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| 01-29-2003 |
Workshop Cruise To Alaska Will Teach Travel And Outdoor Digital Photography SkillsThe Third Digital Photography Workshop at Sea will spend June 22-29, 2003, cruising the Inside Passage to Alaska from Vancouver, B.C., with visits to Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau, and the Hubbard Glacier. Attendees will learn travel and outdoors digital photography techniques and have their work showcased in a published book documenting the cruise and its historic ports of call that were the early stepping stones to the Last Frontier. Seminars, demonstrations, and photo critiquing sessions will be held in a relaxed setting aboard Celebrity Cruise Lines' Mercury, a high-tech ship of the Royal Caribbean (RCCL) fleet. Attendees will also have unlimited access to Epson printers on which they can output their work. Attendance is limited to 30 enrollees so each may receive individual attention and have two to three of their best images appear in the book, one to a page, along with captions and photo credits.
Lead instructor for the workshop is Arthur H. Bleich, award-winning
photographer, digital photography expert, educator, and feature
editor of Digital Camera Magazine. He has shot photo assignments
throughout Alaska.
Cost of the workshop cruise begins at $2,230 with non-attendee
companions paying half-price. Further information is available at:
www.dpcorner.com/cruise
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| 01-28-2003 |
Philips Introduces Two New MaxCam Models
Our friends at LetsGoDigital.nl have posted information about
two new Philips digital cameras. Both of these MaxCam models feature a PC camera
and a digital camera in one. Available in Europe in mid-2003, follow the link above
for more info.
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| 01-28-2003 |
MacBibble 3.0 Posted - New Interface and Very FastEric Hyman emailed to let me know that he had just posted his latest MacBibble 3.0 for OS 9 and OS X. He tells me that the entire program has been redesigned to provide the simplest possible user interface with the fastest possible processing power. Thanks to a partnership with Kodak, MacBibble now provides the most accurate and vibrant color for images created by the supported cameras. MacBibble 3.0 includes many improvements that provide for cleaner images with less noise and more perceived detail. It has been fully optimized for Macintosh G4 with special coding to take benefit of Altivec. How fast? A Mac dual 1GHz G4 tower with 512MB RAM and OS 10.2 can process 100 Nikon D1X raw files to 3008x1960 JPEG files in 5 minutes and 50 seconds. In comparison, Nikon Capture 3.5 takes 52 minutes and 42 seconds! Major new items in MacBibble 3.0:
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| 01-27-2003 |
Pictographics Introduces inCamera® Digital Camera and Scanner ICC Profiling SoftwarePictographics International Corporation, a leading developer of digital color technology software, has released inCamera®, a digital camera and scanner ICC profiling plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop. inCamera is based on Pictographics’ widely acclaimed and proven digital camera and scanner profiling technologies and features an easy to use interface and a User Guide that explains how to successfully create and use ICC input profiles in Photoshop. inCamera is available for $149.95 at www.picto.com. inCamera is designed to help the digital photographer achieve consistent, predictable color with any digital camera or scanner. It employs Pictographics’ CandelaColor® Digital Color Technology to describe, with mathematical precision, the unique behavior and color properties of any digital camera or scanner through a process known as profiling. Utilizing the GretagMacbeth ColorChecker® or ColorChecker DC charts for digital cameras, or IT8 target or ColorChecker charts for scanners, inCamera evaluates the color data captured by the camera or scanner, compares the data to the known color values of the chart, and creates a custom ICC profile. The profile may then be applied to all images shot under similar conditions correcting the color distortions of the camera to produce a color corrected and profiled image ready for use in any project. inCamera can also be used to profile scanners for negative film, heretofore an “untouchable” area of color management, because of the unavailability of IT8 targets for negative film. The process, based on the digital camera profiling technology and the ColorChecker charts, is described in the inCamera User Guide, an integrated on-line guide to creating and using input profiles in a Photoshop ICC color managed workflow.
inCamera is compatible with Photoshop 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0 and the following operating
systems: Macintosh 8.6, 9.2, and 10.1and 10.2 in both Native and Classic modes and
Windows 98, Me, 2000, and XP.
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| 01-27-2003 |
Adobe Executive to Kick Off PhotoshopWorld with Product UpdateTAMPA, Fla., Jan. 27 -- The National Association of Photoshop Professionals today announced that Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president of Digital Imaging and Video Products at Adobe Systems, will be participating in PhotoshopWorld's opening ceremony Wednesday night, February 19. "PhotoshopWorld is a great event and Adobe should have some interesting news to share with these passionate Photoshop pros," said Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president of Digital Imaging and Video Products at Adobe Systems. "We've been working hard to fast-track some new technology to the market and this event gives us a great opportunity to share our progress with our most committed advocates." "We're really excited about what Adobe has to share and the response it will generate from our attendees and the Photoshop community as a whole," said Scott Kelby, PhotoshopWorld Technical Conference Chair. "It's a perfect way to kick off what promises to be a very exciting conference." The PhotoshopWorld Conference & Expo will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, February 19-21, 2003. In addition to Adobe, exhibiting companies include Apple, Sony, Nikon, Epson, Wacom, Leaf America, and others.
PhotoshopWorld is the annual convention of the National Association of
Photoshop Professionals and has become the largest Photoshop event in the
world. It features more than 60 training sessions taught by recognized
Photoshop experts, hosts exhibits from leading hardware and software
developers in the industry, and provides the premier networking opportunity
of the year.
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| 01-26-2003 |
Mike Picks His "Best of 2002"See what our resident photo guru thinks were some of the best photo products of 2002, both film-based and digital. Sunday Morning Photographer |
| 01-22-2003 |
PowerEx Announces Two New Lithium Battery Packs for Canon and Nikon Digital Cameras.
LA VERNE, CA -- Maha Energy Corp.,
the maker of the PowerEx brand batteries and chargers,
unveils its latest Lithium battery packs for Digital Cameras. The MH-NB2L Lithium Ion
battery for Canon Powershot S30, S40 and S45 cameras will retail for under
$40 and the Lithium Polymer MH-ENEL2 for Nikon Coolpix 2500 and 3500 cameras
for under $30. Both are designed to be 100% interchangeable with the original packs.
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| 01-22-2003 |
Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. Announces Fourth-Generation Super CCD TechnologyELMSFORD, NY, January 22, 2003 – Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. today reached a new landmark in the industry's quest for a perfectly life-like digital image. Its proprietary Super CCD technology has created new standards for exceptional digital camera imaging quality since 2000. Now, its fourth-generation devices provide increased resolution, and extended dynamic range, creating for the first time pictures that can begin to match those taken with film. The technology will be marketed under two names – Super CCD HR and Super CCD SR – and will appear in products later this year.
Read the entire Fujifilm press release.
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| 01-18-2003 |
Red River Paper Sale - Resin Coated Glossy & Satin Inkjet Paper for 20¢/sheet
 Red River Paper announces super low pricing on high quality resin coated glossy and satin inkjet paper. These products look and feel like traditional photolab paper. Compatible with all inkjet printers, these papers reproduce a wide color gamut and sharp detail every time. Both are compatible with pigmented inks including Epson's UltraChrome system.
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| 01-16-2003 |
Tzolkin Corporation Introduces Free Integrated Digital Photo Server and Free File and Photo Sharing Capability for All Users of the TZO Dynamic DNS ServiceBOSTON--Jan. 16, 2003--Tzolkin Corporation, provider of the TZO Dynamic DNS Service, today announced the release of TZO Client Version 2.1. The new client includes the free TZO Photo Server software that allows TZO users to display digital photos online quickly and easily. It also provides a file sharing capability so others can download and print the photos at their original resolution. A primary advantage of having a digital camera is that it provides the ability to put photos on a PC quickly and easily. Tzolkin's new TZO Photo Server software takes the process one step further and allows a TZO user to make digital photos available to anyone via the web. The TZO Photo Server automatically constructs web pages containing the photos and, with a few mouse clicks, displays them using the free TZO Web Server, also included in the TZO client software. Anyone anywhere in the world can then view the photos through a web browser. But if the TZO user prefers, the photos can be password protected, limiting access to the photos.
The TZO Dynamic DNS Service allows small businesses, associations, and
individuals to run a web site, photo server, email server and more on
their own systems and at their own locations whether they have a static
or dynamic IP address. Having a dynamic IP address typically prevents
users from running an Internet server. But the TZO service detects the
user's current IP address and, when it changes, automatically updates
the user's DNS record with the new IP address. The reliability of the
TZO service is assured through a distributed dynamic DNS server system
with redundant DNS servers in 5 different locations throughout North
America.
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| 01-14-2003 |
Transcend Boosts Data Transfer on CompactFlash to 30X
Data transfer at 1X represents a rate for Flash memory of about 150KB/sec. Ultra Performance 30X therefore boosts data transfer to a maximum data transfer rate of about 4.5MB/sec. This increase in data transfer rate is extremely beneficial when using devices such as high resolution Digital Still Cameras. With the rapid growth in digital image resolution from 1M and 2M pixel CCD/CIS sensors to 4M or even 6M pixel CCD/CIS sensors, the data transfer rate to the Flash memory becomes a critical factor.
Testing of Transcend's Ultra Performance 30X CompactFlash Card indicates that it achieves a read speed of up to 4.8 MB/sec and a write
speed of up to 4.0MB/sec--2.5 to 3.5 times faster data transfer than a traditional CompactFlash Card. The Transcend Ultra Performance
30X CompactFlash card is the ideal companion for high-resolution digital cameras and other high-performance applications that require
CompactFlash memory cards.
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| 01-14-2003 |
Kodak Delays Pro 14n Launch Another 30 Days Until Mid-FebruaryThe following text comes from the Kodak web site:
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| 01-13-2003 |
SDA to Showcase Panasonic's 1GB SD Card LaunchThe SD Association announced Panasonic's new 1GB media card with a data transfer rate of 20MB per second -- supporting more than 500 SD-enabled products worldwide. Panasonic is part of the SD Association (SDA), which is an open industry standards organization established in January 2000 by Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Secaucus, N.J., USA, SanDisk Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., USA, and Toshiba America Inc., New York, N.Y., USA., and supported by a consortium of over 400 companies.
The new 1GB card is scheduled for consumer availability in fall 2003.
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| 01-10-2003 |
World Wide Licenses Ltd Introduces A Sleek New Line of Polaroid Digital CamerasLAS VEGAS--Jan. 9, 2003-- World Wide Licenses Ltd (WWL) unveiled today a fully featured line of slim format digital cameras under the Polaroid iON brand. The distinctive iON camera, which is smaller than a typical deck of playing cards, comes in a polished metal case, includes rechargeable batteries and is supported with an exciting new smart dock. Targeting the more sophisticated user with an active lifestyle, Polaroid iON80 is a discreetly integrated VGA digital camera incorporating a portable 64mb thumb drive. The iON130 digital camera sports a crisp 1.3mp resolution sensor and color TFT display. Stepping up, the iON230 is a 2.3mp digital camera with 2x digital zoom, color TFT display and an SD slot for extended memory. The premier model in the line is the iON330, a 3.1 mp digital camera with 1.5" color TFT display, 2x digital zoom and SD slot for extended memory.
All of the new, super-thin Polaroid iON cameras have brushed metal cases, rechargeable
batteries, multiple flash modes and digital zoom lenses. All come with a classic leather
carrying case and a smart dock that includes the USB hub (with three slave ports
included), backup battery charger and exciting new instant media transfer and management
software.
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| 01-09-2003 |
Sony Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Select, GigaVault, DVD and Mini DV CamcordersSony has announced many new products at the CES 2003 show, for a full list see their CES 2003 Virtual Press Kit Of most interest to us is their new Memory Stick Pro memory cards with capacities up to 1GB. Good news for Cyber-shot DSC-F717 owners - your camera can use the new MS Pro cards! And Memory Stick media with Memory Select Function (available in spring of 2003) that provides higher capacities for users of existing Memory Stick products.  The new CLIE™ PEG-NZ90 handheld organizer with two-megapixel digicam with builtin flash and auto focus, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, flip-and-twist 320x480 color LCD, MP3 player, AV remote, voice recorder. Capture still images or movies to Memory Stick and edit them with the included CLIE Photo Editor. Powered by a new SmartLITHIUM rechargeable battery. Sony's new 40GB GigaVault Portable Storage unit for holding large amounts of DVD-quality video, digital images and digital music - in a device that can easily fit into a shirt pocket or handbag. It features both USB 2.0 and iLink (FireWire) connectivity to cover the Windows and Mac based PCs out there. Sony has also announced no less than seven new Mini DV Camcorders priced from $600 to $1500. The top of the line DCR-TRV80 has a two megapixel imager, Bluetooth Internet connectivity and peer-to-peer data transfer.
And Sony has also announced three new DVD Handycam Camcorders
that produce DVD recordings that play back in most current home and PC DVD players.
Starting at under $1000, you can now record your movies directly to 3-inch DVD discs.
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| 01-09-2003 |
Panasonic Debuts Lumix DMC-FZ1 and DMC-F1 Digital Still Cameras
See our Panasonic DMC-FZ1 reviewLAS VEGAS (January 8, 2003) — Panasonic presents the first digital still camera to feature 12x optical zoom. The new Lumix DMC-FZ1 (first shown at Photokina 2002) is one of two new 2003 models being launched in February, to be followed by additional models later this spring. All Lumix cameras feature an SD Memory Card/ MultiMediaCard slot and built-in USB port. The Lumix DMC-FZ1 incorporates several new features. Foremost among them is the image stabilized, super 12x optical zoom (equivalent to a 35-420mm zoom lens on a 35mm film camera) and F2.8 brightness throughout the entire zoom range. Both of these features were previously available only in high-end professional cameras.
Read the full Panasonic Lumix press release.
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| 01-09-2003 |
Panasonic Introduces New E-Wear Four-In-One SD A/V RecordersLAS VEGAS (January 8, 2003) - Expanding its line of tiny SD players and recorders, Panasonic presents two new e-wear A/V recorders. The stylish units combine a digital video recorder, a digital still camera, a digital audio player with new SD-Jukebox software and a digital voice recorder. The new palm-sized models SV-AV20 and
Read the full Panasonic SV-AV30 press release.
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| 01-09-2003 |
Casio Debuts Exilim Zoom EX-Z3 Digital Camera
The EX-Z3 Incorporates 3X Optical Zoom, 3.2-megapixel CCD
and a Built-in 2-Inch Monitor Screen in a Simple to Operate,
Stylish Credit Card-Sized Camera
 Read our Casio Exilim EX-Z3 first lookLAS VEGAS, NV -- January 9, 2003 - Casio, Inc. today announced the introduction of the EXILIM ZOOM EX-Z3, the latest addition to its EXILIM series of credit card-sized LCD digital cameras. Designed for the photography aficionado with an on-the-go lifestyle, the EX-Z3 features a CCD that boasts 3.2 megapixels, a high-performance 3X optical zoom lens, plus a host of additional photographic features to make capturing the highest quality photos simple for anyone. Like the initial EXILIM 1.24 and 2.0 megapixel cameras introduced last year, the EX-Z3 packs the features of a full-sized camera in a thin, compact configuration, 3.43" (W) x 2.24" (H) x .9" (D) and lightweight, 4.44 oz - small enough to tote in any pocket or purse - portable, wearable, fashionable technology for today's lifestyles. The product is being displayed at Casio's booth # 9344 at the Consumer Electronics Show that opened in the Las Vegas Convention Center here today.
Read the full Casio EX-Z3 press release.
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| 01-09-2003 |
Epson Perfection 3200 PHOTO/3200 PRO Scanner - Highest Resolution of Any Epson Scanner to DateSAN FRANCISCO--Jan. 7, 2003-- Epson is once again raising the bar for consumer scanners with the introduction of the EPSON Perfection 3200 PHOTO/3200 PRO. These new scanner models replace the popular EPSON Perfection 2450 PHOTO scanner and offer the resolution one finds in most 35mm slide scanners, making it one of the most versatile scanners in the industry. This new scanner is available in two configurations -- the EPSON Perfection 3200 PHOTO and 3200 PRO -- and will be available for $399 and $599, respectively. Both the EPSON Perfection 3200 PHOTO and 3200 PRO offer maximum hardware resolutions of 3200 x 6400 dpi and 48-bit color depth for remarkable color accuracy and powerful, high-speed scanning. In addition, they boast faster scanning speeds than the predecessor model on all tasks: from negatives, photos and slides to transparencies, graphics and text.
Read the full Epson 3200 Photo/Pro press release.
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| 01-09-2003 |
Epson Adds CD Printing Capabilities to Popular Epson Stylus Photo 960New Printing Feature Offers Increased Versatility with No Additional Cost to the Customer SAN FRANCISCO - Jan. 7, 2003- Epson America Inc. today announced the addition of CD printing functionality to its popular EPSON Stylus Photo 960 model, which became available for purchase in November 2002. This useful and convenient feature will be included with the printer in the box beginning in February. Current EPSON Stylus Photo 960 owners and customers who purchase the printer before this feature is included, can redeem a coupon to receive a free CD kit to upgrade their printer. The upgrade kit contains a CD tray and software to make it compatible with the EPSON Stylus Photo 960 printer. The coupon is available in electronic form on the Epson Web site (www.Epson.com).
Read the full Epson Stylus 960 press release.
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| 01-09-2003 |
Olympus Announces the "Stylus Digital" Line of Premium, Sleek, All-Metal, All-Weather, Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
 Read our Stylus Digital 300 review
The first members of the Stylus Digital family include the 3.2 Megapixel Stylus 300 Digital and the 4.0 Megapixel Stylus 400 Digital cameras. Carrying on the heritage of their film predecessors, the Stylus Digital cameras incorporate premium features and design elements that are trademarks of the Stylus name. The Stylus Digital cameras are ultra compact, all-weather and easy-to-use cameras designed for the digital photography enthusiast looking for the best performance in a stylish and portable package.
Read the full Olympus Stylus Digital press release.
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| 01-08-2003 |
Minolta Introduces 5 Megapixel DiMAGE F300
 Las Vegas, NV (January 8, 2003) - Minolta Corporation announces a new addition to the DiMAGE digital camera line - the Minolta DiMAGE F300. Featuring increased resolution and zoom range, a new noise reduction option and Minolta's award-winning Subject Tracking Autofocus (AF) and Minolta's Area AF, this new digital camera produces high-quality images and incorporates advanced automatic functions, and fast, easy operation. Following the sleek contoured design of the DiMAGE F100, the DiMAGE F300 is one of the world's lightest and smallest 5.0 megapixel digital cameras with a built-in zoom lens.
Read the full Minolta DiMAGE F300 press release.
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| 01-08-2003 |
Ulead Releases DVD PictureShow 2 Digital Camera SuiteTorrance, CA – January 8, 2003 – Ulead Systems, Inc., a leading developer of image editing, video editing and DVD authoring software, today introduced Ulead® DVD PictureShow™ 2 -- Digital Camera Suite, a powerful software package for managing digital media and creating multimedia slideshows that are fun to watch. This suite includes DVD PictureShow 2, the newest version of Ulead’s digital image slideshow creation software, and Photo Explorer 8, the latest version of Ulead’s popular digital media management software. DVD PictureShow 2 offers guided steps and a drag-and-drop interface to make assembling slideshows simple. Create multimedia slideshows now with video clips and digital images. Save time with a new Batch Collect tool to insert multiple image folders into a slideshow project all at once. Forty-two new transitions such as dissolves and wipes liven up slideshows, while voice narration and background music with support for WAV and MP3 files further jazz up slideshow creations. Personalize each photo by describing or adding comments directly on photos with the software’s text caption tool. As a final touch, choose from a variety of ready-to-use, Hollywood-style DVD menu templates with themes such as holidays, vacation and business, or create personalized menu backgrounds with any digital image. A built-in CD label and index creation tool completes the package to create a polished slideshow disc. Photo Explorer 8.0 offers easy-to-use features for capturing, organizing, and editing photos. New features include an auto slice tool for slicing a scanned group of images, a CD catalog tool that scans a CD and stores image thumbnails that can be viewed without the CD in the drive, as well as new tools for editing images and adding effects.
Ulead DVD PictureShow 2 -- Digital Camera Suite is available in North American retail stores and
catalogs for $49.95, with the electronic version available at www.ulead.com for $44.95. Registered
users of previous versions of DVD PictureShow and Photo Explorer can purchase the box upgrade for
$34.95 and the downloadable upgrade for $29.95 at www.ulead.com. Photo Explorer 8.0 is also
available as a stand-alone application for electronic download at www.ulead.com for $29.95.
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| 01-08-2003 |
Delkin eFilm PicturePAD Now Supporting New RAW FilesPoway CA, January 8, 2003: Delkin Devices has announced that the new firmware for the eFilm PicturePAD is now able to recognize additional raw files for high-end SLR digital cameras. The eFilm PicturePAD is a mobile storage device for digital photographers with a built in hard drive for storing digital images and a color LCD screen for viewing them. Delkin regularly updates the PicturePAD’s firmware for download on their website at www.delkin.com. Now PicturePAD users are able to view thumbnails, show slide shows, and zoom, rotate and pan RAW file images. Currently the latest PicturePAD firmware (1.07.03) supports RAW file viewing from the following cameras: Canon D30, D60, G1, G2, S30, S40, Fuji S2 Pro, Minolta DiMAGE 7i, Nikon D1, D1X, D1H, D100, Coolpix 5000 and 5700.
Delkin Devices will be exhibiting at the 2003 International CES (Consumer Electronics
Show) January 9-12, 2003, Las Vegas, NV, USA. LVCC South 3&4 Booth 30070
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| 01-08-2003 |
Pentax Debuts A High-Quality Zoom Lens Digital Camera So Small That It Fits Into A Tin Of Altoids
Read the full Pentax OptioS press release.
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| 01-07-2003 |
Archive Creator: New Innovative Archiving Solution for Digital PhotographersPictureFlow LLC, makers of YarcPlus, the popular Canon RAW conversion program, today announced the launch of the official release version of their latest product, Archive Creator; an innovative archiving solution for the Windows OS that deals directly with the issues of archiving digital photographic images onto removable media. Archive Creator will automatically span an Archive Set across multiple CDs thereby maximizing the storage potential while minimizing the time required to organize the files in an efficient manner. This new official release version 1.1 builds on the success of the pre-release version that has been available for the past month. Based largely on user feedback, this version includes an enriched feature set including:
Version 1.1 supports the burning of CD-R media, with DVD support planned very soon in a free upcoming upgrade. The new V1.1 software is available by download and will run in a free demo mode for an unlimited time. The introductory price of Archive Creator V1.1 is $40 including near term upgrades.
For details go to
www.pictureflow.com or contact Michael Tapes at AC-Press@pictureflow.com.
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| 01-07-2003 |
Lightbox 2.0 Empowers Creative Professionals To Find Their Files Faster Than Ever BeforeConceiva, a leading developer of software and services for creative professionals, has launched the new version of Lightbox. Lightbox 2.0 marks the new generation of file management and browsing tools targeted at creative consumers and creative professionals. With its new features, new file support and enhanced performance, graphic designers and web designers are able to find and view their files faster than ever before.
Lightbox is the ultimate file browser for professional users of Adobe
Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft Frontpage and all other popular creative
software applications. Lightbox works on Windows 98SE,
Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Home, and Windows XP Professional. Download a 15-day trial version today. Lightbox 2.0 is
available for a limited time at just $29.95.
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| 01-06-2003 |
Toshiba Reduces Price of PDR-T20 to $299IRVINE, CA, January 6, 2002 -- Toshiba Imaging Systems, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., announced today that it has slashed the MSRP of its popular PDR-T20 2.0 megapixel camera by more than twenty-five percent. Previously priced at $399, the Toshiba PDR-T20 is now available for an affordable estimated street price of $299. With its two-megapixel resolution, 6X total zoom, SD storage format and revolutionary touchscreen LCD, the PDR-T20 merges brilliant photo output with point-and-shoot convenience and low cost of ownership.
For more information read our Toshiba PDR-T20
review.
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| 01-06-2003 |
Sony U20 and Konica KD-500Z Reviews Posted
Clearing out the last of our cameras to be reviewed before we begin the 2003
madness all over again, today we posted the Sony
DSC-U20 review and a very requested Konica
KD-500Z review. Both of these cameras are higher resolution versions of previously
released models and prove to work just as well as their siblings.
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| 01-06-2003 |
Hitachi Buys IBM's Hard Disk Drive Business - Plans To Sell 4GB Microdrive in the Fall
Besides the 4-fold increase in capacity the new Microdrive will use a newly designed read-write head that is half the size of the current one. This equates to a 40% decrease in the height at which it travels over the disk platter. The increased data capacity is due to its five-layer coating of "Pixie Dust" which is a three-atom-thick layer of precious metal sandwiched inbetween three magnetic layers. The new Microdrive will have a 50% increased data transfer rate and Hitachi estimates that it will be faster than today's solid-state data storage devices. Pricing for the new drive will be announced later in the year.
Read the entire
Hitachi press release.
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At the end of December 2002 Hitachi bought IBM's disk drive business and has formed a
new Hitachi Global Storage Technologies company. In addition to the desktop and laptop
hard drives, Hitachi will also be producing the popular 1-inch Microdrive. Hitachi
Global Storage said that it plans to sell a 1-inch Microdrive with 4 gigabytes of
storage. Currently the largest Microdrive that IBm has produced only holds 1 gigabyte
of data. The CompactFlash Type II form factor Microdrive is extremely popular in
high resolution digital cameras, PDAs and MP3 players.
| 01-05-2003 |
HP PSC 2210 Review Posted
I just posted our HP PSC 2210 review of
a very capable multi-function printer, scanner, copier and fax machine. If you're
a digicam user and home office worker then this might be just what you're looking for.
HP has outfitted the PSC 2210 with four card slots so it can print your
digital camera images directly from the most popular flash cards without need of a
computer. This is one high-tech device that does many things and manages to do all of
them quite well.
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| 01-03-2003 |
Nikon D100 and Coolpix 2500 Cameras Stolen from Nikon Germany WarehouseFrom our friends at digitalkamera.de comes this information:
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| 01-02-2003 |
PowerEx Introduces New PowerEX 2000mAh NiMH AA Rechargeable Batteries
 LA VERNE, CA -- Maha Energy Corp., the maker of the PowerEx brand batteries and chargers, unveils its latest 2000 mAh NiMH AA rechargeable batteries. The PowerEx MH-4AA200BH package includes 4 new 2000mAh NiMH AA rechargeable batteries and battery carrying case and retails for $16.95.
Also available in packages with the new Maha
C401FS Cool charger (click to read our review) which comes with AC and 12VDC power
adapters and an optional international travel adapter.
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