Steves Digicams have reviewed the Sony T10, a 7 slim megapixel digital camera with a 3x zoom lens, 2.5 inch LCD screen, optical image stabilization and a fastest ISO speed of 1000.

“Bottom line - Sony has created another awesome “ultra-compact” package with excellent image quality, speedy performance, and loads of useful exposure modes, all wrapped in a very stylish and durable shell. The “paint job” of the white model we tested was very nice, with an appearance similar to a classic car in pearl white. With 7-megapixels of resolution, you’ll be able to create beautiful prints up to poster size. At an MSRP of US$399, it offers an excellent value for a camera in this category, and with the various color choices, this digicam is sure to be very popular with trendy users.”

Website: Steves Digicams - Sony DSC-T10 Review

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This week’s Gary’s Parries topics are:

1. In Search Of An Ethical Printer
2. Defying The Laws Of Physics … Again
3. Don’t Go Breaking My Compact Flash
4. JPEG And A Trim Please

Introducing this week’s Gary’s Parries column. Everything you always wanted to know about digital cameras, but were afraid to ask. No question too difficult, or too easy. As a Senior Principal Software Engineer, and a former Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, as well as a recording studio owner/operator, inventor, and now, a digital camera enthusiast, GARY has more digital camera knowledge in his entire brain than most people have in their little finger. In the unlikely event that GARY would not know the answer to your question, he will answer it anyway, true to the spirit of the word “Parries”, a fencing term which, in this context, implies “cleverly evasive answers”. So let your imagination run wild. Email all your nagging digital camera questions to: [email protected] , and then, En Garde!

You may also attach to your email an ORIGINAL PHOTO of your choosing. A preview of the photo will be displayed with your question, and a full-sized version will be just a click away. No personal information will be published with your question unless you specifically include it in the text or attached photo of your email, which may be further edited for grammar, content, or other reasons.

The Leica M8 digital rangefinder camera is announced today. The Leica M8 has a 10 megapixel sensor, focal factor of 1.33x and an ISO range of 160-2500. The LEICA M8 can be used with virtually all lenses in the Leica M range produced since 1954. The LEICA M8 will be available end of November 2006.

Leica Press Release

Leica Camera AG, Solms is exhibiting the new LEICA M8 at photokina in Cologne (26th September to 1st October 2006).  The Leica M8 is the first digital camera to use the Leica viewfinder system.  All the key characteristics of the analog Leica reporter’s camera such as the compact design, the exceptional picture quality in conjunction with the Leica M lenses and the unique picture composition using the Leica viewfinder have been seamlessly carried over into the digital world. This professional-standard digital camera “Made in Germany” uses an image sensor specially developed for the requirements of the Leica M system.  Almost all Leica M system lenses made since 1954 are also suitable for digital photography, thanks to their high performance level.  The combination of lenses, sensor and high-performance picture editing generates outstanding picture quality with a resolution of 10.3 million pixels.

The Leica Digilux 3 is announced today. Essentially a re-badged version of the Panasonic DMC-L1 (with some image processing changes), the Leica Digilux 3 therefore uses the Four Thirds system and is supplied in a kit with the Leica 14-50mm lens.

Leica Press Release

Leica Camera AG, Solms is exhibiting the new LEICA DIGILUX 3 at photokina in Cologne (26th September to 1st October 2006).  The LEICA DIGILUX 3 is the first purely digital Leica mirror reflex system camera with exchangeable lenses, thereby opening up a third variety of free-standing camera system under the Leica name.  As the first model of the new Leica D system, the LEICA DIGILUX 3 is fitted with a bayonet lens to the FourThirds Standard, the open systems standard for digital mirror reflex cameras.  Together with the high-performance LEICA D VARIO–ELMARIT 2.8-3.5/14-50 mm ASPH exchangeable lens with a focal length range of 28 to 100 millimetres for the small picture system, this offers the photographer many possibilities for composition of individual pictures.

The Leica V-Lux 1 is unveiled today. Essentially a re-badged version of the Panasonic DMC-FZ50 (with some image processing changes), the Leica V-Lux 1 has the same 10 megapixel sensor, 35-420mm lens and optical image stabilizer.

Leica Press Release

Leica Camera AG, Solms is exhibiting the new LEICA V-LUX 1 at photokina in Cologne (26th September to 1st October 2006).  The LEICA V-LUX 1 is a digital compact camera which combines high-performance optics and outstanding picture quality in a compact camera body.  The camera offers 10 million pixels and a LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT 1:2.8-3.7/7.4-88.8 ASPH lens with an extremely wide range of focal lengths from 35 to 420 millimetres, thus commanding universal capability for the small picture system.  From spacious landscape shots, filigree macro close-up shots through to photos of far distant objects in super telephoto mode, the lens with its 12 times zoom creates outstanding picture results in all photographic situations.

The Leica D-Lux 3 is unveiled today. Essentially a re-badged version of the Panasonic DMC-LX2 (with some image processing changes), the Leica D-Lux 3 has the same 10 megapixel sensor, 28-112mm lens, 16:9 format and optical image stabilizer.

Leica Press Release

Leica Camera AG, Solms is exhibiting the new LEICA D-LUX 3 at photokina in Cologne (26th September to 1st October 2006).  The D-LUX 3 is a compact digital camera with outstandingly high-performance optics and a comprehensive range of settings.  The camera offers 10 million pixels and many technical improvements compared to its predecessor, the LEICA D-LUX 2. The high-performance LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT 1:2.8-4.9/6.3-25.2 ASPH zoom lens on the LEICA D-LUX 3 permits a wide range of focal lengths from 28 to 112 millimetres in small picture format, allowing creative scope in picture composition from wide-angle through to the telephoto range.

Kodak UK Press Release

Kodak Introduces Enhanced PORTRA Colour Negative Films with Finer Grain, Spectacular Skin Tones, Vivid Colour and Ideal Scanning Performance - Continued Innovation Gives Pro Photographers High Quality Films to Achieve Impactful Images

London, September 11 – In a move that underscores its ongoing support of the professional photography market, Eastman Kodak Company today introduced enhanced versions of its iconic KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA colour negative film family, comprising 160 VC, 160 NC, 400 VC and 400 NC film.  These films help professional photographers create stunning images with finer grain, spectacular skin tones, and improved scanning performance for greater enlargement capability. Plus, PORTRA 160VC and PORTRA 400VC films now provide a more ideal combination of higher colour saturation and lower contrast for optimal performance in high-colour applications.

Kodak UK Press Release

Kodak commits to the future of professional paper with Improved Kodak Professional Ultra Endura Paper

London, August 2006 – Kodak underscores its commitment to the future of professional paper with the recent introduction of a new, upgraded Kodak Ultra Endura Paper, designed to increase efficiency and bolster quality for professional labs and their customers. Through Kodak’s ongoing research and development of Professional Imaging media and its commitment to the Silver Halide platform, Kodak Ultra Endura Paper has been updated to show richer, more realistic colours across the spectrum while maintaining its outstanding longevity.

Leaf Press Release

Leaf launches fastest digital camera back series at Photokina

Herzlia, Israel (September 15, 2006) – Leaf is launching its series of the world’s fastest digital camera backs at Photokina 2006, the industry’s largest trade show, in Cologne, Germany. The new Leaf Aptus S-Series will include three new digital camera backs: Leaf Aptus 75S, Leaf Aptus 65S, and Leaf Aptus 54S—all with recordbreaking speed rates and unlimited burst depths. Introducing the Leaf Aptus S-Series: What makes it fast The Leaf Aptus S-Series camera backs can deliver shooting speeds from 0.8 seconds per frame—or as many as 75 frames per minute—with unlimited burst depths.

Breeze Systems Press Release

Breeze Systems announce the immediate availability of BreezeBrowser Pro 1.6, latest version of their acclaimed image browsing and raw conversion software. BreezeBrowser Pro 1.6 allows Canon EOS 400D/REBEL XTi users to take advantage of BreezeBrowser Pro’s unique combined raw conversion, outstandingly fast image browsing and image comparison. A fully functional 15 day trial version can be downloaded from www.breezesys.com

DxO Labs Press Release

DxO Optics Pro v4 Public Beta 2, available immediately, is localized for key markets, features film looks and includes the Adobe® Photoshop® plug-in.

New York, NY and Paris, France – Sept 15, 2006 – DxO Labs announces today availability of a free, Windows PC public beta 2 release of DxO Optics Pro v4 for all digital photographers to download from the DxO Labs Web site (www.dxo.com).  DxO Optics Pro software improves the image quality of Digital Single-Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras and advanced digicams. DxO Optics Pro is the award-winning digital image enhancement tool incorporating revolutionary optics, noise and exposure corrections in an easy-to-use, feature rich application for Mac and PC users.

Creative Press Release

Creative Introduces the ZEN Vision W - Widescreen Portable Video, Photo and MP3 Player - Portable Entertainment Center Plays Up to 240 Hours of Video Including Movies and TV From Amazon Unbox, Tens of Thousands of Digital Photos or 15,000 Songs

MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/—Creative (NASDAQ:CREAF) , a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today announced the ZEN Vision W portable video, photo and MP3 player. Designed for a compelling movie-watching experience, the widescreen Creative ZEN Vision W features a high-resolution, 4.3-inch, 16:9 format, color TFT display. The ZEN Vision W supports Amazon Unbox, which offers thousands of television shows, movies and other video content from more than 30 studios and networks. New releases from major studios, including 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros., and TV shows from A&E, MTV, Fox, PBS and many more networks can be easily downloaded and transferred to the ZEN Vision W. Users can even download television episodes of the original Star Trek, an Amazon Unbox exclusive. Each DVD-quality Amazon Unbox video download for the PC also includes a specially formatted high-quality version for portable players such as the ZEN Vision W.

Minox Press Release

Versatile performance with many special talents - these are qualities held by the MINOX DMP 4 as a digital media player / recorder and mobile data depot. This wee movie star is already a strong performer in the recording and playback of MPEG4 films and music. Amateur photographers will particularly appreciate the tool as handy and powerful image tank with which they can store and view data contents of SD memory cards! Smaller than a customary compact camera the Minox DMP 4 has enormous capacities, thanks to a superb, high-speed memory embedded in the heart of the elegant housing, which serves as a data depot. The Minox DMP 4’s 2 gigabyte capacity alone, can easily provide an evening full of film viewing.

Minox Press Release

New edition of the nostalgia digital camera offers top of the range technology and a touch of extravagance

The new Minox DCC Leica M3 digital Classic Camera from MINOX comes in a really stylish format! On the outside it features the miniaturized shell of the legendary Leica M3, designed in great detail, and inside it is packed with innovative technology in the form of a powerful digital camera. A unique harmony of classic design and state-of-the-art features. This new edition of the wee camera is a logical and up to date further development of the previous DCC model, and features a color monitor and a memory card slot, making the miniature camera geared to continue a success story.

The MINOX DC 1011 is a 10 megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical lens, 2.5 inch LCD screen and electronic image stabilizer.

Minox Press Release

Film quality from a new compact digital camera with 10 Mega pixel resolution. The MINOX DC 1011 is a top drawer compact camera digital photography with a highly impressive resolution of 10.1 mega pixels and equipped with almost every feature that could be expected in a compact camera. Despite its pocket-size dimensions and lightweight elegant aluminium body, the MINOX DC 1011 has a high class lens and an extremely powerful CCD image senor. This combination ensures brilliant image quality and terrific detail in every shot. Photography with the Minoc DC 1011 is exciting as it can cover any number of unexpected possibilities. And with 10 mega pixels, large enlargements or prints in poster size are no longer a problem with a digital camera.

Introducing the new 10 megapixel MINOX DC 1011 Carat: the new gold star in the Minox ‘Fashion’ collection.

Minox Press Release

A new lifestyle camera of 10-Mega Pixel’s from Wetzlar to reflect a new golden age in Digital Compact Cameras. In this case all that glitters is gold, plus diamonds that have created the elegant MINOX DC 1011 Gold. Unique jewellery stirs all kinds of emotions and the gold and diamonds used in this fully working digital camera make it an unusual and even unique piece of camera jewellery. There are 10 genuine diamonds surrounding the lens as a marker of its uniqueness which, coupled with the camera body coated with gold, presents an innovative, powerful digital camera with a magnificent 10 megapixel image resolution. With the new Minox DC 1011 Carat taking digital photographs is an exclusive pleasure that promises brilliant and satisfying images at the same time.

The Canon Digital IXUS 900 Ti will be available from October 2006 for £399.00 / €579.99 (known as the Canon SD900 in the United States).

Canon UK Press Release

Canon today launches the flagship of the new Digital IXUS range – the Digital IXUS 900 Ti. Finished in precision-crafted titanium with the renowned Perpetual Curve design of its predecessors, the slender Digital IXUS 900 Ti offers class-leading technology to match its exclusive exterior: 10.0 Megapixel resolution, an ultra-compact 3x optical zoom lens and Canon’s new DIGIC III image processor with advanced Noise Reduction technology. DIGIC III also features Face Detection AF/AE , a new Canon technology that automatically detects faces in people shots and optimises focus and exposure accordingly. Other key advancements include a Touch Control Dial, super-high resolution 2.5” wide angle LCD screen and ISO 1600 shooting.

The Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS will be available from October 2006 for £369.00 / €539.99. (known as the Canon SD800 IS in the United States).

Canon UK Press Release

Canon today debuts its latest offering for the style-conscious photo enthusiast – the Digital IXUS 850 IS. The 7.1 Megapixel camera introduces wide-angle zoom capability to the Digital IXUS range for the first time with an optical Image Stabilizer and 28mm (35mm equivalent) 3.8x optical zoom lens. Geared to satisfy serious photographers, the ultra-compact Digital IXUS 850 IS stays true to its design heritage with a smoothly sculpted curvature design and all-metal finish. Enhanced performance and image quality are assured through Canon’s latest DIGIC III image processor , which also enables low-noise ISO 1600 shooting and new Face Detection AF/AE – a Canon technology that detects up to nine faces in a frame and automatically optimises the focus and exposure for great people shots.

The Canon IXUS i7 zoom will be available from October 2006 for £249.00 / € 359.99. (known as the Canon SD40 in the United States).

Canon UK Press Release

Canon today launches the Digital IXUS i7 zoom, a stylish upgrade to its ultra-compact Digital IXUS i zoom. Available in four new colours, the 7.1 Megapixel Digital IXUS i7 zoom incorporates a 2.4x optical zoom and Canon’s new DIGIC III processor . In addition to rapid performance and improved image rendering, DIGIC III significantly reduces noise at speeds up to ISO 1600. The processor also brings Canon’s Face Detection AF/AE1 system to the Digital IXUS i7 zoom. This new technology automatically detects the faces of up to nine subjects within a frame and intelligently tailors focus and exposure to optimize the result, making it perfect for use at parties and other social situations.

Canon Europe Press Release

LONDON, September 14, 2006 – Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging and information technology solutions, has recruited the talents of 100 of the world’s most influential style icons to reveal an insider’s perspective on the international fashion scene. The resulting photographic collection entitled The Other Side of Fashion will be launched across Europe in September at a glittering celebrity-led event in London and will be made available through a glossy magazine and public exhibitions across Europe. All proceeds from the sales of the magazine and charity auctions of the prints will go to Red Cross youth projects across Europe.