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PRESS RELEASE: Sigma Corporation now accepting applications for student photography scholarship
16:08 EST - High school seniors pursuing photo-related careers vie for $5,000 cash prize, $1000 in products Ronkonkoma, NY, Nov. 19, 2009 – Sigma Corporation of America (www.sigmaphoto.com), a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the world's most impressive lines of lenses, cameras and flashes, is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the company’s... (More)
PRESS RELEASE: muvee's Home Movie-Making Software Available On Seagate FreeAgent External Hard Drives
16:01 EST - muvee's award-winning software now pre-installed on Seagate FreeAgent external hard drives San Francisco, Calif. (PRWEB) November 23, 2009 -- muvee, the pioneer and leader in home movie-making software and services, and Seagate, (NASDAQ: STX), the worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions, have included an easy way to help consumers easily personalize and automatically edit home movies... (More)
Monday, November 23, 2009
Photo Mechanic update released
23:41 EST - Camera Bits Inc. has released an update to its workflow tool, Photo Mechanic that fixes several bugs found in the previous version.
Photo Mechanic version 4.6.2.1 is available for download immediately, with a 20-day trial version allowing new users to give the program a spin. Photo Mechanic is compatible with Microsoft's Windows 7,...
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PRESS RELEASE: Southern California Photo Expo Announces Media Partnerships With Orange County Register And KOST-Radio
22:56 EST - Local Media Giants to Promote Photo Expo with Special Newspaper Section, Radio Spots, Giveaways, and Incentives to Encourage Community Participation Anaheim, CA. – November 23, 2009 – PMA, The Worldwide Community of Imaging Associations, announced today it has signed partnership agreements with the Orange County Register and Clear Channel's KOST 103.5 radio to promote the Southern California... (More)
PRESS RELEASE: Smilebox Adds Direct-to-Store Printing to Walmart and Sam's Club in Time for Holiday 2009
22:35 EST - Smilebox Customers Now Can Print From 900 Designs to Pay and Pickup in Store Within an Hour REDMOND, WA--(Marketwire - November 23, 2009) - Smilebox Inc., a leading photo services company, announced today its customers can now print directly to any Walmart or Sam's Club in the United States from within the Smilebox service, then pay and pick up prints at their local store in as little as an hour.... (More)
PRESS RELEASE: Lensbaby® Announces Call for Image Submissions
21:53 EST - The best of the best Lensbaby images submitted to be published in new book Portland, OR (November 23, 2009) – Lensbaby (www.lensbaby.com) announces today an open call for photographers to submit their best images created using a Lensbaby lens for a chance to be published in the new book “Lensbaby: Bending Your Perspective” by Lensbaby Guru and author/photographer Corey Hilz. Due... (More)
PRESS RELEASE: New York Institute of Photography Offers Free Photography Tips with Every Newsletter Sign-up
20:09 EST - Free download provides guidelines and tips for turning basic snapshots into eye-catching photographs New York, NY (November 23, 2009) – Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2010, the New York Institute of Photography (www.nyi100years.com) is pleased to offer the free NYIP Monthly Newsletter to photographers looking to improve their photographic skills. In addition, when aspiring photographers... (More)
PRESS RELEASE: Hoodman and Trek-Tech Team Up to Offer Macro Photographers a Creative Toolkit
07:01 EST - Creative low angle photography is easy with the Hoodman Right Angle Viewer and Trek-Tech’s versatile T-Pod Table-Top Tripod. Portland, OR (PRWEB) November 20, 2009 -- Hoodman and Trek-Tech are introducing a new toolkit for macro photographers that makes positioning and stabilizing cameras for close up macro photography quick and easy. Sharp camera focus and flexible camera positioning to get... (More)
PocketWizard: New beta firmware
06:50 EST - Through the company's beta lab page, PocketWizard has issued a new beta release of firmware for its ControlTL MiniTT1 transmitter and FlexTT5 transceiver that includes several new or refined features, plus one bug fix.
The firmware installation process requires the latest beta version of PocketWizard Utility 1.19.9 for PC or Mac, and both the beta firmware and utility are available for public download. New features...
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Pixel Enterprise: TTL flash trigggers for Canon, Nikon
06:23 EST - The Strobist blog has picked up news of two new wireless TTL remotes for use with Canon and Nikon cameras.
Marketed by Hong Kong-based Pixel Enterprise Ltd., the Pixel TR-332 E-TTL II Flashgun Trigger for Canon and the TR-331 i-TTL Flashgun Trigger for Nikon are both broadly similar in terms of specifications,...
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Eye-Fi intros selective sharing
15:11 EST - The official Eye-Fi blog has announced the addition of selective sharing capability for users of cards supporting online sharing.
Selective sharing is set up through the card settings section of the Eye-Fi Manager, and allows all data to be backed up, with only specific data sent to a sharing service such as Flickr, Picasa, Smugmug,...
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Pentax updates camera utility, Raw codec
14:20 EST - Pentax Japan has released updated versions of its Digital Camera Utility and Raw codec software, which are bundled with the company's single-lens reflex digital cameras.
Available for Windows systems only, the updates can be downloaded from the Pentax website. The Raw codec update supports 32-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems, while the Digital Camera Utility update...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Review posted for Canon G11!
23:22 EST - Giving ear to your most ardent supporters is always a good idea when planning new products, and that's just what Canon did with the Canon PowerShot G11.
That change in focus brought back the articulating LCD that was sorely missed by many G-series fans. Canon also took a bold step and reduced the resolution from 14-megapixels to 10, all in an effort to...
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PRESS RELEASE: SeenBy proudly announces the US launch of SeenBy.com Fine Art Photography
01:19 EST - Franklin Lakes, NJ, November 18, 2009 – SeenBy.com today announced the launch of their fine art photography website, bringing together photographers with unique, high quality images and purchasers searching for the best images in our modern display formats. SeenBy.com boasts a collection of more than 60,000 pieces in the online gallery, which is hand-picked by an editorial team with years of... (More)
PRESS RELEASE: Kevin Kubota Scheduled to Present Virtual Live Program during PDN’s 2nd Photographers’ Virtual Trade Show
00:07 EST - Free “Photoshop® and Lightroom: The Dynamic Duo” seminar goes live December 3rd at 3pm (EST) Bend, OR (November 20, 2009) – Kubota Image Tools is pleased to announce that Kevin Kubota, noted digital photographer, workflow expert and workshop instructor, is scheduled to present a free virtual live program during PDN’s 2nd annual Photographers’ Virtual Trade Show... (More)
Friday, November 20, 2009
onOne ships Photo Essentials 3
22:08 EST - onOne Software Inc. has announced availability of Photo Essentials 3, the latest version of its image enhancement plug-in for Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Photo Essentials features a modular design that incorporates technologies seen in some of onOne's plugins for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. The new release includes improvements in most of the existing...
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PRESS RELEASE: TweetPhoto and Kodak Announce Collaborative Agreement
00:32 EST - Collaborative agreement will take real-time photo sharing to new heights 11.17.2009 – San Diego, CA – TweetPhoto and Eastman Kodak Company today announced that the two companies have entered into a collaborative agreement on initiatives focused around real-time photo sharing. The companies have signed an agreement with the intention to work freely together to develop, test and release... (More)
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Lightroom 3 Beta help posted
22:27 EST - Documentation is now available for Adobe's beta release of Photoshop Lightroom 3, according to the company's "Phosphors" blog.
The documentation can be accessed by pressing F1 from inside the Lightroom 3 Beta application, or using a web browser on Adobe's support website. The help docs are split into 15 main sections, guiding...
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PRESS RELEASE: AKVIS Sketch V. 10: Make Drawings From Photos! Control Hatching, Support for 64-Bit
20:28 EST - A new version of AKVIS Sketch has been released for Windows and Macintosh! AKVIS Sketch converts photos into pencil sketches (black and white or in color) and watercolor paintings. It can also convert a photo into a drawing in charcoal or pastel styles. Other features include the ability to add text to an image, apply a canvas texture to the background, as well as background effects which can apply... (More)
PRESS RELEASE: New Dell Inkjet Printers Offer All-in-One Convenience and Versatility with Environmentally Conscious Features, Wireless Models and Touch Screen Commands
20:08 EST - New models include excellent feature combinations for home or office Outstanding print quality for text, graphics and photos An affordable new model with color trim options for easy personalization ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dell today announced six new inkjet printers to help individuals and small businesses do a lot on tighter budgets. These new additions to the Dell family of inkjet printers... (More)
PRESS RELEASE: GoPro Announces HD HERO Naked - Professional Quality HD Sports Camera at Disruptive $259 MSRP
15:46 EST - GoPro is raising the bar for consumer HD image capture with the release of its HD HERO Naked, a wearable 1080p HD camera capable of professional full HD video capture yet available to consumers at a market-disrupting $259 MSRP. PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 17, 2009 – Half Moon Bay, Calif. – GoPro, the world's leading manufacturer of wearable sports cameras, is raising the bar for... (More)
