Tag: News

Article: Nikon Unveils D3X

MELVILLE, N.Y. (Nov. 30, 2008) – Nikon Inc. today announced the D3X, an FX-format digital SLR featuring extreme 24.5-megapixel resolution and superb low-noise capabilities, which provides professional photographers with commercial-quality image...

Article: New Adobe Updates

Adobe has released an update to its Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in, available immediately as a free download on Adobe.com. Adobe Camera Raw 5.2 extends raw file support to an additional seven camera models, including the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and...

Article: New Mamiya Camera System

Elmsford, NY –– In medium format digital photography, price and performance are usually at opposite ends of the digital spectrum. Normally you have to pay more – a lot more – for better quality, performance and features, certainly for the latest...

Article: New Think Tank Photo Backpack

SANTA ROSA, CALIF –Think Tank Photo announces that it has enhanced the security features of its lineup of backpacks. With these new design solutions, photographers can now carry their bodies, lenses, and accessories onto aircraft with different carry o...

Article: RED Announces DSMC

The Red DSMC System Scarlet and EPIC are the DNA of RED's new DSMC system. Using a DSMC (Digital Stills and Motion Camera) lets you shoot no-compromise still or motion images with the same camera. Well Actually with over a trillion...

Article: Sigma Corporation Acquires Foveon

Kawasaki, Japan, November 11th, 2008 - Sigma Corporation (Location: Kawasaki, Japan) has acquired 100% of the stock of the company that developed the original three-layer image sensor, Foveon, Inc. Foveon will continue its sensor development...

Article: onOne Software Releases PhotoFrame 4

Portland, OR – October 16, 2008 – onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of innovative software tools for photographers, today announces the immediate availability of two upgrades to their award-winning PhotoFrame plug-in. PhotoFrame 4 Pro...

Article: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Now Shipping

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Oct. 15, 2008 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of the Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 product family, the highly-anticipated release of industry-leading design and development s...

Article: New Four Thirds Interoperability

Olympus Imaging Corporation (hereinafter "Olympus"), Panasonic Corporation (hereinafter "Panasonic"),and Sigma Corporation (hereinafter "Sigma") have joined forces to launch an online firmware update service that will enable users to easily update...

Article: Apple Releases New MacBook Family

CUPERTINO, California—October 14, 2008—Apple® today unveiled an all new MacBook® family that redefines notebook design, and at the same time dramatically lowers the entry price for advanced notebook features including all-metal enclosures and...

Article: Photo Contest For a Good Cause

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – October 13, 2008 – PNY Technologies®, Inc. announced today that they will donate $100,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® as part of the 2008 Thanks and Giving® campaign to help find cures for pediatric cancer and other...

Article: New Additions to Hahnemuhle Line

Woodstock, IL October 13, 2008 Hahnemuhle USA is pleased to announce that they will once again be exhibiting at PhotoPlus Expo from October 23 through 25th 2008 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

Article: Earn Money For Your Photos

Each month, the Panasonic Digital Photo Academy (DPA) will award two new DPA students $100 for their selected image from the Student Gallery on their Web site. The winning images will be chosen by the 15th of each month, and the student will be...

Article: Frans Lanting's ORIGINS

SANTA CRUZ, CA, October 7, 2008. The Frans Lanting Studio announced today a new multimedia production, ORIGINS, which will be performed on October 21, 2008, at the official ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, to inaugurate the Large Hadron Collider, the...

Article: Tenba Introduces New Sling Bag

Elmsford, NY, October 1, 2008 - As part of the growth of its Sling series Tenba has announced the addition of the 2nd in a new series of Convertible Photo Sling Bags to its growing Shootout™ collection. According to the company, the new Slings are...

Article: All New Epson Print Academy

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Sept. 24, 2008 - The Epson Print Academy® will be back on tour featuring an all-new curriculum and instruction from world-renowned photographers, master printmakers and color management experts using the latest digital workflow ...

Article: New Porter Case Carryon

SOUTH BEND, IN. (September 24, 2008) - Porter Case, Inc. announces the affordable PCX Lite - Case with CART (trolley) series. The PCX Lite cases are designed as wheeled, semi-hard side, airline carryon size, luggage cases with a patented Case to Cart...

Article: New SanDisk CompactFlash Card

COLOGNE, GERMANY September 23, 2008 - SanDisk today announced that it is now shipping an upgraded family of SanDisk Extreme® IV CompactFlash® (CF) memory cards to better meet the needs of professional digital photographers. The entire series...

Article: New Phase One Products

COLOGNE, GERMANY--(Marketwire - September 23, 2008) - PHOTOKINA 2008 -- Phase One today introduces pioneering advances in medium format digital photography that offer professional photographers more opportunity to perfect the moment of image capture,...

Article: New Professional Lexar CompactFlash

Fremont, CA, September 23, 2008 -- Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, announced today that it has enhanced the performance of its Professional line of CompactFlash® (CF) memory cards to 233x, a significant...

Article: Lensbaby Introduces New Line

On September 23, 2008, Lensbaby, LLC (formerly known as Lensbabies, LLC) is launching an entire new system of selective focus lenses at the Photokina tradeshow in Cologne, Germany (Hall 5.2 C021).

Article: Leica Announces the S2

Cologne, Germany (September 23, 2008) -- LEICA S2 - Remarkable new camera from Germany redefines the professional DSLR class with a custom 37.5-megapixel, 30 x 45 mm sensor built into a 35mm-sized body.

Article: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Just Released

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sept. 23, 2008 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended, the highly anticipated, new editions of the professional industry standard software for digital...

Article: Pentax Announces K2000 D-SLR

GOLDEN, CO (September 22, 2008)…PENTAX Imaging Company has announced the PENTAX K2000 DSLR system designed specifically for consumers who are ready to make the transition from a point-and-shoot digital camera to digital SLR photography. The PENTAX...

Article: New Nikon 50mm f/1.4 Lens

MELVILLE, N.Y. (Sept. 22, 2008) - Nikon Inc. celebrates 75 years of defining optical excellence with the release of the newly engineered AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4 prime lens that is considered by many photographers to be an essential tool with a focal...

Article: Two New Mamiya Lenses

Cologne, Germany - September 17, 2008 - Mamiya announced the introduction of the Mamiya Sekor 45mm f2.8 D -- the latest lens in the growing series of Mamiya Digital lenses. This wide-angle lens utilizes low-dispersion glass to correct chromatic...

Article: JOBO AG Launches photoGPS at Photokina 2008

Gummersbach, Germany, September 17, 2008 -- Photokina Hall 5.1, Stand A010 / A018 - JOBO AG announces today the availability of the new JOBO photoGPS - a small and lightweight Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that fits directly on any digital...

Article: Mamiya ZDb Digital Back Debuts at Photokina 2008

Cologne, Germany - September 19, 2008 - Mamiya Digital Imaging has announced the next model of their digital back - called the Mamiya ZDb 22 megapixel Digital Back - will be shown at Photokina 2008. To further refine the successful Mamiya ZD Digital...

Article: Canon Introduces Four New PowerShots

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., September 17, 2008 - Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the newest addition to its top-of-the line PowerShot G-series digital cameras. The PowerShot G10 digital camera offers serious amateur shooters and...

Article: New Canon EOS 5D Mark II

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., September 17, 2008 - Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today introduced the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera, the long-awaited successor to Canon's highly popular EOS 5D, introduced in 2005. Building upon the...