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Elmsford, NY, April 24, 2006 – Mamiya O/P has announced that its Optical Equipment Division, manufacturer of the leading medium format cameras and lenses will be transferred to a new company. The new company, Cosmo Digital Imaging Company, Ltd. was formed by Cosmos Scientific Systems, Inc., a leading company in IT technology. Cosmo Digital Imaging will be able to combine its software expertise with Mamiya’s photographic capabilities to further advance…

April 24, 2006 - The Plugin Site (www.thepluginsite.com) released the MacOS X version of LightMachine, a plugin for performing all kinds of light adjustments in photos. LightMachine combines shadow/highlight, virtual lighting and color-based correction tools for performing sophisticated corrections without the need for time-consuming selections and layer stacks. It lets you selectively correct photos taken under bad light conditions or with inadequate…

Just posted! Our concise review of the Casio Exilim EX-Z850.The EX-Z850 is Casio’s latest ultra-compact flagship model, offering a huge feature set in a very slim, all-metal body. The EX-Z850 doesn’t change the basic formula of the EX-Z750 much, but does offer a raft of small improvements; there’s an extra megapixel, a couple new Best Shot modes, improved screen brightness, a more powerful flash (with some extra modes), a movie light and a ‘high sensitivity’ mode, with up to ISO 1600 on offer.Find out what we thought after the link…

The Canon PowerShot A430 is a decent, dirt-cheap camera with nice features, but the photos could look better.

BenQ unveils 2 new digital cameras, the 5 Megapixel DC C530 and 6 Megapixel C630. Both digital cameras offer an ultra-compact design and the large 2.4” TFT LCD screen and 480 x 234 high resolution enables true-to-life, crisp photos with pristine clarity and superb contrast. The BenQ DC C530 / C630 will be available on the market in April, in the colors red, blue, black, white and silver, respectively. For the European Market the standard color offering will be Black and Silver…

Last week, we looked at how to remove the quick release clamp from a ball head to allow you to customize your tripod to best meet your needs. I’m assuming you have either already removed the clamp from yours or have bought a head without the clamp attached. If your ball head still has a clamp, stop now and read part one of this article, published lasts week. If you do now have a ball head without a clamp, it’s time to find out how to add a new one….

Sean Reid’s unique subscription-based website should be on the destination list of every serious photographer on the ‘net. Look for some of Sean’s writing to come to Imaging Resource in the near future! The Internet can be a tough place to make a living, or even to find support for efforts at serious dialog and analysis. When it comes to supporting a website, there are two basic models: Advertising (including affiliate revenue from comparison s…

Sharp will introduce into the Japanese market the “Internet AQUOS” LCD TV. Users can view HDTV broadcasts with superb image quality, and use the remote control unit to quickly display websites associated with TV programs while they are being viewed and enable on-line purchases of products related to the show at that moment. Users can also record entire HDTV broadcasts, as well as store photo images taken with digital cameras and music downloaded from the Internet on the approximately 500GB hard drive built into the integrated PC unit…

If you shoot long exposures digitally, you should get into the habit of shooting with the lens cap on. That’s right, shoot a dark frame at the beginning or end of every day you shoot so that you can easily remove any hotpixels that might show up on your images.

FotoNation Wins For Innovative Technology of Benefit to the Whole Digital Photographic Industry April 21, 2006, Burlingame, CA — FotoNation Inc. ( http://www.fotonation.com ), one of the world’s leading imaging and connectivity solutions companies for the digital photography industry, announced today that it has won John Henshall’s 2006 “CHIP SHOP Award” ( http://www.chipshoponline.com ) for Innovative Technology of Benefit to the Whole Digital…

Sony Electronics Inc. has today announced its planned brand name under which it will market digital SLR products this summer. Sony announced DSLR plans last January, shortly after purchasing parts of Konica Minolta’s camera business including the rights to the company’s Maxxum / Dynax lens mount system. No details on the specifics of Sony’s planned digital SLRs have yet been released, but courtesy of today’s announcement we do know that Sony’s …

The 5.0-megapixel Olympus FE-110 is a bare-bones, entry-level digital camera well-suited for travel snapshots. Its body design is relatively compact, with very few external controls. Offering automatic exposure control and only a couple of exposure options, the FE-110 handles average bright shooting conditions well, though its Night Scene mode should be fine for standard night…

Kingston U3 DataTraveler USB Smart Drive Combines Storage with Leading Software: Pass2Go, ACDSee, and Zinio FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — Kingston Technology Company, Inc. has introduced the Kingston U3 DataTraveler, a U3TM powered smart drive that helps streamline and support the "digital life" experience. Available in capacities up to 2 GB and smaller than a pack of gum, the latest Kingston® U3 DataTraveler® features software to help file, organize…

PALO ALTO, Calif. — April 17, 2006 — Light Crafts, Inc., has reduced the suggested retail price for its award-winning software LightZone to $149.95. Designed and built from the ground up for professionals and other serious photographers, LightZone is available for computers running Windows and Mac OS X. The new Universal version runs natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Mac computers. Version 1.3 is now available to all current owners of LightZone…

A press release posted on the Japanese website of Mamiya-OP Co. Ltd. today announces that it is to sell its optical instruments business to another company. Mamiya-OP was formed in October 1992, after the merger of Mamiya Camera Co. Ltd. with Olympic Co. Ltd., a company that manufactured both electronic equipment and fishing tackle. The newly formed company withdrew from the fishing tackle business in December 2000, and currently sells optical …

Reuters - The world's largest
cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) will unveil new multimedia
phone models, including an N73 camera phone, at an event in
Berlin next week, sources close to the company told Reuters.

A three-inch LCD, serviceable high-ISO photos, and some fun features take a backseat to the Fujifilm FinePix V10’s merely average image quality and tiny controls.

The Canon PowerShot A700’s useful 6X zoom range, decent image quality, almost-acceptable ISO 800 performance, and full manual controls will catch the attention of photo enthusiasts and snapshooters.

TIPA has selected the winners in the following categories: Best Digital SLR camera - Entry Level: Nikon D50 - Expert: Nikon D200 - Professional: Canon EOS 5D Best Digital Camera - Ultra Compact: Canon Digital Ixus 65 - Compact: Fujifilm FinePix F30 - Superzoom: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 - Multimedia: Samsung Digimax i6 PMP - Prestige: Ricoh GR Digital Best Imaging Innovation: Olympus E-330 Live View

Sony has chosen “Alpha” as the new brand for their digital Single Lens Reflex cameras and will soon start worldwide introduction. The brand name was chosen to reflect Sony’s enthusiasm for entering the digital Single Lens Reflex market. Sony has adapted the “α mount system” name for the “Maxxum / Dynax lens mount system” which Konica Minolta has developed and it inherits the superb reliability of that system. Sony will produce a range of attractive camera models that will truly enhance customers’ enjoyment of photography…