| Nikon announces Coolpix 995, 775 |
| Nikon today announced two new amateur digital cameras, including a replacement for the venerable Coolpix 990. The Coolpix 995 features a 3.34MP CCD, 4x optical zoom, pop-up flash and CompactFlash I/II compatibility. It is to ship in June at a US list price of US$900. |
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| Photos from early Nikon D1X cameras posted |
| Digital Photography Review notes that dozens of images shot with early Nikon D1X cameras have been posted on Japanese web sites. Surf over to the site for links to the photos and a brief analysis of the image quality. Note that access to the myalbum.ne.jp site on which some of... |
| April 20, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Version 3.6.1 software for D30 re-posted |
| Canon has reposted the v3.6.1 (v3.6.0 for Windows ME) software release for Mac and Windows. Included in the Windows packages is RAW Image Converter, a utility that enables D30 RAW .CRW files to be converted to finished files right from Windows Explorer.... |
| April 20, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon selects E-sim |
| Nikon has selected e-Sim to produce interactive LiveManuals... |
| April 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon Scan released |
| MacNN notes the release of Nikon Scan 3.0 for the LS 4000 ED, LS 40 ED, LS-2000 and LS-30 scanners on Nikon Europe's web site.... |
| April 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Vicomsoft updates FTP |
| Vicomsoft FTP Client v3.1.5 is a maintenance update to the Mac FTP client application.... |
| April 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Lizardtech to acquire Genuine Fractals |
| Lizardtech, Seattle-based producer of image compression and scaling software, have announced their intention to acquire Altamira's Genuine Fractal's product line and associated intellectual property and trademarks. The deal is expected to be completed by June 30th. A press release provides additional details.... |
| April 12, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon D30 software update pulled |
| The version 3.6.1 release of software for the Canon EOS D30 (and other Canon digital models) posted late last week has been pulled temporarily from Canon USA's web site. |
| April 10, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| DCS 760 list price: US$7995; street price: US$7000 |
| Kodak today pegged the list price of the upcoming DCS 760 digital SLR camera at US$7995. |
| April 9, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| New forums, moderators and rules |
| The last couple of weeks has brought a steady stream of changes in the robgalbraith.com forums. These changes include the addition of new forum topics, the appointing of a full-time moderator and new rules that govern the posting of messages. |
| April 9, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| QImage offers improvements |
| QImage Pro 2001 v1.3 is said to improve the program's fine detail rendering capabilities when processing Nikon D1 RAW .NEF files.... |
| April 8, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Private tutorials offered |
| Ben Lifson, whose career teaching photography spans 5 decades, is now offering "private tutorials of individual students via the Internet, through a review of pictures presented online and real time messaging discussions of those pictures." For more information, see Lifson's web site.... |
| April 8, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| FotoStation offers free update |
| Billy Suratt notes that FotoStation 4 Build 110 for Mac and Windows is available as a free update for previous owners of FotoStation 4. The update fixes numerous bugs. To download the update, follow the "online support and add-ons" link from the main page of the FotoStation 4.0 web site.... |
| April 8, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon updates D30 software |
| Canon has updated some of the software components for the Canon EOS D30 for both Mac and Windows, and has also introduced a new Windows-only application, called RAW Image Converter 1.0.1, that processes D30 RAW .CRW files into finished files from within Windows Explorer. In the Canon EOS D30 area of the Digital Photojournalism Forums at this site, Windows users are reporting significantly shorter RAW file processing times also (attributed in some cases to the unchecking of "false color filter" in TWAIN preferences). Mac users will see modest speed gains by unchecking "false color filter" also. Digital Photography Review has additional information in an article comparing different D30 RAW processing options for Windows users. |
| April 8, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Real World's Photoshop 6 released |
| Real World Photoshop 6 by David Blatner and Bruce Fraser, the most anticipated (by me!) book on the latest release of Photoshop, is hitting book shops now. Amazon.com is selling it for US$40 + shipping.... |
| April 8, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Eismann writes restoration bbok |
| Photoshop guru Katrin Eismann's latest tome Photoshop Restoration and Retouching is aimed primarily at those who retouch old and/or damaged photographs, but includes extensive information on tone and colour correction also. Amazon.com is selling it for US$50 + shipping.... |
| April 8, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Converting to black and white |
| Digital Outback Photo looks at converting images from colour to black and white using Photoshop's Channel Mixer.... |
| April 8, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Hoffman finds FireWire card for Mac |
| Reed Hoffmann found the Newer Technology FireWire 2 Go FireWire PC Card for Mac at Outpost.com for US$35. Note that Newer shut down operations last year.... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Long reviews Nik |
| Ben Long reviews Nik Sharpener Pro, while Bruce Fraser explains rendering intents in colour management, at creativepro.com.... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Epson announces Stylus 10000 |
| Epson has announced the Stylus Pro 10000, a 6-colour, 1440 x 720 dpi inkjet printer capable of 44 inch wide prints. It is to ship in June for about US$10,000.... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Bibble for Windows supports D30 |
| Bibble 2.5 for Windows adds support for the Canon EOS D30's RAW file format, including exposure error correction. Author Eric Hyman has eschewed Canon's SDK and instead developed his own methods for decompressing and processing the camera's RAW data into finished files. The result, among other differences, is dramatically faster... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Silverfast software updated |
| Lasersoft has released Silverfast Ai 5.2.0 for Mac and Windows, an update to their scanning software that drives many popular film and flatbed scanners. See the v5.x Mac updates and v5.x Windows updates pages to determine if the version for your scanner has been updated.... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| LeForet reviews Ricochet |
| New York Times staffer Vincent LaForet looks at Ricochet wireless service in the latest issue of Sport Shooter.... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Vicomsoft eases upload |
| The US$30 Vicomsoft FTP Client 3.1.4 for Mac includes the ability to create three types of auto-upload droplets to ease the uploading of, among other things, JPEG photos to a newspaper or wire service FTP server. FTP Client has long been one of my favourite Mac FTP applications; the new... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Wireless devices reviewed |
| PC Magazine recently reviewed 33 wireless data devices available in the US. A separate article discusses the race to provide high-speed Internet access in commercial aircraft.... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| State of wireless discussed |
| ZDNet News features three articles related to the rollout of high-speed wireless data services in the years to come, including the much-hyped 3G: |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Wireless security flawed |
| Dave Lazarowych notes a New York Times article discussing security flaws in the 802.11 wireless standard that drives Apple's Airport and other popular wireless Ethernet systems.... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon digital contest opens |
| The Canon Digital Creators Contest 2001 "is open to next-generation creators who are pioneering new image expressions through their command of digital technology. A total of about US$130,000 in prize money is up for grabs in four different categories.... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak offers printer trade-ins |
| US owners of Kodak 8600, 8400 PS, 8650 or PS 8657 color printers can trade in their printer for an 8660 or 8670 PS and receive US$1250 towards the purchase under Kodak's "Trade Up the Heat" program. The trade-in program runs until October 31, 2001.... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| TidBITS offers help |
| This week's TidBITs includes a detailed article on installing Mac OS X.... |
| April 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Multipic to be released this month |
| Photojournalists and picture editors on the Windows platform may wish to check out Nancarrow Software's Multipic v1.0.23, a new image browser marketed by former Reuters photo boss Pat Benic. Multipic for Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT 4.0 forms the nucleus of a suite of image editing and transmission applications designed specifically for wire service and newspaper picture desk use. |
| April 3, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Adobe ships Photoshop Elements 1.0 |
| Adobe today released the US$99 Photoshop Elements 1.0 for Mac and Windows. Elements is a consumer version of Photoshop 6 that, unlike the earlier Photoshop LE, has just enough features to stand in for Photoshop itself in certain pro applications, but at a fraction of the price. |
| April 2, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Last printing of DigiGuide 4th Edition now at dealers |
| Photojournalists and picture editors on the Windows platform may wish to check out Nancarrow Software's Multipic v1.0.23, a new image browser marketed by former Reuters photo boss Pat Benic. Multipic for Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT 4.0 forms the nucleus of a suite of image editing and transmission applications designed specifically for wire service and newspaper picture desk use. |
| April 1, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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