| Lowepro announces SlingShot AW camera bags |
| Lowepro has announced two new all-weather sling-style camera bags called the SlingShot 100 AW and SlingShot 200 AW. |
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| Photo Mechanic 4.3.8 released |
| Camera Bits this week has released Photo Mechanic 4.3.8 for Windows and Mac. |
| August 31, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| DC Watch posts photographs taken with Canon EOS 5D |
| Japanese digital photography web site DC Watch has this week posted a "1st Shot" report that's comprised of 18 pictures taken by Kumio Yamada with a pre-production Canon EOS 5D and EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens. All but one of the pictures are available for download as full-resolution originals. |
| August 30, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak ProPass magazine v5, 2005 posted |
| The v5, 2005 issue of Kodak's ProPass magazine has been published and includes profiles of nature photographer John Sexton, travel shooter Gerald Brimacombe, and portrait photographer Judy Host. |
| August 30, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Colorbyte lowers prices on ImagePrint for HP Designjet printers |
| Colorbyte Software has lowered the cost of ImagePrint v6 for certain HP Designjet printers. The company is also readying a release of the popular RIP application for the Epson 2400, 4800, 7800 and 9800, though a firm ship date has not been set. |
| August 29, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Issue 14 of CPS Europe newsletter posted |
| Issue number 14 of the Canon Professional Services Europe newsletter has been posted with brief introductions to the EOS 5D and the EOS-1D Mark II N, an exposure tutorial by Martin Evening, and profiles of several professional photographers. |
| August 29, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| NPPA, Western Kentucky Univ to teach photojournalism online |
| PDNONLINE reports that the NPPA and Western Kentucky University will team up to produce an online education program for photojournalism students. No launch date is given. |
| August 26, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| "Canon EOS 5D Hands-on preview" posted at dpreview |
| DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW has published an article on the Canon EOS 5D that includes 28 photographs taken on the streets of London with a pre-production body mated to an EF 24-105 f/4L IS USM or EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM. |
| August 25, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| PDN's Top Knots wedding photo winners posted |
| PDNONLINE has posted a gallery of winning images from PDN magazine's second annual Top Knots wedding photography contest. |
| August 24, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Hasselblad announces new cameras, backs |
| Hasselblad today has announced the H2 medium format camera, the H2D with integrated digital back and two standalone digital backs, the Ixpress CF and Ixpress CFH. |
| August 24, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Delkin releases OS X 10.4-compatible driver for CardBus adapter |
| Delkin has released a driver for their CardBus 32 Adapter for CompactFlash that brings compatibility to Mac OS X 10.4.x. |
| August 23, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Step-by-step on a PR shoot for Intel |
| SPORTSSHOOTER.COM has published photographer Craig Mitchelldyer's step-by-step account of how he executed an interesting location shot for a last-minute PR assignment from Intel Corporation. |
| August 23, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| iSoundz portable laptop speakers announced |
| Digital Age Products has announced a set of portable external speakers called the iSoundz Wrap-Around Notebook Speakers. They are designed to slide onto the back of a fourteen or fifteen inch laptop screen. |
| August 23, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Online color management glossary posted |
| CREATIVEPRO has published an online glossary of color management and color science terms written by Bruce Fraser.
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| August 23, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon Capture 4.3.1 released |
| Rolling out across Nikon's global network of support servers is a Capture 4.3.1 updater for Windows and Mac. The updater, which requires Capture 4.2 or later, increases the speed at which pictures open and save in Capture Editor across both platforms and, in the Mac version only, a change in OS X 10.4's ColorSync Utility that prevented the selection of an RGB colour space or CMYK separation profile for use in Nikon Capture has been addressed. |
| August 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon adds five new photo printers to PIXMA line |
| Canon today has announced the addition of five new photo printers to its PIXMA printer line. The Canon iP5200R, iP5200, iP6600D, iP6220D and iP6210D all use Canon's new dye-based ChromaLife100 inks for promised greater print longevity than with existing Canon dye-based inks and three of the five models incorporate status lights that warn of low ink levels or an improperly-installed cartridge. |
| August 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon EOS-1D Mark II N adds larger LCD screen, numerous refinements |
| The second of Canon's two digital SLR announcements today is the EOS-1D Mark II N, a replacement for the venerable EOS-1D Mark II that's been shipping since the summer of 2004. Slated to hit store shelves in mid-September 2005 at a minimum advertised price (MAP) of US$3999 in the U.S., the camera is best described as a refined version of the EOS-1D Mark II with a larger LCD, new Picture Style menu and a host of other welcome changes. UPDATE, AUGUST 24: We've added more information about the Picture Style menu and Digital Photo Professional 2.0. |
| August 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon unveils EF 24-105 f/4L IS, Speedlite 430EX |
| A new L-series lens and Speedlite join Canon's product line today: the EF 24-105 f/4L IS USM will ship mid-September at a minimum advertised price (MAP) of US$1249 in the U.S.; the Speedlite 430EX will also ship mid-September, at a MAP of US$299.99 in the U.S. |
| August 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon EOS 5D to ship in October for US$3299 |
| Canon today has unveiled the EOS 5D, a digital SLR with a 12.72 million image pixel, 35mm-size CMOS sensor aimed at photographers who need double-digit megapixel resolution but don't necessarily have the funds for Canon's flagship EOS-1Ds Mark II or don't require all of that camera's top-end features (or weight). UPDATE, AUGUST 24: We've added more information about and screenshots of the Picture Style menu and Digital Photo Professional 2.0. |
| August 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Automator actions for Photoshop CS/CS2 updated |
| Ben Long has again updated his useful set of actions for use with Mac OS X 10.4's Automator feature and Photoshop. The changes are meant to enhance workflows that utilize the Save as JPEG, Save as TIFF and various conditional actions. |
| August 18, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Event in Anchorage this fall incorrectly lists me as a speaker |
| This is a first around here: an announcement about a workshop I'm NOT doing. The web site of the 8th World Wilderness Congress, to be held in Anchorage, Alaska this fall, indicates that I'm leading a full-day digital photography seminar during the congress. This is a bit odd, as I wasn't asked to speak at this event. If you've made plans to travel to Anchorage to attend my non-workshop (and, fortunately, we've only heard from two that have so far), you may wish to contact event staff to learn what, if anything, is planned in the way of digital photography education. |
| August 18, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Photodex releases ProShow Producer |
| Photodex today has released ProShow Producer for Windows, a full-featured slide show maker aimed at working photographers. |
| August 17, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| E&P Newspaper Photos of the Year call for entries |
| PDNONLINE reports that its sister publication, Editor & Publisher, is calling for entries in its sixth annual Newspaper Photos of the Year contest. The entry deadline is Sept 16, 2005. |
| August 17, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| ZyXel announces Wi-Fi hotspot finder |
| MOBILEMAG reports that ZyXel has announced the AG-225H, a Wi-Fi hotspot finder "no bigger than a stick of gum". |
| August 17, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Depth of Field Calculator for OS X Dashboard released |
| Version 1.2 of Depth of Field Calculator (DOFC), a widget for use in Mac OS X 10.4's Dashboard feature, has been released. |
| August 16, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| The photographers of VII to hold seminar in New York |
| The nine photojournalists that make up the VII photo agency will be staging a two-day photography seminar in New York this fall. VII's previous educational event, held in April 2005 near Boston, sold out weeks in advance, so you may wish to register early if you want to attend this one. |
| August 16, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| New Canadian photojournalism magazine to launch this month |
| The launch issue of a new quarterly magazine showcasing the work of Canadian photojournalists is slated to be published later this month. That issue, which runs 56 slightly-oversized magazine pages and is to be printed on a no-reflection semi-matt paper, includes 5 photo essays and 6 single images. The lead essay is a 10-page excerpt from the 2004 book Women in Medicine: A Celebration of their Work by Ted Grant and Sandy Carter. Charter subscribers who sign up by the end of business on Friday, August 19, 2005 will actually receive five issues as part of their subscription: the launch issue plus four more after that. A limited number of free copies of the launch issue are also to be made available. |
| August 16, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| PTLens v6.2.1 released |
| Version 6.2.1 of ePaperPress' PTLens, software for correcting optical abnormalities in digital camera images, was released earlier this month. The Windows-only software is available as both a standalone application and Photoshop plug-in. Version 6.2.1 of the plug-in now correctly processes 16-bits per colour photos, while the standalone version now preserves ICC profiles, EXIF data and IPTC text information when saving a new version of a picture file. |
| August 12, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Bibble 4.3 adds lens correction, new camera support and more |
| Bibble 4.3 For Windows, Mac and Linux adds lens correction, support for RAW files from Nikon's D50 and D70s as well as Epson's R-D1, faster processing in the Windows version, a straightening tool and a number of other minor tweaks and bug fixes. |
| August 11, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Imaging Resource reviews Nikon D50 |
| IMAGING RESOURCE has published its review of Nikon's new 6-megapixel entry-level digital SLR, the D50. |
| August 11, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Issue 13 of CPS Europe newsletter posted |
| CANON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EUROPE has posted Issue No. 13 of its online newsletter with profiles of several photographers and two articles on maximizing image quality with EOS digital SLRs. |
| August 11, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Transcend announces 150X SD card |
| Transcend has announced a 2GB 150X Secure Digital (SD) card. |
| August 9, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Firmware update for EOS 20D fixes EOS Capture problem |
| Canon has released v2.0.2 of the firmware for the EOS 20D. The release notes state that a problem found in v2.0.0, in which EOS Capture wouldn't operate correctly when the camera was set to RAW+JPEG, has been corrected. No other changes are listed. |
| August 9, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| August, 2005 issue of The Digital Journalist posted |
| The August, 2005 issue of THE DIGITAL JOURNALIST has been posted with dispatches from Gaza and the London bombings, galleries from photographers Anne Day and Barbara Ellison, tips on maximizing EOS-1Ds MK II battery life, and more. |
| August 8, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Leica Digital Modul R tested |
| DIGITAL OUTBACK PHOTO has posted some initial impressions and a handful of test photos from Leica's 10-megapixel Digital Modul R. |
| August 8, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Inside a football shooter's camera bag |
| SPORTSSHOOTER.COM has published a story by photojournalist Dan Powers that details his gear for a typical Sunday shooting the Green Bay Packers. |
| August 6, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| The roots of celebrity image control |
| THE GLOBE AND MAIL reports on a new exhibit called The World's Most Photographed at London's National Portrait Gallery. The article discusses efforts by celebrities and politicians to use photographs of themselves as a tool for managing their public image. |
| August 6, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| The future of photography as seen in 1944 |
| THE ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY has posted an article taken from a 1944 issue of Popular Photography magazine in which nine "personalities" in the photographic world predict the medium's future. Color, most of them agree, will be big. |
| August 5, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo agency for "citizen journalists" launched |
| A recently founded U.K. photo agency called Scoopt aims to make a business of licensing the publication rights to pictures taken by everyday people, especially those made with camera-equipped cell phones.
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| August 5, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| PhotoTune's SkinTune plug-in |
| PhotoTune has developed a Photoshop plug-in called SkinTune that automates the correction of skin tone. |
| August 4, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Hands on with a pre-production Mamiya ZD |
| POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY reports its impressions of a pre-production sample of the 22-megapixel Mamiya ZD. |
| August 4, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon publishes comprehensive WT-2 transmitter configuration information |
| Nikon USA recently updated their support database with no fewer than 16 new documents on configuring the WT-2/WT-2A Wireless Transmitter for the D2X and D2Hs cameras. Topics run the gamut from configuring FTP and PTP/IP connections to both Windows and Mac computers to installing Internet Information Services (IIS) in Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional. |
| August 4, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak DCS 760 along for the ride with Discovery |
| The return to space for NASA's Space Shuttle program means it's also back to work for a number of specially-modified and standard-issue Kodak DCS 760 cameras. The 6MP digital SLR built around a Nikon F5 chassis continues to be NASA's camera of choice for both Shuttle missions and to record life aboard the International Space Station. |
| August 4, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Three books that changed our digital world |
| The explosive growth in digital photography, and digital imaging in general, has led to an avalanche of books meant to help tame the pixels in one's life. There are three that have been released in the past half-year or so that we've found particularly interesting and helpful: Mastering Digital Printing, 2nd Edition, Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Photoshop CS2: Up to Speed. |
| August 3, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Belkin introduces pocket-sized wireless G WiFi router |
| MOBILEMAG reports that Belkin will begin shipping the pocket-sized Wireless G Travel Router this month. |
| August 2, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro firmware updated |
| Fujifilm has released firmware v2.1.6 for the FinePix S3 Pro. |
| August 1, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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