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Digital-Lifestyles.info have a short review of the Casio EX-Z1000 compact digicam, which offers 10 megapixels, 2.8 inch LCD screen, IS0 3200 and an interesting new Zoom Continuous Shutter mode that allows you to compare a wide angle and a telephoto shot in the same display and to take both shots simultaneously.
“Ten megapixels lets you produce sharp prints at up to A2 poster in size or, more likely, crop in to tiny details and still end up with a printable image. But with great power often come great problems: huge file sizes, noisy images and irritating processing delays. Impressively, the Z1000 suffers from only the first of these (if you don’t think 4Mb per shot is huge, wait until you run out of memory cards halfway through a holiday).”
Website: Digital-Lifestyles.info - Casio EX-Z1000 Review
Digital-Lifestyles.info have a short review of the Casio EX-Z1000 compact digicam, which offers 10 megapixels, 2.8 inch LCD screen, IS0 3200 and an interesting new Zoom Continuous Shutter mode that allows you to compare a wide angle and a telephoto shot in the same display and to take both shots…
Kingston Technology Press Release
Sports Illustrated Photographer Peter Read Miller Gives Advice on Capturing the Personality of an Athlete at Kingston’s Icons of Photography Web site - Award-Winning Sports Photographer Explains How to Take the Perfect Sports Portrait
Fountain Valley, CA – June 15, 2006 – Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, announced that award-winning sports photographer Peter Read Miller will be the featured photographer on Kingston’s Icons of Photography Web site beginning today. Each month, Kingston® spotlights a world-class photographer who provides helpful tips and interesting anecdotes for taking better pictures. Whether they’re providing a unique process or special trick that gives them a competitive edge, or an explanation of how to make digital imaging a natural part of their workflow, these accomplished icons deliver useful suggestions that photo enthusiasts at all levels can apply to their photography.
Kingston Technology Press Release Sports Illustrated Photographer Peter Read Miller Gives Advice on Capturing the Personality of an Athlete at Kingston’s Icons of Photography Web site - Award-Winning Sports Photographer Explains How to Take the Perfect Sports Portrait Fountain Valley, CA – June 15, 2006 – Kingston Technology Company, Inc.…
Seagate Press Release
Innovative, new home network solution makes its exclusive debut at J&R Music and Computer World retail store
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.—14 June 2006— Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) today introduced a breakthrough way for consumers, creative pros and small business owners to quickly find, share, organize, view and enjoy their digital content and files. The new Maxtor Fusion(tm) personal media solution from Seagate provides one safe, central location on your network to hold large amounts of digital photos, videos, music and documents. It includes a simple, yet powerful interface and a rich web application, licensed from software maker Fabrik Inc., that makes it easy and fast to organize, retrieve, access, blend and assemble all types of multimedia content for sharing personal experiences, events and memories with others over the web, either privately or publicly in a secure manner.
Seagate Press Release Innovative, new home network solution makes its exclusive debut at J&R Music and Computer World retail store SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.—14 June 2006— Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) today introduced a breakthrough way for consumers, creative pros and small business owners to quickly find, share, organize, view and enjoy their…
Shutterbug Magazine Press Release
Shutterbug Magazine today unveiled the Shutterbug Gold Member Program, a nationwide program that offers serious amateur and professional photographers exclusive discounts on photography products and services. In conjunction with this announcement, Shutterbug also announced that Internet-based digital print processor, myPhotopipe.com, was the program’s founding partner.
Los Angeles, CA; Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 14, 2006—Shutterbug Magazine today unveiled the Shutterbug Gold Member Program, a nationwide program that offers serious amateur and professional photographers exclusive discounts on photography products and services. “As the leading magazine for serious amateur and professional photographers we thought it time to leverage our unique relationships by bringing special discounts to our community of readers,” said Shutterbug Magazine Publisher Ron Leach.
Shutterbug Magazine Press Release Shutterbug Magazine today unveiled the Shutterbug Gold Member Program, a nationwide program that offers serious amateur and professional photographers exclusive discounts on photography products and services. In conjunction with this announcement, Shutterbug also announced that Internet-based digital print processor, myPhotopipe.com, was the program’s founding partner. Los…
Imaging Resource have reviewed the new Kodak Easyshare Z650, which has a 6.1-megapixel sensor and 10x zoom lens.
“And that’s probably what I most liked about the Z650—I never got the feeling the camera was boxing me in to its way of shooting the scene. Take that touchy situation of shooting public works inside a museum. The rules are generally no flash and no tripod, enough to discourage anyone but particularly someone with just an Auto mode on a point-and-shoot. With the Z650, you could simply select the Museum Scene mode. Or, you could slip into Shutter Priority, set the shutter speed to 1/60 (or bravely try 1/30), kick the ISO up to 800, turn off the flash and get the shot.”
Imaging Resource have reviewed the new Kodak Easyshare Z650, which has a 6.1-megapixel sensor and 10x zoom lens. “And that’s probably what I most liked about the Z650—I never got the feeling the camera was boxing me in to its way of shooting the scene. Take that touchy situation of…
ByteSector have reviewed the Nikon Coolpix L3, a 5 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom lens and 2 inch LCD.
“The L3 is a standard looking camera, but I found that it was well proportioned. With the shrinking size of cameras, it is difficult to find one that is comfortable for me, but I thought the curve of the grip and the front layout of the camera provided many stable ways to hold the camera. Usually, I have some difficulty in getting a steady grip and not covering something on the front of the camera with my large hands, but with the L3, this was not a concern. And by no means is it too bulky either, as I was told by someone with petite hands that the L3 was very comfortable.”
Website: ByteSector - Nikon Coolpix L3 Review
ByteSector have reviewed the Nikon Coolpix L3, a 5 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom lens and 2 inch LCD. “The L3 is a standard looking camera, but I found that it was well proportioned. With the shrinking size of cameras, it is difficult to find one that is comfortable…
The Spanish website Quesabesde have published their review of the 12.8 megapixel Canon EOS 5D digital SLR.
Website: Quesabesde - Canon EOS 5D Review
The Spanish website Quesabesde have published their review of the 12.8 megapixel Canon EOS 5D digital SLR. Website: Quesabesde - Canon EOS 5D Review Latest Prices / User Reviews
TrustedReviews have reviewed the Kodak PROFESSIONAL 1400 printer that was first announced in late 2004.
“Despite the paper having to pass through the Professional 1400 four times during printing, results are quick and consistent. Each page we printed took just under the 90 seconds Kodak claims for a full-page print. It’s much faster than typical inkjets can manage, but doesn’t look quite as impressive if you’re printing less than a full page. No matter what area you’re printing, the print times stays at a steady 1 minute, 28 seconds.”
TrustedReviews have reviewed the Kodak PROFESSIONAL 1400 printer that was first announced in late 2004. “Despite the paper having to pass through the Professional 1400 four times during printing, results are quick and consistent. Each page we printed took just under the 90 seconds Kodak claims for a full-page print…
The May 2006 Giveaway has now ended - here are the 5 lucky winners who each win a prize.
Joachim Rehmet, Ronnie Miller, Sébastien Noir, Sum Yew Fai and Andy Mohan all win a copy of Photo Finale 4 Premium (worth $49.95) AND a 1 year photo album membership (5Gb) (worth $19.99).
Prizes kindly donated by Trevoli
Don’t worry if you didn’t win this time - a brand new contest will be starting soon…
The May 2006 Giveaway has now ended - here are the 5 lucky winners who each win a prize. Joachim Rehmet, Ronnie Miller, Sébastien Noir, Sum Yew Fai and Andy Mohan all win a copy of Photo Finale 4 Premium (worth $49.95) AND a 1 year photo album membership (5Gb)…
Nikon’s European support website has released details of a number of forthcoming firmware updates for three of the company’s DSLR cameras, pincluding the 10.2 megapixel Nikon D200 digital SLR (pictured). The other two cameras will be the D2X and the D2Hs. You can read the full details for your camera on the following pages:
Website: Notice of future D200 Firmware Update
Website: Notice of future D2X Firmware Update
Nikon’s European support website has released details of a number of forthcoming firmware updates for three of the company’s DSLR cameras, pincluding the 10.2 megapixel Nikon D200 digital SLR (pictured). The other two cameras will be the D2X and the D2Hs. You can read the full details for your camera…
InfoTrends Press Release
(Weymouth, MA) June, 13 2006… According to consumer survey research conducted by InfoTrends, 34% of U.S. digital camera owners are repeat buyers, representing an increase of 10% over the previous year. In addition, 20% of digital camera owners surveyed were planning to purchase another digital camera within the next year. Today, digital camera owners who have more than one digital camera tend to be more technology-savvy. In many cases, they have replaced or supplemented their original digital camera, so their behaviors are more reflective of the early adopters. A significantly higher percentage of these consumers own CE devices like portable music players and DVD burners. As consumers continue to upgrade their existing cameras, purchase additional cameras, and become more familiar with the various features and functions, InfoTrends believes that the penetration of technologies complementing digital photography will rise as well.
InfoTrends Press Release (Weymouth, MA) June, 13 2006… According to consumer survey research conducted by InfoTrends, 34% of U.S. digital camera owners are repeat buyers, representing an increase of 10% over the previous year. In addition, 20% of digital camera owners surveyed were planning to purchase another digital camera within…
Strobist have just started a virtual boot camp for anyone interested in improving their lighting skills.
“The main point of SBC is to nudge those photographers out there who have not made the transition to actually trying this lighting stuff out to make the jump. Secondarily, we will hopefully all get a chance to see what many different photogs - from all around the world - do with the exact same assignments. You’ll also be able to ask “how’d you do that?” questions to your fellow photographers. Using Flickr, we will effectively become a virtual classroom.”
Website: Strobist Boot Camp
Strobist have just started a virtual boot camp for anyone interested in improving their lighting skills. “The main point of SBC is to nudge those photographers out there who have not made the transition to actually trying this lighting stuff out to make the jump. Secondarily, we will hopefully all…
DIWA member Steves Digicams have reviewed the Canon PowerShot S3 IS, a 6 megapixel camera with an image stabilized 12x zoom lens, ISO 800 and a 2 inch LCD screen.
“I was pleased with the S3’s results outdoors. The power of the 12x zoom lens gets you close to the action, allowing well-composed shots even from the spectator areas at sports events. The accurate autofocus system and lens combined to produce consistently sharp results. Images were well-exposed and richly saturated right out of the camera, but you can override the degree of sharpness, contrast and saturation using the camera’s menu system. Image noise was very low at sensitivity settings of ISO 80 and 100. Noise becomes detectable in shadow areas at ISO 200, and noticeable at ISO 400.”
DIWA member Steves Digicams have reviewed the Canon PowerShot S3 IS, a 6 megapixel camera with an image stabilized 12x zoom lens, ISO 800 and a 2 inch LCD screen. “I was pleased with the S3’s results outdoors. The power of the 12x zoom lens gets you close to the…
DIWA member Steves Digicams have published their review of the SD700 IS (also known as the Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS), a 6 megapixel camera with an image stabilized 4x zoom lens (first time on an IXUS camera).
“Despite its small size, the SD700’s ergonomics are good. At about the size of a deck of playing cards, it can easily be tucked away in any pocket, yet still fits comfortably in your hands. The well positioned controls fall naturally underneath your fingertips, and we especially like the zoom controls being mounted around the shutter release. The 2.5-inch LCD takes up a large percentage of the back of the camera, but Canon was able to squeeze a small optical viewfinder in above it. I noticed it was a bit more reflective than we have seen on other Canon models, however it was still very useable outdoors in bright sunlight.”
Website: Steves Digicams - Canon SD700 IS Review
Website: Read our Canon SD700 IS Review
DIWA member Steves Digicams have published their review of the SD700 IS (also known as the Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS), a 6 megapixel camera with an image stabilized 4x zoom lens (first time on an IXUS camera). “Despite its small size, the SD700’s ergonomics are good. At about the…
DIWA member and Polish website Fotopolis have just reviewed the Panasonic DMC-FZ30. This is an 8 megapixel compact digital camera with a 12x Leica optical zoom lens equivalent to 35-420mm, optical image stabilizer, addition of a manual zoom ring and rotating LCD screen with 235,000 pixels.
DIWA member and Polish website Fotopolis have just reviewed the Panasonic DMC-FZ30. This is an 8 megapixel compact digital camera with a 12x Leica optical zoom lens equivalent to 35-420mm, optical image stabilizer, addition of a manual zoom ring and rotating LCD screen with 235,000 pixels. Website: Fotopolis - Panasonic…
CNET have reviewed the new 10x zoom, 5 megapixel, compact Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 digital camera.
“Images from the Lumix DMC-TZ1 showed accurate, natural colors, with plenty of saturation. Plus, exposures were generally accurate, though it had a tendency to clip detail from the brightest portions of our field test images. Unfortunately, we also saw moiré in the finer details of our test images, which were noticeably soft and suffered from JPEG artifacts and fringing. More troubling, though, was that like a lot of Panasonic cameras, the DMC-TZ1 had a tough time keeping noise in check.”
Website: CNET - Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 Review
CNET have reviewed the new 10x zoom, 5 megapixel, compact Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 digital camera. “Images from the Lumix DMC-TZ1 showed accurate, natural colors, with plenty of saturation. Plus, exposures were generally accurate, though it had a tendency to clip detail from the brightest portions of our field test images…
TrustedReviews have just reviewed the Olympus mju 720 SW, a 7.1 megapixel, 3x zoom, 2.5 inch LCD, weatherproof digital camera.
“I hope nobody from Olympus is reading this, because I took the brand-new £230 camera that the company had entrusted to my care and deliberately dropped it several times from head height onto a variety of different surfaces, including carpet, lino and a hard wooden floor. I stopped short of concrete because I didn’t want to mark the case, but I’m happy (and relieved) to report that it survived the ordeal apparently unscathed.”
TrustedReviews have just reviewed the Olympus mju 720 SW, a 7.1 megapixel, 3x zoom, 2.5 inch LCD, weatherproof digital camera. “I hope nobody from Olympus is reading this, because I took the brand-new £230 camera that the company had entrusted to my care and deliberately dropped it several times from…
DIWA member LetsGoDigital have reviewed the Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS digital camera, which offers 6 megapixels, image stabilized 4x zoom lens (first time on an IXUS) and ISO 800.
“Personally, I find very little fault with the Canon IXUS 800 IS camera. The design is remarkably solid and durable, and the structure of the menu is clear and can be easily navigated. However, there are several small comments to be made about the actual housing, such as its slippery surface, as well as the small mode dial on the side of the camera, which turns out slightly uncomfortable to touch. Overall however, the Canon IXUS 800 IS simply is a very pleasant camera to work with.”
Website: LetsGoDigital - Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS Review
DIWA member LetsGoDigital have reviewed the Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS digital camera, which offers 6 megapixels, image stabilized 4x zoom lens (first time on an IXUS) and ISO 800. “Personally, I find very little fault with the Canon IXUS 800 IS camera. The design is remarkably solid and durable…
PCMagazine have just reviewed the new Fujifilm FinePix V10 Zoom, a 5 megapixel camera with 3 inch LCD screen that can also play games!
“It’s not every day you come across an ultracompact digital camera that has a very large screen and also plays games. The Fuji FinePix V10 ($349 list) is a 5.1-megapixel camera that offers a distinctive 3-inch, 230,000-pixel color screen—perfect for viewing 30 thumbnails at once and playing the camera’s four included games. Although the picture quality isn’t perfect, this ultracompact takes good pictures and offers a lot of features.”
PCMagazine have just reviewed the new Fujifilm FinePix V10 Zoom, a 5 megapixel camera with 3 inch LCD screen that can also play games! “It’s not every day you come across an ultracompact digital camera that has a very large screen and also plays games. The Fuji FinePix V10 ($34…
DigitalCameraInfo have reviewed the Nikon Coolpix S6, a 6 megapixel, 3x optical zoom len, 3 inch LCD digital camera.
“The slim and sexy Nikon Coolpix S6 was announced in February, along with its compatriot, the S5. Both cameras share similar specs, like 6 megapixels on a 1/2.5-inch CCD and a 3x optical zoom lens, with the main difference being the wireless capability on the flagship S6. The WiFi enabled digital camera allows users to send photos and videos to profiled computers and printers without a USB cable in sight. Still, the camera comes with plenty of wires in the package.”
Website: DigitalCameraInfo - Nikon Coolpix S6 Review
DigitalCameraInfo have reviewed the Nikon Coolpix S6, a 6 megapixel, 3x optical zoom len, 3 inch LCD digital camera. “The slim and sexy Nikon Coolpix S6 was announced in February, along with its compatriot, the S5. Both cameras share similar specs, like 6 megapixels on a 1/2.5-inch CCD and a…