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Inkjet printers have been producing gorgeous color prints for some time now. But have they matured? The latest models refine the class with faster printing and higher resolution but reformulate their inks as well. Beyond the basics, they’re starting to add more features to distinguish themselves, including card readers, LCD monitors for in-printer editing, wireless connectivity and duplex printing. Canon’s $199.99 PIXMA iP6600D Photo Printer is…

photo-i, in association with Canon, is producing a series of DVDs on digital photography. The first to be released is ‘A guide to digital photography’ showing you how to get the best results from your digital camera. The DVD contains a series of assignments and tutorials and pictures are manipulated in Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 (from summer 2006 it will use Photoshop CS).

Olympus has released the second firmware update, version 1.2, for the E-500. This update adds a new menu function to exchange functions of AEL/AFL button. Furthermore, the update improves the E-500’s exposure precision when using built-in flash with the following Sigma Four Thirds system lenses: the 18-50mm F3.5-5.6 DC, the 18-125mm F3.5-5.6 DC and the 55-200mm F4-5.6 DC…

The CEO of good times.

When it comes to digital cameras, the most common complaint that I have heard from people is that their camera is not fast enough. When people talk about the speed of the camera, most of the time they are talking about the time delay between pressing the shutter release and the capturing of the image. Those of us who have been shooting digital for more than a couple of years know that this was a big problem with earlier digital cameras.

There are few subjects I hear more about, when sitting around a table in a bar, with some fellow photographers and a few beers, than the subject of selling our work. In fact, just starting this blog entry sends a shiver down my spine because it is such a huge subject. Where do I start? Or, more to the point, where do I end?

The great shift from film to digital capture over the last five years has transformed the entire picture-taking process in incredible ways. Images are now stored on hard drives, flash memory cards, and discs as electronic files that can be retouched or altered in Photoshop or with other image-manipulation programs.

AP - An Eastman Kodak Co. manager claims she was fired for protesting a cost-saving proposal that would have quietly compressed millions of digital images stored by customers on the world’s leading online photography site.

Store videos as long as five minutes and play them in your Phanfare slide shows. Phanfare today announced expanded video capabilities for its Web photo sharing site and an update to its Phanfare Photo client software to take advantage of the new features. New Features The video limit has been increased to allow uploads of any video under five minutes long. See: http://support.phanfare.com/doc/File_size_and_bandwidth_limits Videos can now be …

Photoshop Elements users have their work cut out for them as Hidden Power’s Richard Lynch publishes his new Elements 4 book for Mac and Windows, a new issue of his Elements newsletter, Elements 4 power tools and even offers an online Elements workflow course. Hidden Power has announced the release of a new Hidden Power Elements newsletter (Volume 15), a new 100 tool Power Tools set [MW], a new Hidden Power book for Elements 4 [MW], and a new 8-…

A press release from DxO Labs has announced that it is now shipping an update to its DxO Optics Pro software. DxO Optics Pro v3.5, adds support for Fujifilm’s FinePix S9000Z and S9500, Kodak’s P880, and Samsung’s Digimax Pro815. The new version also offers a new docked palette mode, improved configuration wizard, ability to configure the "Automatic" mode via a "Default preset", and more… The software is available in three versions: DxO Optic…

Reuters - Japan's Nikon Corp. (7731.T) said on
Thursday it expects its operating profit to rise 70 percent
over the next three years on cost-cutting and expanding sales
of digital cameras and chip-making equipment.

Olympus has announced a firmware update (version 1.2) for the E-500 (EVOLT) Four Thirds Sytem DSLR. The changes are a new menu function for exchanging the AEL/AFL and One-touch WB buttons, and an improvement in the exposure level of the built-in flash when using certain lenses.

AFP - Japan's Nikon said that rising sales of high-end digital cameras were expected to boost its operating profits by 70 percent over the next three years.

Canon has released firmware updates for the following EOS-1D Mk IIN, the EOS-5D and the EOS-30D digital SLRs: The Canon EOS-1D Mark II N: - Fix for phenomenon where images are monochrome. - Fix for phenomenon where images are overexposed The Canon EOS 5D - Fix for phenomenon where images are monochrome. - Fix for shutter problems with the Speedlite580EX. The Canon EOS 30D Fix for problems with the display of Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese on the LCD monitor…

Leica Camera AG has released a new version of firmware for its Digital-Modul-R digital back for the Leica R8 and R9 cameras, but the company notes that users may perhaps wish to hold off on applying the update. Digital-Modul-R firmware version 1.2 has a number of changes, including improved image reproduction on the LCD display, improved image color, new compatibility with 4GB Secure Digital cards and Mac OS 10.3, improved Japanese language men…

Several of Canon’s EOS-series digital SLRs have today received firmware updates from the headquarters of Canon Inc. in Japan. Equivalent updates have yet to appear on Canon USA’s website, but full details and the update files are available in English on Canon Japan’s BeBit site. The updates are: Canon EOS 30D version 1.0.4 Corrects problems displaying Simplified or Traditional Chinese characters on the camera’s LCD display. Canon EOS 5D versio…

Leica has today posted firmware update 1.2 for the ten megapixel Digital-Modul-R back for the R8 or R9 SLRs. This update includes improved image display, improved color, compatibility with 4 GB SD cards, compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3, improved Japanese menu and some bug fixes / optimizations. This update can be installed by simply loading the firmware file onto an SD card.

Canon has just released firmware updates for the 1Dn Mark ii, EOS 5D and EOS
30D digital cameras. The 1Dn Mark II gets firmware version 1.0.4 which fixes
an exposure problem with focusing screen Wc-S, and also corrects a problem with
monochrome images. The EOS 5D gets firmware version 1.0.5 which fixes a problem
in which the shutter could not be released using the 5D, 85.1.2 and Speedlite
580 EX combination. The Eos 30D firmware is a re-release of version 1.0.4 to
correct a Chinese language issue.

The releases can be download here:

Canon has today released firmware updates for three of its newest digital SLR’s. The EOS 30D gets firmware update 1.0.4 which fixes some Chinese language display problems, the EOS 5D gets update 1.0.5 which fixes a monochrome image bug and a problem with a combination of the EF 85 F1.2L and Speedlite 580EX, finally the EOS-1D Mark II N gets update 1.0.4 which also fixes a monochrome image bug and also an over-exposure problem when using Focusing Screen EC-S. Links to updates inside.