| New FinePix S5 Pro firmware corrects lockup problem |
| Fujifilm has released a firmware update for the FinePix S5 Pro that corrects a camera lockup problem which can occur when the Nikon MB-D200 Multi-Power Battery Pack is attached. |
June 29, 2007 | FULL STORY  |
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| PocketWizard MultiMAX shipments resume |
| After a multi-month drought in some regions, the LPA Design PocketWizard MultiMAX remote transceiver is once again shipping. |
| June 29, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Aperture to Archive beta export plug-in released |
| Ubermind has released a beta of Aperture to Archive, an export plug-in for Apple Aperture 1.5.3 that bundles selected files into one of four different archive formats, including ZIP and DMG (Apple disk image). |
| June 27, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Adobe releases Photoshop Lightroom 1.1 |
| Photoshop Lightroom 1.1 for Windows and Mac, released today as a free update to Adobe's pro photo workflow application, adds a new library structure for easier management of photos across multiple computers, official support for Windows Vista plus some of the changes recently unveiled in Camera Raw 4.1, including new noise reduction and sharpening controls and support for 13 additional camera RAW formats (Canon EOS-1D Mark III, Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro, Nikon D40x, various Phase One digital backs and more). |
| June 26, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Universal Binary Photoshop plug-in planned for imagePROGRAF printers |
| Canon is working on Universal Binary versions of the Photoshop plug-ins it ships with its current and recent imagePROGRAF printers, including the iPF5000, iPF5100 and iPF6100. The new versions will enable users running Photoshop CS3 on Intel-based Macs to print through the Photoshop plug-in without having to resort to launching the program in slower Rosetta emulation mode. |
| June 25, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Italian fresco captured in 9.85 Gigapixel photo |
| HAL9000, an Italian group that specializes in art restoration, preservation and high-resolution art photography, has once again used a Nikon D2X to create an ultra-high resolution composite of an Italian fresco that fills the curved ceiling of a church in Rome. The 9.85 Gigapixel final photo, which is viewable online at full resolution, is a stunning example of the use of stitching to create photos with incredible detail. |
| June 25, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Audio slideshows becoming a common feature |
| Audio slideshows comprised of strong still pictures with sound that enhances them have quickly evolved from a novelty to being a common feature of newspaper websites. |
| June 25, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Production Assistant Actions for Photoshop released |
| Photographer Craig Minielly has released a comprehensive series of Actions for Photoshop that provide one-click methods to adjust "[c]olor, contrast, edge vignettes, selective softness, output sizing, sharpening" and more. |
| June 22, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon EOS-1D Mark III autofocus article updated |
| We've added a new section to the June 19th article analysing EOS-1D Mark III autofocus. |
| June 21, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| BreezeBrowser Pro 1.7 announced |
| Breeze Systems has announced BreezeBrowser Pro 1.7, the latest release of its image browsing and raw conversion software for Windows. |
| June 21, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Mac OS X 10.4.10 update adds new camera RAW support |
| Mac OS X 10.4.10, released today as a free update to the Tiger version of Apple's operating system, adds support for the processing of RAW files from the Canon EOS-1D Mark III, Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro, Leica M8, Nikon D40X and more. It also fixes a problem in which Adobe DNG format photos appeared tinted or distorted. |
| June 20, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon to begin shipping imagePROGRAF iPF6100 next week in the U.S. |
| Canon will start shipments of the imagePROGRAF iPF6100 24-inch carriage photo printer next week in the U.S., says Chuck Westfall, Director of Media and Customer Relationship at Canon USA. The 17-inch carriage imagePROGRAF iPF5100 will follow in August. |
| June 20, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| The Online Photographer interviews inventor of new Kodak sensor |
| The Online Photographer has published a short, interesting interview with Dr. John Hamilton, one of the inventors of Kodak's recently-announced image sensor technology that features panchromatic pixels. |
| June 19, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| An analysis of EOS-1D Mark III autofocus performance |
| In our first look at the Canon EOS-1D Mark III back in April, we described the camera's autofocus as being blazingly fast at acquiring initial focus and quicker off the line in dim light than any camera we'd used before. But at times, it also had real troubles holding focus on static subjects as well as tracking moving subjects. Over the last three weeks, we've been shooting extensively with two full production EOS-1D Mark IIIs in an attempt to figure out whether the autofocus weaknesses (and strengths) of the preproduction body carry over to shipping units. Here's what we've learned. |
| June 19, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| An analysis of EOS-1D Mark III autofocus performance |
| In our first look at the Canon EOS-1D Mark III back in April, we described the camera's autofocus as being blazingly fast at acquiring initial focus and quicker off the line in dim light than any camera we'd used before. But at times, it also had real troubles holding focus on static subjects as well as tracking moving subjects. Over the last three weeks, we've been shooting extensively with two full production EOS-1D Mark IIIs in an attempt to figure out whether the autofocus weaknesses (and strengths) of the preproduction body carry over to shipping units. Here's what we've learned. |
| June 19, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Soundslides Plus 1.0 released |
| The public beta period has now ended and the official release version of Soundslides Plus for Windows and Mac is now shipping. This new, US$69.95 version of the audio slideshow application that's popular in newspaper photo departments offers all the features of Soundslides plus pan-and-zoom, the setting of transitions for each photo, thumbnail menus, slideshows without audio and more. |
| June 15, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon updates Digital Photo Professional, EOS Utility for Windows |
| Canon has recently released Digital Photo Professional 3.0.1a and EOS Utility 2.0b for Windows. |
| June 14, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| New Kodak sensor technology promises better high-ISO photos |
| Kodak has announced a new digital camera sensor design meant to dramatically reduce high-ISO noise levels. The company claims the new colour filtering technology it has developed "provides a 2x to 4x increase in sensitivity to light (from one to two photographic stops) compared to current sensor designs." |
| June 14, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Safari 3 brings colour-managed web browsing to Windows |
| Apple's release of a public beta of Safari 3 makes practical the colour-managed viewing of photos within a Windows web browser for the first time. In a workout of Safari 3 within Windows XP and Vista here, the new browser properly displayed pictures with embedded ICC profiles, just like Safari 3 (and earlier) does on the Mac. For that reason alone, Windows users may want to take the Safari 3 public beta for a spin, especially if you visit websites (like this one) that publish pictures with profiles embedded. |
| June 12, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Bibble v4.98 adds RAW support for EOS-1D Mark III, S5 Pro |
| Bibble Labs has released v4.98 of Bibble for Windows, Mac and Linux. The new version adds the ability to convert RAW files from the Canon EOS-1D Mark III, Nikon D40X and Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro. |
| June 8, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple rolls out new MacBook Pro laptops |
| Apple today has rolled out revised 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro laptops. The 15-inch MacBook Pro features an LED-backlit display for promised better screen quality compared to the fluorescent illumination of the previous model, while the 17-inch MacBook Pro now has an optional 1920 x 1200 pixel screen (but both it and the standard 1680 x 1050 pixel screen continue to use fluorescent backlighting). |
| June 5, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Magnum Festival celebrates 60 years of photography |
| Magnum Photos is celebrating 60 years of documentary photography with the Magnum Festival during the month of June in New York City. |
| June 2, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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| Camera Bits announces upcoming upload plug-in support for Photo Mechanic |
| Camera Bits has announced that Photo Mechanic 4.5.2 for Windows and Mac will include a framework for organizations to create custom upload plug-ins for the pro photo browser. |
| June 1, 2007 | FULL STORY |
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