The DAM Book (digital asset management) by Peter Krogh is now available.
link: The DAM Book blog

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Zone Zero is calling for your images to add to their gallery reflecting the world wide responses to the spread of Swine Flu.
Zone Zero is based in Mexico and is one of the most visited photo web sites in the world, created by Pedro Meyer.
links: Zone Zero Influenza & Pedro Meyer editorial
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New York Photo Awards deadline has been extended to May 10.
Raffle Award
$250 B&H Photo coupon for all submissions and ticket orders received will be awarded on May 13 at The powerHouse Arena (one raffle chance per order).
Prizes categories
* $250 B&H Photo coupon good at either the store at 9th Ave. @ 34th St. or online
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Call for Entries open TODAY
The competition is open for 8 weeks from 1st May till 30th June 2009
Open to professional photographers based in the northern regions of the UK -  from the Midlands to the Scottish Isles -
working within the disciplines of advertising, editorial, fashion, design.
Register now at http://shotupnorth.co.uk – category details available 1st May.
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Canon are offering a free repair to owners of the G10 where they experience lines appearing in some of their images. According to Canon…
• This phenomenon does not occur in all images.
• This phenomenon is not caused by the camera settings.
• The length of lines that appear in images differs depending on the subject.
• Images [...]

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Those of you who have put your pro film cameras in the display cabinet, alongside the Pocket or Twin lens Voigtländers from your childhood, may be surprised to know that Voigtländer are still very much in business and delivering professional film stills cameras into the market.
Just announced is the Bessa III, developed in conjunction with [...]

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To celebrate its 425th anniversary Hahnemühle announces the Hahnemühle Anniversary Photo Award competition.
The Hahnemühle Anniversary Photo Award is directed at photographers worldwide. The theme is “For Originals”: we are interested in the photographer’s unique angle that captures people, objects and moods from an original perspective. Hahnemühle is giving away non-cash prizes worth € 36.000 and [...]

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ARCA-SWISS has developed two new view cameras: the M-Line two Single Lens Reflex (SLR) and the M-Line two Medium Format (MF). These allow you to work from 35 mm to 4×5”.
The usable focal length extends from 28mm for the M-Line two SLR and 23mm for the M-Line two MF, to infinity.
Dimensions: Length 250 mm, Depth [...]

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Marrut have announced a CIS (continuous ink system) using Lyson inks for the Epson 2880 printer.
link: Marrut

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PRESS RELEASE: PORTLAND, Ore. – (Business Wire) GigaPan Systems, maker of the GigaPan Epic robotic camera mount introduced in January, has released the second model in the GigaPan Epic series, the Epic 100. The new model is specially designed to accommodate a broad range of larger point and shoot digital cameras, as well as several [...]

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Nikon have announced the new D5000.
The D5000 has inherited the D90’s HD movie capability with Nikon’s proprietary D-Movie function enabling high-definition movie capture. Coupled with extensive in-camera editing features, a wide choice of scene modes, 12.3MP sensor and high-sensitivity between ISO 200 and 3200 (which can be extended to ISO 100 and ISO 6400 equivalent). [...]

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Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan is looking for photographers 35 year old and younger for new acquisition.
In an effort to preserve works by young persons enthusiastic about expressing themselves through the art of photography, the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts(K・MoPA) issues an annual call for submissions to its “Young Porfolios” program.
This is not [...]

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PRESS RELEASE: EXIF Data – Analyze, Compare, Improve
Two Pilots has released a new version of Exif Pilot for viewing, editing, and creating the EXIF and IPTC data of photographs.Digital photography allows you not only to catch an interesting picture of life and to get it into a computer for further demonstration, but it also automatically [...]

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ThinkTank have announced the latest version of their laptop shade.
The Think Tank Photo Pixel SunscreenTM 2.0 is a spring loaded hood which pops out from its carry case giving you an instant and effective shield from the brightest of sunlight.
Press release:
Processing and transmitting photographs from remote locations can be hard enough without having to [...]

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