123Greetings.com: Customizable PhotoCards for Facebook
123Greetings.com just announced a new PhotoCards feature that allows users to browse and select any photograph from their albums as well as from the albums of their friends and send it as an ecard to anyone in their network. Users can also add a message of their own and mark it as private while sending the PhotoCard. The Birthday Reminder is another new feature which makes it easier for users to keep track of all their friends’ birthdays.
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Apple: Aperture 2 photo editing software released, improved interface
Apple just today introduced the second release of its popular pro-grade photo editing and management software Aperture. With over 100 new features Aperture 2 is aimed at making it faster, easier to use and more powerful - not just for pro photographers.
Mustek PF-E700: Photo Frame w/ Alarm Clock has excellent bedside manners
Mustek just introduced the ultimate bedside companion, the new PF-E700. Designed to save desk space by integrating several functions into one, the PF-E700 is a versatile convergence of digital photo frame with built-in alarm clock, calendar, indoor temperature gauge and MP3 player. Read more
Kodak develops tiny, five-megapixel sensor to improve video quality of camera phones.
As the San Jose Mercury News reports, Kodak came up with a tiny, five-megapixel sensor that should greatly improve the video quality of camera phones. The technology a 2- to 4-times improvement in light sensitivity and supports full 720p video at 30 frames per second.
Nikon D60: Eye-Fi Collaborates With Nikon for First Camera Enhanced for Eye-Fi Card
Eye-Fi Collaborates With Nikon on First Camera Enhanced for Eye-Fi Card, Adds ‘My Picturetown’ To Eye-Fi Service. Nikon’s New D60 Digital SLR is the First Camera in “Eye-Fi Connected” Program
– Eye-Fi, makers of the
world’s first wireless memory card for digital cameras, today announced
that it collaborated with Nikon Corporation, a world leader in digital
imaging and precision optics, to deliver enhanced integration of the Eye-Fi
Card with Nikon’s new D60 digital SLR camera. Eye-Fi will also add Nikon’s
“my Picturetown” online photography community to its Eye-Fi Service as a
photo sharing option for users.
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Nikon: New D60 10 MegaPix DLSR debuts, new Nikon Nikkor lenses
Okay, this Nikon DSLR isn’t full-frame either, but their new low-ender is now (officially) the D60, which enters the scene with a 10.2 megapixel sensor, 2.5-inch LCD (nope, not live-view), SDHC, vibration sensor cleaning, and an even smaller body than the D40x. Nikon claims February (but also March) shipment, with no price yet given.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
AF-S Micro NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8G ED
- Macro up to 0.185m (0.6 feet)
- March 2008, $549
AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
- Vibration Reduction II / OIS (Nikon users know the VR badge well, duh)
- March 2008, $649
- Perspective control (”corrects linear distortion and aberration to deliver images that more accurately reproduce the view as the human eye sees it”)
- New E designation (”denotes an electromagnetic diaphragm that automatically controls aperture with the latest Nikon D-SLR cameras”)
- Spring 2008, $1929
Tags: breaking news, BreakingNews, d60, dslr, nikon
via Engadget / TechshowWIRE.com
Digital Camera chips: New CMOS sensors catching on in cameras
Mainstream CMOS chipmaking technology is becoming more competitive for digital-camera image sensors. ‘It’s swept the high-end SLR market’, says Cnet. Read full story at CNET …
New Pentax Optio Generation: Three New Point-and-Shoot Cameras
Pentax also has news on the point-and-shoot end. The Optio M50 is an 8-megapixel model with 5x zoom lens and wide-view 2.5-inch LCD screen. It ships in March for $230. The Optio S12 is a pocket-sized 12-megapixel shooter with 3x zoom and a dynamic range adjustment function for avoiding blown-out highlights. It arrives in April with a price tag of $280. The Optio E50 is a budget 8.1-megapixel camera that runs on AA batteries and will cost $150 when it arrives in March.
[ Via Wired, PENTAX ANNOUNCES COLORFUL OPTIO M50, TINY OPTIO S12 AND MORE ]
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/new-point-and-s.html
One-Hour Photo Books a big hit during Holiday season
The photo industry has been praising photo books for more than a year as the hot holiday product. According to Lucidiom, OEM and independent retail clients around the globe, Lucidiom Inc.”More than 100,000 one-hour bound calendars and more than one million one-hour folded greeting cards were printed in November and December 2007. The EQ-9800 gave retailers three top sellers for the holidays.”
“In fact, while one-hour photo books gave retailers a new hit product this past holiday season, even more bound calendars and folded greeting cards – all done within an hour on the EQ-9800 – were made by photofinishing retailers,” add Giordano.
fotocommunity: Europe’s Leading Social Networking Community for Photographers to expand in U.S.
fotocommunity, one of Europe’s premier online meeting places for photography enthusiasts and pros to share ideas and inspiration, launches dynamic additions such as a new LinkedIn like social networking features during its US expansion at the upcoming Photo Marketing Association (PMA() International Convention Trade Show.
