2012 AOP Students Photo Competition
The Association of Photographers announced to the photography students that the deadline of AOP Students photo competition is fast approaching. The AOP Students Photo Competition is the photography competition that annually showcases the best images from the next generation of photographers. It consists of four different categories: Lifestyle & Portraiture, Fashion & Beauty, Landscape, Interiors & Exteriors and Still Life, that can be followed by students photography. The competition is open now to enter the submission until 27 January 2012. For more information please go to the Competition website or see the Terms and Conditions.

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Rollei Launched Two New Digital Picture Frames
Hamburg, January 2012. Rollei has launched Two New Digital Picture Frames, they are the Designline 5130 and Designline 5160. Both models allows users to show HD videos with excellent colour rendition, high contrast and precise reproduction of details. The Rollei Designline 5130 offers a resolution of 1280×800 pixels and adds functions such as a clock and a calendar including a remote control and features a 13.3” LED panel. While the Designline 5160 has a 15.6” display with 1366×768 pixels and offers an automatic slideshow function with background music and ten different transition effects. The frames will be available on march, Rollei Designline 5130 of €149.90 and the Rollei Designline 5160 with price tag of €199.90.

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Olympus Tough TG-320 Announced
Hamburg, 10 January 2012. Olympus has announced new compact cameras including the Olympus Tough TG-320 that offers Shockproof, waterproof and freezeproof with a worry-free guarantee in fantastic value for money. The camera has 14-Megapixel images sensor which lets you capture HD movies and still photos and equipped with a 28-102mm equivalent zoom lens and a hard glass lens barrier “for extra-tough lens protection”. In addition, the Olympus Tough TG-320 comes with an Underwater 3D mode that lets you capture 3D photo underwater or 720p movies that supported by sensor-shift image stabilisation, AF Tracking, Magic Filters, Face Detection and Shadow Adjustment technologies. The camera has a 2.7” scratch-resistant LCD screen and will be available in the mid-February 2012 for just €149.

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Sigma Announced Two New Lens
January 10, 2012. Sigma has announced two new lens for Micro Four Thirds (MFT) and Sony NEX system users. The lens are Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN and Sigma 19mm f/2.8 EX DN featuring a newly developed linear AF motor that moving the lens elements directly without the need for gears or the drive of other mechanical parts. The lens are comes with a Super Multi-Layer Coating which is able to reduce the flare and ghosting and provides sharp and high contrast images even at the maximum aperture. The price and and availability of these lens have yet to be announced.

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Olympus VG-170
Hamburg, 10 January 2012. Olympus has announced new compact cameras, the Olympus VG-170 is one of the camera that offers a 14-megapixel Olympus VG-170 boasts a 26-130mm equivalent lens and a powerful built-in flash. The camera has the best-in-class flash that able to light up faces and objects up to fully 15 metres away. In addition, the Olympus VG-170 has a 5x wide optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD and a host of automatic features and effects to ensure users get high quality photos and movie. The Olympus VG-170 is a camera that compact, convenient and fantastic value for money. It will be available in the middle of February with price of €99.

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Casio Released four new entry-level camera
Las Vegas, NV, January 9, 2012. Casio has released four entry-level digital compact cameras. They are the EX-ZS150, EX-ZS20, EX-ZS12, and EX-ZS6 which each camera offers a powerful zoom lenses and 16-megapixel sensors. Each camera also offers a dedicated buttons for the basic digital camera operations of capturing, reviewing, and deleting images. The EX-ZS150 comes with a 24mm wide-angle lens and a 12.5x optical zoom which ready to capture any kind of scene, while the EX-ZS20 comes with a 26mm wide-angle lens and a 6x optical zoom. In addition, the EX-ZS12 and EX-ZS6 has a 26mm wide-angle lens and a 5x optical zoom. The cameras will be available and ship in April with price from $119.99 to $229.99.

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General Imaging Launches Six New GE Cameras
LAS VEGAS, January 9, 2012. General Imaging has launched six new digital cameras at CES. The new cameras offers consumers CMOS technology, new bridge cameras and 1080p HD video recording. The cameras are GE X600 ($199.99) with 14.4-megapixel images sensor including 25x optical zoom and Full HD movie recording capabilities, GE X550 ($149.99) with 16-megapixel images sensor including a 15x zoom lens, optical image stabilisation and an electronic viewfinder. The GE G100 ($179.99) has 14-megapixel images sensor with a 28-420mm equivalent lens, optical image stabilisation and Full HD video recording, GE E1410SW ($159.99) offers 14 megapixels, 10X optical zoom, and Full HD movie recording, while the GE C1440 ($69.99) and GE J1458W ($79.99) has 14.1-megapixel images sensor with 4x optical zoom and 5x zoom.

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Casio Exilim EX-ZR200
Las Vegas, NV January 9, 2012 – Casio America, Inc. launches the new camera, it is the new EXILIM® EX-ZR200 compact digital camera. It brings new Rapid Shutter feature that make it easier than ever to capture beautiful pictures. The camera comes with a 24-300mm equivalent lens and multi-shot HDR technology which allows users to create an impressive artistic images. Additionally, the camera also offers an ability to record Full HD movies and has 3.0-inch TFT color LCD with high resolution of 460,800 dots which easy to compose and images viewing. The camera will be available an ship with price of $379.99 in April 2012.

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New Sigma APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
Ronkonkoma, NY, Jan. 9, 2012. Sigma Corporation is pleased to launches the new lens, it is the Sigma APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM. The lens is a macro lens that offers a magnification ratio of 1:1 with a large maximum aperture of F2.8. The lens also has Optical Stabilizer (OS) technology and a quiet “hypersonic” AF motor which support to get faster shutter speeds for narrow depth of field. Additionally, the Sigma APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM has three “F” Low Dispersion (FLD) glass elements which offers the same performance like fluorite glass including to avoid the color aberrations including an inner focusing system minimizes aberrations while the Super Multi-Layer Coating is able to reduce the flare and ghosting on the images. It allows you get sharp and high contrast images, even at the maximum aperture.

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Nikon Announces Nikon D4
London, UK, 6th January 2012. Nikon announces the new flagship D-SLR camera, it is a Nikon D4. This camera created for photographers who are looking for the ultimate digital SLR camera. It offers new levels of image quality, speed and precision to both still photography and video. The camera has a 16.2-megapixel FX-format sensor with EXPEED3 image processing engine, ISO 50-204,800, Full HD (1080p) movies, and 3.2-inch TFT LCD monitor with resolution up to 921k-dot. In addition, the camera equipped with new WT-5 Wireless Transmitter features HTTP and FTP connection modes for file transfer faster and easier than ever. The Nikon D4 will be available from 16th February 2012 with cost £4,799.99 / €5,658. For get detail information please go to the Nikon website.

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