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A Tamron SP 70-300mm Di VC USD to Be Given Away Each Day For The Next 60 Days Along With Four Other Prizes September 1, 2010, Commack, NY To celebrate the company's 60 years of optical innovation and excellence, Tamron USA has announced an unprecedented promotional program designed to reward the legions of photo enthusiasts and loyal Tamron fans residing in the USA who have helped to make Tamron a world leader in precision optics for digital...
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-- Investing approximately 40 billion yen in production facility to supply image sensors mainly for smartphones and digital cameras -- September 1, 2010, Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation (hereafter, "Sony") today announced that Sony would invest approximately 40 billion yen into Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corporation's Kumamoto Technology Center (hereafter, "Kumamoto TEC"), to increase production capacity for "Exmor"...
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Sony has introduced the S-Frame range of digital photo frames. Top of the line are the XR100 and VR100 that offer 10.2 inch screens and AVCHD video playback with stereo sound. The XR100 also includes TruBlack technology for better playback quality. The rest of the models come with screen sizes ranging from 7" up to 10.2" and offer a number of slideshow modes, clock and calendar views plus smart orientation sensors that flip images for correct viewing of portrait or landscape images.

Sony has announced the Bloggie Touch MHS-TS20K pocket camcorder. It is built around the company's 1/2.5" Exmor CMOS sensor, records Full HD video in MP4 format and captures 12.8Mp still images. It offers a 3 inch touchscreen LCD, 32mm F2.8 lens and a flip-out USB connecter that also charges the camera’s battery. It includes a 360 degree panorama lens adapter. Priced at $199.99, it will be available in pink, silver and black.

Carl Zeiss has introduced the Distagon T* 1,4/35 wide-angle lens in Canon EF (ZE) and Nikon F (ZF.2) mounts. This manual focus lens, with its large f/1.4 aperture, is made up of 11 elements in 9 groups. With an equivalent focal length of 50mm on APS-C cameras, it can be used on both digital and analog SLRs. Priced at €1385.71, the lens will be available in the first quarter of 2011.

Die dpa-Infografik GmbH schreibt erneut ihren jährlichen Preis für Infografiken aus. Bis zum 20. September können Grafiker ihre veröffentlichten Arbeiten einreichen. Die Preisverleihung findet Ende Oktober 2010 in Berlin statt. mehr…

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Among the smaller and lighter super-zoom digital cameras, the Nikon Coolpix L110 covers a good zoom range, from a pleasing 28mm wide-angle to a useful 420mm. Its 12.1-megapixel sensor means that the Nikon L110's overall image quality is pretty good, producing useful prints from ISO settings as high as 3,200. The Nikon L110 is a very basic long zoom digital camera, built for the novice shooter, but it still has a fairly high-resolution LCD, sporting 420,000 pixels. Click here for more on the Nikon L110 digital camera!
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Transforming a digital photo album into a unique and memorable collage just got a lot easier thanks to ScrapWalls.com, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based startup. ScrapWalls allows users to construct shape collages out of their digital photo galleries in seconds by simply uploading their pictures and selecting a template. With more than 25 templates to choose from ranging from wedding cakes to words and mountain...
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Both Models Feature MPEG-2 4:2:2 50Mbps Recording, Built-In 3-D and Infrared Shooting Options LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 31, 2010 Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announces the new Canon XF105 and XF100 Professional Camcorders for mobile HD video capture in a compact form factor. Canon's smallest professional camcorders, the new XF105 and XF100 utilize the same Canon XF Codec featured in the Canon XF305 and XF300, introduced...
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Wild Photography Holidays, specialising in small-group photography holidays in wild and inaccessible places; is offering a new, deliciously different 16-day holiday in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the heart of Southern India, over Christmas and New Year. PRLog (Press Release) Aug 31, 2010 Wild Photography Holidays (00354 5888939 www.wildphotographyholidays.com), the innovative travel company, specialising in small-group photography holidays...
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Epson WorkForce 635, 633 and 630 All-In-Ones with Two-Sided Printing, Extra-High Capacity Ink Cartridges and 250-Sheet Input Provide for Maximum Efficiency LONG BEACH, Calif. Aug. 31, 2010 Epson America, Inc., a leading provider of superior performing all-in-ones for the home office and micro* business, today introduced three new all-in-ones the Epson WorkForce 635, WorkForce 633 and WorkForce 630. With the worlds...
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DENVER -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MPEG LA announced today that its AVC Patent Portfolio License will continue not to charge royalties for Internet Video that is free to end users (known as Internet Broadcast AVC Video) during the entire life of this License. MPEG LA previously announced it would not charge royalties for such video through December 31, 2015, and todays announcement makes clear that royalties will continue not to be...
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Canon has announced it has developed the world's largest CMOS sensor measuring 202 x 205mm. Approximately 40 times the size of Canon's largest commercial CMOS sensor, it captures images with 1/100th the amount of light required by an SLR camera. Its advanced circuitry allows video recording at 60 frames per second with 0.3 lux illumination that according to the company is roughly one-half the brightness of a moonlit night. There is currently no information about the sensor's resolution. This follows last week's development announcement of Canon's 120 megapixel 29.2 x 20.2mm APS-H CMOS sensor.

Lightroom 3.2 und Camera Raw 6.2 sind ab sofort verfügbar. Die neuen Fassungen der Adobe-Rohdatenverarbeitungen unterstützen 16 neue Kameramodelle, darunter die Canon EOS 60D und die Sony SLT-A55V. mehr…

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Adobe has released Photoshop Lightroom 3.2, Camera Raw 6.2 and DNG Converter 6.2. These are final versions of updates that were originally posted as 'release candidates' on the Adobe Labs site, and are now available for immediate download. The latest versions provide final RAW support for sixteen recent cameras, including the Canon EOS 60D and Sony's NEX and SLT cameras. The updates also add more than 120 lens profiles and fix a number of bugs.

Worlds Smallest 600mm Telephoto Zoom Lens and 80-300mm Equivalent Lenses Deliver Both Extreme Portability and Optimal HD Movie Recording CENTER VALLEY, Pa., August 31, 2010 Olympus today announces two new lenses to its Micro Four Thirds lens family: the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75-300 MM F4.8-6.7 and M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150MM F4.0-5.6. Both lenses feature a high-speed, silent autofocus during still shooting and high definition (HD)...
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Olympus has announced two special edition all-black kits for its E-P2 Micro Four Thirds camera. Both kits come with a black version of the M.Zuiko Digital 17mm 1:2.8 pancake lens and either the VF-2 electronic viewfinder or FL-14 external flash. The kits also include a retro-styled lens cap imprinted with the company's Pen F series logo which can also be purchased separately. The black EVF edition will be available for €1,079 while the black flash edition will be available for €1,049 from October 2010.

Olympus has announced the addition of the M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm 1:4.0-5.6 zoom lens to its Micro Four Thirds lens series. Similar to the 75-300mm lens announced today, the lens promises fast and quieter focusing optimized for video shooting. It will come supplied along with the 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 in the Pen Double Zoom Kit. The lens will be available in black and silver for €329 from end of October 2010.

Olympus has announced what it calls the world’s smallest and lightest 600mm equivalent telephoto lens in the shape of M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75-300mm 1:4.8-6.7. Weighing 430 grams, the Micro Four Thirds system lens' 18 element, 13 group design utilizes two Extraordinary Dispersion (ED) and 3 High Refractive (HR) glass elements to reduce chromatic aberration. It promises fast and silent focusing for recording movies. The lens will be available in black and silver from December 2010 for €899.

Exclusive New Kit Features Black PEN E-P2 Body, Black 17mm M.Zuiko Lens and Black FL-14 Flash CENTER VALLEY, Pa., August 31, 2010 In the past year, the Olympus PEN family has won a series of high profile awards, including the CEA CES Innovations Award, the EISA Best European Camera and the Red Dot Design Award. Today, meet the newest member of the world-renowned family: the Olympus PEN E-P2 black-on-black kit. For the first time, the PEN...
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