| FireWire 2.5 for Mac posted |
| Apple today posted FireWire 2.5, an updated collection of FireWire extensions for OS 9, FireWire-capable Macs. This is the same version of FireWire support that has been shipping with certain Macs for at least a month. |
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| Nikon announces Silent Wave 300mm f4 |
| Nikon today announced the AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4D IF-ED, a lighter, less-costly alternative to a 300mm f2.8 that should offer similar autofocus speed and image quality. |
| August 28, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| IBM 1GB Microdrive - first look |
| It's a hoot to stick a CompactFlash card into Nikon's D1, check the frame counter and see 746 frames remaining. With IBM's 1GB Microdrive, slated to ship in September, 746 frames is the number of JPEG Fine files the camera will initially estimate it can hold, though it will typically not fill up until about 1000 photos have been shot. |
| August 28, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Photoshop 6 to ship in "late September" |
| Adobe announced today that Photoshop 6, the latest upgrade to its powerhouse imaging application, will ship in "late September" at an upgrade price of US$199 for registered users of previous versions of Photoshop in the US or Canada, or US$609 for new purchasers. The program may be pre-ordered from Adobe's web site |
| August 28, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Digital Photography Review updates EOS D30 report |
| The EOS D30 report on Digital Photography Review has been updated to include 26 sample images shot with a pre-production camera, an overview (with screenshots) of the camera's included software, and many additional photos of the menus on the D30's LCD monitor. |
| August 27, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak to announce US$1300 film scanner at Seybold |
Kodak this week will announce the RFS 3600, a 35mm film scanner that features 3600 dpi maximum resolution, a dynamic range of 3.6, batch scanning capability and a list price of US$1300.
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| August 27, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak expands list of phones compatible with camera transmit function |
| Kodak has expanded the list of phones capable of transmitting photos from certain DCS cameras, including the DCS 520, DCS 620 and DCS 620x. Among the newly-added phones is the popular Nokia 7110, a GSM phone available in Europe and Asia. |
| August 27, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak drops DCS 560 and DCS 660 list price |
| Kodak last week dropped the list price of the 6 megapixel DCS 560 and DCS 660 cameras from US$24,995 to US$15,995. |
| August 27, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon announces 420EX |
| If you don't need the power of a 550EX for every strobe in a multiple strobe setup, and you're addicted to Canon's wireless flash triggering system, the Speedlite 420EX, announced yesterday, may be for you. |
| August 24, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| High ISO DCS 620x and D1 sample photos posted |
| (This article has been pulled from robgalbraith.com. The D1 sample photos it contained were shot with two D1 cameras afflicted with the diagonal pattern noise problem described here.)... |
| August 23, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Fuji announces availability of S1 Pro in US |
| Fuji yesterday announced the availability of the FinePix S1 Pro digital camera on US shores. A Fuji press release pegs the street price of the camera at under US$4000. |
| August 23, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| For the D1, it's a jungle out there |
| A total of 12 Nikon D1's, 28 EN-4 batteries, about 120 Lexar Media 160MB cards, 4 Powerbook G3 laptops and 4 VST 25GB FireWire hard drives are currently in the Malaysian rainforest, being used to shoot, edit and store photos of this year's installment of Eco-Challenge Sabah 2000, a grueling, team-based expedition race that got underway yesterday afternoon. |
| August 21, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Bibble 1.99a restores "Old CC Method" of colour correction |
| Bibble v1.99a for Windows cleans up some program errors resulting from the heady list of new features introduced in v1.99. Changes, according to author Eric Hyman, include: |
| August 20, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Bibble 1.99 for Windows adds FireWire support and more |
| Bibble v1.99 for Windows, posted early this morning, is the most significant advance in Eric Hyman's program for browsing, editing and batch processing the D1's .NEF RAW file format since v1.0 was released less than two months ago. Changes include basic FireWire support, batch processing of all image editing functions, background batch processing, numerous file renaming options, and even support for more than one batch processing sequence at a time on multiprocessor PC's. |
| August 19, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Lowepro introduces Pacsafe laptop theft deterrent |
| The Travel Safe 200, distributed by Lowepro for Pacsafe, is designed to make it significantly more difficult for a thief to make off with a stored Powerbook G3-size laptop. |
| August 19, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| CardShark is now DiskShark |
| The name of the card management system CardShark (profiled on this site July 3) has changed to DiskShark. |
| August 18, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Bert Hanashiro on the Canon EOS D30 |
| USA Today staffer Bert Hanashiro, a veteran digital photojournalist and daily DCS 520 shooter, spent some quality time earlier this week with a pre-production Canon EOS D30 at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. |
| August 17, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Digital Photojournalism Forums reach 500 registered members |
| The Digital Photojournalism Forums at this site surpassed the 500 registered member mark today. If you'd like to ask and answer questions posed by colleagues in the news photography business, register here. |
| August 17, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| D1 LCD cap and hood coming from Hoodman |
| Hoodman, maker of glare reduction hoods including the E2000 for laptops, is turning its attention to the Nikon D1. Next month, the company is planning to introduce two products for Nikon's flagship digital SLR: |
| August 17, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon Canada offers D1 service agreement |
| Canadian photojournalist Nick Didlick notes that Nikon Canada is now offering a service agreement for D1 owners, extending the warranty period on the camera for up to a total of three years, and at a price that should make it easy to swallow for both individual and newspaper purchasers of the camera. |
| August 16, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Mechanic 2.0r8 adds card ingest |
| Dennis Walker continues to add must-have features to Photo Mechanic Lite and Pro for Mac; in v2.0r8, which Sam Wolfe notes was released yesterday, workflows that include lots of copying of files get a break with the new Ingest Disk function. That's because Ingest Disk is designed to streamline and accelerate the process of copying images and sound files from one or more mounted camera cards to an internal hard drive or server. While Ingest Disk is still a work in progress, it already includes the following capabilities: |
| August 16, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Lexar Media goes public Tuesday |
| Lexar Media, maker of camera storage cards, is slated to go public tomorrow, August 15th. The share price was set today at US$8, with 6.5 million shares of common stock to go on sale at that price. The stock will trade on NASDAQ as LEXR.... |
| August 14, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| AFP uses wireless Ethernet for convention coverage |
| Dave Keiser notes that Apple recently posted a feature on Agence France-Presse's use of Airport, Apple's version of wireless Ethernet, to move photos from the floor of the Republican convention. Bob Pearson, AFP's chief photographer for North America, is interviewed about how the wire service handled the transmission of DCS 520, D2000 and D1 photos during last week's selection of George W. Bush as the Republican candidate for US president. |
| August 11, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon announces D1 battery charger for car |
| George Laing notes that Nikon has announced a DC-powered charger for the D1, F100 and E3/E3s battery packs. |
| August 10, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Reader tips: from "cleaning" cards to diffusing flash |
| I receive a steady diet of email tips from digital photojournalists who have come up with solutions to digital photography problems, or who are excited about new and future products. The messages range from the useful - where to locate FireWire extension cables - to the humourous - how one Norwegian photographer accidentally washed his Flash RAM card. Here's a sampling of some recent missives: |
| August 10, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Camera Muzzle keeps it quiet |
| The Camera Muzzle means never having to say you're sorry. |
| August 8, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| The Web awash in D30 and S1 Pro photos |
| Canon late last week took the wraps off their upcoming EOS D30 for Japanese reviewers, leading to a veritable feast of pre-production D30 full-resolution photos appearing on Japanese language web sites over the weekend. If S1 Pro photos are what you crave instead, Texan John Cowley has posted several frames from Fuji's digital SLR. Fire up your high-speed Internet connection, because here's a rundown of what's available for viewing and downloading: |
| August 7, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo transmission from Kodak cameras nearing release |
| If you downloaded firmware v3.2.3 recently, you already have one of the six items needed to transmit photos directly from your Kodak/Canon pro camera. Built into the latest revision of firmware for Kodak/Canon pro cameras is the programming stuff required for image transmission via a landline, GSM or CDMA digital mobile phone. |
| August 5, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Lightware Digital Backpack nearing release |
| Bert Hanashiro, editor of Sports Shooter, has arranged for readers of his email/web newsletter to purchase the Lightware Digital Backpack for US$275 plus shipping direct from the company. |
| August 4, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| MacBibble 0.999 posted |
| You can't get much closer to v1.0 than 0.999. |
| August 3, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| New digital photojournalism forums added |
| By popular demand, two new topic areas have been added to the Digital Photojournalism Forums at robgalbraith.com. |
| August 1, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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