Sony Cybershot T50 limited edition : Sony is offering movie fans and gadget-lovers an opportunity to gear-up like Bond with Sony’s exclusive Bond Collection products in anticipation of the upcoming James Bond film Casino Royale, which will be released worldwide on November 17, 2006 from Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. The collection, available exclusively on [...]

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Canon at Graph Expo 2006 : At Graph Expo 2006, visitors to the Canon booth will experience how production printers can streamline their digital production workflow and maximize their return on investment using Canon solutions with integration to third-party hardware and software solutions. As they enter the Canon booth (#1253), attendees will step right into [...]

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October 31, 2006
By Daryl Lang
The Lucie Awards presented its top award Monday night to French photojournalist Willy Ronis, who at age 96 was unable to travel to the show but sent in a videotaped thank you.The show, now in its 4th year, generally honors living legends of photography who have decades of [...]

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Make your family and friends look like movie stars (in your digital pics at least).
You want everyone in your pictures to look like a million bucks. Your photo editor can help you make the subjects of your best shots look even better by letting you remove wrinkles, bring new life to the eyes, and touch [...]

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The editing and developing tools in Lightroom beta 4 share some similarities with Photoshop and Camera Raw, but there are significant differences. Here’s how to get the most out of the new tools.
In Part 1 of this series, I wrote about Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom beta 4 from the point of view of a Photoshop user. [...]

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Konica Minolta OLED display development : Konica Minolta Technology Center, Inc., a Konica Minolta Group’s research and development company and Universal Display Corporation, the company that’s lighting the way in developing and commercializing OLED technology for flat panel displays, lighting, electronic communications and other opto-electronics, announced the strengthening of their collaboration to incorporate Universal Display’s [...]

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USA photographers support Family Portrait Month : During the month of October, photographers from across the country are joining together with the Professional Photographers of America Charities in promoting "Family Portrait Month." This national fund-raising effort will benefit Operation Smile, a non-profit organization which treats children around the world who suffer with cleft lips, cleft [...]

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Sanyo Epson Transflective LTPS LCD display : Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation ("Sanyo Epson") announced the development of a 2.8-inch transflective low-temperature polysilicon liquid-crystal display (LCD) with pixel-integrated RAM that offers low power consumption. The fusion of telecommunications and broadcasting through digitization and the seamless integration of cable and mobile communication in the network society [...]

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The last 18 months have seen a growing crescendo of excitement in the content and mobile phone worlds about the possibilities of delivering TV to mobile phone. The ideas been around a lot longer than that, but it’s the smell of money that has heightened senses.
Virgin Mobile have been keen to show the pace in [...]

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October 31, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated has updated the Camera Raw plug-in for Adobe Photoshop CS2, extending raw file support to 13 additional camera models. Available as a free download from the Adobe Web site, the Camera Raw 3.6 plug-in builds on the raw file support integrated in Photoshop CS2 for digital cameras from [...]

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unsaleable.com proudly presents: SX-70 BLEND
A new Polaroid integral film, customized for all SX-70 cameras. Optimized to bring back the instant fun, celebrating analog photography in a digital world.
Exclusively available through unsaleable.com and selected retail stores.
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As has been previously noted, the first significant fruits of Adobe’s acquisition of Macromedia will be officially borne when Acrobat 8 begins shipping — early November, according to the latest company reports. The live Web conferencing application formerly known as Breeze, which I must say from experience was aptly named, is now dubbed Acrobat Connect [...]

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October 31, 2006 — myPhotopipe.com, Inc. (OTC: MPPC) today announced the launch of an all-new line of frames under the brand name of Cottage & Classic frames. The Cottage & Classic frames come in a variety finishes and hold six different picture sizes. The frames are unique because they are fully finished. They include professional [...]

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A digital fusion of technology and artFOUR DAYS OF HANDS-ON WORKFLOW
Two days of technical perfection with Will CrockettTwo days of creative mastery with Marc Hauser November 6-9, 2006 Tuition is $950
Class IntroductionDiscover the magic of b&w digital technologies with Will Crockett as your guide to rediscovering the lighting, output, processing, and printing technique for [...]

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Now That’s A Funny Photo
Contest Details
One National Winner and Four Regional Winners.
Voting will start November 1st and run until December 15th.
Vote online at www.mckennapro.com and www.prophotoresource.com. Submit your image by December 1st. The earlier you get your photo in, the more votes you may receive. People will be able to vote more than once.
Notoriety – [...]

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Ink is what makes photo printer manufacturers tick. The more you print, the faster you run out of ink, and the more money they make. Estimates as to ink consumption published by printer manufacturers should therefore always be taken with a grain of salt. It turns out that this is sometimes the case in the [...]

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Operating modes are the most basic, and essentially tell the camera whether to take pictures or display them. Some cameras only have “on” and “off”. Operating modes can usually be found on buttons or dials on the camera body.
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Waterfalls often make great subjects of photos, but it’s very easy to get a bad result if you’re not paying attention when you click the button. Here are the top 4 mistakes photographers make, and the easy ways to improve your shots!
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Prevalence of digital photography creates new fears about data loss in a survey compiled from more than 100 brides in September 2006.Sixty-three per cent of brides’ worst fear is losing their wedding photos according to a recent data loss survey conducted by Ontrack Data Recovery,* providers of industry leading data recovery solutions. As digital cameras [...]

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The 3rd quarter financial results for Canon have been released and it seems that Canon is getting stronger and stronger with a huge 29% growth in Digital camera sales. Interestingly, 34% of the market was for DSLR and this is projected to increase to 37% in the 4th Quarter. I’m sure the Canon 400D / [...]

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See how the Olympus FE-190 fares against the Sony Cybershot DSC-W50 in this battle of 6-megapixel, 3x digicams.
Major brands are now offering 6-megapixel, 3x zoom digital cameras in the $200 range, so we thought we’d size up two of the leading contenders: the just-introduced Olympus FE-190 (street: $180) and the hot-selling Sony Cybershot DSC-W50 [...]

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In this new on-line short course we provide links to products and services discussed in in the book "Displaying & Sharing Your Digital Photos" available from the ShortCourses.com on-line bookstore. The chapters and topics on this site exactly parallel those in the book this site accompanies. Many of the ideas presented here are on the [...]

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The video cam that lets you film while you ride31 October 2006 – Third Eye is a goggle equipped with a minicam that plugs into the analogue input of a camcorder, thus providing you with an on-board video camera. The camera is housed in a rubber casing, which holds the minicam onto the goggle strap. [...]

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The Vanishing Point feature in Photoshop CS2, found under the Filter menu, allows you to apply perspective when designing and editing. It automatically adjusts for perspective planes in an image while you work. You can transform image objects with Vanishing Point and keep the end results looking real. Image changes will be properly oriented and [...]

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Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography will celebrate its First Year Anniversary with an exhibition of iconic celebrity portraits made by renowned photographer Douglas Kirkland. The exhibition will open on Thursday, January 11, and run through Sunday, March 18, 2007. Regular museum hours are Thursday through Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 pm.
A gala Artist’s Reception, with live [...]

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