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Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX7K 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 7.5x Intelligent zoom and 3.0-inch LCD -  Black Panasonic's LX7: Shoots Eyes Wide Open With f1.4 Leica Lens
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX7K 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 7.5x Intelligent zoom and 3.0-inch LCD - Black
by Ernest Lilley

There are a lot of things to like about this advanced single lens digital...which we can't bring ourselves to call a "point-and-shoot," but the most important is the excellent F1.4-2.3 Leica DC Vario SUMMILUX 24mm Wide Angle lens, which provides low light capability as well as the shallow depth of field so hard to achieve in cameras with small sensors. That and a ton of advanced features make this a great go-to camera for pros and creative amateurs alike.

THE FINE ART OF HIGH GLOSS PRINTING Mama, Don't Take My (Digital) Cibachrome Away
THE FINE ART OF HIGH GLOSS PRINTING
by David Em

Ilford and Breathing Color introduce two new ultra-high-gloss papers for photographers and artists, and their new paper solves a puzzle that's faced our printing guru ever since he gave up the darkroom: Does digital printing mean someone is going to take your Cibachrome away? (Apologies to Paul Simon)

ILFORD GALERIE PRESTIGE GOLD FIBRE SILK Photographers Have Replaced Chemistry With Computers, But LCDs Can't Replace A Great Photographic Print
ILFORD GALERIE PRESTIGE GOLD FIBRE SILK
by David Em

Digital technology has created a cornucopia of photographic printing options. Affordable world-class printers from Epson, Canon, and HP reproduce digital photographs with superb color, tone, resolution, and longevity. Of course, there's a lot more to making a great print than simply pressing buttons. You've got to know what you're doing, and you need to match your printer with the right print media to achieve the results you're shooting for.

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS6 Adobe's Photoshop CS 6 is the program's most important update in years.
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS6
by David Em

Last year Adobe announced an ambitious point and version update schedule for their various Creative Suite packages. Quick on the heels of the announcement, the company released point release 5.5 that beefed up programs like InDesign and Dreamweaver, but left their flagship application Photoshop untouched. Now comes Creative Suite 6, which upgrades Photoshop big time.

Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom 4 Adobe Lightroom 4 Review
Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom 4
by David Em

Adobe's Lightroom 4 adds books, video, geo-tagging, soft-proofing, and new adjustment tools to what's become the imaging industry's photo-editing standard.

Cinema EOS - Leave No Story Untold Canon Introduces Cinema EOS C300 And EOS-1D X Pro DSLR
Cinema EOS - Leave No Story Untold
by Charles Mohapel

Back in early November 2011, Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the EOS C300, an all new interchangeable lens digital cinema camera that would compete with the kind of affordable cameras favored by indie filmmakers, cameras such as the RED Scarlet, Arri Alexa, and Sony PMW-F3. On Thursday February 16, 2012, Canon stopped in Montreal, Canada to showcase both versions of the EOS C300, as well as the EOS-1D X, the new flagship of the their professional DSLR line.

Nikon Finally Introduces D4 DSLR and AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G Lens When There Is No Second Chance: The New Nikon FX-Format D4 Multi-Media Digital SLR is The Definitive Unification Of Speed And Precision
Nikon Finally Introduces D4 DSLR and AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G Lens
by Charles Mohapel

Now that the new Nikon D4 has replaced their D3S as Nikon's second tier professional DSLR, we wonder when they plan on replacing the D3X as their top-of-the-line professional DSLR. Meanwhile we'd like to check out their new AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens on the D4.

PhotoPlus Expo 2011- NYC Big Apple Hosts PhotoPlus and Wedding and Portrait Photogs Expos
PhotoPlus Expo 2011- NYC
by Ernest Lilley

Though I haven't been to a PhotoPlus Expo recently, I've certainly been putting my cameras through their paces and keeping busy running the Alexandria Photography Workshop, and TechRevu continues to cover what's new in digital photography, so it seems like it's time for me to take a trip up to the Big Apple and see what's in the pipeline. You can look forward to a photo essay and product report from the site.

Changing Times on Picture Files with Windows Live Mixed Pics, Fixed Times - Changing Digital Image Info with Windows Live Photo Gallery
Changing Times on Picture Files with Windows Live
by Ernest Lilley

Whether you're collecting photos from a group outing or fixing the time zone you shot your pictures in, being able to change the date and time of your digital photos is a handy trick to put in your digital camera bag. We look at how Windows Live Photo Gallery comes in handy for this, as well as lots of other simple photo chores.

DeluxGear DGLG-LGM Lens Guard for Lenses 2.9-3.45 Inches in Diameter, Medium DeluxGear's Neoprene Lens Guard Comes In Small, Medium, And Large
DeluxGear DGLG-LGM Lens Guard for Lenses 2.9-3.45 Inches in Diameter, Medium
by Charles Mohapel

Whether you use a DSLR, mirrorless camera, or still shoot with a 35mm SLR, you probably have a good UV or other neutral density filter on your lenses to protect them. One of our friends and loyal readers suffered a case of heat exhaustion and upon passing out, he did a face plant into the sidewalk, broke his UV filter, and bent the threads of the filter so badly that he had to send his AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED lens back to Nikon USA so that they could remove the filter and see how much damage the zoom lens had sustained. How would you like a second form of protection for both the lens and the attached filter?

When we checked out the DeluxGear Lens Guard product page today (Thursday August 4th), we saw that Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sigma, Sony, Tamron, and Tokina were listed. Given that the Lens Guard comes in 3 sizes and the size range of lenses that each size of Lens Guard fits is listed, we took a tape measure and measured our Minolta lenses and determined that we need several sets of Medium Lens Guards for our own gear. Don't despair if you don't find your lens -- do what we did, measure it, and according to the good folks at DeluxGear, you should have a good chance of finding a size that fits your needs.

DeluxGear's Neo Camera Strap Adds A Little Extra To The Neoprene
DeluxGear DGST-CSN Neo Camera Strap - 2-Point Strap with Quick Release
by Charles Mohapel

Neck straps for cameras come in a variety of sizes, shapes, textures, materials, and colors, but ...cont

VANGUARD's Alta+ 263AP 3-Section Aluminum Tripod Kit with PH-32 Panhead Is Light In Weight, Not Light In Capacity
VANGUARD Alta+ 263AP 3-Section Aluminum Tripod with 3-way PH-32 Magnesium Alloy Photo Panhead
by Charles Mohapel

Last fall VANGUARD USA had a promotion prior to PhotoPlus Expo in New York City where you could win ...cont

Do You Sell Lots Of Stuff On eBay? MyStudio PS5 PortaStudio Makes Your Photos Look More Professional
MyStudio PS5 PortaStudio with 5000K Continuous Lighting for Product Photography
by Charles Mohapel

Are you someone who sells lots of small items on eBay? Do you have a collection of miniatures or sma...cont

A First Impression Of The 16MP Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH2K Micro Four Thirds System Camera with LUMIX G VARIO HD 14-140mm Lens
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH2K with LUMIX G VARIO HD 14-140mm Lens
by Charles Mohapel

Although the Panasonic LUMIX GH2 is the sixth Micro Four-Thirds interchangeable lens system camer...cont

Four Fabulous New Fine Art Digital Printing Papers For Your Consideration
Four Fabulous Fine Art Digital Printing Papers
by David Em

Fine art inkjet papers from Hahnemuhle, Harman, Red River, and Moab chart new territory for photogra...cont

Nikon COOLPIX P7000 Competes Directly With The Canon PowerShot G12
Nikon COOLPIX P7000 10.1MP Digital Camera with 7.1x Wide Zoom-Nikkor ED Lens and 3-Inch LCD
by Charles Mohapel

Ever since Canon introduced their PowerShot G series (G7, G9, G10, G11, G12) as their high perfor...cont

Organize, Adjust, Print, and Publish Your Photographs to the Web With Adobe's Lightroom 3
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
by David Em

David Em looks at Adobe's newest version of Lightroom and finds that in addition to managing you...cont

Fujifilm's FinePix Z800EXR -- A Slim Touch Screen Camera That Fits Your Requirements
Fujifilm FinePix Z800EXR 12MP Digital Camera With Fujinon 5x Optical Zoom Lens
by Charles Mohapel

Electronic devices with touchscreens have quickly gone from being a novelty to being the most des...cont

Panasonic's LUMIX DMC-G10 -- The World's Lightest Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera With A Viewfinder
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G10K 12.1 MP Camera with 14-42mm LUMIX G Vario f/3.5-5.6 Lens
by Charles Mohapel

When it was first announced back in March 2010, the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G10 was described as being "...cont

Lexar's Professional Series 300x UDMA CompactFlash (CF) Memory Card Is Fast
Lexar Professional Series 4GB 300x UDMA CompactFlash Memory Card CF4GB-300-381
by Charles Mohapel

The Lexar Professional 300x (45MB/s) UDMA CompactFlash (CF) Memory Card is the third of four classes...cont

Lexar's Professional Series 133x Class 10 SDHC Memory Card Is Their Fastest SDHC Card
Lexar Professional Series 8GB 133x Class 10 SDHC Flash Memory Card SD8GB-133-381
by Charles Mohapel

Currently Lexar carries two classes of SDHC cards, the Professional 133x Class 10 SDHC card which...cont

Meet 'The World's Smallest Photo/Video Hybrid Superzoom Camera' -- Panasonic's LUMIX DMC-ZS7
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS7 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Lens
by Charles Mohapel

When you hear a pocket-sized digital camera like the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS7 described as "the world...cont

Adobe Does Video Right
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium
by David Em

Adobe takes a big swing at 64-bit video and knocks it out of the park. Welcome to the Revolution....cont

Elements 9 - Ready To Be Taken Seriously
Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 (Win/Mac)
by Ernest Lilley

Yes, there are still things that Photoshop does that Elements doesn't, but with the release of E...cont

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G2 12.1 MP Live MOS Interchangeable Lens Camera with 3-Inch Touch Screen LCD and 14-42mm Lumix G VARIO f/3.5-5.6 MEGA OIS Lens
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G2 12.1 MP Camera and 14-42mm Lumix G VARIO f/3.5-5.6 MEGA OIS Lens
by Charles Mohapel

Although the Panasonic LUMIX G2 is the fourth Micro Four-Thirds interchangeable lens system cameras ...cont

Putting The Panasonic Gold Series 48GB SDXC Card To The Test
Panasonic Gold Series 48GB SDXC Card (Class 10) (Item #RP-SDW48GE1K)
by Charles Mohapel

Back in January 2009 the SD Association (an industry standards organization founded by Panasonic,...cont

SanDisk Extreme Pro CF Cards Now Meet UDMA 6 Specifications
SanDisk 32GB Extreme Pro CF Memory Card - UDMA 6 90MB/s 600x (SDCFXP-032G-A91)
by Charles Mohapel

If you're a professional or serious prosumer photographer accustomed to shooting with the SanDis...cont

SanDisk Extreme CF Cards Now Meet UDMA Specifications
SanDisk 16GB Extreme CF Memory Card - UDMA 60MB/s 400x (SDCFX-016G)
by Charles Mohapel

If you're a professional or serious prosumer photographer accustomed to shooting with the SanDis...cont

SanDisk Extreme SDHC Cards Now Meet Class 10 Specifications
SanDisk Extreme 32GB SDHC Card (Class 10) (Item# SDSDX3-032G-A31)
by Charles Mohapel

As more and more digital still cameras (DSLRs, ultrazooms, and point & shoots) are taking 720p and 1...cont

The Quantum Battery 1 Compact Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) Battery Pack
Quantum Battery 1 Compact - NiMH Battery Pack
by Charles Mohapel

Have you ever taken so many indoor shots requiring a flash that the batteries overheated and stopped...cont

Tech News/Leads

Leica Majority Shareholder Buys a Share in I SHOT IT Internet Photo Platform Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, Leica Majority Shareholder, Purchases 25.1% Stake in I SHOT IT.com Leica Majority Shareholder Buys a Share in I SHOT IT Internet Photo Platform
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Logistics Manager 30 Large Capacity Rolling Camera Bag Released Think Tank Photo Replaces Logistics Manager Rolling Camera Case With New Logistics Manager 30 Rolling Camera Case Logistics Manager 30 Large Capacity Rolling Camera Bag Released
If you're a working professional photographer looking to purchase a Think Tank Photo Logistics M...more

All Sony Alpha A-Mount Cameras Going Mirrorless in 2014? Are Sony's DSLRs With Translucent Mirror Technology Going To Be Discontinued Soon? All Sony Alpha A-Mount Cameras Going Mirrorless in 2014?
When Sony discontinued conventional SLR technology and switched to Translucent Mirror Technology, wh...more

Nikon Announces The Fastest 1 NIKKOR Lens Yet Nikon Announces The Fastest 1 NIKKOR Lens Yet: The New 32mm f/1.2 Nikon Announces The Fastest 1 NIKKOR Lens Yet
If you're a photographer who shoots with a Nikon 1 System camera, you will no doubt be delighted...more

Win An Olympus OM-D Kit With A Mirrorless Mover Of Your Choice! Think Tank Photo Contest Offers Your Choice Of Mirrorless Mover Camera Bag, Olympus OM-D Kit, And More Win An Olympus OM-D Kit With A Mirrorless Mover Of Your Choice!
Calling All Photographers! Our good friends at Think Tank Photo have a great contest where your can...more

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Fifty years ago Olympus launched the legendary PEN F half-frame 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) camer...more

New Mirrorless Camera Bag Collection Released Think Tank Photo Releases The Mirrorless Mover Collection For Your Mirrorless Camera New Mirrorless Camera Bag Collection Released
While other companies design specialized photo bags for mirrorless cameras, many of them skimp on th...more

X-Rite Announces Four Free May Webinars X-Rite Photo Offers Four Free May Webinars For Photographers And Videographers X-Rite Announces Four Free May Webinars
If you're a professional or serious photographer, you might be very interested in availing yours...more

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PocketWizard is known for its wide range of excellent photographic accessories geared toward the wor...more

Alien Skin Software Announces Exposure 5 We Get A Pre-Production Peek At Exposure 5 From Alien Skin Software Alien Skin Software Announces Exposure 5
If you wish that you could modify your digital photos so that they look like they had been shot usin...more

Shoot Now, Focus Later: Change The Focus After You Take A Photo Get Lytro Camera-Like Effects WITHOUT The Lytro Camera Shoot Now, Focus Later: Change The Focus After You Take A Photo
If you can't afford the $399 US for the 8GB model or the $499 US for the 16GB model of the Lytro...more

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Public Beta Now Available The Week Has Begun With The Release Of The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Beta Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Public Beta Now Available
If you're a photographer who uses Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 and have a sufficiently powerful P...more

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It's always a crying shame when a company that sells quality products and demonstrates genuinely...more

Think Tank Photo: Lucky 13 Drawing Think Tank Photo Says: Lucky 13 -- Let The Games Continue! Think Tank Photo: Lucky 13 Drawing
For fun, we are launching what we're calling our "Lucky 13" promotion. Each winning package wil...more

X-Rite Announces Five Free April Webinars April Is Here And So Are Five Free Webinars From X-Rite X-Rite Announces Five Free April Webinars
It's now the weekend following Easter and Passover, and X-Rite announces five free April Webinar...more

Will Canon Release A 47MP DSLR Later This Year? A Canon DSLR with a 46 or 47MP sensor is one that has moved up a weight class to compete in medium f...more

Seim Effects Introduces ColorFlow -- Offers More Than Sixty Color Effect Presets for Photographers Using Apple Aperture If you use Apple Aperture when you process your digital photos, you might want to check out ColorFlo...more

The The Pelican ProGear S130 Sport Elite - Laptop/Camera Divider Pack Is Ideal For The Traveling Professional Photographer Finding a TSA-approved backpack that carries professional photo gear and Ultrabook laptop, MacBook l...more

A Rumor Back In January 2013, Is The Canon 70D Coming on March 22?

Only a rumor back in January 2013, is the Canon 70D coming in this month or is that wishful think...more

X-Rite Photo Marketing Announces Four Free March 2013 Webinars The wonderful folks at X-Rite Photo Marketing have announced four FREE webinars for the month of Mar...more

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