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Mamiya has announced the DM40 a new medium format digital camera system based on a large 44×33mm 40MP sensor with a 0.8s/frame capture rate enabling upto a 60 frame/min capture rate. The camera also features a dual shutter design allowing photographers to choose between the traditional focal plane shutter or an in-lens central leaf shutter ... read more
March 8, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Picture Code has just released a 64-bit version of its award winning Noise Ninja Plug-in For Aperture 3.0. This is a free update for any Pro Bundle license issued on or after August 5, 2008. Version 2.0.7 supports Aperture 3 in native 64-bit mode and can be used without having to relaunch the app in ... read more
March 5, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Canon is continuing to follow a pattern we’ve noticed over the last several months of announcing the date to announce new firmware updates to their existing cameras. Today’s announcement, announcement is for a pending major upgrade to the video features of the EOS 5D Mark II camera including a new 24fps 1920×1080 HD Video (24p).
The ... read more
March 2, 2010 in News by John Omvik

The closing date for entries for the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 competition, sponsored by the Natural History Museum, BBC Wildlife Magazine and Veolia Environnement, has been extended to Monday, 8th March (9.00am GMT).
If you haven’t already done so, you can enter and upload your images here. Good luck.read more
February 26, 2010 in News by Kevin Carter

Creaceed is now shipping 64-bit versions of it’s Hydra HDR plug-in for Aperture 3 and today announced they were covering the all bases and also supporting a new Export Plug-in for Lightroom. A single license of $79.95 is valid for the stand alone version as well as both plugins. The plug-ins are also available as ... read more
February 23, 2010 in News by John Omvik

WPPI and Brooks Institute are teaming up to provide a scholarship for aspiring professional wedding photographers. This sounds like a great way to help kick start a career.
Press Release:
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WPPI and Brooks Institute Announce First-Ever WPPI Scholarship
Full scholarship available to enroll in the Wedding Certificate Program at Brooks Institute
Culver City, CA (February 23, 2010) – Celebrating ... read more
February 23, 2010 in News by John Omvik

The governing body of CF standards, Compact Flash Association (CFA) today released the specifications for CF5.0 the next generation of CF Cards. The key benefits of this new specification for consumers will be increased size, performance and compatibility marks for video performance. This is great news for professional photographers and videographers as future high end ... read more
February 22, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Sigma announced 5 new lenses at PMA today including a super fast f1.4 85mm prime and 10x 50-500mm zoom for Sigma, Sony, Nikon, Pentax, Canon mounts. Unfortunately pricing and availability were not mentioned in the press releases.
Sigma is also showing a new prototype of the SD15 Foveon based digital SLR that was first introduced at ... read more
February 21, 2010 in News by John Omvik

There are many company names that become so common place in our language, that they eventually end up becoming verbs. After all who hasn’t Xeroxed their butt after they were caught Googling someone at the company Christmas party… anyone??
It is much rarer however, for a software application to reach this “verb” status. That is exactly ... read more
February 19, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Leaf Announced the Aptus – II 8 a 40MP medium format back with a maximum capture rate of 0.8 sec/frame (not frames/sec as usually quoted). This is an impressive performance for a medium format back processing 40 MP of data, but it is only half of the performance equation. While the press release mentions that ... read more
February 14, 2010 in News by John Omvik