Archive for May, 2010

Sony World Photography Awards 2011

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Here’s a great piece of news for all the photographers from around the world! Entries for the 2011 Sony competition are open! This time London is all set to host Sony World Photography Awards ceremony for the very first time. After the immense success of the annual World Photography Festival in Cannes, the ...

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StreetMuseum iPhone App takes you back in time

If you ever wanted to be a time traveler and see 19th century London, you can check it out for yourself with a little photographic tricks. This is an iPhone app called StreetMuseum that can overlay historic images in realtime. It uses geo-tagging and Google maps to achieve this, so when you are ...

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Water-resistant cover for the Flip Ultra and Flip UltraHD

This is an interesting accessory for those who have a Flip Ultra or Flip Ultra HD. Arriving just in time for the summer, it is a simple clear case with an orange rubber rim at the opening and it is water-resistant for up to 30 feet. I suppose it is good for when ...

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PhotoTracker Plus is Geotagging Dongle

This is the PhotoTracker Plus, a way of geotagging photos on a Nikon DSLR. My source seems to compare this PhotoTracker Plus at GP-1, which was Nikon's first geotagging dongle. The GP-1 uses the hotshoe, and the PhotoTracker Plus has a 10-in terminal on the front of the camera body, which makes the ...

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NVIDIA gives Sony’s Alpha camera line 3D capabilities

While 3D technology is cool, mostly in terms of home theater applications, the technology has not really caught on in terms of photography. In fact, the only 3D enabled camera that is commercially available is Fujifilm's REAL 3D W1. Thanks to NVIDIA a whole slew of cameras are about to get 3D functionality. They have just ...

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Casio Europe announces EXILIM EX-H5

Casio Europe has just come froth to show us one of their newest cameras, the EXILIM EX-H5. This camera comes stock with a 24 mm wide-angle lens, 10x optical zoom and a 12.1 megapixel CMOS. Additionally, the camera features a 2.7-inch display, mechanical image stabilizer and all sorts of software functions including Landscape, Make-up or Art ...

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Sony Alpha Cameras Now 3D Compatible

Sony’s new batch of interchangeable lens compact Alpha cameras are now compatible with NVIDIA’s 3D image processing software (3D Vision Photo Viewer). This was revealed at the NVIDIA Computex press conference where any image shot can be processed as 3D. No further details were elaborated at the said event but expect more 3D development for ...

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Sony HDR-XR150 Camcorder Review–Professional Grade Tool

We have been doing a LOT with cameras lately--mostly because there are a great whopping lot of cameras out there in the first place--so I figured we'd switch things up a bit and check out some camcorders.  If you're in the market for a new video device and don't want to trust it to your ...

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Panasonic to present Lumix FX75 Digital Camera

According to some rumors it seems like Panasonic will soon launch a new compact digital camera codenamed Lumix FX75. At the moment there aren't many details about the technical specifications of the upcoming camera, but we do know that it will have a 14-megapixel sensor and support for HD Video. The lens is powered by a ...

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Gakken TLR Camera

It is time to go a bit retro with the Gakken TLR camera. This is the ideal camera for use by photography addicts which will require some assembly at first. Add some 35mm lens and use the top viewfinder to discover and capture some savvy shots. Take some cool shots and apply some photo enhancements. ...

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