| Great soccer action in The Big Picture |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features Euro 2012 Soccer Championship, Part II: The action. |
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| LATimes: features best images of the week |
| The Los Angeles Times features The Week in Pictures: June 25 - July 1, 2012. |
| June 30, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic features Scenes from Underground |
| The Atlantic features a pair of interesting galleries in Scenes from Underground: Part 1 and Part II. |
| June 30, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Alamy releases white paper on the current state of image licensing |
| The stock photo agency Alamy has released a white paper reporting on a round table discussion the company recently hosted addressing the current state of stock image licensing. The white paper, called "Image Licensing: Time for a Change?", is available as a free PDF download. |
| June 29, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| NPPA 2012 Short Grants open for applications |
| The U.S. National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) is now accepting applications for its 2012 Short Grants program. The program awards six grants of US$3,000 each to fund picture story projects where the bulk of the work can be completed in two weeks or less. |
| June 29, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC features the Week in Pictures |
| MSNBC features another fine gallery in the latest version of the Week in Pictures. |
| June 29, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Freeware IPTC Preset Editor for Nikon D4 comes to the Mac |
| After releasing a Windows version earlier this month, Jarle Aasland has now posted IPTC Preset Editor for Mac. The free utility creates and edits IPTC metadata files that can subsequently be loaded into the Nikon D4. It performs the same task as Nikon's IPTC Preset Manager, but without the need to install Microsoft Silverlight. |
| June 28, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| New firmware for Canon EOS 7D will increase buffer capacity, more |
| Canon has announced that firmware v2.0 for the EOS 7D, a free update slated for release in August, will increase the specified number of RAW frames that can be captured in a burst from 15 to 25, enable audio levels to be adjusted in 64 increments, add support for GPS Receiver GP-E2 and more. |
| June 27, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Feature: An eye for nature's whimsical moments |
| For many years, photographer Robin Loznak's photo credit has been popping up on MSNBC.com's Week in Pictures feature on a surprisingly regular basis. Loznak's knack for making offbeat, "found" nature images and animal photos has endeared him to the site's photo editors and readers alike. It has been an unusual level of consistent exposure for a photographer who has spent most of his 20-year career as a newspaper staff shooter in small towns. We asked Loznak how he gets so many cool nature pictures and what it's like making a go of it as a photographer far from the urban hubs. |
| June 27, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC features week's best sports images |
| MSNBC features the best from the world of sports with a gallery on the Week in Sports Pictures. |
| June 26, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters features Best of Euro 2012 |
| Reuters features an updated gallery on the Best of Euro 2012. |
| June 26, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Ilford launches new Galerie Prestige and Premium papers in U.S. (updated) |
| Ilford has launched two new Galerie Prestige inkjet papers in the U.S., a Smooth Gloss 310 gsm and a Smooth Pearl 310 gsm. The company is also launching a new paper lineup called Galerie Premium with a quality level just under the top-line Galerie Prestige papers. The first two Galerie Premium papers are a Gloss 270 gsm and a Lustre 270 gsm. |
| June 25, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Official White House photographer Pete Souza posts Canon EOS 5D Mark III picture to Flickr (updated) |
| The great majority of photographs captured of U.S. president Barack Obama, by his official photographer Pete Souza, have been taken with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. The same is true of other members of the White House photo team; the all-Canon crew have used mainly that camera, the EOS 5D or the EOS-1Ds Mark III since Obama took office in January 2009. Late last week, Souza signaled that he has recently been giving the EOS 5D Mark III a whirl, when a picture shot with Canon's new 22.12 million image pixel digital SLR showed up in the White House's Flickr photostream. |
| June 24, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| National Geographic selects contest sampling |
| Editors from the National Geographic Travel Magazine: 2012 Photo Contest have selected a sampling of the best ones from thousands of entrants. |
| June 23, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| DxO Optics Pro v7.5.1 released |
| DxO has updated its raw conversion application, Optics Pro, to version 7.5.1. The update adds support for raw files from the Nikon D800/D800E and D3200, the Sony SLT A35 and A57, and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1. |
| June 22, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| NYT: sports photog remembers the days of manual focus, Tri-X, and a Nikon F |
| The New York Times has published a short article and a gallery of pictures by sports photographer Steven Sutton who remembers shooting the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in 1972. The gallery photos, all from the Trials, are in black-and-white and shot on Tri-X film with a Nikon F tricked out with a "revolutionary auto winder". |
| June 22, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| D4, D800, D800E and SB-910 support added in latest PocketWizard beta firmware |
| LPA Design has posted beta firmware for the Nikon versions of the PocketWizard MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 wireless remote devices. Beta firmware v3.110 adds support for the D4, D800 and D800E cameras plus the Speedlight SB-910. It also incorporates fixes related to D7000 HyperSync operation, occasional overexposure involving Speedlights in zone C and for other operational quirks. |
| June 22, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC posts best of week |
| MSNBC features another fine selection of the Week in Pictures. |
| June 22, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| More blog posts on shooting EOS-1D X at Canon Pro Network |
| The Canon Professional Network has published two more blog posts from photographers using the EOS-1D X to shoot the UEFA EURO 2012 soccer tournament. We noted the first post in the series last week, and it appears it may be an ongoing feature for the EURO 2012 tournament, which ends July 1, 2012. |
| June 20, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Epic storms highlight National Geographic gallery |
| National Geographic features a gallery on Epic Storms, the black-and-white work of Mitch Dobrowner. |
| June 20, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Ilford offering free printing webinar Thurs, June 21 |
| Ilford is offering a free webinar on printing and the company's Galerie Prestige papers called "How to Print Like an Ilford Master". The webinar takes place this Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 11:00am EDT and repeats in a second session the same day at 1:00pm. |
| June 19, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon issues firmware v1.1.3 for EOS 5D Mark III, DPP 3.11.31 |
| Canon has issued firmware v1.1.3 for the EOS 5D Mark III, which adds support for the EF 40mm f/2.8 STM and fixes bugs related to Auto Lighting Optimizer, the rear LCD and the use of certain supertelephoto lenses with teleconverters attached. Various language mistakes in the camera's menus have also been corrected. Digital Photo Professional (DPP) 3.11.31 for Mac and Windows tackles minor bugs while also adding support for the EOS Rebel T4i/650D and EOS 60Da. |
| June 19, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| SI features Leading Off |
| Sports Illustrated features the best in sports images with Leading Off: Pictures of the Week. |
| June 19, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Stern gallery on McCurry well worth a look |
| Stern's online magazine features an interesting gallery of some of Steve McCurry's best images. |
| June 19, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple posts revised Thunderbolt updater |
| After last week's Thunderbolt Update 1.2 was implicated in a spate of kernel panics and boot errors affecting some Mac owners, Apple pulled the updater. They've now issued a revised version, Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2.1. As before, the only stated change is support for the Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter accessory that Apple also introduced last week. |
| June 19, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Interesting collection features Paul McCartney |
| In recognition of Paul McCartney's 70th birthday, TIME LightBox features an interesting collection of images of the Beatle. |
| June 18, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC sports gallery a winner |
| MSNBC features a top-notch gallery of images in the Week in Sports Pictures. |
| June 18, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon-compatible Phottix Odin TTL flash triggering system ships tomorrow |
| Phottix has announced that Nikon-compatible versions of the Odin TTL flash trigger are about to ship. The 2.4GHz wireless TTL system, which has been available for Canon since September of last year, is comprised of a four-channel, three-group on-camera transmitter plus a receiver module for Nikon Speedlights. |
| June 18, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Washington Post: David Burnett reflects on an iconic moment missed |
| The Washington Post has posted a very interesting article by David Burnett who remembers the day that Associated Press photographer Nick Ut made his famous "napalm girl" image during the Vietnam War. Burnett, then 25 and a stringer for Time and Life magazines, was in the same location at the same time but was delayed by about 30 seconds trying to reload his Leica and missed the telling moment that turned Ut's photograph into an iconic anti-war image. The Post story includes a few previously unpublished pictures that Burnett shot that day. |
| June 18, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Photographer Steve Simon posts Nikkor 24-85mm examples to Flickr |
| New York-based documentary photographer Steve Simon was hired by Nikon to produce a series of pictures demonstrating the capabilities of the new AF-S 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR. From that effort, he has published online almost two dozen pictures shot with Nikon's new zoom, photos that also showcase his skills as a street photographer. |
| June 15, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters features Best of Euro 2012 |
| Reuters features a 70-image gallery on the Best of Euro 2012. |
| June 15, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| A look at life off the grid |
| TIME LightBox features A Natural Order by Lucas Foglia, a look at Americans who like to do it themselves and favour a life off the grid. |
| June 15, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC weekly gallery featured |
| MSNBC features its usual fine selection in the Week in Pictures: June 7 - 14. |
| June 15, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Macworld: computational photography in iOS |
| Macworld has published a relatively short article on computational photography, the broad name for combining information from several images into a single photograph (two examples are HDR imaging and panorama stitching). The article briefly discusses two free computational photography applications available for iOS devices, Microsoft's Photosynth and an app called SynthCam. |
| June 14, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Carl Recine blogs on shooting the Canon EOS-1D X at UEFA EURO 2012 |
| The Canon Professional Network has published a blog post by sports photographer Carl Recine who writes about his experiences using the Canon EOS-1D X to shoot the UEFA EURO 2012 soccer tournament. Included with the post are 10 of Recine's images. |
| June 14, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Beta firmware 7.51 for PocketWizard MultiMAX released |
| LPA Design has posted beta firmware 7.51 for the PocketWizard MultiMAX (USB port model). The release adds a feature called Patterns, which is intended to improve triggering reliability at large events at which many PocketWizards are in use, as well as a new option to disable the automatic powering off of the MultiMAX after 40 hours. |
| June 14, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon unveils 24-85mm, 18-300mm lenses |
| Later this month, Nikon will begin shipping two new zoom lenses, the AF-S 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR and AF-S DX 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR. |
| June 13, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Total Nikkor lens production surpasses 70 million |
| Nikon has announced that total production of Nikkor lenses surpassed 70 million last month, a number that includes 30 million equipped with the company's Silent Wave Motor autofocus mechanism. The first lens to emerge under the Nikkor name was in 1933. The current Nikkor lineup is comprised of over 70 different lens models. |
| June 13, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic focuses on child labour |
| The Atlantic features World Day Against Child Labor, an interesting gallery on child labour throughout the world. |
| June 13, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Thunderbolt Update 1.2 for Mac causing boot-up problems (updated) |
| Among Apple's flurry of software releases yesterday was Thunderbolt Update 1.2, an update of Mac OS X 10.7.4 that adds support for the Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter accessory. Installing the updater on site co-editor Mike's Sturk's MacBook Pro 15-inch has brought his computer to its knees. A little Googling reveals that many, many other Mac owners have been stricken with the same thing. If you've not yet installed the update, the prudent move would be to hold off. If you have, and your Mac is down for the count, we have a link to information that might be helpful in recovering from the problem. |
| June 12, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Clive Rose goes swimming with a Canon EOS-1D X, Olympics in mind |
| Recently, a great underwater picture from the Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming qualifications in London really caught our eye. Artfully composed and perfectly timed, it was shot by veteran Getty Images photographer Clive Rose at the London Aquatics Centre. When we got in touch with him, Rose agreed to give us the lowdown on how he did it. And it turned out that he had a couple of surprises up his sleeve. Rose made the shot using a pre-production Canon EOS-1D X while testing a system for shooting underwater that Getty and Canon together have been developing specifically for the upcoming London Olympics. Here’s what Rose told us about shooting his fine photo, his path to a career in sports photography, and the challenges of shooting sports. |
| June 12, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon posts EOS-1D X user guide, updates AF settings info |
| Canon USA has just posted both a brief setup guide and the full user manual for the EOS-1D X. The company has also recently updated the EOS-1D X AF Settings Guidebook on the Canon Digital Learning Center site, in part to draw distinctions between the 61-point AF system in the upcoming 1-series camera and the EOS 5D Mark III. |
| June 12, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| NEF Codec 1.14.0 supports D800, D800E |
| Nikon has updated the list of camera RAW files that can be decoded by NEF Codec 1.14.0 for Windows. Now, both the D800 and D800E are counted among the supported models. |
| June 12, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple updates Aperture, Final Cut Pro X, iPhoto |
| Apple has released Aperture 3.3, Final Cut Pro X 10.0.5 and iPhoto 9.3. |
| June 11, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple preparing Aperture update with new features, Retina Display support |
| Apple has revealed the changes coming in Aperture 3.3 for Mac, an upcoming new version of its pro photo management and RAW conversion application that's designed to take advantage of the high-resolution screen in the just-announced MacBook Pro with Retina Display. Other changes include the adoption of a common library shared by iPhoto and Aperture, faster browsing plus several image adjustment improvements. |
| June 11, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple announces MacBook Pro with Retina Display, more |
| At the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple unveiled a new MacBook Pro with Retina Display, added USB 3.0 plus made other improvements to the rest of its laptop lineup and showed off the upcoming OS X Mountain Lion operating system for Mac and iOS 6 for iOS devices. Also introduced today was a new Airport Express wireless router and the iPad Smart Case, a new accessory that covers both the front and back of Apple's tablet. |
| June 11, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| LA Times best of week featured |
| The Los Angeles Times features a fine gallery in The Week in Pictures: June 4 - 10. |
| June 11, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Shuttles set sail to new locales |
| The Atlantic features Shuttles Sail to Their New Homes, an interesting gallery of images on the trips made by the Enterprise and Explorer shuttles to New York and Houston. |
| June 8, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| June 15 is application deadline for Performance Photography Workshop in Banff |
| This July, The Banff Centre will once again be staging an intensive seven-day workshop on photographing dance, music, theatre and more. The Performance Photography Workshop features a mix of seminars and shooting time and is led by photographers David Cooper, Trudie Lee and Donald Lee. |
| June 8, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC posts weekly pictures |
| MSNBC features a fine gallery with the Week in Pictures. |
| June 8, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon announces touchscreen-equipped EOS Rebel T4i/650D |
| Canon has unveiled the 17.92 million image pixel EOS Rebel T4i/650D. The follow-on to the EOS Rebel T3i/600D adds a touchscreen rear LCD, faster 5fps burst rate, promised smooth and accurate tracking autofocus during video capture (thanks to the embedding of phase detect AF points within the image sensor itself) and a built-in stereo mic. The new camera's remaining features are otherwise very similar to its predecessor. |
| June 7, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon unveils STM-series 40mm f/2.8, 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 lenses |
| Alongside the introduction of the EOS Rebel T4i/650D come two new Canon lenses, the ultra-compact EF 40mm f/2.8 STM and the EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM. The stepping motor focus mechanism in these lenses is promised to enable them to shift focus smoothly and quietly, even when continuously tracking a moving subject in video mode on the T4i/650D. |
| June 7, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Photosmith 2.0.1 for iPad released |
| Photosmith 2.0.1 for Apple's iPad, an update of the app for sorting, rating, captioning and keywording pictures on the go, as well as syncing with Photoshop Lightroom, corrects numerous bugs and improves picture swiping and zooming functions. |
| June 7, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon Canada to dealers: EOS-1D X delayed until July (updated) |
| Canon Canada this week has begun informing pro photo retailers that initial shipments of the EOS-1D X digital SLR are not slated to arrive until July and that only "a small number of units" are expected at that time. While the Canon email being sent out to Canadian dealers is specific to the Canadian market, it almost certainly signals a worldwide slip in the release of the new camera. |
| June 7, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Rollei announces four add-on lenses for iPhone |
| Rollei has announced European availability of four add-on converter lenses for the Apple iPhone 3G/4/4s. The lenses include 12x and 9x telephoto optics, a .5x wide-angle converter, and a .28x fisheye converter. They mount to the iPhone via a hard case or bracket, which appears to be included with each lens. |
| June 7, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Early days of Kodachrome captured by amateur |
| Captured, The Denver Post photo blog, features a large gallery on the early days of colour photography in Cross Country in Color: The Road Trips of Charles W. Cushman, 1938 - 1949. |
| June 7, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Verbatim releases Power Pack chargers for tablets, smartphones |
| Verbatim has released a series of three supplemental lithium battery packs, and a fourth that uses AA batteries, designed to charge electronic devices such as iPhones and other smartphones, iPads and other tablets, iPods, e-readers, and more. |
| June 7, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Freeware IPTC Preset Editor creates IPTC files for Nikon D4 |
| IPTC Preset Editor for Windows, a free application from Jarle Aasland, creates and edits IPTC metadata files that can subsequently be loaded into the Nikon D4. It performs the same task as Nikon's IPTC Preset Manager, but without the need to install Microsoft Silverlight. |
| June 7, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| SI features Leading Off gallery |
| Sports Illustrated features some peak-action sports moments in its Leading Off gallery this week. |
| June 7, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Transit of Venus well documented |
| The Atlantic features an interesting gallery of creative images on The 2012 Transit of Venus when the planet passes between the earth and the sun. |
| June 7, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Sony announces Cyber-shot DSC-RX100, large sensor fixed-lens compact |
| Sony has announced the Cyber-shot DSC-RX100, an ultra-compact 19.96 million image pixel camera with a fixed (i.e. non-interchangeable) zoom lens and a large sensor (13.2 x 8.8 mm) similar in size to the so-called 1" sensor in the Nikon 1-series cameras. |
| June 6, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| WSJ features photos of the day |
| Photo Journal from The Wall Street Journal features an interesting gallery of images on Photos of the Day: June 5. |
| June 6, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| GoPro now shipping Wi-Fi BacPac, Wi-Fi Remote |
| GoPro this week has released two wireless accessories for its GoPro HD Hero and HD Hero2 wearable still/video cameras. The GoPro Wi-Fi BacPac enables remote control, including triggering and settings adjustments, of either camera model using the GoPro Wi-Fi Remote. And, with the HD Hero2 exclusively, remote control, preview, playback and transfer of pictures and video will soon be possible using the upcoming GoPro apps for iOS and Android. The HD Hero2 will also soon support live streaming from the camera to the Web. |
| June 6, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrated in images |
| Celebrations are underway for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee with impressive image galleries from MSNBC and The Atlantic. |
| June 6, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Free CheatSheet for Mac OS overlays keyboard shortcuts on screen |
| Can't remember all of the keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop or Aperture or whatever application you're working in? A free application for Mac OS X 10.7 or later, called CheatSheet, shows your foreground application's keyboard shortcuts in a temporary overlay on your Mac's screen. All you do is hold down the Command key and they pop up. |
| June 5, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| GeoSnitch for iOS gathers location data for embedding by ShutterSnitch |
| GeoSnitch, a new app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, tracks the position of your device and then creates a geolocation file which can be imported by ShutterSnitch, our longtime favourite iOS app for receiving pictures from a wireless camera. ShutterSnitch then reads the geolocation data and embeds it into corresponding picture files. For ShutterSnitch users, it's a slick and simple way to put location information into pictures within the app's collections. In addition, the files created by GeoSnitch can be read by any other geolocation software capable of parsing .kmz documents, such as Google Earth. |
| June 5, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Snapseed Mobile iOS app free until Thurs, 6/7 |
| Nik Software's Snapseed Mobile photo editing app for the iOS is currently Apple's Free App of the Week. The app, normally $4.99, is available free from the iTunes App Store until Thursday, June 7th. |
| June 5, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon USA announces Photo Paper Pro Luster |
| Canon has announced the addition of Photo Paper Pro Luster to the range of papers available for its PRO-1, Pro9500 Mark II and Pro9000 Mark II desktop photo printers. It's to come in two sizes, 8.5 x 11 inches and 13 x 19 inches, and will ship in the U.S. late this month. |
| June 5, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Pedal power alive and well |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features an interesting gallery on Pedal power. |
| June 5, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Trouble installing D4 firmware? Turn off networking, says Nikon |
| Nikon has amended the installation instructions for the D4 firmware update posted earlier this week. Now, those instructions include a workaround for D4 owners having difficulties getting the update to load: turn off the camera's networking feature before starting the update process. |
| June 2, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Best of Photojournalism 2012 awards announced |
| The National Press Photographers Association's The Best of Photojournalism 2012 have been announced in the various categories. |
| June 1, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| Getty Images offers free photo book for iPad recapping 2011 |
| Getty Images has published a free iPad book called "Year in Focus 2011". The book is primarily a showcase of Getty photojournalism from last year but includes short accompanying text stories and some video clips. |
| June 1, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC posts another good one |
| MSNBC features another fine gallery of images in the Week in Pictures. |
| June 1, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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| These pictures are unreal |
| The Atlantic features an interesting gallery on The Unreal World. |
| June 1, 2012 | FULL STORY |
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