Nintendo UK has announced Another Dimension, a series of special events and an interactive gallery exhibition, to celebrate the Europe-wide 3D photography competition that is currently underway. Taking place in June will be a series of intimate photography field trips hosted by a range of high profile names, including one of Britain’s best-loved nature enthusiasts, Bill Oddie, and members of The Saturdays. Work created during these unique trips will then be exhibited alongside the best 3D photography work from the competition, within a special pop-up installation created by acclaimed artist Graham Hudson. Click through / scroll down for more information including a list of confirmed trips and locations.

CT Distribution is set to launch a new flash head range to its Bowens Hallmark dealer network across the UK. The multi award-winning Gemini range now includes new 200Rx and 400Rx units, and provides built-in radio triggering for the first time in the company’s compact, lightweight models. “Until now the built-in radio triggering option has only been available in the Gemini Classic, Gemini R and Gemini Pro ranges, via an optional plug-in Pulsar radio receiver card,” says Robert Cook, Bowens’ marketing director. “Now we have introduced this option in our compact and lightweight 200Ws and 400Ws models - plus, we’ve gone one step better and integrated the Pulsar radio receiver right in to the circuitry to ensure the most reliable connection. The two units can be triggered via the ‘Gear of the Year’ award-winning Pulsar Tx Transmitter, mounted on the user’s camera.” The new Gemini Rx models are available as individual units or as a bundled lighting kit, which includes a Pulsar Tx radio transmitter, lighting stands, softboxes and a newly designed rolling kit case. Pricing for the kits starts from £799.

Billed as “the most advanced image sharpness calculating tool for photographers, cinematographers and videographers,” OptimumCS-Pro 2 is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch. This version introduces substantial usability enhancements including user-definable focal length presets, a more elegant settings screen, an expanded “links” screen, instructions on using OptimumCS-Pro 2 with tilt-shift lenses, and more. OptimumCS-Pro 2 is available now from the iTunes App Store for $6.99.

Evolve Images today announced that Lewis Blackwell has joined the company as Chief Creative Officer. Blackwell has held high-profile positions in the image licensing field, including being the worldwide creative head of Getty Images. For many years he was the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of the magazine Creative Review. He has authored bestselling and critically acclaimed books - ranging from Photowisdom, which featured 50 of the world’s leading photographers, to the Life & Love of Trees, an international bestseller. “We are thrilled to have Lewis join Evolve,” says Mark Ippolito, CEO and co-Founder of Evolve Images. “Not only does Lewis bring a wealth of talent and expertise to our team, but his interest in joining Evolve is a huge endorsement of our business model.”

Canon today announced plans to launch digital camera production in Manaus, Brazil. Situated in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, Manaus is the capital and most populous city of the state of Amazonas. “Recently, the digital camera market has displayed steady growth, led by emerging countries,” Canon said in a statement. “Brazil, in particular, has a large market with demand expected to increase, which has created a pressing need for a strategic product supply.” The new company, called Canon Indústria de Manaus, will foreseeably commence operations in July 2013.

Designed specifically for Sony NEX and Samsung NX cameras, the Samyang 8mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC Fisheye is the latest addition to the Korean manufacturer’s range of manual-focus lenses. Comprising 10 elements arranged in 8 groups, including one aspherical and two extra-low-distpersion elements, the lens offers an angle-of-view of 180 degrees, with a minimum focusing distance of 0.3 metres. Slated for a July release, the Samyang 8mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC Fisheye will retail for €349.99/£279.99.

MacPhun has released an iPhone version of its Color Splash Studio software. Allowing users to create photos with selective colour, Color Splash Studio offerst the following features: special effects to make pictures more dramatic; blue tone, grayscale and sepia monochrome layers; hue, saturation, contrast, brightness adjustments; a customisable smart brush and integration with Instagram and FX Photo Studio. Color Splash Studio for iPhone is available on the App Store for $0.99.

The Canon EOS 650D / T4i is an 18-megapixel digital SLR camera offering simple touch-screen operation. In addition, the EOS 650D is the first-ever Canon EOS model to feature a dual AF system, which ensures sharp stills as well as continuous autofocus tracking when shooting movies - subject to use with Canon stepping motor (STM) lenses. Thanks to its Canon DIGIC 5 processor, it provides 14-bit image processing for subtle transitions between colour tones in stills. Featuring capacitive technology, the new 3” Vari-angle Clear View LCD II Touch screen supports a variety of multi-touch gestures, such as pinching and swiping. In Live View mode, you can even select AF points, track faces and objects, and fine-tune image settings via the camera’s Quick Control screen.

Canon has has announced two new lenses for its EOS system. The Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM ($549.99/£479.99/€569.99) is a compact, versatile zoom for digital SLR cameras with APS-C sized sensors. The lens features an intelligent optical Image Stabiliser which offers a claimed 4-stop advantage over non-IS models, and a new stepper motor (STM), enabling fast, continuous focus when recording moving subjects. When shooting movies, Dynamic IS automatically engages, countering any shake caused by the videographer’s movement to produce smooth, stable footage. The Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM ($199.99/£229.99/€279.99, pictured) is a full-frame pancake lens ideal for reportage, travel and street photography. In addition, it also features STM technology for fast auto focus during movie capture.

Panasonic is launching a new series of memory cards. The new P2 F Series cards are designed for broadcasting and professional video production use. These tough memory cards withstand impacts up to 1,500 G and vibrations up to 15 G, operate in temperatures from -20°C to 60°C, and can be stored in temperatures from -40°C to 80°C. All P2 cards contain a flash memory error correction system, which is equivalent to RAID system, to greatly strengthen the data retention reliability. Additionally, as the P2 card complies with the PC card standard (Card Bus Type-II), it can mount directly to the PC card slot of a laptop PC to read or write recording data.

Rusted Gears today released an update to their Photo LoL app. Version 2.0 boasts a completely new look and multiple orientation support, advanced selection tools, and iPad compatibility. Like the previous version, it comes with a layer system that uses the same principles as the professional photo-retouching programs. Photo LoL 2.0 is available now for $1.99 on the iTunes App Store.

Teorex has released a new program called PhotoStitcher, which enables any home user to create a panoramic image with one-click simplicity. “PhotoStitcher greatly facilitates panorama creation, since the user does not need to align and stitch adjacent images manually,” the company says. “The whole process of panorama stitching is performed automatically and takes just a couple of minutes.” Compatible with Windows XP and higher / MacOS X 10.6 and higher, PhotoStitcher is available for $19.99.

Manfrotto School of Xcellence is going to host Drew Gardner for a webinar devoted to the Olympic Golden Greats project. Taking place from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm BST on Monday, 11 June 2012, the webinar will take participants behind the scenes of this exciting project: which saw Drew travel all over the UK and the USA photographing every senior British Olympic Gold medallist. The second webinar of the week, taking place from 6:00pm on Friday, explores the key pillars of David duChemin’s new book, Visually Speaking. During this one-hour webinar, participants will discover the key techniques David explored in his book, and he will discuss the visual language and how a grasp of that language can help photographers create stronger, more meaningful images. Click through / read on for more details and links to the online registration forms.

Nikon has launched the Small Moments are Huge online community photo gallery to encourage digital camera users to celebrate meaningful, everyday moments. The new community, which will be hosted on the Nikon USA page on Facebook, kicked off with the help of some of today’s most influential personalities in television, film, music and technology. Fans can join the Guest Stars and upload their own “small moments” to the community gallery throughout 2012. Additionally, for every photo uploaded, Nikon will donate $1 to The Ronald McDonald House of Long Island up to $50,000.

The CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year competition is now open for entries. Launched in 2007 by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), the Environmental Photographer of the Year award is now one of the fastest growing photographic competitions in the world, attracting increasing numbers of entries each year from photographers of all ages and from all over the world. Entry to this year’s competition is £5 for the first image plus £1 per image up to a maximum of 10. Entry for registered students is free. The submission deadline is 5pm GMT on 31 December 2012.

Contour has introduced a range of mounting kits for their hands-free digital video cameras. The range includes the ContourROAM Watersports Kit as well as mount kits for snow, bike, moto, outdoor and helmets. “These kits make it easier to purchase the right accessories for your preferred activity and offer the optimum mounting combinations in one easy package as well as save you money,” the company says.

FOAP is a new web service that enables users to sell their iPhone photos via a smartphone app. The company splits the revenue on a 50/50 basis with the photographer, and each approved photo is licensed for $10, meaning you can earn $5 each time someone buys it. “We want to attract the best Iphoneographers and those who are passionate about photography rather then everyone,” says David Los, co-founder of FOAP. The company claims it has already partnered up with a number of photo buyers including Ferratum, a micro loan company. The app launched in the Scandinavian AppStores on 15th May, and has already attracted thousands of registered users. Today marks its launch on iTunes UK.

Worpix.com is a new online marketplace for geotagged photos. Created by Omegapython, a Finnish company based in Helsinki, Worpix is a global service that works without registration. Photographers retain the right to determine the pricing of their own photos, with Worpix getting a commission of 15% (or a minimum of $2) on every transaction. Additionally, photographers also have the option to auction the photos.