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Introducing two new Olympus PEN system telephoto zoom lenses

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75–300mm f4.8–6.7 (35mm equiv. 150–600mm) M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40–150mm f4.0–5.6 (35mm equiv. 80–300mm) with Movie & Still Compatible technology Olympus Imaging Corporation (President: Masaharu Okubo) is pleased to announce the addition of two new telephoto zoom lenses to the continually-growing lens system for Olympus’ new generation of PEN digital cameras: the M.ZUIKO … Read more

Photography Business Part 7 is Up

Part 7 of my photography business series on the HP Professional Photography blog is now up. It covers turning services into products.

Canon develops world’s largest CMOS image sensor, with ultra-high sensitivity

Canon continues to demonstrate R&D leadership with successive ‘world’s-first’ image sensor developments Sydney, 31 August 2010: Canon announced today that it has successfully developed the world’s largest*1 CMOS image sensor, with a chip size measuring 202 x 205 mm. Because its expanded size enables greater light-gathering capability, the sensor is capable of capturing images in … Read more

Canon 60D

Canon EOS 60D DSLR camera

The EOS 60D digital SLR offers users an array of new creative options including a vari-angle screen, creative filters and Full HD video capture with ‘Movie Crop’ feature. Sydney, 26 August 2010: Canon Australia has today further strengthened its market-leading EOS digital SLR range with the introduction of the EOS 60D. Replacing the popular EOS … Read more

Canon’s 120MP APS-H Size Camera Sensor

Canon has shown a 29.2 x 20.2mm size 13,280 x 9.184 pixel CMOS camera sensor. It can also do full HD video from any 1920 x 1080 pixel area of the sensor. Now the mind boggles at a 50D type camera with such a sensor. The real issue has to be the lens resolution, unless … Read more

New NEC SpectraView 241 & 271 monitors

Color Confidence announce a raised benchmark in colour accurate display with the new NEC SpectraView 241 & 271 monitors Best in class for colour critical work – ideal for photographers and designers Numerous new features for image quality and stability, together with superb usability Birmingham, UK, 24th August 2010 – Europe’s leading independent colour management … Read more

Sony Gets Innovative with a Non-Moving dSLR Mirror

Sony redefines the DSLR category – a world first in Translucent Mirror Technology New 55 and 33 cameras deliver impressive digital still images of up to 10 frames per second and Quick Auto Focus Full HD Movie recording Sydney – 24 August, 2010 – Sony Australia today announced two new  cameras, the 55 and 33, … Read more

Canon US Announced Studio Version of 7D for Event and School Photographers

Canon U.S.A. Announces New EOS 7DSV (Studio Version) DSLR Camera With New Optional Canon Barcode Solution To Help Streamline Data Management For Large Scale Environments New “Locking” Feature is Included in The EOS 7D Studio Version For Administrative Control Over Camera Functionality LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 17, 2010 – For wedding and portrait photographers, one … Read more

HP Supports Platinum Printing and Other Alternative Processes

In an interesting and timely development, HP has released a paper preset for their Z3200 large format printer line to make the production of digital negatives for alternative chemical photographic processed, like platinum and palladium printing easier. This is timely indeed, because of a rise in interest in what is called alternative printing processes and … Read more

The Photography Business, Part 6: Changing Your Range of Services

The Photography Business, Part 6: Changing Your Range of Services is now up on the HP Pro Photo blog.

phoozl.com

Phoozl is a Photo-based Game Site

Phoozl.com is a website for photographers who like games. At launch it had about 30 games. One word of warning, it is a Flash-based site, so don’t try viewing it from an iPad. The site looks great, the games are fun and work well. Basically it comes down to this: if you like the types … Read more

iPhone Application Development for Dummies book review

iPhone Application Development for Dummies Book Review

It you are considering getting into writing apps for the iPhone, this excellent book is the one to get. iPhone Application Development for Dummies 2nd Edition By Neal Goldstein Wiley Publishing, Indianapolis, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-470-56843-9 This well written and planned book takes you through the details of iPhone app development by using easy to understand … Read more

Epson B-510DN Printer

The Epson B-510DN Inkjet Printer is a Winner

The B-510DN is a business printer, A4 or letter sized and very useful for photographers as well. This is a four-colour printer, so it is not one that photographers would naturally consider. However a photography studio or even a hobbyist at home has need for the following: A fast printer for general printing tasks; Good … Read more

Prototyping iPad Applications using Keynote (and would even work in Powerpoint)

A really interesting thing I found was a tutorial on prototyping iPad and iPhone applications by using Keynote, Apple’s Powerpoint equivalent to build an interactive prototype that will let you test the user interface before building it. Impressive. The tutorial is on Amir Khella’s blog. He also has a website that sells the themes for … Read more

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Photography Wisdom Book is Out

Wayne’s second book: Photography Wisdom: A Practical Guide To Successful Photography and Self Expression is now out and selling on Amazon. Photography Wisdom A Practical Guide To Successful Photography and Self Expression Wayne J. Cosshall ISBN: 978-0-9807500-1-0 Whatever your experience in photography, Photography Wisdom will help you to make your images better by giving you … Read more

Epson’s New Artisan All-in-One Printers Offer Superior Performance, Image Quality, Convenience, and an Eye-Catching Design

Artisan 835 and Artisan 725 Deliver Unbeatable Features and Fit the Decor of any Room LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ — Epson America, Inc., a leading provider of superior performing desktop printing solutions, today introduced its new line of Artisan® all-in-ones – the Artisan 835 and Artisan 725. With image quality preferred by consumers … Read more

The Photography Business, Part 5: Diversification vs. Specialization

Part 5 of my photography business series is up on the HP Professional Photography blog. It is on the topic of whether to diversify or specialise.

Photography Business Series, Part 4: Client Management

Part 4 of this growing series on the business of photography is now up on the HP Professional Photography blog.

Adobe Announces Availability of Flash Player 10.1 for Mobile

HBO, Sony Pictures, Turner, USA Network, Viacom, Warner Brothers and Others Ready Flash Content for Mobile Press Release SYDNEY, Australia, — June 22, 2010 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the release of Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 to mobile platform partners. Redesigned from the ground up with new performance and mobile specific features, Flash … Read more

HSC Edit DepthField 64bits plug-In for Photoshop CS3 to CS5 (including 64bit) on Mac and Windows, LightRoom or Apple Aperture 2/3

A powerful lens simulation plug-in for tilt and depth of field effects. Press Release Wilmington, NC, Human Software today announces the immediate availability of DepthField a lens simulation plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop® and Photoshop Elements, Lightroom, Apple Aperture in 32 or 64bit mode. With DepthField photographers can draw attention to their subject by manipulating focus … Read more

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