Photo&Cameras

Phase One will begin selling a new full-frame medium format camera system in late 2008. The P 65+ system includes a digital back that uses the new Sensor+ CCD technology that Phase One co-developed with DALSA Semiconductor. The rest of the system is composed of Phase One’s existing medium-format camera components. The Sensor+ platform allows the back’s CCD to be upgraded, giving the back a longer lifespan.

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Pre-Photokina 2008: Tamron has also announced the availability of the AF18-270MM Di II VC ultra high power zoom lens in Canon and Nikon mounts (with AF motor for Nikon) and the recently reviewed SP AF70-200mm F/2.8 Di LD [IF] Macro  zoom lens in mounts for Pentax and Sony SLR cameras.  Both the lenses will be initially launched in Japan later this month.
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Canon has posted a firmware update for the EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi. The latest version (1.0.9) fixes Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) problems, errors with the Live View Exposure Simulation warning indicator and playback problems after continuous shooting when a printer or a video display is attached.
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“The Mount Saint Helens observatory”. Taken by Steve Buser Source: planetearthdailyphoto.blogspot.com
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The Life of a Photograph is a new National Geographic book by photographer Sam Abell. Drawing on 40 years of Abell’s fieldwork, the book takes readers on assignment and inside the heart of this master photographer to witness the making of nearly 200 images. Many photographs are complemented by text from Abell, providing background on the photograph and how he crafted the image. The
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Panasonic Lumix G lens camera system : Panasonic is pleased to announce a brand-new digital interchangeable lens camera system – the Lumix G Micro System. It is based on the new Micro Four Thirds System standard that greatly reduces camera size and weight to further enhance the inherent advantages of the original Four Thirds System standard for digital interchangeable lens cameras.
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This is the first article in an occasional series on collecting.

First editions of scarce, time-worthy publications by known authors, or which covered newsworthy events, are fetching five figures on the market. As with any collectible category, low-print editions, special editions, autographed editions, or otherwise scarce or hard-to-come-by editions can command even more.

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The six lucky winners of our fantastic August 2008 Newsletter contest have been randomly selected from the PhotographyBLOG Newsletter subscriber list. Frances Heaton , Henryk Fibich, Melanie Hopgood, Stephan Konjer, Mick Durnall and Neil Morgan each win a Kata DC441 Shoulder Bag, worth ВЈ50 / $70 each.
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Alien Skin has announced a new version of its image-resizing software plug-in. Blow Up 2 offers a simplified interface, easy batch processing, and improved performance with support for multi-processor and multi-core systems. The plug-in can be used with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements software, and can handle CMYK images, 32-bit-per-channel HDR images, and output up to 300,000 pixels on a side.

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Organisers of a photography competition have defended their right to publish entries anywhere they like on the grounds that only amateurs – not professionals – are eligible to enter.

Launched by the Container Shipping Information Service (CSIS), the contest offers prizes totalling $1,500.

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