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AlienSkin Exposure
AlienSkin has today released Exposure, an all-new plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop® and other compatible host programs which brings the look and feel of film to digital photography. Simulate the warmth and softness of real world film, both color and black and white. Reproduce realistic film grain, and simplify your digital photography workflow.
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Easy Way to Back up Your Photos
Carbonite offers an easy way to back up your photos for less than $2.50/month. Once you have installed the software, it will starts automatically and works quietly and continuously in the background.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA (PRWEB) - Customers who purchased any digital camera at Staples this holiday season (and for a limited time in early 2006) walked away with peace of mind from knowing that their cherished photos will never be lost. Each digital camera purchase will come with a copy of Staples’ exclusive Digital Photo Protection Kit which includes a free 6-month subscription to Carbonite’s PhotoBackup service , a $17.95 value.
Expect Sony DSLR in Summer 2006
Macworld reported that according to Yutaka Nakagawa, an executive vice president of Sony and president of its digital imaging business group, Sony first Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera will be available in the summer 2006 in Japan, and soon after in other markets. Moreover Yutaka Nakagawa is expecting Sony to achieve a market share of around 20% of the DSLR.
Criticism to Photographer in China
A photographer in China has got a lot of criticism after taking pictures of a man falling off a bicycle for Beijing Youth Daily. The photographer, Liu Tao was accused accused of lying in wait to take his pictures instead of warning people of the danger.
But Liu defended himself, saying: “I just knew that the city government has paved the pit, and without my pictures, the pit would not be noticed by the government, and there would perhaps be more people falling over.”
Konica Minolta Withdraw from Camera & Photo Business
Konica Minolta has today announced their withdrawal from the camera and photo business. All related assests will be transfered to Sony who will continue to develop digital SLR’s around the Konica Minolta lens mount.
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Camera Business and Photo Business
Konica Minolta has long been a leading company in photo imaging business covering wide range of imaging from input to output. In addition, we have provided inspiring products and services by fusing our unique technologies.
ZEISS Lenses are Available for Nikon F Mount
Carl Zeiss have announced a new range of interchangeable lenses for Nikon SLR cameras, both analog and digital. The first ZF lens will be the Planar T* 1,4/50 ZF, which, in its Contax RTS version. The second one will be Planar T* 1,4/85 ZF, which in its Contax RTS version became known as a great portrait lens. Both lenses will be available in Spring 2006
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Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC MACRO Lens
Sigma has announced the launch of Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC MACRO Lens, a specifically designed lens for digital SLR camera featuring APS-C size image sensor.
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Olympus E-series Lenses Firmware Update
Olympus has announced the release of the latest firmware for certain Olympus E-series lenses.
Firmware updates are resolve problems with the following lenses:
ZUIKO DIGITAL 40mm-150mm F3.5-4.5, Tele Converter EC-14 and Extension Tube EX-25
- Lens data has been corrected to fix problems occurring under certain circumstances when used with the E-300.
- Lenses with the EC-14 are sometimes not recognized when attached to the camera. This has been corrected.
- Lenses with the EX-25 are sometimes not recognized when attached to the camera. This has been corrected.
ZUIKO DIGITAL 50mm-200mm F2.8-3.5 and 14mm-54mm F2.8-3.5
- Improves exposure precision comparable to a full-open aperture setting.
ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 35-100mm F2.0 and 35mm F3.5 Macro
- The aperture operation is steadier.
Firmware Update Version 0A-1.2.3 for Vosonic VP6230/ VP6310 / VP6210 / VP6300
Vosonic has recently announced firmware update version 0A-1.2.3 for MODEL : VP6230/ VP6310 / VP6210 / VP6300
The update will:
- Add subtitle support in SRT format for video playback
- Add RAW support for Canon Digital Rebel XT, Canon EOS 5D, Minolta Maxxum 5D, FinePix
S3Pro, Nikon D50, Olympus E500, Pentax istD and istDL.
- Add RAW auto rotation according to Orientation in EXIF.
- Add BMP thumbnail preview.
- Add MJPEG decoder to support 640×480 at 30fps.
- Improve the compatibility for MS-PRO card
- Improve Nikon D2X RAW display.
Snap and Send Digital Camera
Stuart Calvey, a 22-year-old industrial design student at the University of NSW - Australia, has invented Snap+Send Postcard, which is actually a disposable digital camera, is so light and inexpensive it can be sent in the mail. The Digital Postcards will have built-in flat screens that can play a slide show of photos taken by the sender.
Stuart Calvey with his Snap+Send Postcard
Calvey predicts that his invention will be so popular with tourists and backpackers. “You would buy it at a newsagent or photo developer, take a few shots and, once it’s full, you stick a stamp on it, address it and put it in the postbox,” Calvey says.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
