Microsoft Formally Announces HD Photo
Microsoft has formally announced HD Photo at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) 07 International Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas. The Microsoft HD photo (formerly called Windows Media Photo) offers up to twice the efficency of the JPEG but with the same high quality images.
The comparison above shows how well JPEG, JPEG 2000 and Microsoft’s HD Photo compress the upper-left image. The more colors that show, the more the compressed version varies from the original–so a perfect job would be completely black. Each compressed image is one-eighth the file size of the original.
- HD Photo Feature Specification 1.0
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Kodak Announces Four New EasyShare Models
Kodak has announced four new model of its EasyShare range of digital cameras;
The Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS combines an impressive 12X optical zoom lens (36-432 mm equivalent SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH VARIOGON) with optical image stabilization, delivering superior performance to aspiring photographers. The 7.1 megapixel camera boasts best-in-class click-to-capture performance (0.26 sec.) with superb picture quality at an affordable price, making it a solid alternative to digital SLRs. Available in April, the KODAK EASYSHARE Z712 IS Zoom Digital Camera will retail for US $299.95 (MSRP).
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Archos Announces 704-WiFi Portable Media Player
ARCHOS has recently announced the ARCHOS 704-WiFi Portable Media Player With Exclusive 7-Inch Touch Screen and Wireless Internet Capabilities. The ARCHOS 704-WiFi Features the Highest Resolution Display of Any Portable Video Player, Support for New Online Video Download Stores, and Ability to Play Content From the PC Onto the TV
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7
Last Update: Review & Sample Photos @ CamerasUK (added on 01.03.07)
Panasonic has announced their latest 6.0 Megapixel SLR-like digital camera (23.01.06) named the Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ7. The Lumix DMC FZ7 is an update of the existing DMC-FZ5 model with increased resolution, featuring 12x optical zoom (36=432mm equivalent) lens with image stabilisation and 2.5″ LCD Screen. The camera will be available in March 2006 for US$399
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Fotonation World’s First Red-Eye Technology for Camera Phone
FotoNation Fixes Red-Eye Directly in the Camera Phone – No Software Re-Touching Needed
February 13, 2007, Galway, Ireland — FotoNation (www.fotonation.com), a world-leading imaging and connectivity solutions company for the digital photography industry, announced today the world’s first red-eye technology for cameras phones, the FotoNation award-winning Red-Eye Correction Technology. A highly portable software implementation, FotoNation’s Red-Eye Correction Technology is directly embedded in the camera phone so consumers can automatically take perfect red-eye free photos from their camera phone every time, with no software re-touching needed.
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HP Photosmart Pro B9180
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The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 is a professional photo printer which offers vivid color and user-friendly controls for gallery-quality, durable photos and prints on a wide range of papers up to B+ size prints. Other features including Photo Pigment 8 color IIT, 4800-optimized dpi, 3.5 x 5-inch up to 13 x 19-inch prints with or without borders and it supports Adobe RGB and sRGB. The printer is measuring in at 23.50″ x 26.50″ x 9.50″ with a MSRP of $799
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Canon Virtual Lens Plant
Interested to see how Canon lenses are made? You might want to visit the Canon Virtual Lens Plant, a new section to Canon Camera Museum website that demonstrates how lenses are made and explains some of the underlying technologies used in lens design. The website contains graphics and video clips that illustrate the production processes used in lens manufacture.
Warning: This is a heavy website, you will require high-speed Internet connections such as ADSL, optical cable or CATV plus Adobe Flash Player version 8 or later.
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Adobe Releases Camera Raw 3.7
Adobe has released the Camera Raw 3.7 update for both Mac and Windows. This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original Camera Raw plug-in that was installed with Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or 4.0 software.
Support for the following cameras has been added in this update;
Nikon D40 and Pentax K10D
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PANTERASoft Announces Flash File Recovery 2.1
Flash File Recovery is an application that capable of salvaging pictures from damaged or corrupted flash drives (including camera’s built-in memory) and memory sticks.
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Creating Comic Strips from Your Digital Photos
Do you want to tell story to your family/friends by showing a comic strips from your digital photos? Thanks to Comeeko, now you can do it easily with their online comic editing software. Comeeko lets you take your photos and put them into our photo strips.
Your photos can be uploaded or imported from Flickr, and you can then add speech bubbles, captions and more. The comic strips can also be rated, emailed, commented on and downloaded.
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