| Canon announces 17.92 million image pixel, 8fps EOS 7D |
| Canon has announced the EOS 7D, a 17.92 million image pixel digital SLR that fires at up to 8fps, sports newly-developed 19-point AF and 63-zone metering systems, a dual-axis electronic level, wireless TTL control via the built-in flash and 1080p video in a body whose controls are more configurable than any EOS camera to date. The EOS 7D is Canon's most ambitious new digital SLR in some time, and is clearly meant to attract professional photographers as well as compete directly with Nikon's D300 and D300s in both features and price. We have first impressions, sample photos and more. |
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| Three new lenses join Canon's lineup |
| Rounding out Canon's announcements today are a trio of new lenses: the EF 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro, EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS and EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS. |
| August 31, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Wildfires rage again in California |
| Galleries of spectacular and heart-breaking images are featured in The Frame from The Sacramento Bee with California Wildfires and PIXCETERA from AOL news adds a gallery on Wildfires in California. |
| August 31, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon USA posts Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard compatibility statement |
| Nikon USA has published a brief statement warning of unspecified incompatibilities between Capture NX2, Nikon View NX, Nikon Scan and Mac OS X 10.6, also known as Snow Leopard. |
| August 31, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon Capture NX2 v2.2.2, Camera Control Pro 2.6.0 now available |
| Nikon has recently updated Capture NX2 to v2.2.2, and Camera Control Pro to v2.6.0, for both Mac and Windows. The new releases add support for the D300s and D3000 as well as fix bugs. The company has also posted updaters for WT-4 Setup Utility, bringing it to v1.1.3, plus Thumbnail Selector v1.1.3.*UPDATED* |
| August 28, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple releases Aperture 2.1.4 |
| Apple has released Aperture 2.1.4, a maintenance update for the pro photo management and RAW conversion application for Mac. The update "addresses general compatibility, improves overall stability, and fixes a number of issues involving import, web publishing, and the creation and ordering of books." |
| August 27, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Sony announces full-frame Alpha 850 for US$2000 |
| Sony has announced the Alpha 850, a 24.39 million image pixel full-frame digital SLR that offers almost all of the features of the Alpha 900 for several hundred dollars less. The Alpha 850 is slated to ship in October 2009 for about US$2000 in the U.S. |
| August 27, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC highlights best of 10 years of The Week in Pictures |
| MSNBC has published a must-see collection of funny, moving and powerful photographs culled from 10 years of The Week in Pictures. A separate video gives a look behind the scenes at the weekly photo feature. |
| August 27, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| The Big Picture features Ramadan 2009 |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features a large-image gallery on the Muslim observance of Ramadan 2009. |
| August 26, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| The Age features Pedro the Independence boy |
| The Age from Melbourne features an interesting multimedia feature by a reporter/photographer team on Pedro the Independence boy. |
| August 26, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| DSLR Camera Remote 1.1 now available in Apple's App Store |
| Version 1.1 of DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone and iPod touch is now available in Apple's App Store. The new version of the remote camera control application for Canon and Nikon digital SLR cameras is a free update for owners of v1.0 of either the Lite or Professional variant. |
| August 25, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Parallel drawn between cowboys and photojournalists |
| LENS from The New York Times features Essay: Cowboys and Photojournalists by Kenneth Jarecke who has produced a set of nice images and an interesting story to go with them. |
| August 25, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Flying machines featured in The Big Picture |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features In Flight, a large-image gallery on various flying machines at work and at play. |
| August 24, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| PIXCETERA features World Athletics Championships |
| PIXCETERA from AOL news features a gallery on the Best of World Athletics Championships 2009. |
| August 24, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Adobe posts Camera Raw 5.5 release candidate |
| Adobe has posted a not-quite-final version of Camera Raw 5.5 for Photoshop CS4, adding conversion support for RAW files captured with the Nikon D300s, Nikon D3000, Olympus E-P1 and Panasonic DMC-FZ35. |
| August 23, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Two daily galleries worth seeing |
| Photo Journal from The Wall Street Journal features Pictures of the Day for Aug. 20 and a gallery on a Hot Summer in Europe. |
| August 21, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters photo technique captures the unseen |
| Reuters features a gallery demonstrating how to capture information outside of the scene in a Photo Technique called Leaving it out. |
| August 21, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon introduces PowerShot models with improved low light sensitivity |
| Canon has unveiled a range of new compact digital cameras in its PowerShot line, including two models featuring a "High Sensitivity System" for promised improved low light operation. The first of the two is the PowerShot G11, a 9.98 million image pixel model featuring a 2.8 inch (diagonal) tilt-and-swivel rear LCD, 28-140mm (equivalent) lens and RAW+JPEG shooting. The second is the PowerShot S90, which features the same CCD sensor as the G11, a 3.0 inch rear LCD, RAW+JPEG shooting and 28-105mm (equivalent) zoom with a maximum aperture of f/2.0 at the wide end. |
| August 19, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Spectacular image highlights today's Photo Journal |
| A spectacular image leads off today's Pictures of the day in Photo Journal, the Wall Street Journal's large-image gallery. |
| August 18, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters blog covers the Afghan election trail |
| Photographer Lucy Nicholson posts a multimedia story On the Afghan election trail in Reuters blogs. |
| August 18, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Lots of great sports moments in this gallery |
| PIXCETERA from AOL news features a large sports gallery chock full of peak and otherwise interesting moments from the world of sports in Did You See That?. |
| August 12, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Dramatic images captured in Typhoon Morakot |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features a dramatic image gallery on Typhoon Morakot. |
| August 11, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters features the best images of July |
| Reuters features Pictures of the month: July, a gallery of images from the news agency's photographers worldwide |
| August 11, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Post features gallery on summer throughout the world |
| Captured, The Denver Post's large-image gallery features a selection of fine images on Summer Weather Across the Globe. |
| August 11, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple adds antiglare display option to MacBook Pro 15 inch |
| The MacBook Pro 15 inch can now be configured with an antiglare display, for an extra cost. Previously, the only laptop in Apple's current lineup that could be ordered with a matte surface screen was the MacBook Pro 17 inch.*UPDATED* |
| August 11, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Journal's latest galleries well worth seeing |
| The Wall Street Journal's Photo Journal features three interesting large-image galleries from August 10, August 7 and Aug. 3. |
| August 10, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Historical images show Hiroshima, 64 years ago |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features Hiroshima, 64 years ago, a series of old photographs which are a stark reminder of the destructive power an atomic bomb. |
| August 10, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Multimedia presentation features Dog Days in DC |
| Photographer Jim Lo Scalzo uses blended images, old tourism soundtracks and music to create an interesting multimedia presentation called Dog Days in DC. |
| August 10, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Tethered shooting now possible with Epson P-6000, P-7000 |
| Epson has released a firmware update for the P-6000 and P-7000 that adds tethered shooting capabilities to the photo storage devices. Firmware v2.05 supports linking via USB to a range of Canon and Nikon digital SLRs, and is available now as a free download from Epson Europe. |
| August 7, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon ViewNX updated to support D300s, other new cameras |
| Nikon has released ViewNX 1.4.0 for Mac and Windows. The update to the photo browsing application adds support for photos taken with the upcoming D300s and D3000 digital SLRs, as well as the Coolpix S570, S640, S70 and S1000pj compact cameras. Several bugs have been corrected too, plus features related to Nikon's my Picturetown photo sharing site have been improved. |
| August 5, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| DSLR Camera Remote v1.1 submitted to Apple's App Store |
| onOne Software has submitted v1.1 of DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone and iPod touch to Apple's App Store. Mike Wong, VP of Marketing at onOne, notes that it can take as little as two days or as long as two weeks for an update such as this one to make it through the App Store approval process and come available for download. |
| August 5, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Mac OS X 10.5.8 corrects Aperture-related bug |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, released today, corrects a problem where "[d]ragging an Aperture image into Automator now invokes an Aperture action instead of incorrectly invoking an iPhoto action" and rolls in decoding functionality for several camera RAW files previously supported only through the installation of separate updates. |
| August 5, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Image gallery shows fires raging around the Mediterranean |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features a gallery of spectacular images of Fires around the Mediterranean. |
| August 5, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| The Frame features Vail vets program |
| The Frame from The Sacramento Bee features a gallery by photographer John Moore on The Vail Veterans Program summer retreat. |
| August 5, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| CE PocketWizard MiniTT1, FlexTT5 released to distributors in Europe, elsewhere |
| LPA Design has announced the CE versions of the PocketWizard MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 for Canon have been shipped to distributors in several countries in Europe plus Australia, New Zealand and United Arab Emirates. While nearly identical in functionality to US PocketWizards sold in North America, South America and parts of Asia, the CE models operate in a different frequency band. |
| August 4, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon's refreshed Coolpix lineup includes S1000pj with built-in projector |
| Nikon has added four new members to its Coolpix compact camera lineup, including a 12.1MP model equipped with a built-in projector called the S1000pj. Also introduced today is the 12.2MP S640, which Nikon describes as having "ultra-fast auto-focus," the 12.1MP S70, which utilizes a 3.5-inch (diagonal) OLED rear display for promised better screen quality and the budget-friendly 12MP S570. |
| August 3, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak pays Tribute to Kodachrome |
| On Kodak's A Thousand Words, the company pays tribute to the recently-discontinued Kodak film with a multimedia presentation which includes a story, video clips from photographers like Steve McCurry and Peter Guttman and a slideshow of great Kodachrome moments. |
| August 1, 2009 | FULL STORY |
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