Friday, April 30, 2010

Nikon UK has announced a new promotion for all UK and Irish customers purchasing its D700 FX- format digital SLR camera. Customers purchasing a Nikon D700, either as a body or part of a kit, will be entitled to claim a free MB-D10 battery grip worth £343.99 RRP. The offer is available from 1 May 2010 to 30 June 2010 (inclusive) and all claims must be received by 31 July 2010.

Website: Nikon D700 Promotion

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Nikon UK has just announced a new cashback offer on the Nikon D90 and a price drop on the Nikon D5000. The cashback promotion entitles British and Irish customers to claim £60/ €70 cashback on the Nikon D90 digital SLR camera from 1 May 2010 to 30 June 2010. Claims must be received by 31 July 2010. In addition, Nikon has reduced the recommended retail price of the D5000 to £569.99 /€675.00 (body only) and £639.99/ €758.00 for the kit with the AF-S 18-55mm VR lens.

Website: Nikon Cashback Offers

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CDWinder, a media cataloguing application for Windows, has received a new update involving the integration of OpenStreetMaps. CDWinder also has a new function to export and convert photos, and contains numerous improvements for stability and performance in cataloguing, find and import functions. “The integration of detailed street level mapping is a huge improvement for the display of precise geotag coordinates in our GeoFinder. And now we can also write precise geotags back into the photos, independent of Google Earth.” said Andreas Becherer, chief developer of the CDWinder team. A single CDWinder user licence is €29 / $39. Multiple licences for business or network use are available, and priced depending on the number of clients and features required.

Website: CDWinder

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Pandigital today announced it is now shipping its new wirelessly connected Pandigital Photo Mail Digital Photo Frame to several US retailers. Announced at the beginning of the year, the Pandigital Photo Mail Digital Photo Frame displays photos emailed directly to its dedicated email address. The Pandigital Photo Mail does not require Wi-Fi to do this, as it connects through AT&T’s wireless network. The suggested retail price of the frame itself is $179.99, but it only includes the first 300 photos emailed to it with no service fee to the customer. If you wish to send more photos to the frameyou will have to purchase additional photo allotments from Pandigital.

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Fujifilm Japan has announced a new media player that allows you to play back three-dimensional images and movies shot with the Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D W1 on a Fujifilm 3D television set. Endowed with an SD card slot and capable of reading the Finepix Real 3D W1’s MPO and 3D-AVI files, the Fujifilm HDP-L1 media player connects to a 3D TV via HDMI. The device is now on sale in Japan. At press time, there is no word on international availability or pricing.

Apple has released a new version of Aperture 3. Version 3.0.3 improves overall stability and fixes bugs. Click through / read on for the list of improvements and fixes.

Website: Apple Aperture 3.0.3 Release Notes

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Samsung has announced the ten winners of its World Creative Imaging Competition (WCIC). The competition involved selecting students from some of world’s most famous and influential colleges, who were asked to convey their ‘creative moment’ through the use of the new Samsung NX10. Following an online vote which allowed the public to become ‘fans’ of the entrants, images created by the ten winners were unveiled at the Photo and Imaging Exhibition 2010 in Seoul, Korea. The images from the final ten winners are available to view at the website below.

Website: World Creative Imaging Competition

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BenQ has announced the expansion of its digital camera lineup with the 12-megapixel BenQ E1260 “HDR camera”. Equipped with a 28-112mm equivalent zoom lens and a 2.7-inch rear screen, the BenQ E1260 comes with an assortment of scene modes including Landscape; Portrait; Backlight; Backlight Portrait; Night Scene; Night Portrait; Macro; Sunset; Text; Foliage; Snow and Still Mode. Other features which are included in the E1260 include: Auto Face Tracking; Blink Detector; Self/Love Portrait; Beauty Enhancer; Smile Catch; Smart Focus; File Management; Auto Rotation and 3 Second Prerecording. As to the much-touted HDR capabilities, the company says precious little about how they work - we supect it’s some kind of a shadow enhancement feature like Nikon’s D-lighting, Canon’s i-Contrast or Olympus’ Shadow Adjustment Technology. Besides taking 12-megapixel photos, the BenQ E1260 is also capable of capturing 720p high-definition video. Availability is slated for May 2010.

Website: BenQ E1260

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amsung has announced the fastest external hard drive yet in its STORY Station product portfolio – the Samsung STORY Station 3.0 with the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface. The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface offers a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 5 gigabits per second compared to 480 megabits per second in USB 2.0. The new interface is backward-compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1 interfaces. The STORY Station 3.0 drive is available in capacities ranging from 1TB to 2TB, and comes preloaded with Samsung Auto Backup, SecretZone and SafetyKey software for data encryption and password protection.

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Fujifilm has issued a firmware update for the Fujifilm Finepix HS10 ultrazoom camera. Version 1.01 corrects distortions that may occur when shooting with AR bracketing enabled, produces sharper JPEGs in RAW+JPEG mode, addresses image softness experienced when using certain D-range settings, and fixes a problem with “unclear details” appearing in images. You can download the firmware upgrade from the website below.

Website: Fujifilm FinePix HS10 Firmware Upgrade