| Nikon resumes limited production in Thailand |
| In its latest update on the flooding in Thailand and the impact it has had on manufacturing there, Nikon reports that, as of today, shipments of some Thailand-made digital SLR bodies and lenses has resumed, albeit at a reduced volume. Additional manufacturing capacity is expected to come online in January 2012, while the company expects "to resume production of digital SLRs and interchangeable lenses to the normal level of volume by the end of March 2012..." |
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| PDN surveys 2011 photo books |
| PDN Online has published three articles surveying the photo book landscape for 2011. The articles include an overview of photo book publishing and sales for the year, as well as a two-part list, with mini-reviews, of more than 30 notable photo books. |
| November 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Test your knowledge of the earth from above |
| The Atlantic features a gallery and puzzle in one with Where in the World: A Google Earth Puzzle. |
| November 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Hazards of shooting for National Geographic |
| A matrix of various hazards faced by photographers on assignment for National Geographic has been published on a new web site created by a collective of the magazine's shooters. The long list of adverse events includes pursuit by crocodile, robbery, running out of air while diving under ice, and much, much more. The web site, called The Photo Society, doesn't clearly indicate its purpose, but it appears to be a platform for promoting the work and activities of its members, who have all shot at least one National Geographic feature story. |
| November 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Christmas in The Big Picture |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features a gallery of colourful and creative images as Christmas approaches. |
| November 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon to ship Speedlight SB-910 next month |
| Nikon has announced the Speedlight SB-910, an update of the Speedlight SB-900 that retains that flash's key features and overall appearance while tweaking the control layout for quicker menu access as well as reworking the thermal protection so that recycling slows when the unit gets warm, rather than turning off altogether. The SB-910 is also bundled with two hard plastic clip-on incandescent and fluorescent filters, replacing the gel filters that came with the SB-900. |
| November 29, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| X-Rite posts guide to Adobe Camera Raw 6 |
| X-Rite has posted a guide to Adobe Camera Raw 6, the RAW processing plug-in that's part of Photoshop CS5.x. The 36-page PDF, prepared by Italian imaging expert Francesco Marzoli, gives a solid overview of the software. It's especially useful if you're just getting familiar with Adobe's RAW converter. |
| November 29, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| X-Rite releases i1Profiler 1.2.0 |
| X-Rite has released i1Profiler 1.2.0, an update of the company's calibration and profiling software. New features include the option to balance red, green and blue during monitor calibration, improved automatic monitor adjustment during the calibration process, support for Eizo ColorEdge displays and other tweaks and fixes. |
| November 29, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC features the week in sports |
| MSNBC features an interesting collection of images in the Week in Sports Pictures. |
| November 29, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Shooting a 360-degree panorama image from a helicopter |
| Finnish photographer Kari Kuukka has posted an interesting account of how he shot a 360-degree panorama image from a helicopter. Kuukka's blog post about the assignment details the many unusual obstacles that had to be overcome to get the shot. |
| November 29, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Life's worst covers |
| Life magazine has posted a slideshow of the 20 worst covers in the magazine's history. The entertainingly terrible pageant includes two truly awful cover images by Ansel Adams and Richard Avedon. |
| November 28, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| LATimes: The Week in Pictures |
| The Los Angeles Times features an interesting collection of images in The Week in Pictures: Nov. 21 - 27. |
| November 26, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| For the photographer who has everything: I Shoot RAW shirts, accessories |
| If you're struggling to come up with a gift for the shooter who has everything, or your own supply of photography-oriented shirts and hats is running low, you may want to check out the web store of photographer and FroKnowsPhoto.com blogger Jared Polin. Now until December 24, 2011, various items in his line of I Shoot RAW t-shirts, baseball caps, hats and more are reduced in price, while for this weekend only he's clearing out older shirts for US$10 as well as selling a "Crush" limited edition t-shirt, in red, for US$13.99. |
| November 25, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| LIFE presents best 75 images |
| LIFE's online magazine features a nice gallery on The 75 Best LIFE Photos. |
| November 25, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| High fliers in this MSNBC gallery |
| MSNBC features a collection of fine images in the latest edition of the Week in Pictures. |
| November 25, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| SI leads off with peak action sports |
| Sports Illustrated features Leading Off: Pictures of the Week, a selection of peak-action moments from the sports world. |
| November 24, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| NYT LENS: More Than a Road Trip |
| LENS, The New York Times photo blog features More Than a Road Trip, a project from Luceo on rural America. More work from Luceo was featured an earlier gallery. |
| November 24, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Feature: Stephen Mallon shoots a bridge's journey |
| Photographer Stephen Mallon's four-minute time-lapse video, called "A Bridge Delivered," was created from more than 30,000 still photos shot over five days as a new link between the Bronx and Manhattan was painstakingly transported into place. Here's an overview of how he did it. |
| November 23, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photographer's i, a new tablet-based photography magazine launches |
| A new photography magazine called Photographer's i, which will be available only on tablet devices, has been announced. The magazine's issues will be delivered through a free app, which is now available for the iPad and Android tablets. The first issue features work and stories by Jay Maisel, Steve Simon, Bob Krist, and several others. |
| November 23, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| DxO Optics Pro 7 announced |
| DxO Labs has announced DxO Optics Pro 7, a major update of the company's image processing and raw workflow software. Improvements include greater image quality, faster batch processing, and enhancements to the user interface and workflow. |
| November 23, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters features pictures of the year |
| Reuters Full Focus features a large gallery of The best pictures of the year 2011 which include some technical details. |
| November 22, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Up to $250 savings on Nikon 1 kits in U.S. this week |
| Nikon retailers in the U.S., in conjunction with Nikon USA, are offering between US$50-250 off the purchase of various Nikon 1 J1 and V1 kits, now through November 26, 2011. |
| November 21, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| eBook: The Art and Craft of HDR Photography |
| A new eBook called The Art and Craft of HDR Photography by Bettina and Uwe Steinmueller of Digital Outback Photo has been released. The 100-page electronic book covers the principles and practices of high dynamic range photography, from shooting HDR images to tonemapping and handling typical problems associated with HDR photography. |
| November 21, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Xerox posts demos of new image analysis and classification tools |
| Xerox has posted online demos of some new image management software tools that the company's R&D lab is developing. They include "Similar Image Search", which looks for images that are visually similar to a user-designated picture, and "Image Categorizer", which analyses an image to determine its content type -- whether it's a portrait or a sunset photo, for example. |
| November 21, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC features best of the sports week |
| MSNBC never lets us down with its selections for the Week in Sports Pictures. |
| November 21, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon releases new firmware for Nikon 1 system zoom lenses |
| Nikon has released firmware updates for three of the lenses in its Nikon 1 system. The new firmware addresses an instance in which photos could be blurry if taken immediately after the camera was shaken or moved, and affects the 1 Nikkor VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6, VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 and VR 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 power zoom. Additionally, pictures shot with the first two lenses would sometimes show the incorrect aperture value in EXIF. This has been corrected. |
| November 21, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Take A Trip to Bhutan |
| The Atlantic features an interesting set of images in A Trip to Bhutan. |
| November 19, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| LATimes: The Week in Pictures |
| The Los Angeles Times features The Week in Pictures: Nov. 14 - 20, 2011. |
| November 19, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| ShutterSnitch, Eye-Fi Center, Eye-Fi card firmware updated |
| ShutterSnitch for Apple's iOS devices, Eye-Fi Center for Mac and Windows and the firmware for Eye-Fi X2-series wireless memory cards have all been updated this week. |
| November 18, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| NYT: Olympus missing $4.9 billion, suspected ties to organized crime |
| The New York Times reported late yesterday that Japanese investigators believe that at least $4.9 billion is unaccounted for in the ongoing financial scandal at Olympus. They are investigating the possibility that much of that money may have gone to companies with organized crime links. This is the first indication from officials of both the amount of money involved in this scandal and the possible involvement of criminal syndicates, which was first alleged in a recent story by a Japanese magazine that started this chain of events. |
| November 18, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC features week's best |
| MSNBC features a gallery of fine images in the Week in Pictures. |
| November 18, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Some nice images captured at cattle fair |
| Captured, The Denver Post photo blog, features images from the Sonepur India Cattle Fair. |
| November 18, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Feature: Wildlife shooter Scott Linstead captures slices of time |
| High-speed flash and infrared camera traps are among the tools that photographer Scott Linstead uses to capture stunning photographs of wildlife, both on location and in the studio. |
| November 17, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| National Wildlife Contest winners selected |
| The National Wildlife Photo Contest Winners 2011 features a slideshow of winners in its 41st competition. |
| November 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Documerica features America in the 70s |
| The Atlantic features Documerica: Images of America in Crisis in the 1970s, a gallery of images that show why the Environmental Protection Agency hired photographers to document damage to the environment. |
| November 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon updates EOS 5D Mark II firmware to v2.1.1 |
| Firmware v2.1.1 for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II fixes an instance in which shooting would stop unexpectedly after one frame while in a continuous shooting mode, including when capturing an Auto Exposure Bracketing sequence. Corrections have also been made to Dutch language menus. |
| November 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| New Canon supertelephoto ship dates 'yet to be determined,' says Canon USA |
| Canon USA has given notice that ship dates for three previously-announced lenses, the EF 200‐400mm f/4L IS Extender l.4x, EF 500mm f/4L IS II and EF 600mm f/4L IS II, are "yet to be determined," which presumably means the trio won't reach store shelves anytime soon, and not before the end of this year, as was once planned. |
| November 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Journal daily gallery a good one |
| Photo Journal from The Wall Street Journal features an interesting collection of images in Photos of the Day: Nov. 15. |
| November 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Tip: Alternate mounting options for the Vagabond Mini Lithium |
| If you own and like the Paul C. Buff Vagabond Mini Lithium portable power pack, but you've been in need of something heavier-duty than the included spring clamp to secure it to a light stand, we have a look at four alternate mounting methods. Plus, we report the results of a longer-term performance test of the Vagabond Mini Lithium battery. |
| November 15, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| National Geographic galleries worth a look |
| National Geographic posted some new galleries on its site including The Bible of King James by Jim Richardson and A Cry for the Tiger by Steve Winter. |
| November 15, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| SI leads off with peak action sports |
| Sports Illustrated features a fine collection of images in Leading Off: Pictures of the Week. |
| November 15, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC highlights week in sports |
| MSNBC features another fine Week in Sports Pictures gallery. |
| November 14, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon Canada sets EOS-1D X price and availability (updated) |
| A notice to Canadian Canon Professional Services (CPS) members, sent out today by email, sets the price of the upcoming EOS-1D X at CDN$6999.99, with shipments to commence in March 2012. |
| November 14, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Flooding in Thailand featured |
| The Atlantic features Thailand's Disastrous Slow-Moving Flood, an interesting image gallery showing the scope of the flooding over the past two weeks. |
| November 14, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Telegraph: Magnum Contact Sheets reviewed |
| Writing in the U.K. newspaper, The Telegraph, Booker Prize-winning novelist John Banville reviews Magnum Contact Sheets, an "utterly absorbing" new book comprising 139 contact sheets and related materials containing famous and notable images made from the 1930s through recent years by 69 Magnum photographers. The featured photographers include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Inge Morath, Bruno Barbey, and Eve Arnold, among many others. Banville's essay reflects on the role of the contact sheet in the history and practice of photography. |
| November 14, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic features National Geographic contest entries |
| The Atlantic features an interesting gallery of images from submissions to the National Geographic Photo Contest 2011. |
| November 12, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Adobe revamps upgrade policy for Photoshop CS6, other CS6 applications |
| Starting with Photoshop CS6, which is anticipated to ship in 2012, Adobe will be enforcing a new upgrade policy. |
| November 12, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Big Picture focuses on food and the environment |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features Feeding 7 billion and our fragile environment, an interesting image gallery on food and the environment. |
| November 11, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Tablet-based immersive video technology Condition ONE launches |
| Condition ONE, a new immersive video technology initially available for the iPad, can now be downloaded for free from the iTunes App Store. Condition ONE is a system for capturing extremely wide field-of-view video footage — at least as wide as the human vision field but possibly also up to 360 degrees — that can be freely navigated on an iPad (and next year on Android tablets). The viewer can tilt, pivot, and swipe the iPad to swing the view they are seeing of the scene. |
| November 11, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Tronix Explorer XT3 release delayed until January 2012 (updated) |
| Innovtronix has announced that the release of the Tronix Explorer XT3, a portable power pack for studio flash the company announced earlier this year, has been delayed. It will now ship in January 2012. |
| November 11, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC highlight's the week's best |
| MSNBC features a nice collection of images in The Week in Pictures: Nov. 3 - 10. |
| November 11, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple posts Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.9 |
| Apple has released Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.9 for the Mac OS. It adds support for the RAW formats of 11 additional digital cameras from Canon, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony, plus the Nikon 1 J1 and V1. |
| November 10, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon updates firmware for D7000, D5100 |
| New "B" firmware for the Nikon D7000, v1.03, as well as firmware v1.01 for the D5100, corrects several bugs, including a problem recognizing certain memory cards. |
| November 10, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon educational posts on EOS-1D X autofocus and Cinema EOS system |
| The Canon Digital Learning Center has posted a lengthy article on the autofocus system in the new EOS-1D X and an also lengthy FAQ on the Cinema EOS system. |
| November 10, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| InfoTrends sees continued DSLR sales growth, increasing CSC market share |
| In a new study on the interchangeable lens camera market, market research firm InfoTrends projects continued strong sales growth for the category overall and increasing market share in the U.S. for what it calls CILCs (compact interchangeable lens cameras). The study breaks the interchangeable lens camera market into DSLRs and CILCs. It concludes that CILCs will account for less than 10% of the U.S. market this year but will have close to a 20% share by revenue and volume by 2016. |
| November 10, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic recycling images |
| The Atlantic features an interesting image gallery on Recycling Around the World. |
| November 10, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| R&D: World's largest digital camera gets green light |
| The web site of R&D magazine reports that the U.S. Department of Energy has approved the funding for what will be the largest digital camera ever made. A component in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the camera will be a 3.2-gigapixel device constructed of a mosaic of 189 CCD sensors, and it will be "roughly the size of a small car". Scientists hope it will shed light on dark matter and dark energy, and it will allow them to construct a "four-dimensional space-time landscape of color and motion" permitting anyone with a computer to "fly through the universe, zooming past objects a hundred million times fainter than can be observed with the unaided eye." |
| November 9, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon updates ViewNX 2 to v2.2.3 |
| Nikon has released ViewNX 2 v2.2.3 for Mac and Windows, an update that corrects an instance of the application quitting unexpectedly and also tackles a resolution-related bug. |
| November 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Adobe posts Camera Raw 6.6, Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 release candidates |
| Adobe has posted release candidates of Camera Raw 6.6 and Photoshop Lightroom 3.6. The near-final versions of each extend RAW conversion support to five new camera models including the Nikon 1 J1 and V1. Over 30 new lens correction profiles have been added too, plus a number of bugs have been squashed. |
| November 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic features fall image gallery |
| The Atlantic features Fall Is in the Air: Part II, a fine gallery of images of the season. |
| November 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters: Olympus admits it hid losses for decades |
| Reuters reports that financial improprieties at Japan's Olympus Corp. are a result of attempts to paper over investment-related losses beginning about 20 years ago. The company's admission of the cover-up took place at a press conference earlier today in Tokyo, and is being described as "the biggest corporate scandal to hit Japan since... the 1990s." The revelation, after weeks of denials, sent shares in the camera and optical device maker plummeting nearly 30 percent. |
| November 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| SI leads off with high flier |
| Sports Illustrated features a number of fine peak-action images in this week's Leading Off: Pictures of the Week. |
| November 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC sports gallery always good |
| MSNBC features a fine collection of images in gallery called the Week in Sports Pictures. |
| November 7, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Panasonic announces Lumix GX1, 15.8-megapixel compact system camera |
| Panasonic has announced the Lumix DMC-GX1, a new 15.8 million image pixel compact system camera using the Micro Four Thirds lens mount and sensor size. The GX1 has a rangefinder-like body design (similar to the Lumix GF-series) and a control interface aimed at enthusiast photographers. |
| November 7, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Review: Nikon's J1 and V1 cameras and 1 Nikkor lenses |
| If you're a working photographer using a Nikon digital SLR now, chances are the announcement of the J1 and V1 in September caught your attention briefly, you grumbled that the system wasn't built around a much bigger image sensor or wasn't more pro-oriented, and then you returned to wondering when the company will issue replacements for cameras like the D700 and D3S. Admittedly, my reaction was along those lines as well. While I admired the boldness of Nikon's move to create a new-from-the-ground-up camera system, I didn't see it as doing much for my own photography. That is, until I tried out the cameras and accompanying lenses. After a few weeks of shooting with Nikon 1 system gear, almost exclusively in my off-duty role as parent to two active boys, I've gone from being nonplussed about to singing the praises of Nikon's newest wares. At long last, my weekend carry-about camera has arrived and it's called the V1. Here's why. |
| November 6, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Chipworks tears down Nikon 1 V1, finds Aptina sensor |
| Chipworks has published a teardown of the new Nikon 1 V1 compact system camera and reports that the camera's sensor is an Aptina device. Aptina is a U.S.-based sensor company that was spun off from Micron Technology in 2009. As part of Micron and now on its own, Aptina is a long-time market share leader in small imaging sensors for cell phone cameras and industrial devices; late last year the company announced plans to move aggressively into the DSLR camera sensor business. |
| November 5, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photoshelter offers free photo business boot camp |
| Photoshelter is offering a free five-week course called the Photo Business Boot Camp. The course will be delivered by email and tackles subjects related to managing, sustaining, and marketing a photography business. |
| November 4, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon issues third notice on Thai flooding; estimates business cost |
| Nikon has issued a third notice on the flooding in Thailand, which has submerged the first floor of the company's factory in Ayutthaya province. This factory makes all APS-C format Nikon DSLR cameras and many lenses. The factory's first floor remains submerged, and Nikon does not anticipate returning to full production in that location until the end of March, 2012. |
| November 4, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Fiery landing the highlight of weekly MSNBC gallery |
| MSNBC's latest Week in Pictures shows a scary picture of a Polish passenger jet making an emergency landing with no sign of its landing gear. |
| November 4, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon unveils Cinema EOS product line |
| Canon has unveiled Cinema EOS, a new line of products geared towards filmmakers. Anchoring the new line is the EOS C300, a "digital cinema" camera that features an 8.29-megapixel Super 35mm-equivalent CMOS sensor that's purpose-built for cinematography. It will come in both Canon EF and PL mounts. The company has introduced five EF Cinema lenses too, and has also revealed the development of a new digital SLR that incorporates "an enhanced version of the video-capture capability offered in the current EOS-series lineup." |
| November 3, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon's Hollywood unveiling of EOS C300 now underway |
| The unveiling of the EOS C300, a new Canon pro video camera aimed at filmmakers, is taking place right now in Hollywood in southern California. The announcement include three new prime lenses and two zooms, which are intended for the C300 though it may be possible to attach them to any existing EOS camera too. |
| November 3, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon updates Digital Photo Professional |
| Canon has posted Digital Photo Professional (DPP) 3.11.1, an update to its RAW conversion application for Mac and Windows. The release corrects bugs related to displaying EOS 5D Mark II shooting data and saving photos shot with the EOS 5D and EOS Rebel T3/1100D after conversion. |
| November 3, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Speedlight Solutions bracket for using twin shoe-mount flashes launched |
| A New Hampshire (USA) company called Doiron Design has launched a new bracket for mounting two paired Canon or Nikon shoe-mount flashes with a softbox or umbrella, including up to the large, 7 ft./2.2m parabolic umbrellas from several manufacturers. The bracket includes a receptacle and built-in optical splitter to allow use of the Radio Popper PX receiver for radio-frequency wireless TTL flash control of the paired speedlights. |
| November 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Die Presse.com features best of October |
| Austria's Die Presse.com features an interesting gallery of the best images from the month of October. |
| November 1, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| TIME LightBox features Herzog's early colour work |
| TIME LightBox features Vancouver Vanguard: Fred Herzog's Early Color Street Photographs, a gallery of interesting images and a story about the photographer. |
| November 1, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| PDN Pulse posts several interesting panel discussion summaries |
| The PDN Pulse blog has published summaries of several panel discussions of interest to professional photographers from last week's Photo Plus Expo trade show in New York. The panels include "Why Licensing Matters", "Getting a Tastemaker's Attention", "Finding Funding for Your Documentary Work", and a discussion by editorial photographer Chris Buck on establishing and sustaining a career. |
| November 1, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Alien Skin releases Blow Up 3 |
| Alien Skin has updated Blow Up, its Photoshop compatible image enlargement plug-in, to version 3.0. Improvements in the new version include improved quality in upsized images, a simplified user interface, and compatibility with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
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| November 1, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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