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Manfrotto 468MGRC0 Hydrostatic Ball Head

Despite the claims of some photography pundits, you certainly do need a stable shooting platform for your camera in many situations. OIS, IS and VR can't help you when shutter speeds drop to seconds.

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Canon PowerShot G9 Digital Camera

As good camera designs get better and the market leaders — Canon and Nikon mainly — vie for top spot, consumers, hobbyists, amateurs and professional photographers benefit from the competition. Is there a G9 in your future?

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Canon PowerShot A650 IS Digital Compact Camera

Canon keeps coming up with terrific little cameras which exceed our expectations. Looking for a digital compact camera packed with value, usability and image quality? Consider looking at Canon first.

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TrueGrain v1.1

There is an increasingly steady turn away from film and film effects of all types in favor of a completely digital look and feel. Emulation of classic film grain, a hallmark of so much great film over the years, has some interesting uses.

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The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book

With apologies to veteran Photoshop users who spend lots of time in the Channels palette, the Photoshop Layers features and functions are the most powerful photo editing controls available today. A serious Photoshop layers book is always welcome.

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Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera

Point & Shoot cameras come and go with the seasons. The problem is, some consumers have limited budgets. What's needed is a sturdy little camera that has some staying power in the form of rich, accurate color, a sharp lens, and lots of features.

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Photography & Video Shoulder Bags, Sling Packs, Backpacks, Waist Belt Systems and Rolling Bags - 2008 Product Roundup

We rounded up samples, talked to users, shopped and reviewed models from 30 makers. There are a lot of good designs to choose from. Find the bag that fits your needs.

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Plustek OpticFilm 7300 Film Scanner

It doesn't matter how dedicated you've become to digital photography. There's still a great storehouse of photos on slides and negatives sitting in a closet, calling out to you. Those old photos aren't suddenly unworthy simply because they're not digital.

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v1.3

Professional photographers and serious amateurs need robust, easy to use software which eases workflow while at the same time providing powerful and intuitively easy to use editing tools, content management and high quality output. Adobe has answered the call.

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Nikon D300 Digital SLR Camera

Great companies stay at or near the top of the mountain by relentlessly and creatively pursuing the improvement of their core products. Focus, focus, focus. Nikon exemplifies this by periodically designing and manufacturing some of the best cameras in the world.

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Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod

It's great to have the latest SLR camera and lens, but Pro or not, you'd also better have a reliable, versatile tripod

RAW Workflow from Capture to Archives

Digital photographers grappling with huge volumes of RAW files have to get into the habit of using an efficient workflow

Sunday, January 14, 2007

New Products for CES and Macworld 2007 Week

Bibble Updated to v4.9.5
Bibble Labs, Inc. has announced their first update of 2007, adding support for 12 New Cameras and includes several free 3rd Party Plug-ins. The Lens correction capabilites have been improved and the plug-ins included are:

Andy - B&W Film Simulation,
Gina - Skin Tone Correction Plug-in
Roy - Color Correction Plug-in,
Marky - Watermarking Plug-in
Matty - Image Framing Plug-in
Percy - Perspective Correction Plug-in
Sadie - Saturation Control Plug-in
Siggy - Exposure Control Plug-in
Tony - Image Colouring / Toning

As daft as these plug-ins are named they actually look very useful. Pro versions are also available if you like the free one and want more capabilities. Visit this page for more info on the plug-ins and bibble 4 for info on the upgrade.

PictoColor Releases CorrectPhoto 2.0
PictoColor has announced the release of CorrectPhoto 2.0, which is aimed at consumers and enthusiasts and features their one-click color correction technology that they claim takes the guesswork out of making your images color right. I'll have to give it a try.

Lowepro Announce New Line of All-Weather Bags
The new Apex line represents the largest and most complete line of protective pouches and cases in the industry. Lightweight and rugged, Apex AW shoulder bags and pouches are designed with the even the most discerning and adventurous photographer in mind. Their patented All Weather Cover™ protects against weather, dust and sand. The Apex-series will be available in Black/Gray and Arctic Blue/Black this month and are priced from $19.99 to $49.99.

Kodak Announces Four New EasyShare Digital Picture Frames
Kodak announced four new KODAK EASYSHARE Digital Picture Frames at CES. These frames play slideshows of your favorite pictures and videos and also feature the capability to play back a soundtrack. The Frames are available in 10-inch and 8-inch Wi-Fi and 8-inch and 7-inch standard models. The frames also feature true plug-and-play ease of use and a poweful range of easy to use features which can be accessed via an intuitive, multifunction remote control. Optional interchangeable faceplates let you customise you frame to reflect your tastes.

Epson ColorBase 2.0
Epson have made ColorBase 2.0, available for download from Epson Europe. ColorBase 2.0 is Epson's utility for calibrating the Epson Stylus Photo R2400, Stylus Pro 3800, Stylus Pro 4800, Stylus Pro 7800 and Stylus Pro 9800, is available for download from the Epson Europe website. Epson ColorBase 2.0 for Windows is a free download. A supported spectrophotometer is required to perform the calibration.

Raw Developer 1.6.2 released
Iridient Digital have released Raw Developer 1.6.2, their latest update to their RAW conversion program for Mac OS. The update includes support for the Olympus E-400 digital SLR and improvements to the default color rendering for the Leica M8 and Phase One P30. It is available for download at the Raw Developer 1.6.2 product page.

PixelGenius Universal Binary Beta's of their Plug-ins.
PixelGenius, have released betas of Universal Binary (UB) versions of their products. The UB versions of PhotoKit, PhotoKit Sharpener and PhotoKit Color 2.0 are needed for the Mac version of the Photoshop CS3 public beta.

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