| Matsushita (Panasonic) to enter digital SLR market |
| A story on the Nikkei Electronics Asia web site says that Matsushita, the company behind the Panasonic brand name, has announced plans to ship interchangeable-lens digital SLR cameras in 2006. The cameras will comply with the Four-Thirds lensmount/sensor standard used by Olympus in the E-1 and E-300.The story implies that Matsushita will... |
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| Nikon confirms D50 coming soon; D70s may also be on the way |
| Macworld.com has published a story today in which a spokesman for Nikon Corp. in Japan confirms that a new Nikon digital SLR called the D50 will be released soon.In another case of a company posting confidential information to the Internet in what it says was an error, Nikon uploaded the... |
| March 31, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Scotsman: Nikon to focus on profitable digital SLR market |
| The Scotsman reports that "Nikon will bolster profit margins at its digital camera division by focusing attention on top-end (digital SLRs)."... |
| March 30, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Adobe, ASMP team-up on pro photographer directory |
| Adobe Systems has announced that it will be including a feature in its "creative professional products" that will allow designers looking to hire professional photographers to search for them from within Adobe applications. Known as the Adobe Photographers Directory, this list of professional shooters will be searchable by geographic location... |
| March 30, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Craig Minielly posts i-TTL location multi-flash samples from D2X |
| Photographer Craig Minielly has posted a small gallery of sample shots that were made using a D2X and as many as four SB-800 Nikon flashes controlled with Nikon's i-TTL Advanced Wireless Lighting system.Minielly offers some comments on the lighting setups and the D2X in captions next to the images, as... |
| March 30, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon updates firmware for EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1Ds Mark II |
| Canon's BeBit web site has posted firmware v1.2.1 for the EOS-1D Mark II and firmware v1.1.1 for the EOS-1Ds Mark II. |
| March 29, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| CNET News.com: Photoshop CS2 update set for May |
| CNET News.com has a report on the premature publication of an Adobe press release announcing Photoshop CS2, the first major update to the application since September, 2003.The press release is dated April 4, but it appeared briefly over the weekend on Adobe's web site where it was found and cached... |
| March 28, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| DOP: Hardware monitor calibration tool roundup |
| Digital Outback Photo has published a review by Ethan Hansen of 10 monitor calibration hardware/software packages.The calibration tools include products from Monaco, GretagMacbeth, ColorVision, LaCie, Integrated Color (ColorEyes Display) and Sony. They were tested on four different LCD displays and three separate CRT monitors.... |
| March 28, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/350D, Nikon D2X added to CF Database |
| Write speed test results for the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/350D and Nikon D2X have been added to the CompactFlash Performance Database on this site. We've also begun the process of updating all sections of the database to include results for several newcomers to our stable of CompactFlash: the Dane-Elec Xs 512MB, Hitachi Microdrive 6GB, Lexar High-Speed 40X 1GB and SanDisk Ultra II 2GB (MLC). |
| March 28, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo-i: review of Epson R1800, 13" pigment-ink printer |
| Photo-i has concluded its review of the Epson Stylus Photo R1800, a 13-inch format (maximum print size is 13 x 44 inches) inkjet printer that uses the 8-color UltraChrome Hi-Gloss pigment inkset.... |
| March 28, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo.net: Review of Tokina AT-X Pro DX 12-24mm f/4 |
| Photo.net has published a review of Tokina's AT-X Pro DX 12-24mm f/4 lens, which is designed for APS-C sized sensors and is available in Canon and Nikon AF mounts.... |
| March 28, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon releases Digital Photo Professional 1.6.1 |
| Canon today has released Digital Photo Professional 1.6.1 for Windows and Mac. |
| March 28, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| SportsShooter.com: PocketWizard tips and info |
| SportsShooter.com has published part 1 of an article with various hints and tips on using PocketWizard radio remote products.
The story is written by Shawn Cullen who is a lighting technician for Sports Illustrated.... |
| March 25, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| ePHOTOzine: Review of the Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX lens |
| ePHOTOzine has published a review of the Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM lens. ... |
| March 25, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| PhotoRescue update supports more RAW files, improves recovery algorithms |
| DataRescue has updated PhotoRescue Wizard and Photo Rescue Expert, for both Windows and Mac, to v2.1.0 Build 674 and v2.1.0 Build 675, respectively. Changes in the powerful photo recovery tool include new or improved support for the recovery of RAW files from the Canon EOS-1D Mark II, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro, Epson R-D1 and Leaf Volare, as well as enhancements to the program's photo recovery algorithms. |
| March 25, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Toshiba ordered to pay Lexar US$465.4 million in total damages |
| Various news sources are reporting that in back-to-back judgements in an intellectual property dispute, Toshiba has been ordered to pay Lexar a total of US$465.4 million.
Articles on the judgements include:
Toshiba Must Pay Lexar Additional $84 Mln, Jury Says (Bloomberg News)
Toshiba flash hit for $380m (ElectronicsWeekly.com)
Jury verdict sends Lexar stock through the... |
| March 24, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Issue 11 of CPS newsletter online |
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Canon Professional Services Europe has published Issue No. 11 of its online newsletter. Articles include:
An introduction to the new EOS 350D/Digital Rebel XT
A story about a music video made from more than 5,000 still images shot at 8 frames-per-second with EOS 1D MK II cameras. The video can be... |
| March 23, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Creativepro.com: 3 noise reduction products compared |
| Creativepro.com recently published a short review of three noise reduction products, PictureCode Noise Ninja, a Photoshop action called ISOx Pro from Fred Miranda, and nik multimedia's Dfine. ... |
| March 23, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Lensbaby 2.0 offers sharper sweet spot, quicker aperture changing than the original |
| Lensbaby 2.0, a revised version of the all-manual, selective focus specialty lens for film and digital SLR cameras, offers a much sharper sweet spot, easier aperture changing and an extended aperture range. Lensbaby 2.0, in mounts for Canon, Nikon and other brands of cameras, will ship starting on March 31, 2005. |
| March 23, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Lexar Pro CF Readers, LockTight CF cards nearing completion |
| At Photokina 2004, Lexar announced several products for the pro digital SLR shooter, including new CompactFlash card readers and two new series of CompactFlash cards: LockTight and ActiveMemory System. While Lexar hasn't yet shipped any of these pro-focused goodies unveiled in Germany in late September of last year, it's clear that the FireWire version of the Pro CompactFlash Reader and LockTight CompactFlash cards are darn close to heading out the door. And while we can't say precisely when the new stuff will hit store shelves, we have gleaned some additional details about these products since Photokina, based on discussions with John Omvik, Lexar's Director of Professional Product Marketing. |
| March 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| NikonPro: Joe McNally on lighting |
| The current issue of NikonPro, the online magazine of Nikon Professional Services, has a short article by Joe McNally offering some engaging tips, anecdotes, and musings about lighting.Other pieces in the same issue include brief first reactions to the D2X from John Shaw, Moose Peterson, and Dave Black. There's also... |
| March 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Mechanic 4.3.4.1 released |
| Coming quick on the heels of v4.3.4, Camera Bits has released v4.3.4.1 of Photo Mechanic for Windows and Mac.
The release fixes several bugs. A version history page lists the changes.... |
| March 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Sportsshooter.com: Bob Deutsch tests Canon's WFT-E1a Wi-Fi transmitter |
| Sportsshooter.com has published USA Today staff photographer Bob Deutsch's first look at the Canon WFT-E1a Wi-Fi transmitter for the EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1Ds Mark II and EOS 20D cameras. Deutsch reports on USA Today's experiences using it at The Oscars and details his findings, so far, about setting the various... |
| March 20, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| PDNOnline: Photogs lose National Geo CD appeal |
| PDNOnline recently published a report on the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in favor of defendant National Geographic in the long-running copyright infringement suit involving The Complete National Geographic on CD. The 2nd Circuit Court's ruling affirmed a lower court's ruling that the CD was a revision of an existing... |
| March 20, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Bibble 4.2 adds Nikon D2X RAW file processing and more |
| Version 4.2 of the photo browser and RAW file processing application Bibble for Windows, Mac and Linux adds support for RAW files from the Nikon D2X and Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/350D.
These additions headline the many, many changes in the latest iteration of Bibble from software developer Bibble Labs.
Version 4.2 is a free update for... |
| March 18, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| BreezeBrowser Pro v1.1 adds support for Rebel XT/350D RAW files |
| BreezeBrowser Pro v1.1 adds the ability to convert RAW files taken with the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (it supports a long list of other cameras' RAW formats as well).
The latest release of the photo browser from Breeze Systems also adds photo ranking and an innovative shortcuts feature. Shortcuts enable... |
| March 18, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon to release Digital Photo Professional 1.6.1 on March 28 |
| Version 1.6.1 of Digital Photo Professional, Canon's flagship RAW file browsing and processing software, will be released as a free update later this month, says Chuck Westfall, Director of Media and Customer Relationship at Canon USA. The new release will incorporate functionality first introduced in 1.6, including a Stamp tool for cloning out dust spots, improved batch renaming and support for RAW files from the EOS Rebel XT/350D and D60. In addition, v1.6.1 will fix image processing and image display bugs found in v1.6 and earlier, including ones that impact multi-processor/hyperthreaded-processor PCs and multi-processor Macs. UPDATE, MARCH 22: The release date for Digital Photo Professional 1.6.1 has been changed from March 25 to March 28. |
| March 18, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon D2Hs to ship March 25 in USA, UK |
| The 4MP D2Hs digital SLR, Nikon's follow-on to the D2H, will ship March 25, 2005 in the U.S., says Steve Heiner, Nikon USA's General Manager of Digital SLR Systems. Cameras should begin landing at dealers around that time, joining the D2X, which began to ship about a month earlier. Nikon UK issued a press release today indicating that the D2Hs will ship on March 25, 2005 in that country as well, suggesting that the camera is likely to be coming available worldwide by the end of this month. |
| March 17, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Macor, Bleasdale win top POYi honors |
| The 62nd annual Pictures of the Year International competition has announced that San Francisco Chronicle staff photographer Michael Macor has won Newspaper Photographer of the Year and Marcus Bleasdale, who is represented by Independent Photographers Group, was named Magazine Photographer of the Year.PDNOnline has a story with quotes from some... |
| March 17, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Erwin Puts tests Epson R-D1 |
| Well-known Leica expert Erwin Puts has published a test report on the Epson R-D1 digital rangefinder camera, which uses the Leica M lensmount. ... |
| March 17, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| DPReview posts Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro review |
| Digital Photography Review has published its review of the Fujifilm S3 Pro.... |
| March 17, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Mechanic 4.3.4 released |
| Camera Bits Photo Mechanic 4.3.4, released today, fixes a host of minor bugs and tweaks features in both the Mac and Windows releases. |
| March 16, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Pentax to show 18.6-megapixel "645 medium-format" digital camera |
| Pentax has announced that it will show an 18.6-megapixel digital camera at the Photo Imaging Expo (PIE) in Tokyo from March 17-20. |
| March 15, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Noiseware Plug-in v3.2 released |
| Imagenomic has released v3.2 of both the Standard and Professional editions of the Noiseware Plug-in for Photoshop. This noise reduction utility is compatible with Photoshop 7 or higher on either Windows or Mac.New features in this version include multiple preview and bracketing, both of which are designed to increase the... |
| March 14, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| SanDisk Ultra II 2GB SD, Extreme III 4GB CF to hit retail shelves this month |
| At Photokina in the fall of last year, SanDisk announced a whack of new CompactFlash and Secure Digital (SD) cards, many of which were aimed at the digital SLR photographer, as well as quicker card readers meant to show off the speediness of Extreme III cards in particular. While most of the revamped Ultra II and new Extreme III cards they announced back in late September 2004 have been shipping for some time, a few stragglers have yet to emerge on store shelves, including the Ultra II 2GB SD card and faster USB 2.0 CompactFlash and 5-in-1 card readers. Information from SanDisk suggests the wait is just about over. |
| March 11, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| RAW Developer 1.2 released, Mac-only, supports D2X |
| Iridient Digital has released v1.2 of RAW Developer, a Mac-only RAW conversion application that debuted at the end of last year. The new version adds support for RAW image files from the Nikon D2X. |
| March 11, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak releases free actions for its Photoshop plug-ins |
| Kodak has released several free actions for its suite of professional Photoshop plug-ins known as DIGITAL ROC, DIGITAL SHO, and DIGITAL GEM. The actions automate the image correction and enhancement functions of these plug-ins or, in some cases, modify their effects. You must have the appropriate plug-in installed, and the... |
| March 10, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Epson announces program to guarantee print longevity |
| Epson has announced an initiative, which it has named the UltraGiclee print certification program, that will guarantee inkjet prints made on some of the company's printers to last 80 years without visible fading. The program will apply to selected Epson printers, papers, and the company's UltraChrome inkset. It requires participating... |
| March 10, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Pixmantec releases RawShooter essentials 2005 v1.1 |
| Pixmantec has released v1.1 of RawShooter essentials 2005, an update to the new RAW file processing application the startup company introduced last month.
Version 1.1 of the Windows-only software, which Pixmantec is distributing for free, is compatible with Windows 2000 (in addition to Windows XP), improves image processing, adds support for... |
| March 10, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT now shipping in the U.S. |
| The EOS Digital Rebel XT is now shipping, says Chuck Westfall, Director of Technical Marketing at Canon USA. Though a few Rebel XT's went out the door late last month, volume shipments have commenced this week. Battery Grip BG-E3 for the new 8MP camera from Canon has also begun to ship from Canon USA's warehouses. |
| March 10, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| March issue of The Digital Journalist published |
| The March 2005 issue of The Digital Journalist has been posted. Stories include:
An interview with Dallas Morning News staff photographer David Leeson who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for his coverage of the war in Iraq. Leeson talks at length about his motivations, as well as his intellectual and... |
| March 9, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Hasseblad, Leica to support Adobe DNG format |
| Adobe announced today that Leica and Hasselblad will support the Adobe DNG RAW format.
Leica intends to include the ability to create DNG files right in the camera, presumably as one of the RAW format options (or perhaps the only RAW format option). The first Leica model to be DNG-capable will... |
| March 8, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Photographer Ron Reznick posts D2X/D2H comparison images |
| Photographer Ron Reznick has posted a handful of images comparing the resolution, color, and noise characteristics of Nikon's D2X and D2H cameras. |
| March 8, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon Capture 4.2.1 update posted |
| Nikon USA has posted an updater for Nikon Capture that brings the application to version 4.2.1. The new version adds support for D2Hs RAW files and makes small changes to the user interface. We've also seen a smattering of user reports indicating that there are significant speed improvements.The update is available... |
| March 8, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| BJP: Kyocera (Contax) to cease camera manufacturing |
| The British Journal of Photography reports that Kyocera has already stopped manufacturing Contax and Kyocera branded 35mm film cameras and plans to cease production of digital cameras by the end of the year.A Kyocera UK official told the British Journal of Photography that the company is planning to concentrate on... |
| March 4, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Elevatedphotos.com debuts aerial photography kit |
| A British company called Elevatedphotos.com is now marketing a kit for taking aerial photos without an aircraft. It's essentially a Canon G6 digital camera that mounts on the end of a collapsible aluminum mast stabilized by a tripod and guy ropes. The mast telescopes to a height of 53 feet, and the... |
| March 4, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| NYT: Newsweek Martha Stewart "photo-illustration" flap |
| A New York Times article discusses the controversy over Newsweek's most recent cover photograph, a realistic-looking composite of Martha Stewart's face and a model's body.Other stories on the Newsweek cover include a piece in USA Today and the U.S. National Public Radio network's audio interview with Newsweek's assistant managing editor.... |
| March 4, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Essdras M. Suarez is NikonNet's March Legend Behind the Lens |
| Boston Globe staff photographer Essdras M. Suarez is profiled in NikonNet's Legend Behind the Lens feature for March. ... |
| March 2, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Genuine Fractals 4.0 released |
| LizardTech has released v4.0 of Genuine Fractals PrintPro and possibly also the standard edition of Genuine Fractals (the company's press release is ambiguous). Both applications are versions of the company's image scaling plug-in for Photoshop.The new versions feature workflow, speed, and user interface improvements. Genuine Fractals is compatible with both... |
| March 2, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| inCamera 4.0 camera/scanner profiler released |
| PictoColor has upgraded inCamera to version 4.0. This Photoshop plug-in generates ICC profiles of digital cameras and scanners. New features include support for additional, more sophisticated color charts.inCamera 4.0 is compatible with Photoshop 6.0 or higher on both Windows and Mac. The full version costs US$149.95. Owners of version 3.1... |
| March 2, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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