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 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 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 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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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 »

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

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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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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Adobe has recently launched the Photoshop Express site where members can upload their images and then edit them online. Many features such as Adobe’s simplified set of point-and-click controls for red-eye removal, cropping, exposure, saturation and other functions are available from the site. Users can also group images into Web albums and post them to popular social networking sites.

PRESS RELEASE: Free Online Software Brings Adobe Photoshop Technology to Anyone Taking Digital Photos

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The Photography.Book.Now International Salon and Symposium seeks entries for a new photography book competition celebrating self-published photography books and the photographers behind them. The grand prize award is $25,000 to finish – or start – a photography project of the winner’s choice.

World-renowned photographer and photography book expert Darius Himes will lead a panel of editors, publishers, curators, and photographers who will jury the Photography.Book.Now competition. Photographers are invited to submit their most creative, most innovative, and finest self-published photography books.

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