Epson has introduced the Epson Stylus NX430, an all-in-one printer-copier-scanner that is the first model in the company’s new Small-in-One range. The space-saving, ultra-compact Epson NX430 can print up to A4 size and comes complete with a 2.5” colour LCD touch panel. Other highlights include 4-colour (CMYK) drop-on-demand MicroPiezo inkjet technology, 1200dpi optical scanner resolution, and Wi-Fi connectivity. “Consumers will be amazed with the compact size and powerful performance of the Epson Stylus NX430,” said Kristi Lanzit, product manager, Consumer Ink Jets, Epson America, Inc. “The name Small-in-One says it all; no other printer offers such great performance in a small size – guaranteed.” The first Epson Small-in-One is available for $99.99 in the US.

In the UK, the device is marketed under the name Epson Stylus SX445W Small-in-One and carries a recommended retail price of £99.99.

DxO Labs have just released DxO Film Pack 3, a collection of photo effects designed to simulate the look of various film emulsions. The company says it has “worked with world class film processing facilities, Picto in Paris and Duggal in New York, to develop a unique film profiling process that ensures the most precise film simulation available on the market today”. Version 3 adds ten new film looks, additional colour filters and black-and-white conversion controls, a completely revamped user-friendly interface and multiple plug-ins for better workflow integration. Compatible with Mac and Windows, DxO FilmPack 3 is available in two editions, Essential and Expert, which differ in terms of available film renderings and features. A free 31-day trial version of DxO FilmPack 3 is available on DxO Labs’ website.

Camera PRO Real is a new camera app for the Apple iPad 2. Featuring a graphical user interface (GUI) that resembles the control layout of an SLR camera, Camera PRO Real allows you take photos directly from within the app and comes with five different effects for your photos that can be applied separately or combined. The app is available on iTunes for $5.99.

Karen Sperling, a well-known Corel Painter Master and author of several Painter manuals and books, has recently released Painting for Photographers Vol. 2: Landscapes, a DVD featuring art lessons and Corel Painter steps for turning landscape photos into paintings. Compatible with Corel Painter versions X, 11 and 12, the DVD includes over ninety minutes of video plus two bonus tutorials and three sets of bonus brushes that simplify the painting process and provide exquisitely rendered oil and watercolour style brush-strokes master crafted by Karen Sperling herself. The Painting for Photographers DVD Volume 2: Landscapes is available at the Artistry website fro $139.95.

Getty Images has announced that five photojournalists have been selected to each receive a grant of US$20,000 to pursue their documentary photography projects. The recipients include Alvarro Ybarra Zavala for ‘Colombia, in the eternity of sorrow’, Walter Astrada for ‘Violence against women in Norway’, Stanley Greene for ‘The E-waste Trail – China/ Pakistan/ Nigeria’, Liz Hingley for ‘The Jones family’ and Joan Bardeletti for ‘The KILL (the African Gays) BILL’. For more information about the grant recipients and their winning projects, visit the website below.

Douglas Software has announced version 3 of the Douglas Photo Calculator software The program gives a comprehensive range of easy-to-use options for optical calculations including depth of field, hyperfocal distance and angle of view. This new version includes calculations showing the effect of diffraction upon aperture.

Hasselblad will present a series of Master Studiodays celebrating this year’s finalists in major cities around the world with the Masters Finalists 2012 Tour beginning in London this September and continuing on to Los Angeles, New York City and Berlin. Each event and session is open and free to anyone. The Masters Studioday will kick off at 11am with a variety of activities. Attendees will have a chance to experience the H4D camera system and accessories in a hands-on fashion shoot alongside former Masters winners and to explore the latest products and technology from Hasselblad Masters Partners including Broncolor, Epson, and SanDisk. To register for one of the Master Studioday events, visit the website below.

Lensbaby’s Senior Style Portrait Photo Contest, which challenges US photographers to enter their best high-school senior portraits shot with one of the seven creative optics in the Lensbaby Optic Swap System, is now open for entries. Lensbaby staff will choose 50 finalists and post those images to a special folder on their Facebook page in October.  Then, a panel of judges will choose three winners. Each winning photographer will score significant prizes that will allow them to outfit or upgrade their senior portrait tools and studio. The submission deadline is 30 September 2011, 2pm EDT.

On 24-25th September, Sony UK will be hosting a unique event called “Sony Alpha Live” at its headquarters in Weybridge. This will be the first opportunity for UK photographers to try out the new Alpha range of digital SLT cameras and NEX compact system cameras in person. Paul Genge Technical Field Sales Manager for Sony UK commented on the experience: “We wanted to open up a unique experience to the fans of our product. We feel that we have pushed the boundaries of what is possible with Compact System Cameras and SLT models with the new Alpha range and we cannot wait to see the public’s reaction.” The cost of attendance is £150, including transfer from the local train station, participation in up to three training workshop sessions, a chance to explore the entire Alpha range, a Sony Live goodie bag, a choice of lunch and refreshments throughout the day and sensor cleaning for your camera. For more information and to book your place visit the website below.

Manfrotto today announced the winners of its ‘Imagine More’ photography competition. The seven winning photographers are Yongping Chen from, China, Emma Cross from the UK, Jana Erb from Germany, Jana Benjamin Navratilova from the USA, Ilaria La Preziosa from Italy, Marion Ruszniewski from France and Yim Kam Wai from Hong Kong.

In February, Toshiba will start shipping its first SDHC memory card with embedded wireless LAN functionality. The new card, FlashAir, has an 8GB capacity and allows users to upload and download photographs to and from a server and to exchange photographs and other data with other devices, including digital cameras that are FlashAir compliant and, smartphones and PCs that support wireless LAN. Even in digital cameras not compliant with FlashAir (this basically applies to all current models), the new card can share digital images with smartphones and Wi-Fi enabled computers. Toshiba will secure certification of FlashAir for wireless communication in Japan, North America and Europe. Pricing to be announced.

The 43rd edition of the free PhotographyBB Online Magazine is now available. This month’s edition examines the fundamentals of HDR imaging, along with the practical applications for its place in the world of photography. In the Social Networking for Photographers column, the Mike Frye takes a look at Google+ and the important roles it can play for photographers both socially and in business. Additionally, readers will learn techniques for transforming their digital photos into pencil sketches, along with a tutorial for mastering some of Photoshop’s most useful tools. PhotographyBB Online Magazine is available as a free download through the PhotographyBB Website.

Starting September 2011, Carl Zeiss will be offering its UV filters and circular polarisers in four new sizes: 52mm, 55mm, 62mm and 77mm. Until now the company’s filters have only been available in 58mm, 67mm, 72mm and 82mm sizes. Additional diameter sizes will follow in January 2012: 43mm and 46mm for UV filters and 95 mm for both polarisers and UV filters. The T* anti-reflective coating used on these filters minimises flare on glass-air surfaces and improves light transmission.

Samyang has announced the availability and estimated retail price of the Samyang 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-eye lens for Micro Four Thirds. Directly competing with the Panasonic Lumix G Fish-Eye 8mm f/3.5 (read review), the new Samyang lens is the first model from the new family of lenses developed specifically for the Micro Four Thirds system. Offering a diagonal angle of view of 180 degrees, the Samyang 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-eye is a tiny manual-focus lens that will be available in two colour versions later this month at an estimated retail price of €299.

Jessops has announced a number of deals and the chance to win a superzoom digital camera at its Isle of Man store in Douglas. To celebrate the Commonwealth Youth Games, the Jessops store within the Strand Shopping Centre is offering a £100 discount on the Sony A35, a temporary 50% price reduction on in-store photo books and in-store canvas prints, and 25% off 1 hour in-store photo printing services. You can also buy the Tamron 70-300mm f.4/5.6 Di lens for £99.95 and the Velbon UP-400 monopod for £14.95, representing savings of £20 and £5, respectively. Additionally, SanDisk Extreme and Extreme Pro memory cards can be purchased at a 20% discount. All offers are for a limited period only from Wednesday 7th to Tuesday 13th September.  The company has also announced a competition: those who e-mail their action shots to [email protected] will see them featured on Jessops’ Facebook page and also get a chance to win an Olympus VR-320 camera (pictured).

To celebrate the launch of their PinPoint focus assist accessory, DeluxGear has announced a photography competition entitled, “Almost Picture Perfect”. PinPoint helps eliminate focus issues by emitting a narrow, green light beam to assist the camera’s focus system. Running until 25 September 2011, the contest encourages photographers to enter their missed shots that best represents the “perfect picture that got away” due to focus issues. Once a photo is submitted to the competition’s Facebook page, entrants will be eligible to win DeluxGear’s PinPoint, Lens Guard, and Lens Cradle products.

Schilt Publishing has announced the upcoming exhibition and book launch of Michelle Sank?s photographic series The Submerged at Hotshoe Gallery, London. The Submerged was produced within Mid-Wales in the hilly and coastal areas around Aberystwyth, and portrays “a grittiness evident in the geological and architectural fabric of the place”, the publisher says. The exhibition opens tomorrow and runs until the 29th at Hotshoe Gallery, 29 – 31 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8SW. The book, distributed by Thames & Hudson, retails for £29.95, with a limited edition - including a print - available for £200.

The JVC GC-PX10 is a hybrid digital camera that takes 12-megapixel stills and 1080p full HD video sampled at 36Mbps. Featuring 32 gigabytes of built-in flash memory plus a slot for SDXC/SDHC/SD cards, the JVC GC-PX10 can even shoot stills and video simultaneously. Other highlights include 300fps slow-motion movie capture at VGA resolution, 10x optical zoom with optical image stabilisation, a 3” tiltable touch-sensitive screen, time-lapse recording and a top sensitivity setting of ISO 6400. The JVC GC-PX10 is scheduled for launch in September with pricing to be announced.