Thursday, November 27, 2008

Delkin Devices are offering 25% off their range of photographic products from today until Sunday. There’s also free shipping on all orders over $100. This special holiday offer ends at Midnight on 30th November.

Website: Delkin Devices 25% Sale

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Corel is giving away a free Gorillapod camera tripod worth nearly £20 with Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate. This offer runs until 31st January 2009, and included countries are the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands. Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate costs £79 / €89.

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Toshiba has launched a 16GB microSDHC card offering the largest capacity available in the market. Toshiba has also added ultra fast read/write 8GB and 16GB SDHC cards to its line-up. Mass production of the new SDHC cards will start in December, with production of the new microSDHC slated to start in January 2009.

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GPhotospace is a free photo-sharing Firefox extension for Mac and PC that offers upload speeds up to 5x faster than Flickr. GPhotospace uses Gmail for storage, providing up to 8GB of storage for your photos which you can then share with friends, family, or whoever you choose. “This is really the best of both worlds for those wanting quick private sharing,” says GPhotospace CTO John Harley. “For Gmail users, the familiar interface will have them sharing photo albums in seconds.”

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Photo Iconic is running two photography workshops with Intrepid Travel in London, UK. Taking place on Wednesday 10th December, the two courses are Creative digital photography and Travel photography with a digital camera. Each course costs £40, but all participants receive £100 in vouchers towards Intrepid trips and Photo Iconic courses.

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Blubox has been selected by Tesco Photo to power Tesco Picture Viewer. Blubox optimises images for more efficient storage and high speed sharing online. Tesco Picture Viewer is distributed free with every photo-CD dispatched. “We are very pleased to be working with the premier retail partner whose ethos is to provide its customers with the highest standard of service possible” says Peter Boswell, CEO at Blubox Software. “From February 2009, Blubox will contribute to the overall customer experience when they develop film and digital photographs with Tesco”

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

With the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday just a few days away, and only a few weeks until Christmas arrives, it’s time to start thinking about what you are going to buy the photographer in your life, even if that’s you! We’ve looked back over all the products that we’ve reviewed during 2008 and picked our favourites, including compact cameras, DSLRs, accessories and software to suit all budgets. So, somewhat in advance, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

Website: Holiday Gift Guide 2008

Is it a compact camera? Is it a DSLR? No, its the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 “digital interchangeable lens camera”. Panasonic have quickly brought to market the World’s first Micro Four Thirds camera, which aims to marry the Live View experience of a point-and-shoot compact with the image quality and format of a DSLR, all in a compact package that sits somewhere between the two. Mark Goldstein finds out if the Panasonic G1 is the break-through camera that Panasonic are hoping for…

Website: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Review

Canon has warned that the $40 billion digital camera market could shrink in 2009, according to a report by Reuters. Sales of DSLR cameras have been affected by the global economic slump, although Canon has maintained its estimate for SLR sales to rise 38 percent to 4.4 million units in 2008. Canon’s Tsuneji Uchida commented “We hope we will see the same level of demand next year as this year. Whether or not that will become reality is up to economic conditions.”

Website: Reuters - Canon says digital camera market may shrink in 2009

Adobe Camera Raw 5.2 adds RAW file support for seven camera models, including the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Panasonic DMC LX3. It also introduces the new Targeted Adjustment Tool for on-image refinements and output sharpening for print or screen output, and the ability to create a snapshot of all adjustments made to an image as a bookmark for future reference. The Photoshop Camera Raw 5.2 plug-in is available as a free download for existing customers of Photoshop CS4, Photoshop Elements 7, and Premiere Elements 7.

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