Photo&Cameras

“Inside the Wish Fulfilling Stupa, setting wicks for offerings of butter lamps and prayers. Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal”.
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Panasonic Lumix digital cameras at Vancouver Olympics 2010 : Panasonic is pleased to announce the addition of Digital Camera to the Audio and Visual Equipment category for which it is recognized as an Official Worldwide Olympic Partner under an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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In my prior review of the Lensbaby 3G I said, "Every once and a while a product comes along and you really misjudge it. It may be that you are too hasty, or that you just don't understand the potential that it really brings. Or it just may be that it, over time, has matured into a really great product." Well, the Lensbaby line continues to mature and grow.
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Canon and Nikon have released firmware updates for the 40D, D3 and D700 DSLRS. All three updates correct rare errors and make minor changes to camera behavior. The 40D is updated to firmware v1.1.1. The Nikon D3 moves to v2.01 and the D700 to V1.01. Full details of all the issues resolved are made on the relevant company’s websites.
By: www.dpreview.com
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“When I was walking in the forest I came across a Norwegian Spruce (Picea abies) tree that was broken and I liked the view with the trunk looking at the fallen tree. It seems like a strong wind had passed through the forest and snapped the tree in two. There was several trees in that area that had been toppled over some years ago (the vegetation had started to grow back) so it was a cool area to explore.”I had to climb up some trees to get this picture and I almost fell down several times .
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Kodak and Lexar Media introduce SDHC video memory card : Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, in conjunction with Kodak, introduced the new Kodak SDHC Video Memory Card. This advanced compact memory card provides users of flash-based digital camcorders and point-and-shoot cameras, as well as all SDHC-compatible devices, including Kodak’s Zi6 HD Pocket Video Camera, with a high-performance, high-capacity solution for High Definition video capture. The
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Labs beta: As revealed last Thursday (our tenth anniversary) today we are flicking the switch on our latest (and potentially biggest) new site feature. Our Challenges system provides a mechanism by which photographic challenges can be both created and entered by any member of our community. The initial beta has a few limitations (see inside for details).
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Over the last few weeks we’ve started to see a range of new cameras released.

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Announced late last night at Wired.com is an awesome new photography contest, whereupon the subject is the elusive and oft-captured shadow.

The contest trounced across my computer screen and into my head just a few hours later and I have not been able to forget about it!

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SanDisk Sana Slot Radio player : SanDisk, the inventor and world’s largest supplier of flash storage cards, unveiled the new SanDisk Sansa slotRadio player and companion line of slotRadio music cards designed especially for the casual music consumer. The SanDisk Sansa slotRadio music player is a small, stylish, portable music device that comes bundled with a slotRadio card preloaded with 1,000 songs handpicked from the Billboard charts, and professionally arranged into a variety of genre-themed playlists. The
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