March 19, 2008
Pentax halts 645 Digital camera plan
Pentax appears to have finally scrapped development of its long-awaited 645 Digital medium-format camera almost exactly three years after the plans were first unveiled.
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March 19, 2008
Photographers shown Mamiya / Phase One camera in Japan
A new medium format digital camera system has today been unveiled by Mamiya and Phase One in a joint venture first announced last year.
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March 18, 2008
Panasonic announces Lumix DMC-FX500 ‘flagship’ camera
Panasonic has this evening announced a new 'flagship' digital camera in the shape of the 10.1-million-pixel DMC-FX500 which sports a '25mm' ultra-wide zoom lens and a 3in LCD 'touch-screen'.
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March 18, 2008
Photographers struck by Adobe Photoshop ‘bugs’
Imaging software giant Adobe has been forced to remove downloadable Photoshop imaging software updates from its website after identifying ‘several bugs’.
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March 18, 2008
Sigma surprises with 50mm f/1.4 lens
Sigma has unveiled a new ‘standard prime’ lens for digital SLRs in the shape of the 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM.
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March 18, 2008
Dalai Lama photo prize to go ahead
A prize-winner’s assignment to photograph the Dalai Lama will go ahead as planned despite the recent troubles in Tibet.
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March 17, 2008
Camera film dropped from official ‘shopping basket’
The British government has jettisoned 35mm camera film from the typical ‘shopping basket’ - owing to dwindling demand – and replaced it with digital storage media.
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March 17, 2008
Nikon prizes in UN’s potato photography challenge
Nikon digital SLRs are up for grabs in a United Nations (UN) photography competition that aims to highlight the role of the potato in fighting hunger and poverty.
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March 14, 2008
Iraq war anniversary: Photography ‘tribute’ to journalists (update)
Five years since the invasion of Iraq, photographs portraying the war have been unveiled for an exhibition to pay tribute to the 125 journalists reported to have died in the conflict. Bearing Witness: Five Years…
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March 14, 2008
Adobe updates Lightroom and Camera Raw software
Imaging software giant Adobe has updated Photoshop Lightroom and Photoshop Camera Raw to provide raw file support for nine more digital cameras.
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March 12, 2008
Photographer caught in gales near Land’s End
A landscape photographer last night captured a picture of gales striking the Cornish coast during the worst storms to hit Britain this winter. Picture credit: David Clapp
