As we head into Photokina, the images and spyshots start to crop up with greater frequency as NDA’s and people’s ability to keep their mouth’s shut are strained to the breaking point. Here we see a picture of a Panasonic Micro 4/3′s interchangeable lens camera. I believe the image is a computer generated model...
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Determination 3Originally uploaded by Carlos Echenique After deliberating with some of my colleagues, I redid the image back to the original version with the safety rope in place and came up with a better subtitle. Please feel free to comment.
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Determination 2Originally uploaded by Carlos Echenique Here is a motivational poster I created using Bibble Pro and plugins created by Sean Puckett. I will be posting a comparison of Sean’s B&W conversion plugins vs. Silver Efex Pro form Nik Software. Will David slay Goliath yet again?
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While rummaging around the Photokina 2008 Press site (see link below), I came across this little tidbit. Phase One A/S (makers of medium format digital cameras/backs and the CaptureOne RAW Converter) have leapfrogged Hasselblad by releasing a 60.5 megapixel digital camera system! Digital Medium Format cameras are fully upgradeable. Owners can update any of...
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Delivers Industry’s First Built-in Digitizer and Color Calibrator Along with Ultimate Power, Multimedia and Display Technologies Lenovo today introduced a monster notebook aimed at photographers. This 17-inch beast includes an Intel Core2 Extreme processor, up to 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 400 nit WUXGA (1920×1200) monitor that displays 72% color gamut, has a built-in color...
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Award-Winning Drobo Adds FireWire 800 and Dramatically Improved USB 2.0 Performance Mountain View, CA – July 8, 2008 – Today Data Robotics launched the second generation of its award-winning Drobo product. Featuring FireWire 800 alongside improved USB 2.0 performance and an upgraded core processor, the new Drobo is the fastest product in its class...
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With the recent press release by Olympus and Panasonic about Micro Four Thirds (m4/3), the photo-blogosphere has been buzzing concerning product announcements around this as Photokina 2008 approaches. To recap, Olympus and Panasonic announced a new variation of their five year old Four Thirds digital camera platform designed for smaller, thinner interchangeable lens cameras...
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Olympus Imaging Corporation (Olympus Imaging) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) today announced joint development of technologies and devices for the “Micro Four Thirds System standard,” a new standard that extends the benefits of the Four Thirds System standard for interchangeable lens type digital camera systems by enabling dramatic reductions in size and...
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NEW COOLPIX P6000 OFFERS DIGITAL SLR SHOOTING CONTROL IN A COMPACT CAMERA New Performance Series Camera Enables Users to Test the Photography World with Creative Control and “Geo-tagging” Capabilities with built-in GPS MELVILLE, NY (Aug. 7, 2008) – Nikon Inc. today introduced its newest flagship COOLPIX compact camera, the COOLPIX P6000. Featuring 13.5 megapixels,...
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In a press release dated July 17, 2008, Cosina Voigtlander introduced (or should I say, reintroduced) a new lens for the Leica M-mount: the CV Ultron 28 mm F2. Based off of the now discontinued Ultron 28/1.9 LTM (Leica Thread Mount), the Ultron 28/2 is available only in black, adds a focusing tab that...
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