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Toshiba to introduce world’s fastest SDHC UHS-I cards

Toshiba has announced what it claims will be the world’s fastest SDHC UHS-I and the world’s first microSDHC UHS-I compliant memory cards. To be available in 32GB, 16GB and 8GB capacities, the SDHC cards will offer read and write speeds of up to 95MB/…

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

You Asked For It – You Got It

A couple of weeks ago I asked what YOU would most like to learn about photography.  The results were really pretty evenly split among the topics.  So in addition to continuing to add new lessons on these topics I wanted to start you out with the basi…

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3 to support Tamron Lens Correction

Tamron has announced that it has cooperated with Adobe in the creation of profiles for the Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3′s Lens Correction feature. The latest version of the image-editing software will automatically fix distortion, chromatic aberra…

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Datacolor announces SpyderLensCal focus calibrator

Datacolor has announced the SpyderLensCal focus calibrator. The device allows photographers to measure the AF performance of their camera/lens combinations. On DSLRs with a micro-adjustment feature, this tool can be used to help determine the best val…

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Scavenger Hunt Forum Theme Photo Contest Winner

Our August forum theme was a scavenger hunt.  Participants had five different items to find and photograph to make up one complete entry.  Our winner was chosen from among the complete entries as the best photo.

Congrats to Sandi OReilly for this wi…

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Panasonic releases 8GB & 16GB UHS-I SDHC cards

Panasonic has released 8GB and 16GB SDHC cards adhering to the SD association’s latest UHS-I specification. Both memory cards have maximum read speeds of up to 60MB/s and Class 10 speed specification complementing 3D and full HD video recording featu…

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Kodak releases ESP 9250 all-in-one printer

Kodak has announced the ESP 9250 Wi-fi-enabled all-in-one inkjet printer with print, copy, scan and fax capability. It includes the company’s proprietary fade-resistant inks with what it claims the lowest total ink replacement cost in the industry. Th…

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Sony releases S-Frame digital photo frames

Sony has introduced the S-Frame range of digital photo frames. Top of the line are the XR100 and VR100 that offer 10.2 inch screens and AVCHD video playback with stereo sound. The XR100 also includes TruBlack technology for better playback quality. T…

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Sony announces Bloggie Touch MHS-TS20K pocket camcorder

Sony has announced the Bloggie Touch MHS-TS20K pocket camcorder. It is built around the company’s 1/2.5" Exmor CMOS sensor, records Full HD video in MP4 format and captures 12.8Mp still images. It offers a 3 inch touchscreen LCD, 32mm F2.8 lens…

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Carl Zeiss introduces Distagon T* 1,4/35 for Canon & Nikon

Carl Zeiss has introduced the Distagon T* 1,4/35 wide-angle lens in Canon EF (ZE) and Nikon F (ZF.2) mounts. This manual focus lens, with its large f/1.4 aperture, is made up of 11 elements in 9 groups. With an equivalent focal length of 50mm on APS-C …

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010