There are a lot of reasons the 1D X might be the most ridiculous DSLR ever made, but the numbers seem like a good place to start. A full-frame 18-megapixel sensor. ISO 204,800. 12fps RAW shooting. 61-point autofocus. Three DIGIC image processors. One gigabit ethernet port. There’s a lot here, so I hope you’re sitting… Continue reading »
Oct
19
Tamron Names My Travel Exhibit Photo Contest Winner
Tamron (Commack, NY, www.tamron-usa.com) has named Lois Settlemeyer of Camas, WA, the winner of its My Travel Exhibit photo contest. Settlemeyer’s winning entry, entitled “Waves of Light,” features 12 images of Arizona’s Antelope Canyon, each photograph demonstrating the photographer’s skillful use of perspective and light. Tamron created the My Travel Exhibit photo contest to publicize… Continue reading »
Oct
18
Wilhelm Imaging Research Gives Ilford Paper High Print Permanence Rating
Ilford Imaging, Switzerland (www.ilford.com), a leading developer and manufacturer of professional inkjet media, has been given high print permanence ratings from Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc., the world’s leading independent permanence testing laboratory. In fact, recent testing showed that Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk, Smooth Pearl and Smooth Gloss Media and HP Vivera pigment inks withstood… Continue reading »
Oct
18
82mm ND Filter From Heliopan
HP Marketing (Pine Brook, NJ, www.hpmarketingcorp.com) is now offering an 82mm version of the Heliopan Vario ND filter. The new filter is adjustable from 1 to 6.6 stops of ND (0.3 to 2.0 density); it is neutral in color and mounted in a black anodized brass ring that is numerically calibrated with an index for… Continue reading »
Oct
17
The Plugin Site Offers NoiseControl Plug-in for MacOS X
The Plugin Site (www.thepluginsite.com) is offering a MacOS X version of NoiseControl, a Photoshop-compatible plug-in that removes image noise while preserving the essential details and photographic quality of an image. The MacOS plug-in includes sharpening, saturation and grain controls and it supports multi-core CPUs as well as Windows-based computers. Price: $49.95.
Oct
17
Epson Names 2011 Pano Award Winners
The Epson International Pano Awards recently introduced the 2011 Pano Awards winning photographers. They include the overall winner, Oleg Gaponyuk (Moscow, Russia); the amateur category winner, Christian Baeuchle (Germany), and the immersive (360 degrees) winner, Ignacio Ferrando of Spain. Dedicated to the art of panoramic photography using stitching applications such as PTGui, the Epson International… Continue reading »
Oct
14
Nikon Markets Advanced CoolPix P7100 Digital Camera
Nikon (Melville, NY, www.nikonusa.com) recently introduced a 10.1-megapixel CoolPix digital camera that offers the image quality, performance and creative manual controls often associated with DSLR cameras. The new compact, lightweight CoolPix P7100 includes a new enhanced AF system, high-speed Expeed C2TM image-processing engine, and 7.1X wide-angle optical zoom-Nikkor ED glass lens (35mm equivalent to 28–200mm).… Continue reading »
Oct
14
DayMen Group Acquires JOBY, Inc.
DayMen Group (www.daymen.com), a Petaluma-based company that manufactures and distributes Lowepro and Acme Made bags recently announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire JOBY, the San Francisco-based manufacturer of the award-winning GorillaPod line of flexible tripods. Terms were not disclosed. In addition to its own product lines, the DayMen Group also distributes a… Continue reading »
Oct
13
Canon DSLRs Capture “Captain America” Action Sequences
Canon’s (Lake Success, NY, www.usa.canon.com/cusa/home) top of the line EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR cameras were used to capture many of the dramatic point-of-view (POV) action shots in the motion picture “Captain America: The First Avenger”. The versatile Canons were called into service because their compact size and lightweight make POV shooting easy. They… Continue reading »
Oct
12
HP Large Format Negative Solution
HP is offering a free, downloadable software package that allows photographers to use the HP DesignJet Z3200 Photo Printer to produce classic silver halide prints or hardcopy image archives from photo negatives. The new Large Format Photo Negative software package includes a paper preset for the DesignJet Z3200 Photo Printer that enables users to print… Continue reading »