Sony Introduces CyberShot T700 & T77
Sony has introduced the 10-megapixel CyberShot DSC-T700 & T77 to replace CyberShot DSC-T70 and T30. The T77 camera is Sony’s thinnest model at less than 5/8 of an inch with a 3-inch, 16 x 9 touch panel LCD screen. Both cameras feature updated intelligent scene recognition technology, Smile Shutter™ and face detection technologies with child and adult priority, as well as high sensitivity shooting (up to ISO 3200), eleven scene modes, and in-camera image management.
The T700 model earns extra points as it has 4GB of internal memory and a hi-resolution 3.5-inch wide touch panel and it will be available in red, pink, gold, silver, and gray while the DSC-T77 will be available in black, silver, green, pink, brown.
Both models will be on sale in Japan September 5th and most likely worldwide soon thereafter for US$400 (T700) and $300 (T77)
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Epson Announces P6000 & P7000
Epson has announced their latest Multimedia Photo Viewer offering 80GB and 160GB of hard drive capacities. The P6000 and P7000 also feature Exclusive 4-inch Epson Photo Fine® Premia LCD which displays 16.7 million colors, up to 35% faster download speed than previous models, Audio/video output and it supports both JPEG and RAW files.
The P6000 & P7000 will be available in September 2008 and you’ll need to spend $599.99 for the P6000 (80GB) and $799.99 for the P7000 (160GB)
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Tamron Announces AF18-270mm
Tamron has recently announced the development of ultra zoom lens – the Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) MACRO. This is the first digital SLR lens in the world features 15X (35mm equivalent: 28-419mm) zoom, VC (Vibration Compensation) technology, Zoom lock mechanism and it allows Minimum focusing distance of 19.3”.
There’s still no launching date in sight for this lens.
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Pentax Announces Optio M60
Pentax has announced the Pentax Optio M60, a stylish 10.0 megapixels point-and-shoot digital camera features 5x optical zoom, High-speed Face Recognition function, and a 2.5-inch LCD monitor.
The camera measures ony at 95×55×23.5mm and weighs approx 130g
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Adobe Introduces Photoshop Lightroom 2
Adobe has introduced the Photoshop Lightroom 2 with new features such as multiple monitor support, 64-bit processing support, volume management, extensible architecture, local adjustment brush, and flexible print packages.
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 30-days trial software is available for download here
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Samsung Announces Innov8
Samsung has recently announced the Samsung innov8 -pronounced [in-uh-veyt], an 8-megapixel camera phone with smile shot, blink shot and face recognition to capture and store precious memories in their best quality.
The Samsung Innov8 features 2.8″ 16M color LCD, 8G or 16GB Flash memory, HSDPA high speed Internet, Wifi, buit-in GPS, and it comes with Symbian OS V9.3, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2.
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Adding Invisible Watermark to Your Photos
Have you ever found your photo on strange web site? Nobody contacted you, none paid you any fee for the photo usage before? Even does somebody claim property of your photo? We introduce an application in this article, which can help you protect your property rights. The tool is named SignMyImage and it is developed by Advanced Photo Tools group.
SignMyImage provides insertion of an invisible watermark(text) to the photo – your sign. The sign is not visible at first sight, but the application can find it and read it. Read more »
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Iconic Britain Competition
Iconic Britain is a photographic competition that aims to find 100 images that define Britain. Powered by Microsoft Live Search, a new image sourcing network, you can win prizes both by submitting a photo and voting on other people’s entries, with Nikon Coolpix and D60 DSLR cameras on offer.
The Iconic Britain competition is open to residents of the United Kingdom, and it runs from 19th June to 14th August 2008. A panel of experts will choose the category winners and their favourite British icon. You can enter and vote in the contest at http://www.iconicbritain.com
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Motorola and Kodak Announces MOTOZINE™ ZN5
Motorola and Kodak announced MOTOZINE™ ZN5, a mobile device that combines a high-quality phone and camera experience. With a 5 megapixel camera, complete with Xenon flash and KODAK Imaging Technology, as well as Motorola’s CrystalTalk for superior call quality, ZN5 offers on-the-go consumers a device that is intuitive and ready to go when they are.
Simply slide open the lens cover and Motorola’s ModeShift technology shifts the ZN5 from call to capture. With one touch, users can view all their photos right from the home screen; no menus, no searching.
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Ray Flash: The Ring Flash Adapter Now Available
WATSONVILLE, CA, April 7, 2008 ExpoImaging Inc., developer of innovative camera accessories, including the ExpoDisc Digital White Balance Filter and the ExpoAperture2 Depth-of-Field Guide, today announced the U.S. availability of Ray Flash: The Ring Flash Adapter. Designed as a portable and lightweight adapter for a hot-shoe flash unit, the Ray Flash replicates the unique lighting effect produced by heavy, tethered, powered studio ring flash units.
The Ray Flash: Ring Flash Adapter is truly unique because it creates ring light lighting effects simply by attaching it to your existing hot shoe flash, said Erik Sowder, president of ExpoImaging, Inc. Lightweight and portable, the Ray Flash is the only product of its kind. Its a great accessory tool for your strobe because it enables the photographer to easily achieve a high fashion, studio portrait look while on location.
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