| Kodak posts DIGITAL GEM Professional noise reduction plug-in |
| Kodak's Austin Development Center has released the DIGITAL GEM Professional Plug-In for Photoshop 5.0 or later on Windows or Mac. Like the standard DIGITAL GEM Plug-In, the professional version reduces noise and grain in digital images.
New features for the professional version include an additional grain suppression algorithm, a "Noise Preview... |
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| Lexar 80X, Kingston Elite Pro, Transcend 60X added to CF Database |
| The CompactFlash Performance Database has been updated to included in-camera write speed and card-to-computer transfer rate data for Lexar Pro Series 80X and Kingston Elite Pro CompactFlash cards, as well as SD cards from Transcend and Kingston. Prospective purchasers of Lexar 80X cards in particular will want to read the section in this article entitled Some Lexar 80X are More Equal Than Others. |
| July 29, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Phase One releases C1 LE version for Mac, updates PRO, SE to v3.5.1 |
| Phase One this week has released a version of its C1 browsing and RAW file processing software that had previously been available only on Windows.
C1 LE v3.5.1 for Mac is available as a trial version now, with online purchasing for US$99 slated to commence the first week of August 2004.... |
| July 29, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Mac OS X beta driver for Delkin Cardbus 32 adapter updated |
| Delkin today has released a near-final version of the Mac OS X driver for the CardBus 32 Adapter for CompactFlash.
In a quick examination here, the new version, 1.0b5, appears to allow hot-swapping of the high-speed CompactFlash-to-PC Card adapter (though it may take several seconds for the card icon to appear on the... |
| July 28, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| DPReview: New details on Fujifilm S3 Pro |
| Digital Photography Review has published a press release from Fujifilm that reveals additional information about the upcoming S3 Pro digital SLR, which is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 2004.
The press release says that the S3 Pro will have several "film simulation modes", which will attempt to replicate... |
| July 28, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Olympus updates E-1 firmware to v1.3 |
| Olympus has released v1.3 of the firmware for the E-1. It corrects a communication error that could occur when an E-1 body was being controlled via the Olympus Studio software. Firmware upgrades for the E-1 are accomplished using the "Update Software" command in either Olympus Studio or Olympus Viewer.... |
| July 27, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| New York Times: authenticating digital photos |
| The New York Times reports on the broad issue of authenticating digital photographs, as well as efforts by researchers at Dartmouth College to develop methods for verifying whether a digital image has ever been altered.
The article also describes research at SUNY Binghamton that has shown that digital cameras leave... |
| July 26, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Idruna updates Pocket Phojo to v2.6 |
| Idruna Software has released version 2.6 of Pocket Phojo, a photo organization/editing/transmission application for Pocket PC devices that's designed for photojournalists.
Among the new features in v2.6 are support for recently introduced PDAs such as the Toshiba E800 and the new iPaqs, a file size estimator for the JPEG save dialog... |
| July 26, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Ars Technica: Review of Apple Airport Express |
| The Ars Technica web site has posted a review of the Airport Express, Apple's mini WiFi base station/WiFi bridge/digital audio streamer/print server.... |
| July 23, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Caribbean Click II sets sail with me, Kevin Gilbert on board |
| The average high temperature in Calgary, Canada in January is -3.6°C (26°F), with cold snaps that see that number plummet to -20°C (-4°F) or cooler. This is where I live. By comparison, the average high temperature in St.Thomas (in the US Virgin Islands) for the same month is 25°C (77°F). These weather facts were all the convincing I needed to join Kevin Gilbert on the instructor staff of Caribbean Click II, a digital photography education cruise aboard Cunard's Queen Mary 2 to San Juan, St. Thomas and Philipsburg, St. Maarten from January 22-29, 2005. |
| July 23, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| PhotographyBlog: Epson Stylus Photo R800 review |
| PhotographyBlog has published a review of the Epson Stylus Photo R800, which uses seven UltraChrome Hi-Gloss pigment inks. PhotographyBlog confirms Epson's claims that the R800 doesn't suffer from the "bronzing" problem that occurred with UltraChrome inks on glossy paper with the Stylus Photo 2100/2200 printers.... |
| July 22, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Planet Photoshop: Portrait toning adjustments |
| Planet Photoshop has posted a short tutorial on using Photoshop's brush tool to even out tonal irregularities in portraits. (Scroll a short way down the site's home page to find the article.)... |
| July 22, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak ProPass v6, 2004: SLR/n portrait tips |
| The Volume 6, 2004 issue of Kodak's ProPass magazine has been posted. It includes a set of tips for shooting with the DCS Pro SLR/n from portrait pro Carl Caylor.
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| July 22, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Digital Photography Workflow Handbook reduced in price |
| Bettina and Uwe Steinmueller's 360-page Digital Photography Workflow Handbook has been reduced in price.
The e-book normally sells for US$35 direct from the Digital Outback Photo web site. Until August 31, 2004, the price has been lowered to US$25.... |
| July 21, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Real World Camera Raw now shipping |
| Bruce Fraser's Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS, a 256-page book on the raw file format plug-in that's part of the latest release of Photoshop, was published earlier this month.
A quick scan of online booksellers in the US shows the book to be readily available.... |
| July 21, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters: AT&T launches 3G cell data network this week |
| Reuters reports that AT&T Wireless will launch a 3G -- i.e. high-speed -- Internet access service for cell phones in four U.S. cities this week. The network will roll out in San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix and Detroit, and AT&T Wireless will charge consumers about $25 per month for all-you-can-use service, according to the... |
| July 20, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Sigma announces 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC "digital" lens |
| Sigma has announced the 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC lens, a reduced image circle optic made specifically for digital SLR cameras with APS-sized sensors. Sigma's announcement does not give pricing or availability information.... |
| July 20, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| D2H firmware update tweaks autofocus, auto white balance and more |
| Nikon today has released a user-installable firmware update for the D2H that improves autofocus and auto white balance, adds support for the EXIF 2.2.1/DCF 2.0 specification, enables the ability to customize file naming in the camera and more. |
| July 19, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Leica Foto. Int.: Digital Modul R progress report |
| The May issue of Leica Fotografie International had an amusingly Leica-philic but nevertheless interesting article on the testing and development progress of the Digital Modul R, the 10-megapixel interchangeable digital back that will fit Leica's R8 and R9 35mm film SLR cameras. Imacon is developing the Digital Modul R for Leica using... |
| July 19, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| E&P News Photo of Year Contest |
| August 20, 2004 is the deadline for entries in Editor & Publisher Magazine's fifth annual Newspaper Photos of the Year contest. Images published in newspapers or on newspaper web sites after October 1, 2003 are eligible. The entry form does not make clear if the contest is limited to images published... |
| July 19, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Photographer Al Bello's swim trials photos worth a look |
| On the Sports Shooter web site, Getty Images' Al Bello has posted a wonderful collection of the photos he captured at this month's US Olympic Team Trials in swimming.
Bello shot above the water with Canon EOS-1D Mark II cameras and a range of lenses, including the EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye, EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM and EF 70-200mm... |
| July 16, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| PDN: Reuters set for U.S. hiring spree |
| PDNOnline reports that Reuters has plans to hire roughly 15 new staff photographers and two photo editors in the U.S. over the next several months to expand the wire service's coverage in certain U.S. regions. The cities of Denver, Chicago, and San Francisco are specifically mentioned.... |
| July 16, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Noise Ninja 2.0 hits the streets |
| Noise Ninja 2.0 for Mac OS X and Windows has been officially released. |
| July 15, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| PBS NewsHour: Saving the Bettman Archive |
| The U.S. Public Broadcasting Corporation's NewsHour Online has posted a fascinating video report (with a text transcription) about the Corbis/Bettman Film Preservation Facility. The preservation operation is housed in the Iron Mountain National Underground Storage Facility, an old limestone mine in western Pennsylvania. Corbis has built what will become an enormous... |
| July 15, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Software Cinema's low-cost Photoshop Training Camp |
| Software Cinema will be conducting a video training seminar called The Photoshop Training Camp in more than 100 U.S. cities this year. The curriculum of the nearly full-day seminar looks to be aimed mainly at portrait and commercial pros. Seminars in fourteen cities are already scheduled with more to come, and... |
| July 14, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| SmartDisk ships FireFly, tiny 20GB portable HD |
| SmartDisk has recently begun shipping the FireFly, a 20GB USB2.0 hard drive that's about the size of a deck of playing cards, according to the company. The FireFly is bus-powered and weighs only 3.3 ounces. For U.S. customers, it's available directly from the SmartDisk web site for US$189.99.... |
| July 14, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| FlashSlider 3.0 creates Flash-format slide shows |
| FeatherySoft today has released FlashSlider 3.0 for Windows, a US$29 (€23) program for creating slide shows in Flash (.swf) movie format, complete with transition effects.
Version 3.0 adds the ability to incorporate a preloader screen into a show.
A trial version, which is limited to creating flash movies at 24 fps until the program... |
| July 14, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Noise Ninja 2.0 release candidate posted |
| PictureCode Noise Ninja 2.0, software for Windows and Mac OS X that excels at the removing of noise from digital camera photos, is just about done.
Two new beta versions have been posted recently; beta 9c, released on July 11, 2004, will emerge as the 2.0 final version if no significant bugs are... |
| July 13, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Imacon dealer publishes rebuttal to Luminous Landscape's Phase One P25 review |
| Here's something you don't see every day:
Dean Rowan, owner of Headshots Rentals (a pro-focused photo retailer and Imacon digital back dealer) in Toronto, Canada, has posted a rebuttal to a review of the Phase One P25 digital back published recently by Luminous Landscape.... |
| July 12, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Rangefinder July: Photoshop color tricks, digital acceptance |
| The web edition of Rangefinder magazine's July issue includes a how-to outlining various Photoshop color effects (of interest mainly to portrait photographers) and a column by John Rettie in which he discusses the perception of digital camera file quality among agencies and photo buyers. Rettie also reviews the Canon EOS-1D... |
| July 12, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Bogen debuts Manfrotto NeoTec Pro Photo Tripod |
| Bogen Imaging recently announced the Manfrotto NeoTec Pro Photo Tripod (cat #458B). The word NeoTec refers to the tripod's new leg lock mechanism, which does not use knobs or levers; you just pull the tripod leg out to the desired length and it locks in place automatically, according to Bogen.... |
| July 12, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| DxO Optics Pro 1.1 released; EOS-1Ds now supported |
| DO Labs today has released both a new version of its DxO Optics Pro software as well as camera and lens modules for the Canon EOS-1Ds. |
| July 12, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Lexar 80X and the CompactFlash Performance Database |
| Thanks to all who've inquired about whether we intend to update the CompactFlash Performance Database to include Lexar's line of Pro Series 80X CompactFlash cards. The answer is yes. We're currently waiting on several capacities of 80X cards from Lexar; once those are in-house, testing will commence immediately and the data published shortly thereafter. We can't give a firm publication date at this time. |
| July 10, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Digital Journalist: Peter Turnley's photo essays for Harper's |
| An article in the recently posted July 2004 issue of The Digital Journalist says that photojournalist Peter Turnley has been named a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine, which will publish four eight-page photo essays by Turnley over the next year. The first essay will appear in the magazine's August issue.
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| July 9, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| ColorEyes update improves highlight handling |
| Integrated Color Corporation ColorEyes, software for creating profiles for digital cameras, has been updated to v2.2.
The new release improves the way highlights are handled by a ColorEyes-generated profile, says Integrated Color Corporation's Jack Bingham:
"The way highlights are mapped above the 92 L* of the target has changed. The software was mapping highlights... |
| July 8, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Manfrotto clamp eases placement of portable strobes |
| If your lighting setups often involve placing small, shoe-mount strobes in and around the scene, the Manfrotto Spring Clamp 175F may be for you. |
| July 8, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple: Using WDS in Airport Extreme, Express to extend wireless network |
| Apple has posted a helpful page describing how to enable the range-extending wireless distribution system (WDS) features of its Airport Extreme and Airport Express 802.11b/g base stations.... |
| July 8, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Desk 4.1.1, Camera Manager 4.0 released |
| Kodak this week has released DCS Photo Desk 4.1.1 (following quickly on the heels of v4.1) and DCS Camera Manager 4.0 for Mac and Windows.
Both applications are free downloads from Kodak's web site (registration required).... |
| July 8, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Dyna-Lite XP1100 provides AC power on location |
| Dyna-Lite's XP1100 is an 1100-watt pure sine wave AC inverter designed to drive even high-powered lighting gear when working on location away from AC power. |
| July 8, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Information on lighting sports with strobes at arenastrobes.com |
| Patrick Murphy-Racey's arenastrobes.com web site contains a wealth of information on the use of Elinchrom, Dyna-lite and JTL Mobilight strobes to light gymnasiums and other venues for the shooting of sports.... |
| July 8, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| TrustedReviews: Review of the Viewsonic VP2290b 22-inch, 3840 x 2400-pixel LCD display |
| TrustedReviews has posted a review of the Viewsonic VP2290b, a 22-inch LCD monitor capable of displaying 3840 x 2400 pixels. An image from a 6-megapixel digital camera at 100% magnification would fit easily within those dimensions. Compared to other LCD monitors, the VP2290b "quite frankly puts everything we’ve seen so... |
| July 7, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon Pro Views: profiles PJs Addario and Lyttle, McNally on i-TTL |
| Pro Views, an online magazine from Nikon Professional Services, is currently featuring a profile of South Florida Sun-Sentinel staff shooter Melissa Lyttle who won the Sports Shooter newsletter's Picture of the Year award. There's also a short profile of Corbis photographer Lynsey Addario, and Joe McNally gives a brief rundown... |
| July 7, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| CPS support info for Athens Olympics |
| Canon Professional Services Europe has published preliminary information about the CPS setup in Athens, including location and hours of operation.
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| July 6, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| CPS Europe newsletter Issue 7 posted |
| Canon Professional Services Europe has published Issue 7 of its online newsletter. It includes profiles of photojournalist/sports photographer John McDermott, snowboarding shooter Richard Walch, and Olympic-speed-skater-turned-pro-photographer Monique Velzeboer. There's also an article on assigning and converting color profiles in Photoshop and an introduction to Canon's new Digital Photo Professional software.... |
| July 6, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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| NikonNet's July Legend Behind the Lens is Doug Menuez |
| One-time photojournalist turned commercial photographer Doug Menuez is NikonNet's Legend Behind the Lens for July. His online portfolio, though a bit Flash-heavy, has a lot of really nice work.... |
| July 2, 2004 | FULL STORY |
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