Dptips :. Digital Photography Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

While its predecessor had prosumer aspirations, the Panasonic NV-GS500 is strictly for casual videographers who want top-notch video on autopilot.

Poor low-light performance hinders the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5’s useful features.

The CD burning capability aside, Lexmark’s P450 is just another home photo printer with average printing features and performance.

You cannot go surfing with this camera, but you can certainly look good with its stylish design. Find out more in our first take of the Coolpix S5.

took this after class about a month ago.

-Jeff

Sony has added to its removable hard disk drive lineup with the 8GB Compact Vault drive. Compatible with CompactFlash Type II slots the new drive can hold up to 2,560 JPEG images (3MB) or 320 mins of MPEG4 video with transfer speeds of up to 12MB per sec.

Breeze Systems has announced an upgrade to BreezeBrowser Pro in the shape of v1.4.2. This downloadable update adds support for the Canon EOS 30D including raw conversion, focus point overlay and improved color management when printing.

Digital Domain Inc has released the latest version of its professional photographic printing software Qimage v2006.250. The Windows based software boasts new features including double borders, border sizing, new color management and an improved print quality for extreme enlargements.

Lots of megapixels for your money. But not a whole lot more.

The U.S. Photo Industry 2006: Review and Forecast ( http://www.pmai.org/new_pma/Marketing_res_Rpt.asp?ID=31880#pi ), now available online, provides a comprehensive overview of where the industry was in 2005, and where PMA sees the industry heading in 2006. Did you know that digital camera sales reached 20.5 million units in 2005 and are expected to increase once again this year? The report also predicts peaking of digital camera sales in 2007 as…

Highlights of the new release include new Color Cast and Color Balance tools, new histogram and sampler views and conversion of grayscale images to RGB mode to allow use of all color tools on them. Light Crafts has updated ZightZone, its cross-platform image editing solution based on the Zone System, introducing Color Cast and Color Balance tools in addition to improved noise reduction, new histogram and sampler views, a command to invert mas…

Introductory Discount Offer of up to 40% Until 15. April 2006 Sophia Antipolis, France (March 23, 2006) - REALVIZ, a leader in image processing software development, is pleased to announce that VTour, the latest addition to their software portfolio for content creation, is now available. The product, which was unveiled at the recent IMAGINA show in Monaco, draws on the award-winning technology of Stitcher and ImageModeler and offers users of all…

Hamburg, March 2006 – Whether for travel, medical, macro, nature, architectural or underwater photography – and just about anything in between – Olympus will introduce six kits to accompany the sales start of the E-330 digital SLR, and thereby provide customised, professional solutions for virtually any photographic situation. Key element in each of the kits is, of course, the Olympus E-330 body – a remarkable feat of technology. It is the world’s first digital SLR to provide continuous Live Previews. Now, instead of being forced to frame compositions by looking through the viewfinder, photographers have the freedom of framing while looking at the Live Preview on the camera’s large 6.4cm HyperCrystal LCD. Extending usability even further, the screen can be tilted up 90° and down 45° to provide unparalleled shooting and framing ease. Image quality, speed and sensitivity are second to none thanks to the incorporation of a latest-generation Live MOS sensor with 7.5 million pixels. Naturally, as with all cameras in the Olympus E-System range, the E-330 is equipped with the Olympus-exclusive Supersonic Wave Filter which eliminates the danger of dust entering the camera body and settling on the image sensor. Compatibility with the full range of E-System accessories makes the E-330 ideal for a multitude of applications. And the availability of these six new kits makes this surprisingly affordable.

Breeze Systems announce the immediate availability of BreezeBrowser Pro v1.4.2, latest release of their acclaimed image browsing and raw conversion software. BreezeBrowser Pro allows Canon EOS 30D users to take advantage of BreezeBrowser Pro’s unique combined raw conversion, outstandingly fast image browsing and image comparison. A free fully functional 15 day trial version can be downloaded from www.breezesys.com

SAN JOSE, Calif. — March 13, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the public beta of Adobe® XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) Toolkit Version 4.0, a pre-release of the company’s industry-standard file labeling technology. Based on open source technology, the new beta toolkit contains Adobe XMP libraries that provide third party software developers and industry partners with standards-based building blocks to develop optimized workflow products, taking the heavy lifting out of metadata integration in a new generation of design and publishing applications and systems. By utilizing Adobe XMP, desktop applications and back-end publishing systems gain a common method for capturing, sharing and leveraging valuable file information for more efficient job processing, workflow automation and data rights management processes.

AP - Eastman Kodak Co. tripled Chief Executive Antonio Perez’s compensation to $10.4 million last year as he took charge of the photography company during its difficult digital transition.

Just posted! Our full in-depth review of the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX01. This, the fourth incarnation of the ultra compact range started in 2004 with the FX7, is on the face of it another minor facelift. But it does offer something still pretty unique in a camera in this class - a true wideangle zoom, covering a useful 28-102mm (3.6x) zoom range. It is, in fact, the world’s smallest camera with a 28mm lens. Other changes include a high sensitivity mode (offering sensitivities of up to 1600) and a new 16:9 widescreen movie mode. Find out how it did after the link.

Breeze Systems has announced PSRemote version 1.5 (for Windows). PSRemote allows remote control of Canon PowerShot cameras, and the new version adds new models and allows users to auto bracket a sequence of up to 15 images, display a live viewfinder view on a PC, store images direct to a PC’s hard disk and view high res previews within seconds.

Olympus has announced that the E-330 digital SLR will be made available in six different kit forms providing customised, professional solutions for virtually any photographic situation. The kits will come in travel, medical, macro, nature, architectural and underwater flavours.

Pentax is sponsoring The Kelly Slater Invitational (KSI) website that was launched at the weekend. The waterproof Optio W10 is the official camera of the surfing event that attracts pro surfers, Hollywood celebs and the music industry.