Archive for June, 2010

Leica Plans To Donate €0.50 For Supporters Who Follow Them On Twitter

Tomorrow, on July 1st, Leica intends to donate €0.50 to charity for the Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) for every supporter who follows Leica's Twitter account. A charity project for international cancer research was actually started by Leica-supporting photographers who met on the independent International Leica User Forum. Residing at the center ...

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Adorama Reveals APPOS Photo App Award Winners

Recently, the first annual APPOS Photo App Awards for the iPhone was held in New York and Adorama has revealed those who won the award. Ten applications were chosen as the best from a selection of the most frequently used apps and the decision was based on over 17,000 images entered into the first ...

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Cashback Offer Available For The Olympus E-PL1

Recently, Olympus UK released a cashback offer for the E-PL1, an interchangeable-lens system camera that doesn't have a mirror. Tomorrow, on the first day of July, the company will start giving £75 cashback on purchases of the E-PL1 and kits from authorized stocks. This offer is available in the United Kingdom and Ireland ...

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A New iPhone App From Ricoh

Recently, Ricoh unveiled a new application for the iPhone with Flick File capability. The app works by connecting iPhone owners with a visual online storage service "quanp" that offers 10GB of free online storage and the ability to share files up to 500MB easily. It also allows you to perform advanced searches and ...

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The Hoodman HoodCrane From Newport UK

Recently, Newport released a new device called the Hoodman HoodCrane in the United Kingdom. It features a three inch, H-LPP3 HoodLoupe connected to a DSLR. The HoodCrane works by keeping the HoodLoupe on a three inch screen, using the camera's hot shoe as an anchor point. Then you can use the device ...

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A Bargain Deal For The Canon PIXMA MP990 Printer Available On Amazon

Hey there, if you're currently in need of a good photo printer, then Amazon has a great bargain deal to offer you today. The Canon PIXMA MP990 Wireless Inkjet All-in-One is now available for only $148 (shipped) even though it was previously marked at a cost of $299.99. This photo printer is packing ...

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Samyang Announces 8/14/85mm lenses for Samsung NX mount

Samyang has come forth today to announce that it will be making a plethora of lenses for the Samsung NX mount which will be available this September. While it's already available for the Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Canon and Sony four-thirds mounts, Samyang Optics will debut a 8mm f/3.5 fisheye, 14mm f/2.8 and 85mm f/1.4 manual focus ...

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Nikon to Open International Photo Contest Submissions on September 1

If you're an aspiring photographer hoping to turn professional, one of the greatest ways to get your name out there is through contests. Just imagine if you won, how many people would see your work - the benefits are virtually endless. Well, it seems that Nikon is holding their 33rd annual international photo contest and will ...

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GE X5 Digital Bridge Camera

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The latest X5 is GE Digital Camera’s first bridge camera. If you are looking for a mediocre yet sophisticated camera capable of capturing great images, then this is it. The best part is that you will not have to spending a fortune to own it. The GE X5 boasts the award-winning pan ...

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JVC Everio GZMS230BUS Camcorder Review–A Solid JVC

JVC Everio camcorders aren't always good cameras, but for the most part, they seem to work out pretty nicely.  The JVC Everio GZMS230BUS is an example of a JVC that turned out just fine. The JVC Everio GZMS230BUS camcorder offers a 39x optical zoom with assisting 800x digital zoom and a 45x dynamic zoom, a 2.7 ...

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