Concept Leica i9 Combines a Leica and an iPhone 4

A new concept camera from Black Design pairs up the Leica rangefinder and the iPhone 4 for what the company calls a "match made in heaven." The idea is fairly simple to understand - instead of a traditional iPhone case, you'll put your iPhone into a Leica body. You'll use the Leica rangefinder, store images on onboard memory or on an SD card, and you can have the camera on and ready to shoot in less than a second. This isn't just a fancy looking case though. The camera body doesn't depend on the iPhone 4's processor or built-in camera for pictures. The iPhone contributes a high quality viewscreen, the ability to quickly upload pictures, as well as quick and simple upgrades. Keep in mind, this is a concept. While it's incredibly interesting,...

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Album App 1.0 for iPad

Album App 1.0 for iPad released - New Digital Photo Album SolutionDreamix Studio introduces Album App 1.0, their brand new digital photo album solution for Apple’s iPad. Easily create extensive photo albums on your iPad. Scale, rotate and move photos with a single touch. Add pages to your album and get creative with the layout, or use one of the 30+ predefined layouts. Album App comes with 5 themes that contain a lot of backgrounds, borders and objects to fill your album. You can expand the app with new themes and buy them from the store.Arnhem, Netherlands - Everyone knows the iPad works great with photos, but what if you want to show them as a full featured album to your family and friends? Dreamix Studio came up with the solution and created...

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Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR Review

The Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR is a new super-zoom digital compact camera. Looking and handling like a DSLR, the bridge-style Fujifilm HS20 EXR boasts a 30x zoom lens which covers a 35mm equivalent focal range of 24-720mm and also features mechanical image stabilisation and twist-barrel manual zoom and focusing controls. Other highlights of the camera include a 16 megapixel EXR Back Side Illuminated CMOS sensor, a 3-inch tilting LCD monitor, electronic viewfinder with eye-sensor for automatic switching, full 1080p HD movie recording with stereo sound, ISO range of 100-12800, High Speed movie capture at 320 fps, continuous shooting at 8fps, 0.16 second autofocusing, full manual controls and support for the RAW file format. The Fujifilm...

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Fantasea Line Launches Nikon Coolpix P7000 Camera & Housing Set

FP7000 Housing & AccessoriesEnahncing underwarer images & videosFantasea Line is pleased to introduce the Nikon Coolpix P7000 Camera & Housing Set and a complete line of underwater photo accessories specially designed for the FP7000 Housing.The Perfect Camera & Housing Bundle Now Available- Nikon Coolpix P7000 Camera & Housing Set(Cat. No. 11181)Includes:Nikon Coolpix P7000 Digital CameraFantasea FP7000 Housing (Cat. No. 1118)Fantasea Eyes - Underwater Optics for the FP7000 HousingExpected Delivery: June, 2011BigEye Wide Angle Lens FP7000 (Cat. No. 5136)A patented wide angle lens for the FP7000 Housing, which fits over the housing port and can be installed and removed during the course of the dive. Perfect for shooting...

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PhotographyBB Online Magazine Issue #39

The 39th edition of the free PhotographyBB Online Magazine is now available for download. This month’s edition features tutorials for taking better sports photos and capturing memorable moments, tips for digital photo-art manipulations, an in-depth look at Lightroom’s adjustment brush, a “reader FAQ” on portraiture and lighting, and more. You can download the latest issue of the magazine from the website below.Website: PhotographyBB Online Magaz...

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Razzi Launches

Razzi is a new photo sharing network that allows photographers to earn ad revenue on their photo views. You can sign up for free, upload your photos (or import them from your Flickr photostream), and enter your Google AdSense Publisher-ID to start earning money. Allowing for unlimited uploads and offering features like drag and drop organisation and access to the original files, Razzi focuses on the social aspects (friend activity stream, notifications, privacy settings etc.) too. The developers of the website have also created an iPhone app for mobile uploads that is currently pending approval in the App Sto...

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Akvis Retoucher 5.0

April 28, 2011 - AKVIS announces the release of AKVIS Retoucher 5.0 for Windows and Macintosh. The program restores damaged photos by removing dust, scratches, and stains, and by reconstructing the missing parts of a photo automatically. This version introduces the Spot Remover tool which can remove small imperfections on an image easily. Support for files in RAW format has also been added as well as an OS File Dialog for loading and saving files. For registered users of the previous version the upgrade is free. Few things in life stir our memories and emotions the way photographs do. But as time goes by, old photographs fade out, get stained, or get otherwise damaged. In order to preserve them, people digitize their photos to pass these cherished...

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Jim Goldberg wins Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011

US photographer Jim Goldberg has received the 15th Photography Prize organised by The Photographers' Gallery in London in association with Deutsche Börse. The prize was presented by broadcaster and critic Miranda Sawyer at a ceremony at Ambika P3 at the University of Westminster where the exhibition is held this year.Each year, the award goes to a living photographer that has made "the most significant contribution, in exhibition or publication format, to the medium of photography in Europe" over the past 12 months.Magnum photographer Goldberg was nominated for his exhibition Open See, which went on show last year at The Photographers' Gallery. He came ahead of three other photographers and artists - Thomas Demand, Roe Ethridge and Elad...

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Nikon, Canon to offer support to Royal Wedding photographers

With an estimated 327 million photographs to be taken of the Royal Wedding, according to recent research by Nikon, the major manufacturers are ramping up their operations to offer dedicated service points for their professional users from Thursday 28 April.Nikon is setting up its Service Depot in the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, a few meters away from Westminster Abbey where Kate Middleton and Prince Williams will marry on 29 April.Nikon Professional Service members will benefit from free camera checks and sensor and lens cleaning services. They will also be able to loan Nikon equipment if needed.Accredited professional users of Canon will, however, have to reach New Oxford Street, 1.4 miles away to gain access to a complimentary...

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Nikon confirms new 50mm f/1.8 prime lens

Slated for release on 02 June, the new 50mm standard Nikkor lens with fast f/1.8 aperture will act as the "ideal second lens for curious digital SLR enthusiasts wanting to venture beyond the kit lens and explore the creative possibilities that a fast aperture can offer, including effects such as blurred backgrounds in portraiture and low-light shooting," says Zurab Kiknadze, product manager of lenses, accessories and software at Nikon Europe. The lens features an all-new optical design with seven elements, including one aspherical, in six groups. It sports a dedicated Silent Wave Motor to ensure discreet but accurate autofocu, and has a weather-sealed metal mount.The lens has a retail price of £200 (€232)....

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Blurb launches mobile media story app

New mobile platform enables anyone to quickly compose and share media stories directly from their iPhone.London, 29th April 2011 – Blurb, the global creative publishing platform today announced its new mobile publishing application, Blurb Mobile.  Designed to enable easy and fast story creation using rich media content, including photos, videos and audio, the stories can be shared via the author’s existing social networking channels (including Facebook and Twitter), by email, or via their own Blurb channel.Produced by individuals with a passion for capturing life’s moments, Blurb Mobile stories are engaging, inclusive, fun and instantly sharable. The Blurb Mobile iPhone app enables easy media editing, including rotating, cropping, scaling,...

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Photo LoL for iPhone

Photo LoL 1.0.2 - Capture, Retouch and Share Photos on the iPhoneRusted Gears today announces Photo LoL 1.0.2, a new iPhone photo App created for changing colors and improving pictures. Along with the ability to adjust elements like brightness, saturation and contrast, users can create any look they like by applying effects, changing colors and altering the RGB values. Photo LoL features a great Interface, advanced selection tools, layers system, sharing options for Facebook, Twitter and Random Effects are just a few of the features included in this App.Bologna, Italy - Rusted Gears today is pleased to announce the release of Photo LoL 1.0.2, a new iPhone photo App created for changing colors and improve pictures. Great Interface, advanced...

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