Friday, November 21, 2008

Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder is an inexpensive software application that finds similar and duplicate photos on your computer, saving you hours of time. It uses advanced algorithms to find similar pictures in a way that a human does, even if they are in different image formats, different bit depth and image sizes. The Pro version even supports RAW files from most popular cameras. Jon Canfield used Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder to discover just how many multiple versions he’d created away over the years…

Website: Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder Review

The Lens Trekker 600 AW II from Lowepro is billed as the ultimate backpack for sports and nature photographers. The main compartment can hold a 600mm telephoto lens attached to a pro DSLR, or unattached 800mm lens on its own, plus the lens hood and tripod. The Lens Trekker 600 AW II also comes with the Lowepro Pack Jack Harness System that allows you to adjust the removable torso harness to get a customised fit. The new Lens Trekker 600 AW II is available now in black and costs £199.

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The tenth edition of the PhotographyBB Online Magazine has just been released. This month’s release includes a tutorial on better night photography, a guide on keeping your camera gear (and yourself) safe when shooting in winter conditions, Photoshopping your own personalized holiday cards, “Is CS4 worth the upgrade?,” a look at infrared photography, and much more. PhotographyBB Online Magazine is available for free download.

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The FS-610 is a new underwater housing for the Nikon Coolpix S610 and S610c digital cameras. Fantasea’s new housing design and improved construction, together with a depth rating to 60 meters/200 feet, makes the FS-610 ideal for outdoor and underwater photographers. The Fantasea FS-610 housing has a double O-ring seal on all controls, anti-glare hood over LCD screen, 46mm port ring thread and built-in diffuser. The Fantasea FS-610 is currently available for $198.95.

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Hasselblad’s new Camera Care Plan will provide international coverage to professional photographers, including 24 hour help desk and day-to-day exchange service. Corporate After Sales Manager, Carsten Kronborg, commented “...when photography is your profession, any equipment down time is potential lost revenue or dissatisfied clients. For this reason, we have developed the Hasselblad Camera Care Plan.” The Hasselblad Camera Care Plan will also provide up to two years of extended warranty coverage on top of the standard factory warranty.

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The winners of Sony Ericsson’s World View 2008 cameraphone competition have been announced. The camera phone photo entitled “Peace” by Marriane Nill from the Philippines has won the ‘Expert’s Choice Award’. Marriane received a once in a life time photography trip for two, worth £10,000. Gisela Cañete from Argentina was named as the winner of the “The People’s Choice Award”. World View 2009 will kick off in the first half of 2009.

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onOne Software have released holiday-themed frames, textures, layouts, backgrounds, and adornments for their PhotoFrame 3 and PhotoFrame 4 Photoshop plug-ins. “In the spirit of the holidays, we wanted to give our PhotoFrame users free content to add to their frame, texture and adornment library,” said Craig Keudell, president of onOne Software. “This is just the first of many free frame packs that we intend to provide to PhotoFrame users so they continue to get extra value out of their software.” These free elements are in addition to the 1000+ frames, backgrounds, textures, and adornments included with PhotoFrame 4.

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Ricoh have released a new firmware update for the Ricoh R8, a 10 megapixel digital camera with a 7.1 wide-angle zoom lens. The new firmware update, version 1.26, modifies the following phenomenon:

- If you make the [Level Compensation] in the playback mode to a captured image with [N640] (pic. quality / size) and with [Date Imprint], the numbers of date in the picture may blur.

Website: Ricoh R8 Firmware Update 1.26

Thursday, November 20, 2008

We’ve just published sample photos taken with a production version of the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1, the World’s first Micro Four Thirds camera. There are 40 full-sized JPEGs and 6 RAWs for you to download. Our full Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 review will be published very soon…

Website: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Sample Images

Adobe Configurator is a new utility that enables you to create your own panels for Photoshop CS4. Configurator makes it easy to drag and drop tools, menu items, scripts, actions, and other objects into a panel design, then export the results for use inside Photoshop. Configurator is free for anyone to use, and a full 30-day tryout version can be downloaded now.

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