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.
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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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Press Release:
New Epson Papers Bring Advanced Reproduction Technology to Fine Art Market
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Feb. 26, 2009 – Epson America today expanded its line of professional media solutions with new Signature Worthy™ Hot Press and Cold Press Papers designed for use with Epson’s award-winning printers. Offering advanced reproduction capabilities for the fine art [...]

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Epson has announced a plug-in for Adobe CS3/4 for its range of Epson Stylus Pro printers.
Mirage Premium Edition allows users to work faster and more efficiently by providing all the features, tools and settings required in one layout say Epson.
The Mirage Premium Edition supports all colour modes that users work with, including mixed modes [...]

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The Lightroom 2.2 update is now available for download (Mac|Win) from Adobe.com.  Included is new camera support for the following models:
 

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon PowerShot G10
Panasonic DMC-G1
Panasonic DMC-FX150
Panasonic DMC-FZ28
Panasonic DMC-LX3
Leica D-LUX 4

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This week the U.S. Congress will be going into a “lame duck” session where several major issues facing the U.S. will be taken up. It is also a good time to push through Orphan Works with back room deals and secret manoeuvres, the only way it has managed to survive so far.
Nonetheless, imminent passage of [...]

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