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Panasonic releases a new firmware update for the DMC-LX3, TZ6/ZS1 and TZ7/ZS3 digital cameras. The latest firmware update version 2.2 and 1.3 resp. offers this improvement: "…Optimization of software processing. *Change in software version has no effect on camera performance…" Your guess is as good as mine as to what the update actually accomplishes...
Posted on 31 July 2010 | 11:00 am
Samsung introduces the pocket-size innovative HMX-E10, a point-and-shoot camcorder that offers 1920 x 1080 Full HD video - 30p / H.264 - as well as 8 megapixel digital still images. With these specs it plays in the same league as the new Panasonic TA1. What sets the Samsung E10 apart is its versatile, 270-degree swiveling lens that enhances your creativity and allows you to add their own unique views to their video by being able to record from just about any angle. The Samsung E10 will carry a price tag of $199.99...
Posted on 30 July 2010 | 11:00 am
Amazon launches its new Kindle model that is packed in a 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter body while preserving the same 6-inch reading area. Furthermore, it offers 50 percent better contrast and delivers 20 percent faster page turns, up to one month of battery life, double the storage, and much more for only $189 (£149). On top of that it still comes - in black or white - with free 3G wireless. Amazon also introduces a new Kindle family member: the Kindle Wi-Fi-only version for $139 (£109)...
Posted on 29 July 2010 | 11:45 am
Panasonic launches the HM-TA1 HD mobile pocket camera that offers both full-HD video recording and 8 megapixel photo shooting. The camera comes with software allowing you to link directly to YouTube or Facebook, and with Apple's iFrame video format you can even load and edit videos and pictures with Mac's iMovie software. The TA1 can also be used with the Skype phone service; simply connect the camera to a PC and it becomes a webcam. You can give the TA1 a personalized skin and choose a skin from over 40 cool designs...
Posted on 29 July 2010 | 11:20 am
Samsung unveils the newST80, a 14.2 mega-pixel point and-shoot camera that a 3x optical zoom lens, a 3.0-inch wide touch screen, and Samsung's new Smart Crop feature. Furthermore, the camera features wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi and Samsung's AllShare to sync the ST80 images to DLNA-compliant electronics such as HDTVs and digital photo frames. The ST80 also offers HD video recording at 30 frames-per-second in 720p utilizing the H.264 format. The Samsung ST80 will carry a price tag of $249.99...
Posted on 29 July 2010 | 10:15 am
The free Nikonians mGallery app for the iPhone is now available.
The app makes it easy to showcase your own photography portfolio on your Apple iPhone or iPad.
Posted on 29 July 2010 | 9:30 am
Panasonic announces the development of the world's first twin-lens digital interchangeable 3D lens for its LUMIX G Micro System. Until now, 3D-capable interchangeable lens system cameras have used panorama systems or a combination of two lenses and two CCDs, but these systems have drawbacks including the need for a dedicated 3D camera and the difficulties capturing moving objects. The new 3D lens features two optical systems installed within a single lens, creating stereo images from the left and right lenses...
Posted on 28 July 2010 | 11:20 am
Sinar introduces the new "p-slr" system that can be used with all Canon and Nikon SLR cameras to exploit the advantages and quality characteristics of the Sinar view cameras. Thanks to the quick locking adapter supplied with the Sinar p-slr, the format can be changed from vertical to horizontal with only a few motions and within seconds. When the single lens reflex camera is controlled by a computer, the integrated support for the cable ensures the safety and the protection of the USB / Fire Wire socket on the camera...
Posted on 28 July 2010 | 11:00 am
Pentax releases firmware version 1.10 for the K-7 dSLR. This new update add these improvements: • Added Movie editing function on playback mode. You can divide a movie into multiple segments and erase unwanted segments • Added Electronic Level indication on the Monitor • When Mode dial is set M or X and Electronic Level to display, exposure meter is in LCD panel and Viewfinder • Added [Reversal Film] mode on Custom Image mode • When using Live View, auto focus activate by pressing shutter release button halfway...
Posted on 28 July 2010 | 10:15 am
Apple unveils a new 27-inch LED Cinema Display with 2560x1440 resolution, an iSight video camera with microphone and a powered USB 2.0 hub. But there's more, the new display gives you great audio too. The built-in 49-watt speaker system includes an integrated subwoofer that delivers immersive, full-range sound for music, movies, and games. The display requires a Mac - of course - with Mini DisplayPort but HDCP seems still lacking. The new LED Cinema Display will be available in September for a suggested retail price of $999...
Posted on 28 July 2010 | 9:45 am
The Nikonians event of the year, actually the event of the decade with Nikonians turning 10 years old, ANPAT 10 is about to take place early September. A week full of activity from dawn till dusk, prizes, chit-chatting with the founders, loads of fun, learn other hard-core Nikonians and shoot, shoot and shoot!
Last seats available - we have hard limits on the number of participants - so book ANPAT 10, the event of the decade now.
Posted on 27 July 2010 | 5:36 pm
Nikonians, the largest community for Nikon photographers, always have various positions open, both for volunteers and staff. Check out our open positions page for more information.
Posted on 27 July 2010 | 5:18 pm
Sony introduces 3 new A-mount lenses. The Distagon T* 24mm F2 ZA SSM features the Carl Zeiss Distagon design and is intended for experienced photographers looking for a large-aperture wide-angle lens. The DT 35mm F1.8 SAM adds a 35mm focal length to the 'Easy Choice' series. The 85mm F2.8 SAM is another 'Easy Choice' lens, this time offering the 85mm focal length considered the standard for portraiture because of the natural perspective it provides. It is extremely compact and light, weighing just 175g...
Posted on 27 July 2010 | 1:50 pm
Congratulations to the winners of our Nikonians 10th Anniversary Photo Contest. The Grand Prize winner not only takes top honors, he also manages to be the subject of one of the Honorable Mention images.
Posted on 26 July 2010 | 1:28 am
This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news relating to Nikon and Nikonians:
-Potential light leakage Nikon 24-70
-New lenses expected soon
-D90 short lived?
-Russian "Space Shots"
-Nikon provides cameras for Whitney Museum of American Art youth program
-European Wedding Photographer switches to Nikon D700
-Winners of New Member Photo Contest
-Winners of Nikonians 10th Anniversary Photo Contest
Download Nikonians News Flash #158 (NPC-NF-2010-07-24.mp3;
4:56; 4.52MB; MP3 format)
Posted on 25 July 2010 | 8:06 pm
Samsung announces the PL200, a stylish 14.2 mega pixel point-and-shoot digital camera. The PL200, which measures just 3.9" x 2.3" x 0.83", sports a slim and stylish design that includes a large 3.0-inch LCD, allowing you to frame and review their images and video with ease. The PL200 incorporates a powerful 7x optical zoom lens (equiv. 31-217mm) and offers Dual Image Stabilization technology, which combines the benefits of both Optical and Digital Image Stabilization. The PL200 can record 720p HD video at 30 fps...
Posted on 22 July 2010 | 12:50 pm
Samsung announces the latest additions to its 2View camera portfolio, the 14.2 Mp ST600 and ST100. The new flagship models of the Samsung 2View family each receive an upgrade to their front LCD screens, activated by a simple tap, which now measure 1.8" compared to the 1.5" front LCD monitors found on their predecessors. The Samsung 2View ST600 and ST100 are available in four stylish, mood-inspired colors, including hot pink, gold, black and purple, and are encased in a slim and sleek compact frame with a metallic finish...
Posted on 22 July 2010 | 11:30 am
Panasonic introduces the new Lumix DMC-FT10 featuring a flat and slim profile that could be accomplished by adopting folded optics for its 4x optical zoom lens unit. The model FT10 is equipped with a 14.1 megapixel CCD and offers you rugged toughness to be waterproof to 3m, shockproof to 1.5m, freezeproof to -10 degrees C and dustproof. On the back you'll find a 2.7-inch Intelligent LCD with Anti Reflective coating assures high visibility of your photos and movies, which can be recorded in 720p Motion JPEG...
Posted on 22 July 2010 | 9:40 am
Canon releases firmware update version 1.2.2 for the EOS 7D digital SLR camera, offering the following improvements: • Fixes a phenomenon in which the set aperture moves when shooting movies in manual exposure mode using some Canon lenses (e.g. macro) • Fixes the AF point-selection of the C.Fn III-7 (Manual AF pt. selec. pattern) custom function when set to [1] • Fixes the AF point display for the viewfinder electronic level when shooting in the vertical position • Corrects misspellings in Spanish/Thai menus...
Posted on 22 July 2010 | 9:10 am
Nikon USA confirmed today through a notice that a potential light-leak issue could occur with their flagship mid-zoom 24-70mm f2.8 AFS G.
Posted on 21 July 2010 | 2:55 pm
Panasonic announces the DMC-LX5, FX700, FZ100 and FZ45 digital cameras. The LX5 comes with a new high sensitivity 10.1 megapixel CCD, an F2.0 Leica lens and a 3" inch LCD. The 14.1 megapixel FX700 is a hybrid camera that records 1920 x 1080 HD movie in AVCHD and features a 5x zoom Leica lens. The 14.1 Mp FZ100 packs full-HD recording and a 24x Leica zoom lens. The new high speed sensor realizes 60 fps in 3.5 Mp mode. The FZ45 features a 24x zoom lens too but records in AVCHD Lite only...
Posted on 21 July 2010 | 10:30 am
Fujifilm three new compacts and an 18x super zoom. The twelve megapixel FinePix F300EXR is equipped with a15x Fujinon wide-angle lens and a 3.0" LCD. The Z800EXR, with next generation EXR sensor and Hybrid High Speed Auto Focus combines beautiful styling with a generous 3.5" wide LCD. The budget JX280 employs a 14 megapixel CCD, 2.7" LCD and 5x wide angle zoom lens. Finally, the 14 megapixel FinePix S2800HD offers a powerful Fujinon 18x wide-angle optical zoom lens and a 3.0" LCD and electronic viewfinder...
Posted on 21 July 2010 | 9:20 am
Fujitsu introduces a multi-input resistive touch panel. The new touch panel is able to detect simultaneous actions; finger and stylus action can be performed at the same time. The panel can process single-tap and multi-touch input from nearly any object using varying pressure, a heavy gloved finger, credit card edge, standard pens, a light finger touch, etc. This capability results in accurate, stylus-handwriting input and enables two-finger manipulation, including pinch, push, rotate and scroll functionality...
Posted on 20 July 2010 | 8:30 am
Congratulations to the winners of our fourth and fifth week in the Nikonians New Members Welcoming Photo Contest Phase VI.
Week Four honors go to a new member from the Netherlands, and Week Five's winner comes from Brazil, and posted shots taken in Scotland.
Posted on 18 July 2010 | 10:17 pm
This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news relating to Nikon and Nikonians:
-Nasa pictures released by Nikon for viewing
-Nikon Photo Contest International
-Nikon to form ties with online and mobile device companies
-Nikon moves into first place in DSLR sales in Japan
-Unified Color Technologies releases HDR Expose
-Win a D300S Kit in Lexar photo contest
-Latest edition of the Nikonian released
-Next week Photo backup interview with David Friend of Carbonite
Download Nikonians News Flash #157 (NPC-NF-2010-07-12.mp3;
4:40; 4.28MB; MP3 format)
Posted on 12 July 2010 | 4:04 am
Rick and Jason discuss the increasing popularity of smart phones as camera accessories, review the Think Tank Retrospective Bags, and offer another edition of "the back story."
Download The Image Doctors #121 (MP4 format)
Posted on 8 July 2010 | 6:00 am
The newest edition of The Nikonian, our official nikonians.org magazine is available for free download and features a look at photography through multiple perspectives. This issue includes crime scene photography, getting started with infrared shooting and an excerpt from Nikonians Image Doctor Jason Odell's latest eBook.
Posted on 2 July 2010 | 3:31 pm
Photoshop CS5 now offers the ability to successfully make cut-out masks of complex subjects against busy backgrounds. This isn’t something new as there are a number of third-party plug-ins that have been able to do this type of masking, but this is the first time Photoshop has provided an effective, built-in solution. OK, there was [...]
Posted on 1 May 2010 | 5:56 am
Breakthrough Interactive Design Tools and Innovative Online Services Maximize Impact of Creative Content and Digital Marketing Campaigns
SAN JOSE, Calif., — April 30, 2010 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the availability of the Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 product family, the highly-anticipated release of the industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow. [...]
Posted on 1 May 2010 | 2:15 am
Photoshop CS5 was announced this week and we have seen a wealth of new features for photographers, more so than any other version of Photoshop I can think of. By now you may already have had a chance to see some of the star new features in action such as Content-Aware filling, Puppet Warp [...]
Posted on 13 April 2010 | 6:05 pm
Milestone Release Celebrates 20 Years of Unrivaled Image Editing and Innovation
SAN JOSE, Calif., — April 12, 2010 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended software, must-have releases of the professional industry standard for digital imaging. With millions of users celebrating the product’s 20th anniversary this year, Photoshop CS5 [...]
Posted on 13 April 2010 | 4:41 am
Tom Hogarty, Lightroom product manager has posted a story about the release of the new Lightroom 3 Beta 2 available now on Labs.Adobe.com/technologies/lightroom3.
Here’s a quick summary of what’s new in this release:
Improved performance throughout the application for faster importing and loading of images
Native tethered shooting support for select Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras
Luminance noise reduction [...]
Posted on 23 March 2010 | 1:12 pm
Adobe Photoshop Hits Twenty
Community Celebrates Software that Changed the Way We View the World
SAN JOSE, Calif., – Feb. 18, 2010 – Adobe(r) Photoshop(r), the software product that redefined creativity in the digital age, turns 20 on Feb. 19, 2010. Around the world, Photoshop fans are celebrating the impact their favorite software has had across photography, [...]
Posted on 18 February 2010 | 6:17 am
I thought you would like to know that Adobe today announced the immediate availability of Lightroom 2.6, Photoshop Camera Raw 5.6 and DNG Converter 5.6 on Adobe.com. Originally posted as release candidates for community testing on Adobe Labs, these final versions include raw file support for 20 new popular camera models, including the Canon EOS [...]
Posted on 18 December 2009 | 5:27 am
Adobe has announced that Photoshop Camera Raw 5.6, Lightroom 2.6 and DNG Converter 5.6 Release Candidates are available for immediate download on Adobe Labs. The term ‘release candidate’ means this update is well tested but would benefit from additional community testing to provide the highest quality experience for customers working on a variety of hardware [...]
Posted on 19 November 2009 | 5:56 pm
New Lightroom beta delivers faster performance, refined image processing and streamlined publishing
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Oct. 22, 2009 – Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta software for Macintosh and Windows, a public preview of new and improved functionality to be delivered in the next major release. Lightroom is the essential [...]
Posted on 22 October 2009 | 7:13 pm
Well, sorta. It’s actually limited to some basic editing features such as cropping, rotating, changing color and a few processing effects such as soft focus, vignette and others. But it is sorta like having Photoshop on your iPhone. Here’s Adobe’s press release:
Adobe Unveils Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone
New Adobe application brings must-have photo tools and eye-catching [...]
Posted on 16 October 2009 | 8:23 pm
After over a year spent working at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington offices, Mark Hamburg has resigned from Microsoft to rejoin Adobe Systems, Inc. where he will again be working in the Digital Imaging department. Mark, a former Photoshop Architect and the founding engineer on Lightroom had gone to Microsoft to work on new usability for Windows. [...]
Posted on 24 July 2009 | 8:04 am
Adobe today released the final Photoshop Lightroom 2.4 and Camera Raw 5.4 updates, available for immediate download at www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/. Both updates bring additional raw file support to 31 camera and camera back models including the Canon EOS 500D, Nikon D5000 and 18 Hasselblad models. A full list of the newly supported camera and camera back [...]
Posted on 24 June 2009 | 6:17 am
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This movie extract is from Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop.
One of the top requests for Camera Raw and Lightroom has been to include perspective corrections, so that users can apply perspective corrections to raw images. It so happens there is already a method in Camera Raw and Photoshop that [...]
Posted on 6 May 2009 | 7:59 am
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Author: Taryn
Dead Pixels are annoying little dark bits you’ll see on your screen when a bunch of teeny tiny subpixels are permanently off. It might be a broken transistor or just a pixel that’s stuck on black. Or if you’re messing around with Google Earth, it might be an 82-centimeter by 82-centimeter square of [...]
Posted on 5 May 2009 | 6:52 pm
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This movie extract is from Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop.
You know how the camera always seems to add 10 lbs.? You can shave those extra pounds away using Photoshop. This demo shows two methods of making people look thinner. And, if you do it with subtlety, you’ll never [...]
Posted on 20 April 2009 | 5:23 pm
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This movie extract is from Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop.
Here is an interesting challenge that I was presented with recently. I shot the model shown above for an advertising job and was asked by the client to make sure that the skin tone and nails looked flawless. After [...]
Posted on 5 April 2009 | 5:34 pm
I’m off to Boston and Photoshop World this week. I’ll be hooking up with Martin Evening there as well–we are actually doing a conference session together! Which Download Movies should be fun because I’ll get to make fun of the way Martin pronounces common Photoshop tools’ names. Those Brits…they even misspell the word color!
Andrew [...]
Posted on 23 March 2009 | 4:15 pm
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Yep, there are already a lot of ways to convert a color image to grayscale in Photoshop or Camera Raw. But all of them except this technique mean your image is converted as a global correction. Using color channels as grayscale layers means you can use layer masks to alter the grayscale [...]
Posted on 19 March 2009 | 9:56 pm
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Have you ever found yourself in the position where you are trying to photograph a building, but can’t get a clear view of the subject because of lamp posts or other objects that are in the foreground? In this short movie clip I show how with a little forward planing it is [...]
Posted on 6 March 2009 | 11:26 am
Adobe has released the final versions of Photoshop Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3, available immediately for download at www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/.
The Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3 updates, originally posted as release candidates for community testing on Jan. 23, provide raw file support for the newly-released Nikon D3X and Olympus E-30 cameras. The Lightroom 2.3 update also provides support for eight additional languages [...]
Posted on 3 March 2009 | 8:06 pm
Photoshop Blog reports that as part of a software test turned publicity stunt, photographer Mikkel Aaland is leading a troup of photography experts around Iceland for a photo-shooting Adobe-testing adventure: Aaland invited eleven acclaimed photographers to join him in Iceland,...
Posted on 1 August 2006 | 11:50 pm
Today Adobe released updated versions of two of its White Papers: Adobe has updated many of the original white papers and primers available as PDF downloads from Adobe.com. Explore these papers and primers — written by some of the biggest...
Posted on 31 July 2006 | 8:26 pm
Looking at The Online Photographer, I'm well impressed with the Fujifilm F30's ability to shoot at high ISOs. For day to day snapshots I use a Cannon SD400, which is a pretty solid peice of work (if tiny), and since...
Posted on 28 July 2006 | 9:19 pm
I'm not sure how long this has been around, but it's the first I've seen of it. I'm usually a fan of using open source software whenever possible (mostly because I'm cheap), but this is probably a fairly solid addition...
Posted on 20 July 2006 | 11:26 pm
Barry Pearson has put together a comprehensive list of products (OK, so technically *not* "devices", but it sounds better!) that support Adobe's open DNG RAW format. The list is broken down into categories, such as "Adobe products" and "Products from...
Posted on 17 July 2006 | 9:55 pm
Pixmantic says "we will no longer be working on new versions of the RawShooter | premium product." They have announced that some purchasers of Rawshooter Premium can get a free version of Adobe Lightroom 1.0. Their letter to users is...
Posted on 15 July 2006 | 8:10 am
An article/excerpt from Aaland's Photoshop CS2 RAW book has been posted at webreference.com, and discusses at length how to reduce noise, correct chromatic aberrations and control vignetting in RAW files. "With varying degrees, all digital cameras produce images with electronic...
Posted on 13 July 2006 | 9:08 am
I spotted an article at Digital Outback Photo today that talks about the experience of moving from a 4x5 film camera to a medium-format digital camera (the Phase One P45 39-megapixel camera). The most interesting bit was about RAW conversion...
Posted on 13 July 2006 | 4:39 am
Although it's not directly about RAW, Fazal Majid wrote a post in April about how to work around the extra baggage (XMP data) that Photoshop drapes around its image files. For Majid's workflow, there's a bug that renders the data...
Posted on 10 July 2006 | 8:44 pm
According to Rob Galbraith, Nikon's Capture NX 1.0 is now available as a trial version in the US, Canada, and Europe. You can find download links on their site. The software is expected to be available for purchase later this...
Posted on 10 July 2006 | 8:10 pm
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