Canon Selphy DS810 - Review @ PrinterSpot
PrinterSpot’s Marc Frochtzweig has posted a review of the Canon Selphy DS810, a three-colors compact inkjet photo printer with wireless support, PictBridge, memory card slots, and a 2.5″ LCD Screen.
“With only three inks, the DS810 produces good images compared with printers in its class but won’t match output from most other printers with more inks. Overall the DS810 is a decent compact inkjet printer, though models offered by other manufacturers can produce the same quality prints for less money. It’s also worth looking at compact dye-sub models (like Canon’s CP710), which have better-looking — and cheaper — prints.”
Download Free Photo Software: Color By Number 2.0
Name: Color By Number 2.0
Description: Color By Number 2.0 lets you to convert photo to a paint-by-number pattern. Just scan the photo or load graphics file from disk, choose the brand of paints/crayons to be used and the program will convert your photo to a paint-by-number pattern optimized for the palette you have chosen. You can print the pattern together with color key
License: Free to try; $19.95 USD to buy
File Size: 7.7 MB
Requirements: Windows
Canon iP6220D - Review @ ITReviewsUK
ITReviewsUK has posted a review of the Canon iP6220D, a twin cartridge inkjet printer with USB 2.0 port, PictBridge, Memory Card Slot, Infrared receiver and 2.5″ LCD Screen.
“Print speed is very acceptable, taking 2 minutes and 45 seconds to print an A4 borderless photo and one minute 13 seconds to print a 6 x 4-inch borderless photo. The print quality met the usual high standard that we expect from Canon. The build quality is a bit flimsy and the front cover and card reader flaps can smack into each other if you’re not careful, but when you consider the features, speed and price that’s a minor problem.”
Kingston Introduces 8-GB CompactFlash Card
Kingston has unveiled their latest CompactFlash product which offers a huge eight gigabtye of storage space with read speeds up to 8 MB/sec. and write speeds up to 6.75 MB/sec. The Kingston 8GB CompactFlash Elite Pro card will be priced at $399.99.
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Download Free Photo Software: AutoImager
Name: AutoImager
Description: Full-featured batch image processing and conversion software. Over 140 image formats are supported, and the software provides an entire arsenal of image enhancement, editing, and processing operations. Multi-page image conversion and processing is fully supported. Processing and conversion operations have numerous options that can be optionally set for maximum control. The entire application is highly customizable. AutoImager also offers complete command-line support. With over 150 configurable command-line options, it’s easy to create batch files to automate routine image processing/conversion tasks. You can set up your computer to run the batch file on a schedule and leave the routine image processing tasks to AutoImager. Entire in-house imaging procedures can also be automated with ease, utilizing the command-line support provided.
License: Free to try; $60 USD to buy
File Size: 17.92 MB
Requirements: Windows 95/98/98 SE/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003
Think Tank Photo Airport Security
Ellis Vener has posted a new review of the Think Tank Photo Airport Security at PPMag.com where he writes;
“My overall impression of both the Airport Security Roller and the Pro Modulus system is that they fully live up to Think Tank’s credo of “designing highly functional bags for photographers (to support them) in doing their jobs.” Much of the credit for this is that the designers listen directly to working photographers, and that two of the four principals in the company are working photojournalists themselves.”
Nikon Image Authentication Software
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Sales Release date: July 2006
RRP: £399.99 / €589
Nikon UK is pleased to announce a new Image Authentication Software application which is designed exclusively for use with the Nikon D2Xs digital SLR.
The software enables users to determine whether an image has been altered since capture. Image data can be used for verifying image authenticity by law enforcement and other government agencies, the media, insurance companies and has a variety of other business applications.
Nikon Camera Control Pro
PRESS RELEASE
Nikon UK is pleased to announce its new Camera Control Pro remote control software which allows users to control many digital SLR functions remotely from a PC. The new software succeeds Nikon’s Capture 4 Camera Control, released in 2003, and includes advanced features such as “Viewer”, providing substantial operational improvement. Nikon Camera Control Pro is compatible with Nikon’s latest software, including Capture NX (to be released in summer 2006), allowing for smoother image processing from shooting to transfer and storage. Release date is July 2006, price is £29.99 / €44.00.
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DIY: Cheap Digital Picture Frame
Want to save around 100-200 bucks on Digital Picture Frame? joedog86 has written a quite good instruction on how you can make your own Digital Picture Frame for less than $100.
“I basically made this as a birthday present for my girlfriend. Looking for an awesome gift idea? This is it! Total cost was under $100, and could be substantially less if you’re savvy.”
Samsung SyncMaster 244T (214T) - Review @ Shutterbug
Shutterbug’s David B. Brooks has recently published a review of the Samsung SyncMaster 244T (214T), a huge 24″ analog/digital LCD display with 1920×1200 pixels (1600×1200 pixels) native resolution, and a blazing 6ms response time.
“On the basis of my experience, the 244T, and by extension its slightly smaller relative, the 214T, have to be among the best LCDs for photographic computing of any displays offered at a competitive price. Frankly, that doesn’t leave many brands left to try. The Samsung SyncMaster 244T I worked with is a solid, finely-crafted product that reproduces photographic images with a beautiful richness of color. It also provides the means to adjust the image attributes to individual perception that allows for a close match to what you would expect from the image on screen.”
