Canon Freezes Development of Film Cameras
CNET have reported that Canon Japan would halt development of new film cameras to focus resources on digital models caused by a huge drop from both compact and SLR film cameras market.
“A spokesman at Canon, the world’s largest maker of digital cameras, said it made the decision to freeze development of both compact and single-lens reflex film models because the markets for both are shrinking. Canon said it would continue to produce and sell existing models and make a final judgment on the business in the future while monitoring market demand.”
Source: CNET
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Photobloggies 2006 Awards Winners
Photobloggies has announced the winners and runners up for the 2006 Awards. The Photobloggies is an annual award ceremony celebrating photoblogging around the world which has been organized by Brandon Stone, Jake Dobkin, and Rannie Turingan since 2005.
So, the winners of Photobloggies 2006 Awards are…
Photoblog of the Year: http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/
Photo of the Year: http://www.slower.net//entries/000857.php
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Toshiba Launches 2GB miniSD Memory Card
PRESS RELEASE
TOKYO – Toshiba Corporation today announced an expanded line-up of large capacity miniSD memory cards with the introduction of a 2GB capacity card. The new Toshiba-branded miniSD will be launched in the world market in mid June 2006. The miniSD card is much smaller than a standard SD memory card but delivers increasingly large capacity. Its primary application is in mobile devices with miniSD slots, but it can also be used in standard SD slots with an adapter.
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DCMag.UK Powerful Portraits Winners
Digital Camera magazine UK have announced the winners of Photographer of The Year 2006 competition category: Powerful Portraits.
Please click on the image above to find out more..
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FotoNation Is Awarded Patent For Red-Eye Correction
PRESS RELEASE: Latest in a Series of Patents Recognizing FotoNation’s Innovative Digital Imaging Technologies
May 19, 2006, Galway, Ireland – FotoNation, Inc. ( http://www.fotonation.com/ ), one of the world’s leading award-winning imaging and connectivity solutions companies for the digital photography industry, announced today that it has been awarded a patent for Red-Eye detection and correction.
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Download Kodak EasyShare Version 6.0
Kodak have recently released the latest version their EasyShare software. The Kodak EasyShare Version 6.0 will have the following features;
– Full view with quick navigation bar
– UI personalization
– Streamlined thumbnail view
– Dynamic icons
– Embedded video viewing
– Picture CD tab
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Nikon D200 Wins Camera Grand Prix 2006 Award
PRESS RELEASE
TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that the D200 Digital SLR Camera has been selected by Japan’s Camera Press Club to receive the Camera Grand Prix 2006 award. The Camera Grand Prix is the Japanese photo industry’s most prestigious award for a camera. It is determined by a panel of 49 (in 2006) respected photographers, scholars and technical writers in the field of photography, as well as chief editors and magazine representatives of each of the 12 magazines that comprise the Camera Press Club. A total of 149 cameras – all released between April 2005 and March 2006 – were nominated for the Camera Grand Prix award 2006. The Nikon D200 was chosen as the most outstanding camera from among these nominees to receive the Camera Grand Prix award.
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PhotoStamps Joins Adobe Photoshop Services
Stamps.com Press Release
LOS ANGELES, May 17 – PRNewswire-FirstCall—Stamps.com (Nasdaq:STMP), a leading provider of Internet-based postage services, today announced the availability of PhotoStamps(R) from within Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) CS2, Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Album Starter Edition software. The launch of PhotoStamps for Business, also announced today, will now allow users of the Photoshop family of products to easily design and use PhotoStamps to create awareness for their products or services, to build their brand, or for other commercial uses.
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Da Vinci Code Locations Photo Gallery
Webshots have a new editor’s photo collection from the locations of the long-awaited movie blockbuster The Da Vinci Code which opens around the globe today. Visitors will be able to explore hundreds of the famous landmarks and locations from Westminster Abbey to the Louvre’s Mona Lisa.
Please click on the image above to visit Webshots Editor’s Locations of the Da Vinci Code collection.
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Adobe Photoshop 9.0.1 (CS2) Update
Adobe has recently released the Adobe Photoshop 9.0.1 update. The new update software will fix the following problems;
• Photoshop no longer hangs for several seconds when using painting tools with quick strokes.
• A runtime error that could appear when mousing over a high-res document with the Brush tool has been fixed.
• Documents containing a large number of text layers now open more quickly.
• Problems related to palettes (slow redraw, palettes go white, possible crash) have been addressed.
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