,” mid-level cameras that bridge the gap between smaller compact digital cameras and larger digital SLR cameras. Over 90 new digital cameras were announced for 2006 at the PMA show in Orlando, Florida. …
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An editorial by Tracy Scherer. I have read several recaps recently concerning ethics in the age of digital photography. I am not a photojournalist and am just now learning how to use my digital camara; however I do have my opinions on such matters. What are yours? John Long, chairman of Ethics and Standard committee …
As a photographer caught in the middle of the ongoing Israeli-Lebanese conflict found out, trying to make Hell on Earth look even worse can cost you. A Reuters photographer was suspended after the news organization looked into bloggers accusations that a recent photo of attacks on Beirut was doctored. Their investigation found what they called …
At 266X write speed – that’s 40MBps max – the Sandisk Extreme IV CF card is currently one of the fastest writing memory cards for use in digital cameras. Sandisk claims to be using improved parallel processing to get data into and out of the flash memory cells. The Extreme IV also bundles with the …
The Casio EX-Z850 has received two firmware updates. The updates are Firmware Version 1.10 and 1.1B. Both provide SDHC memory card support. In 1.1B HQ Mode movie quality is also improved. Unfortunately the HQ Mode field of view angle is now approximately 40% narrower. Movie quality improvements include reduced digital noise and enhanced line smoothing. …