Posts about 'Press Release'

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

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

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.
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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

onOne announced the availability a 64-bit update to its Genuine Fractals image resizing plug-in for Photoshop CS5. According to onOne the upgrade provides a significant speed improvement, which is critical when working with large image files.
The upgrade is free to all registered GF 6.0 users. It is important to note that this upgrade is only ... read more
May 26, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Unified Color Technologies has announced the first phase winners of its “True Vision HDR Photo Contest” and posted a gallery with the winning entries. Three 1st. prize packages (Nikon D90 kit, Gitzo Carbon Fiber Tripod, Lowepro Camera Bag and Lexar 8GB Professional SD Card) were awarded for three different categories (Landscape, Architecture & Free Style) ... read more
May 23, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Leica has announced the SUMMILUX-M 35 mm f/1.4 ASPH a design update to it’s popular wide angle 35mm range finder lens. The lens features new Aspherical and floating elements that optimize optical performance at close distances.
Not necessarily for photographers working on tight budgets, this lens will retail for just under $5,000 beginning in July 2010.
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May 17, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Canon announced today that it had just built its 40 Millionth EOS SLR camera, adding 10 million units in just the last 3 years. To be fair, this number includes all the EOS film cameras built since 1987 but virtually all growth in the last 5 years has been in digital since Canon ceased production ... read more
May 13, 2010 in News by John Omvik

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PRESS RELEASE
SONY INTRODUCES WORLD’S SMALLEST AND LIGHTEST INTERCHANGEABLE LENS DIGITAL CAMERAS
Models Provide DSLR Performance, Full HD Video, Sweep Panorama, APS-C sensor and Low-Light Capability in an Unprecedented Compact Design
SAN DIEGO, May 10, 2010 – Sony today introduced two innovative α (alpha) compact interchangeable lens digital cameras (models NEX-5 and NEX-3) that provide the quality ... read more
May 11, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Because someone has to hold the record, photographer Gerald Donovan has created the worlds largest image (for now) out of 4,250 individual frames taken with a Canon 7D over 3.5 hrs using the GigaPan Epic Pro robotic camera mount.
While it is an impressive technical feat, I can think of several other subjects that would have ... read more
May 11, 2010 in News by John Omvik