Nikon quietly launched its new Nikon USA online store today, allowing Nikonians to buy gear directly from their beloved company rather than through a third-party. Unfortunately, the awesomeness of buying straight from the camera maker is dwarfed by the not-so-awesome prices — most cameras and lenses appear to be listed at MSRP. Thus, if you’re
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Canon is showing off all sorts of crazy hardware at Canon Expo 2010 over in NYC. One of them is an omnidirectional camera (shown above) that shoots a 360° photograph in a single exposure. It creates the seamless panoramas using a 50 megapixel CMOS sensor and an aspheric mirror. Note that this is a 360
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Bibble Labs has today unveiled an incremental update to its RAW file converter Bibble, which adds further Raw file support and lens calibration parameters. The new Bibble 5.1.1 adds support for the Sony Alpha A33, A55, A55V, and A560, as well as the P...
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About a week ago I did a shoot with the band Strange Birds as we were walking there was a point that I saw light rays trickling down right in front of us. I told all of the guys to stop and arranged them to my liking. One of the most important things about shooting
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Adobe has released an update to the latest version of its professional non-linear video editing software, Premiere Pro. The Adobe Premiere Pro Creative Suite 5.0.2 update is available for both the Windows and Macintosh platforms, with separate downloa...
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By Ctein Mike's column last week, "Shooting to a Theme," was one of the most thought-provoking columns he's written in a long time. The comments from the readership were equally insightful and inspiring. I sat down to write a comment...
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When we featured Strobox back in 2009, it was a simple idea: provide an easy way for photographers to create lighting diagrams and share them with others. Since then, they’ve upgraded their website to include a gallery where you can browse photographs done by others, view their lighting diagrams, and comment on them. If you
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Top Adult and Teen Photographers Earn Trip to Super Bowl XLV with Winning Photo Displayed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., September 2, 2010 Kicking off today, Canon U.S.A., Inc, a leader in digital imaging, and the Pro Football ...
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Hey everyone, Brad here again with some more shots from the first day of Photoshop World Las Vegas. Images from the opening Keynote, various events throughout the day, and the After Hours Party at House of Blues (photos by Josh Bradley, Drew Gurian, and myself):RC Concepcion getting the crowd to their feet with a t-shirt
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Epson Signature Worthy Roll Media Now Includes Hot and Cold Press Papers in 17 to 60-Inch Widths and Exhibition Fiber Paper in 17 to 64-Inch Widths LAS VEGAS Sept. 1, 2010 Epson is expanding its Signature Worthy line of professional media for phot...
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Samsung HMX-T10 Features a 20-Degree Slanted Lens for Unprecedented User Comfort Ridgefield Park, NJ (September 2, 2010) Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today unveiled its groundb...
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This is either marketing at its best or worst. Vivitar has a new site and infomercial for a plastic 35mm film camera for $10. Who would buy such a thing? Probably really, really old people who aren’t reading this blog. Check out the mind-boggling infomercial: The new camera has some groundbreaking features that Vivitar seems
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"Hot Vegas Sun" ©David A. Ziser I made this image a few days ago while wandering the grounds of Mandalay Bay. The buildings in Las Vegas are so over the top, they make for great visual photographic exploration. My favorite lenses f...
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Good Afternoon Everybody, Things are really hopping here at Photoshop World! My program "Lightroom For Wedding and Portrait Photographers" last evening at Photoshop World went very well. It was then off the the Peachpit author's recept...
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(Weymouth, MA) August 25, 2010 . . . InfoTrends has just released its North American Consumer Digital Camera Forecast for 2010 2015. With the camera market beginning to mature, repeat purchases have become critical for sales, as 95% of all cameras pu...
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Digital Video Expo 2010 -- PASADENA, Calif .-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NewBay Media, a leading publisher of digital content creation media, today announced that it will once again partner with Weynand Training International, a Gold Level Apple Authorized T...
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