It was recently reported that Canon was planning on fixing the EOS-1D Mark III autofocus issue. It now looks like that mission is well underway because Canon has decided to pull every single EOS-1D Mark IIIl units from the shelves in response to the autofocus issue ruining their professional DSLR. Above is a legitimate letter [...]
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Casio EXILIM EX-V8 Review
Posted by admin on October 29th, 2007
The Casio EXILIM EX-V8 provides 8.1 effective megapixels in a very thin and durable body that is compact enough to fit in the palm of your hand. It comes with 7X internal optical zoom lens designed to eliminate a maximum of noise. Additionally the EX-V8 offers four blur reduction technologies, including a CCD-shift image stabilization [...]
Microsoft And Phase One Form
Posted by admin on October 27th, 2007
Microsoft Corp. and Phase One announced their collaboration today in order to find better ways to improve digital imaging solutions for professional photographers and amateurs. The two enterprises will work hand in hand to create solutions for the Microsoft Windows platform that further innovation in digital photography . The alliance is based on the association of [...]
Bunkspeed Releases HyperShot 3D Photography Tool
Posted by admin on October 25th, 2007
Bunkspeed, Inc has announced today that their avant-garde 3D rendering HyperShot application is now available for Mac OS X customers. The HyperShot is the solution for professional photographers, who are looking to obtain a 3D rendering way to compose sophisticated and artistic backgrounds for their images. The Software is simple to use but is an [...]
Tone mapping and HDR
Posted by admin on October 25th, 2007
Anyone interested in tonemapping? It is very easy to do if you have the right software…I use Photoshop CS3 for RAW conversions and then Photomatix Pro for the HDR1 generating and tonemapping. You can generate HDR from one exposed photo but I find it best to secure camera on tripod and take at least three [...]
Canon Working On EOS-1D Mark III Autofocus Complications
Posted by admin on October 21st, 2007
Canon has announced on Thursday that the autofocus complications that have stained the lauch of Canon’s high-end EOS-1D Mark III camera will soon be resolved. The company revealed that the problem involves a mirror that directs light to the camera’s autofocus subsystem. When a photographer takes a picture, both the main mirror and the sub-mirror [...]
Sony HDMS-S1D 80GB HDMI Digital Photo Album Preview
Posted by admin on October 19th, 2007
Yesterday Sony presented the HDMS-S1D Digital Photo Album,created for photographers to organize, archive, and appreciate slideshows of their digital pictures. The HDMS-S1D Digital Photo Album compact is composed of an 80GB hard drive, it can be connected to a high definition television via HDMI and is able to showcase up to 50,000 high resolution photographies. [...]
Storm Chaser : A Photographer’s Journey By Jim Reed
Posted by admin on October 17th, 2007
Award-winning photographer Jim Reed’s new book STORM CHASER: A Photographer’s Journey is on extreme weather events such as hurricanes and tornadoes. Nonetheless his goal is also to drive people to take a serious look at the coming climate crisis. In the book Reed recalls a terrifying moment crouching under a carport in Port Charlotte, Florida. [...]
Young Photographer Lucy Todd Gets Well Deserved Recognition
Posted by admin on October 15th, 2007
Lucy Todd has made it to the final of the national RSPCA Young Photographer Awards. Todd succeeded by getting a very original picture of her two-year-old tortoise named Puffy yawning while practicing with her new digital camera. Lucy is currently among 33 entrants, retained from the many thousands who participated and is the youngest in [...]
Sony Cybershot DSCW80 7.2MP Digital Camera Review
Posted by admin on October 13th, 2007
The Sony Cybershot DSCW80 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot catches the magic of life through its advanced Bionz processor. A technology that powers new possibilities such as Face Detection, in-camera retouching and red-eye reduction, D-Range Optimization, and 9-Point AF. It comes with Sony’s Double Anti-Blur Solution along with Super [...]
