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Impossible Project takes on re-engineering Polaroid Integral film

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Feb 4th 2009 No Comments

When you give your scheme a name like “The Impossible Project” you’re obviously setting yourself up for some seriously hard work, but then again aiming to not only reverse-engineer Polaroid’s iconic instant Integral film, but improve upon it and then market it as a commercial enterprise does sound like a tall order. That’s just what some Integral-obsessed Polaroid addicts are doing, however; they’ve taken out a ten year lease on a closed Polaroid factory in the Netherlands and are gathering up film experts to help them develop a new instant photography product.

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Epson released firmware for P-6000 and P-7000 multimedia photo viewers

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Jan 21st 2009 No Comments

Epson has released a major firmware update for its P-6000 and P-7000 multimedia photo viewers to improve a variety of camera RAW file supports, correct storage card writing errors and make changes to player behavior.

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Scan 3D objects from home with the RealView 3D scanner

By Staff Editor on Tuesday, Jan 13th 2009 No Comments

Scanning pictures has become so common and readily available to the general public that people are doing it at home from their desks. Even some new digital picture frames can scan a photo. What happens when users would like to scan a 3D object and have it modeled on their PC?

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Canon reveals five new VIXIA HD camcoders for CES 2009

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Jan 5th 2009 No Comments

Canon really outdid themselves today. In preparation for CES 2009, the camera maker revealed that there were going to completely revamp their VIXIA HD camcorder line. These new cameras start the year off with a bang, that’s for sure!

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Digital Foci set to reveal Picture Porter 35 at CES

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Jan 5th 2009 No Comments

picture porter 35 480x390 As the world of digital photography gets more and more complex and the megapixel capability gets higher and higher, this also means you need more storage space on your digital camera. Because high resolution images are nice and all, but not if you can only fit one of them on the camera! That’s why Digital Foci will be showing off their Picture Porter 35 photo manager at CES this week.

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Kodak reveals CES launch plans

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Jan 5th 2009 No Comments

While everyone is gearing up for CES, Kodak thought they’d slip out a bit of information on what they’ll be revealing at the upcoming tech show. Three new devices are in store, including the Z980, the Zx1 and the EasyShare M380.

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Image Fulgurator sneaks unseen details into others’ photos

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jan 2nd 2009 1 Comment

Given the spread of Photoshop editing, the old phrase “photos never lie” carries far less weight than it used to. Still, people tend to trust pictures they’ve taken themselves, and that’s where Julius von Bismarck’s Image Fulgurator comes in. A way of adding extra detail to others’ photos - that aren’t visible to the eye but show up in the final shot – it’s automatically triggered when another camera’s flash goes off and projects an image exactly when that camera is taking its picture.

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Giroptic World’s First 360 degrees digital camera

By Daniel Lim on Thursday, Dec 18th 2008 No Comments

The Giroptic’s One-shot 360° Panoramic Digital Camera shaped like a Stielhandgranate, looks unfitted and oddly designed for a digital camera; but its innovative approach allowed an easy-handling high quality 360 degrees panoramic digital image taken with just one single click.

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Nikon D3x Sensor is Manufactured by Sony

By Satsuki Then on Wednesday, Dec 10th 2008 No Comments

Nikon has officially responded to the question many have asked about who manufactured its Nikon D3x CMOS sensor. It is indeed manufactured by Sony; however Nikon clarified that they design the CMOS sensor. Here is the official statement from Nikon:

The Nikon D3X’s 24.5-megapixel FX-format (35.9 x 24.0mm) CMOS sensor was developed expressly for the D3X in accordance with Nikon’s stringent engineering requirements and performance standards, with final production executed by Sony. Featuring refined low-noise characteristics, 12 and 14 bit output, Live View capability and more, the D3X’s unique sensor design was carefully blueprinted to perform in perfect concert with proprietary Nikon technologies including EXPEED Image Processing and the Scene Recognition System. Meticulous efforts allowed the sensor to become one of the many essential components and technologies which contribute to the D3X’s superior image fidelity.

Rollei rolls out a Trio of Carbon Fiber tripods

By Daniel Lim on Thursday, Dec 4th 2008 No Comments

I’ll confess; I’ve spend quite a fortune on tripods and low-level supports on my photography goodies, but it worth every penny. One of my Gitzo has been to sub-zero climate-challenge shooting grounds but it never failed me. Many Chinese counterfeits mimic the Italian designs but they are not the same. Here’s another design looks closely resembling the likes of Gitzo but make no mistake; it comes from a birthplace origins of many well-known photography markers, including the Gitzo.

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