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Lawrenceville, NJ-based DataColor has announced a new tool to help with digital SLR autofocus calibration, the Datacolor SpyderLensCal. Designed for use with camera bodies that include an autofocus microadjustment feature, such as can be found on prosumer and professional DSLRs from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, and Pentax, the SpyderLensCal is available for pre-order immediately, and will be officially launched at the Photokina tradeshow later this month. The calibration process is relatively straightforward -- the camera is focused...
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Photo album supplier Kolo LLC is conntinuing its monthly photo contest running through December 2010, and offering over $1,000 in cash prizes, price a variety of Kolo merchandise. The Kolo Monthly Photo Contest has a different theme each month, with the September theme being "Yellow". Each month, entrants can submit up to ten photos matching the theme, and 15 winners will be selected to receive Kolo merchandise with a retail value of $50. Once the contest finishes at the end of the year, Kolo will select one grand prize winner, and six second-place winners. Each second-place...
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Filters and camera straps from Carl Zeiss OBERKOCHEN, GERMANY September 7, 2010 Carl Zeiss now offers photographers special accessories to support their work with ZEISS lenses. The new UV and POL filters from Carl Zeiss are optically and mechanically tailored to the high-quality ZEISS SLR lenses and protected against light reflections with the ZEISS T* multi-coating. Because good optics can be somewhat heavy at times, Carl Zeiss...
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We've just posted test shots for the Panasonic Lumix LX5, straight from the lab. Compared to its predecessor, the Panasonic LX5 has an all-new lens, sensor, and image processor, among many other changes to the camera's image quality and handling. The new 1/1.63-inch CCD image sensor offers 10.1 effective megapixel resolution, and includes dual microlenses. The LX5's sensor has larger microlenses with smaller gaps on both layers, and also increases well depth for improved dynamic...
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The SD Association has announced an extension to the format that will allow SDHC and SDXC cards with transfer rates of up to 300 MB/s - three times faster than the theoretical maximum of the UHS-I cards that are starting to appear and sixteen times quicker than conventional cards. The as yet unnamed standard will use a second row of connection pins located behind the existing ones to allow the greater transfer rates. The association says the cards will be defined by the SD 4.0 specification expected in early 2011 and will be backwards-compatible with existing SD, SDHC and SDXC devices, albeit without the speed benefits.

Just posted: our updated review of Sony's SLT A55. Following Adobe's launch of RAW support for the SLT cameras, we've taken an in-depth look at the noise, dynamic range and image quality of the camera's RAW output. We've also conducted tests and sifted-through our 1500+ real-world images to address the much-discussed 'ghosting' phenomenon caused by the A55's innovative semi-transmissive mirror design. With this work completed we're now able to round-off the review by giving the camera a final score.

Das neue Online-Magazin von „Design made in Germany“ ist da: Dmig5 widmet sich dem Thema „Ordnung“ und kann als PDF- oder HTML-Version betrachtet werden. mehr…

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Any web project more complex than a blog requires custom CMS design work. It’s tempting to use familiar tools and try to shoehorn content in—but we can’t select the appropriate tool until we’ve figured out the project’s specific needs. So what should a CMS give us, apart from a bunch of features? How can we choose and customize a CMS to fit a project’s needs? How can content strategy help us understand what those needs really are? And what happens a day, a week, or a year after we’ve installed and customized the CMS?

From August 31 to September 3, Canon representatives converged on New York City for the regional Canon EXPO 2010. Held every five years, Canon EXPO New York is one of three expos that will be held this year. The next two regional Canon EXPOs in 2010 will be held in Paris and Tokyo, covering Europe and Asia. Canon's product line is broad, including far more than the photographic technology for which they're best known, including medical imaging and more. The company has also integrated a very large format printer company called Oce, which neatly fills in much of their product line, allowing them to produce...
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Just posted! Our Sony SLT-A33 preview samples gallery. We've already treated the A33's bigger brother, the SLT-A55, to an in-depth review. Now we've had a chance to get out and shoot with the slightly lower-spec A33 as well. It lacks the GPS module of the A55 and comes with a slightly lower sensor resolution but is otherwise almost identical to Sony's top-of-the-range translucent mirror model. Have a look through our gallery and see for yourself what the Sony SLT-A33 has to offer in terms of image quality.

Calumet Photographic in Los Angeles, California presents Photo Rep and Author, Maria Piscopos one day workshop on marketing and self promotion, "How to Make Money with Your Photography" on Saturday, October 23, 2010. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- PRLog (Press Release) Sep 02, 2010 Calumet Photographic in Los Angeles, California presents Photo Rep and Author, Maria Piscopos one day workshop on marketing and self...
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Making high definition video almost too easy (September, 3rd 2010 Reno) High Definition displays are common place now, as are Blu-ray and DVD players, there is hardly a household that does not have at least one of these devices. As the home equipment evolves so do the personal recorders used to create home videos. Many of the tools used to create and compile home videos are often complicated, and sacrifice of ease of use for convoluted...
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Toshiba has announced what it claims will be the world's fastest SDHC UHS-I and the world's first microSDHC UHS-I compliant memory cards. To be available in 32GB, 16GB and 8GB capacities, the SDHC cards will offer read and write speeds of up to 95MB/s and 80MB/s respectively. The microSDHC cards will be available in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB capacities with read and write speeds of up to 45MB/s and 20MB/s. The company says mass production of the SDHC UHS-I cards and sample shipments of the new microSDHC UHS-I cards will begin from November 2010.

Light, Easy to Carry Handycam DCR-SX15E and DCR-SR15E Crisp, clear Standard Definition video shooting on removable flash memory (DCR-SX15E) or HDD (DCR-SR15E) Powerful 50x optical zoom 6.7cm (2.7") Clear Photo LCD SteadyShot, Face Detection and video light Direct Copy to external hard drive and DVDirect Express compatibility for easy back-ups LONDON -- (Marketwire -- September 1, 2010) -- IFA, Berlin -- Legendary Handycam...
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Device Allows Easy Sharing of HD Video and Photos via Social Networks SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1, 2010 Making its worldwide debut today, Sonys new Bloggie Touch enhances the pocket video camera category by making it even easier to preserve and upload lifes spontaneous moments. The Bloggie Touch (MHS-TS20 and MHS-TS10) captures full 1920x1080p high definition MP4 video and 12.8-megapixel photos on 8GB or 4GB of embedded memory,...
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New S-Frame Models Include Video AVCHD Playback, Other Innovative Features SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1, 2010 Sony today announced three new S-Frame digital photo frames (models DPF-XR100, DPF-VR100 and DPF-D830) that let consumers keep their favorite memories close with innovative, high-quality features, including video playback and battery operated capabilities. The DPF-XR100 and DPF-VR100 models offer AVCHD video playback...
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Seit einigen Jahren sorgt die Tauchgebühr in Kroatien für Unmut unter den Tauchern. Seit 1. September 2010 ist diese Tauchgebühr (zumindest für das Tauchen von einer Basis aus) Geschichte.

Sanyo has announced two new Xacti Dual Camera models for the US and European continents that, if not the same product under different names, are at the least very closely related. The US-model Sanyo Xacti VPC-PD2 was first to be announced a couple of weeks ago, although we didn't catch the press release at the time. The European equivalent, the Sanyo Xacti VPC-PD1, followed up with an announcement from the company's European headquarters in Munich, Germany yesterday. Both cameras are externally identical, and are described as offering ten megapixel still images, as well as...
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Bibble Labs has today unveiled an incremental update to its RAW file converter Bibble, which adds further Raw file support and lens calibration parameters. The new Bibble 5.1.1 adds support for the Sony Alpha A33, A55, A55V, and A560, as well as the Panasonic FZ40, FZ45, and FZ100. In addition, preliminary support has been added for the Canon EOS 60D. The update also allows Bibble to detect lenses in use for Sony and Panasonic Raw files, and fixes an issue with program crashes when printing images with certain plugins active. Bibble 5 Pro supports Windows...
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