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After more than half a year of public beta, Adobe has finally released the shipping version of Lightroom 3. This release includes several new features, that were not included in the last beta version, but were added in recent ACR updates such as:Profile-based lens correction that addresses:Geometric lens distortion(i.e., barrel or pincushion)
Chromatic aberration
Vignette effectsManual geometric ... read more
June 8, 2010 in News by John Omvik

The NY Times has some stunning photos of the impact of the BP oil spill on wildlife along the Louisiana coast. With all the talk about top hats, junk shots, top and bottom kills we can easily overlook the non-technical impact that this spill is having on wildlife. I think the photos speak volumes for ... read more
June 4, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Mamiya today announced the RZ33, a 33MP digital version of their old RZ67 standard. This studio camera design is unique in many ways. It does not have a pentaprism, but rather a pop up shade surrounding the ground glass. Instead of holding the camera at eye level, photographers typically hold it at chest level or ... read more
June 3, 2010 in News by John Omvik

In an “Open Letter” to Photo Mechanic users, Camera Bits’ founder and president Dennis Walker explains in detail, how the iPad and iPhone OS are simply not designed to allow 3rd party developers to manage image files in their native formats. So if you have ever caught yourself saying; “You know what would be cool? ... read more
June 2, 2010 in News by John Omvik

As we mentioned recently onOne has been hard at work updating their Photoshop plug-in suite to be 64-bit compatible with Photoshop CS5. Today the company announced that update to all of their plug-ins have been released including their Plug-in Suite. These updates are free and available from the onOne website.
Press Release:
——————————————————–onOne Software Releases Free Compatibility ... read more
June 2, 2010 in News by John Omvik

The Photo Marketing Association (PMA) announced yesterday that it is moving its annual trade show from the traditional early year time slot to September 8-10 next year, and back to Las Vegas.
The once “Must Attend” industry event has lost some of it’s luster in recent years as major exhibitors like Canon have bailed on event ... read more
June 2, 2010 in News by John Omvik

With rumors of closer collaboration between Apple and Microsoft on search for the iPhone OS and other products, I decided to take a closer look at what Bing has to offer. I have to admit, that nearly 100% of all my web search is done using the Google search box in the Safari web browser, ... read more
May 30, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Who ever said you can’t have eyes in the back of your head? Well someone just paid a German photo dealer over $34k to buy a used 6mm Nikkor 6mm f2.8s fisheye lens with a whopping 220° field of view, meaning you can actually see behind you.
Introduced in 1972, this beast weighs in at almost ... read more
May 30, 2010 in News by John Omvik

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May 30, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Adobe Photoshop CS4 11.0.2 update – multiple languages
The Adobe Photoshop CS4 11.0.2 update addresses a number of critical issues and vulnerabilities discovered after Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended (11.0 and 11.0.1) software were released.
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Photoshop CS4 11.0.1 and earlier for Windows and Macintosh that could allow an attacker ... read more
May 26, 2010 in News by John Omvik