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Veho VMS-004 Discovery Deluxe USB Microscope review

Digital Photography Now - Fri, 2010-12-31 11:47

For the price of a good quality webcam, you can have a USB-connected digital microscope. But is it just a toy, or a seriously useful digital imaging tool? We test the Veho VMS-004 digital microscope.

Journal features weekly gallery

Rob Galbraith DPI - 13 hours 20 min ago

Photo Journal from The Wall Street Journal features Pictures of the Week: March 8 - 12.

Monitoring Football around the world

Rob Galbraith DPI - 16 hours 5 min ago

The Christian Science Monitor features Football around the world, an image gallery showing diversity in a common game.

Production of Paul C. Buff Einstein 640 monolight commencing next week

Rob Galbraith DPI - Sat, 2010-03-13 02:00

Validation of preproduction Paul C. Buff Einstein 640 monolights is now complete, clearing the way for the building of shipping units. Manufacturing will begin with a small number of lights initially, says company founder Paul Buff, ramping up towards full scale production in the weeks that follow. Buff indicates it will take some time to make, box up and ship the nearly 3000 units he says have been pre-ordered, though that process will begin soon.

BenQ C1250

Let's Go Digital English Edition - Fri, 2010-03-12 21:55

BenQ C1250 digital camera : BenQ announces the release of their latest digital camera in Europe - the C1250. Equipped with a 12-megapixel sensor, smart scene detection technology, 3X optical zoom and a bright 2.7” LCD display, the BenQ C1250 combines chic design with smart technologies, making taking crisp photos with ease and style. With the bigger and brighter LCD with is equipped with 2 LED modules for backlighting, the 2.7” LCD display displays pictures clearly even in the mid afternoon sun. Moreover, with ISO up to 6400 (VGA and HD 16:9), you can be confident when shooting in low light, pictures will come out blur-free and sharp, looking natural with the mood of the scene preserved.

DPNow.com Picture of the Day Thursday 11th March 2010

Digital Photography Now - Fri, 2010-03-12 18:00

Click on the picture to find out more about the photographer and how the picture was taken.

In today's Digital Photography Now Picture of the Day we feature another great abstract image from one of our most popular members. It's not his first POTD and this is another example of why.

Don't forget to check out all the other great pictures in the DPNow.com members' photo galleries and, if you don't have one already, why not start your own free gallery too? All the Digital Photography Now Pictures of the Day are selected exclusively from the these galleries.

Air2Air Launches the DraganFlyer X4

Digital Photography Now - Fri, 2010-03-12 15:40

Air2Air today launches the DraganFlyer X4; the latest unmanned aerial vehicle to be launched in the UK by Air2Air following the success of the DraganFlyer X6 in September 2009.

Geologtag for iPhone

PhotographyBLOG - Fri, 2010-03-12 10:35

Geologtag is an iPhone application that facilitates the geotagging of your digital photos.

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Kubota Texture Tools and Sloppy Borders

PhotographyBLOG - Fri, 2010-03-12 10:20

Kubota Image Tools have announced the release of new Kubota Texture Tools and Kubota Sloppy Borders on Dashboard, a floating palette within Photoshop that acts like a mini search engine for actions.

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Tilt-Shift Adapter for Micro Four Thirds

PhotographyBLOG - Fri, 2010-03-12 10:15

A Japanese company has developed a tilt-shift adapter for Micro Four Thirds cameras.

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BenQ C1250

PhotographyBLOG - Fri, 2010-03-12 10:00

The BenQ C1250 is a 12-megapixel digital compact camera with a backlit LCD screen.

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Free Photoshop Plug-ins from onOne Software

PhotographyBLOG - Fri, 2010-03-12 09:55

onOne Software has released two fully functional Photoshop plug-ins called PhotoTools 2.5 Free and PhotoFrame 4.5 Free.

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PocketWizard FlexTT5 Coming to Nikon Users

PhotographyBLOG - Fri, 2010-03-12 09:45

PocketWizard has started testing the Nikon version of its FlexTT5 wireless transceiver.

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Pentax K-x Gets The DxOMark Treatment

PhotographyBLOG - Fri, 2010-03-12 09:25

DxO Labs have posted detailed raw-based sensor data for the Pentax K-x digital SLR camera, which achieved the best result of any Pentax camera tested so far.

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Rollei Compactline 350

PhotographyBLOG - Fri, 2010-03-12 09:15

RCP-Technik has announced the 12-megapixel Rollei Compactline 350 digital compact camera with 28-140mm equivalent 5x optical zoom, HD video and YouTube Ready functionality.

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26 gigapixel panorama of Paris now online

Rob Galbraith DPI - Fri, 2010-03-12 02:30

A Canon EOS 5D Mark II was used to capture 2346 photos of Paris on September 8, 2009, and the resulting 26 gigapixel stitched panorama went online today.

LPA Design demonstrates prototype PocketWizard FlexTT5 for Nikon

Rob Galbraith DPI - Thu, 2010-03-11 22:30

LPA Design has created a video demonstration of the Nikon version of the PocketWizard FlexTT5 in action. The wireless radio remote is an early prototype, but is capable of both Nikon iTTL and Auto FP High Speed Sync operation. Text accompanying the video stresses that it will be "months before there is a production version available" and that prior to the official release of the FlexTT5 transceiver and companion MiniTT1 transmitter for Nikon there will be a public beta program.

Lexar Professional ExpressCard CF card reader

Digital Photography Now - Thu, 2010-03-11 18:46

In this review we have a look at the Lexar Professional ExpressCard CompactFlash Reader. This is compatible with Apple Mac or Windows laptops or other PCs fitted with either an ExpressCard 34 or 54 (mm) interface slot. Most laptops don't feature an integrated CF card reader any more, so from a practical point of view an ExpressCard reader is useful if your camera uses CF cards. It also promises to be much faster than conventional USB card readers, but is that how it actually turned out?

Samsung NX10 Review

PhotographyBLOG - Thu, 2010-03-11 17:45

The catchily named "mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras" are quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with, a fact that Samsung have recognised with the launch of their own rival system to the Micro Four Thirds standard. The Samsung NX10 is the first model in the new series, featuring a DSLR-like design, large 3 inch AMOLED screen, electronic viewfinder, 720p video and a large APS-C CMOS sensor with 14.6 megapixels. With 30mm pancake, 18-55mm and 50-200mm lenses and a smattering of accessories available from day one and five more lenses to follow this year, Samsung are certainly making a sizeable investment in their compact/DSLR hybrid system. Read our Samsung NX10 review, complete with 50 JPEG samples and 12 RAW, to find out if it can out-perform its Olympus and Panasonic rivals.

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Complete model releases on the iPhone with Easy Release

Rob Galbraith DPI - Thu, 2010-03-11 16:45

Washington, DC-based photographer Robert Giroux has co-developed an app for the iPhone and iPod touch that enables model releases, with signature, to be completed right on the device. Called Easy Release, the US$9.99 app is available now from the App Store within iTunes.