| eBook training for portrait photographers |
| The US$40 Rick's eBook and Training CD was "written to help Professional Portrait Photographers make the transition into digital photography."... |
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| D1X used in Seacam |
| A recent Stephen Frink web journal (scroll down to the Trip Log section) describes his experience using the Nikon D1X in a Seacam housing to shoot the spectacular underwater world of the Galapagos Islands.... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Ethics guidelines for digital |
| The DigitalCustom Model Ethics Guidelines is a document designed to "assist primarily news, travel and nature editors to formulate internal policies for the ethical, objective application of digital image editing procedures to journalistic photographs."... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Pocket Phojo updated |
| Pocket Phojo for Pocket PC was updated earlier this month to Release 159. This and other previous updates include a new panning tool, a fix for the FTP transfer function not recognizing usernames containing an @ symbol and the addition of an option to disable passive transfers for compatibility with... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Waterproof backpack from Lowepro |
| Lowepro has unveiled the DryZone 200, a backpack that the company claims is the "first soft-sided camera backpack that's completely waterproof." The pack features a plastic-coated nylon shell, TIZIP zipper and interior space roomy enough for a 300mm f/2.8 lens (with hood reversed) attached to a camera body, plus other lenses and accessories. The DryZone 200 is expected to ship in May or June at a US list price of US$329 (dealers will likely sell for less). |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Lowepro creates 17-35 lens case |
| Lowepro has also announced the Lens Case 4S, a soft, padded case roomy enough to hold the Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 with hood extended (it should also accept Canon's 17-35 f/2.8 and 16-35mm f/2.8). The Lens Case 4S features Lowepro's SlipLock system for attaching the case to a Street and Field... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Lowpro Cardholder fits belt |
| The Lowepro DMC-H CompactFlash card holder will hold up to 8 cards in its four coated mesh pockets, and includes a velcro closure, two belt loops and a neoprene exterior. The DMC-H is designed to ride horizontally on a photographer's belt; a second holder, the DMC-V, is oriented vertically. Both are expected to ship in March. |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Printroom.com launches DVD PhotoShow |
| Printroom.com has launched DVD PhotoShow, a service designed to streamline the creation of a DVD of up to 500 still photographs that's viewable on a home DVD player. Photos are sorted into 5 user-definable chapters. Each photo is displayed, with a slow zoom effect, for 5 seconds. The finished DVD includes an index print of the photos on the DVD. Currently, the user can add titles and descriptions to the DVD, as well as select background music from a canned list. Future enhancements are to include more effects and transitions as well as the ability to control the time each photo is displayed. A DVD PhotoShow is US$50 for up to 150 photos, US$60 for up to 300 photos and US$70 for up to 500 photos. Turnaround time on finished DVDs is expected to be about 3 business days. |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Mac covers Eco Challenge |
| Eco-Challenging Mother Nature and Digital Photographers, a feature on Apple's web site, looks at Blue Pixel's use of Macs to cover last year's Eco Challenge adventure race in New Zealand.... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak announces Pro Back 645 |
| Kodak has announced the DCS Pro Back 645, a digital back featuring the same square-format 16MP sensor as the Pro Back Plus. Kodak will produce two different models: the 645M is compatible with the Mamiya 645AF and 645 AFD; the 645C, the Contact 645AF. Shipping is to commence April 1.... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Wet camera makes magic |
| Mr. Eaves and His Magic Camera (follow the link on the site's main page) is the fascinating story of a Nikon Coolpix 990 that, after being dumped in the Pecos River, baked on a stovetop and tied to the windshield wiper of a speeding car, produces photos that are so... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Dale offers Photoshop workshop |
| Former National Geographic staff photographer Bruce Dale's annual Photoshop in the Field (follow the Workshops link on the site's main page) workshop runs from August 26-September 1.... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Heavy Armor protects PDA |
| The Heavy Armor 2000 is a waterproof PDA case designed so that the device's touch screen can still be used when the PDA is sealed in the case.... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| SanDisk produces 1GB card |
| Sandisk's 1GB CompactFlash Type I card is now in production and expected on store shelves in 1-2 weeks. Sandisk's card will be the first 3.3mm thick Type I CompactFlash card to reach 1GB; 1GB cards from Lexar Media and SimpleTech, which are already on the market, are the thicker 5.5mm... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| D100 previewed |
| Digital Photography Review has posted a preview of the Nikon D100.... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Microtech uses FireWire |
| Microtech is prepping a driver for its Microtech FireWire CameraMate card reader that will bring full compatibility with Mac OS X. Also in the works is an update to the driver for earlier Mac OS versions that does not insist on controlling all FireWire devices, as is the case with... |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Muzzle your camera noise |
| The US$100 (approx. street price) Camera Muzzle sound blimp has been redesigned to include a viewing port for the rear LCD monitor of a digital SLR camera. In addition, zippers have replaced the velcro of previous versions, for quieter insertion and removal of the camera. The Muzzle is now stuffed with the same sound-deadening material found in industrial earplugs. Two models are available, one for Canon SLR bodies, the other for Nikon. Sam Cranston, the designer of the Camera Muzzle, says that most recent film and digital SLR cameras should fit nicely inside, except for Kodak's early-generation NC 2000 and DCS 3 (and other Kodak DCS cameras from that era), which at best will be an uncomfortably tight fit. An August 2000 story on this site looks at an earlier incarnation of the Camera Muzzle in detail. Contact Sam Cranston at sam.cranston@news-jrnl.com for more information. |
| February 26, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak ERI technology brings power of RAW format to JPEGs |
| Kodak Professional today has unveiled a technology that aims to combine the workflow ease of JPEGs with the flexibility of the company's DCR (raw) format photos. Called Extended Range Imaging (ERI), the patented technology enables a photographer using one of Kodak's current DCS 7xx or Pro Back models to correct for serious exposure and white balance errors, as well as access the full gamut of colour captured by the camera, even if the original RAW file captured by the camera is gone and only a camera-processed JPEG is staring them in the face. |
| February 24, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Lexar announces 24X CompactFlash, Image Rescue |
| Lexar Media has announced that their Pro Series 16X CompactFlash cards are to be revved to a 24X speed-rating starting in March. The first cards to come available are 256MB and 512MB capacities. A press release provides additional details. |
| February 24, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Adobe takes wraps off Photoshop 7 |
| At long last, Adobe today has taken the wraps off Photoshop 7.0, the next revision of its flagship image editing software. For many Mac users, the only new feature that matters is native support for OS X (it will run in OS 9.1 and 9.2 also, as well as Windows 98 and later). The OS X version, a beta of which I have been using full time for about a month, takes full advantage of the new Mac operating system's Aqua interface cues, and has been a stable performer to boot. |
| February 24, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Lexar tweaks 16X card firmware for EOS-1D |
| Lexar Media yesterday announced a new revision of firmware for its Pro Series 16X CompactFlash cards that is designed to boost write speed in the Canon EOS-1D. A Lexar press release claims a 15 percent speed boost when shooting the EOS-1D's raw format, relative to original-firmware 16X cards, which is in line with the 14% change I measured during write speed testing with both 512MB 16X and 1GB 16X cards running the revised firmware. |
| February 22, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon announces EOS D60 digital SLR |
| The Canon EOS D60, announced today, joins Nikon's D100 and Fuji's S2 Pro in the mid-range digital SLR segment popularized by the Canon EOS D30 over the past 18 months. With a 6.29 million image pixel photo produced by a Canon-designed CMOS sensor and an expected price in the US that should make it directly competitive with the D100 especially, look for the D60 to duke it out with the D100 and perhaps the S2 Pro for the purchasing dollars of the advanced hobbyist and budget-minded pro in need of a digital SLR |
| February 22, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon announces D100 digital SLR |
| Nikon today has announced the D100, a 6.02 million image pixel digital SLR that borrows liberally from the company's digital D1X and film N80/F80 models to create a new camera aimed squarely at a class of photographer whose budget put the D1X beyond their reach. The exact price of the D100 has not yet been announced, but is expected to retail for about half the cost of the company's flagship D1X model when it ships in the second quarter of 2002. |
| February 21, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| VoiceStream acquires MobileStar |
| Mobile phone carrier VoiceStream has acquired the MobileStar wireless 802.11b (aka Apple Airport) network. In an email sent to MobileStar subscribers today, VoiceStream indicates that the procedure for logging into and being billed for the MobileStar service remains unchanged, and that VoiceStream will "continue to expand to new locations and... |
| February 11, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Foveon announces new sensor |
| Foveon today has announced the X3, a new type of digital camera sensor that is able to measure and record the proportion of red, green and blue light striking an individual pixel. This is in contrast to traditional single chip CMOS and CCD sensors, whose individual pixels are able to... |
| February 11, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| George Bush photographer featured |
| David Valdez, President George Bush's personal photographer during the elder Bush's time as Vice-President and President of the United States, is featured on Nikon.Net. The site is also publishing the photographs of sports shooter Dave Black for the duration of the 2002 Winter Olympics.... |
| February 11, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Rescue handles D30 files |
| Photo Rescue 1.0.1.594 improves raw file format support in the US$29 photo recovery application for Windows. The program now correctly handles the Canon EOS D30's raw .CRW format, assigning the .THM file extension to each CRW's accompanying thumbnail file, instead of .JPG. Raw files from Nikon D1-series and late model... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Didlick site contains useful Nikon tips |
| Long-time digital photographer Nick Didlick's web site is full of useful tips and information on Nikon D1-series cameras, remote photography and more.... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| New software coming for Pocket PC |
| Jens Dresling notes that Imbridge's iWIP enables the editing, captioning, JPEG 2000 compression and transmission of digital camera images from a Pocket PC 2002 handheld. The software, which is to ship in April 2002, includes a simple server application for receiving iWIP-sent images. The Imbridge web site indicates that the... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Terapin Mine discussed |
| The February issue of The Digital Journalist includes a look at the US$599 Terapin-Mine, a device for storing and transmitting photos from the field.... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Airport expands |
| Wireless Internet service based on Wi-Fi (802.11b, aka Apple Airport) technology is to launch at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport March 1. A recent report suggests that the number of Wi-Fi public access points, commonly referred to as WLAN "hot spots" within the wireless industry, will grow from 3700 in... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| $16 digital produced |
| LetsGoDigital.nl reports on a US$16 single use digital camera from Pentax. The camera was market-tested for several months recently in Japan.... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Search engines store thumnails |
| Ellis Vener notes that a recent court ruling in the US allows web search engines to store and display thumbnails of a photographer's work, but not full-sized images. A law.com story provides additional information.... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Ricochet bounces back |
| Howard Gayle notes a CNET news.com interview with Aerie Networks CEO Mort Aaronson on the revival of Ricochet wireless Internet access in the US.... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| D1 book available |
| The US$30 book D1 Generation by Moose Peterson and David Cardinal is now shipping.... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Toast fixes problem |
| Toast Titanium 5.1.2 for Mac, a free update to the CD/DVD writing software for OS 9.1 and OS X 10.1.2, fixes a design problem in previous versions that allowed for potentially sensitive personal information, including web addresses visited, to be burned onto data discs. A Read Me page provides additional... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| iPhoto features multiple libraries |
| The freeware iPhoto Library Manager enables iPhoto to work with multiple libraries, as well as change the location of a library to other than the default Pictures folder.... |
| February 8, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| EOS-1D firmware update addresses "banding problem" |
| Canon today has released a firmware update for the EOS-1D that is designed to diminish the appearance of noticeable light/dark striations running through images generated by the company's flagship digital SLR. The condition, commonly referred to as the "banding problem" on Internet forums, is most noticeable in certain darker backgrounds and at higher ISO settings in particular. |
| February 1, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Mechanic 2.0r19 fixes thumbnail bug |
| A bug that can cause the thumbnails of captioned EOS-1D files to be drawn incorrectly has been fixed in v2.0r19 of Photo Mechanic Lite and Pro for Mac. |
| February 1, 2002 | FULL STORY |
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