Pocket Wizard Plus X transceiver specifications

By PR admin | Published: February 27, 2013

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Some basic specs for the rumored Pocket Wizard Plus X transceiver that will be announced this Friday:

  • 10 channels
  • Range: 1600 ft/500 m
  • Sync speed: 1/250 for plane shutters, 1/500 for leaf shutters
  • Backlit channel dial
  • Internal antenna
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Samsung NX1100 and NX2000 rumors, DxOMark scores, NX300 videos

By PR admin | Published: February 27, 2013
Samsung NX1100

This could be the new Samsung NX1100 camera

A quick update on the latest Samsung NX rumors: Samsung is preparing to launch the NX1100 (replacement for the NX1000) and possibly also a new NX2000 mirrorless cameras. A reader sent me this screenshot of the EXIF data of an image taken with the new NX1100 camera:

Samsung NX1100 EXIF data

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New: Adobe Photoshop Touch

By PR admin | Published: February 27, 2013

Adobe Photoshop Touch

Adobe announced Photoshop Touch – a new app for iOS and Android devices. The main features are:

  • See your images like never before with Retina display.
  • Work on files up to 12 megapixels with higher resolution capabilities.
  • Work with core Photoshop tools.
  • Use your mobile device camera to fill an area on a layer.
  • Select part of an image to extract by scribbling.
  • Sync files to Adobe Creative CloudTM and open them in Photoshop and see your layers.

Download links:

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Pocket Wizard Plus X transceiver coming on March 1st

By PR admin | Published: February 26, 2013

Pocket-Wizard-Plus-X-transceiver

The new Pocket Wizard Plus X transceiver will launch on March 1st, 2013 with a price of $99 (click on above image for larger view).

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Adobe Lightroom 4.4 and Camera Raw 7.4 release candidates now available for download

By PR admin | Published: February 25, 2013

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Adobe Lightroom 4.4 and Camera Raw 7.4 release candidates are now available for download:

The major update in this version is the added correction to the demosaic algorithms for Fujifilm cameras with the X-Trans sensor. For full list of changes, visit the Lightroom 4.4 and Camera Raw 7.4 pages.

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Sony a58, NEX-3n, HX300, TX30, WX300 cameras and new lenses announced in the US

By PR admin | Published: February 25, 2013

Sony-NEX-3N-mirrorless-camera

Sony USA announced the new a58, NEX-3n, compact cameras and lenses (officially announced last week outside the US). Check pricing and availability at the following links:

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Pentax K-01 listed as discontinued one year after announcement

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2013

Pentax-K-01-camera-discontinued

The Pentax K-01 fame was short-lived – one year after the camera was announced and few months after the price dropped in half, Pentax Japan officially listed the K-01 as discontinued on their website. I doubt that there will be a replacement.

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Rumors for the next Canon EOS M mirrorless camera

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2013

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Just like Nikon, Canon did not make a “big splash” with their EOS M mirrorless camera that was announced last year. Here are some rumored specifications of what the next EOS M camera could be:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: February 23, 2013

Digital-Bolex-camera

  • Check out this digital Bolex camera.

Doughnut Camera

MIT-imaging-chip-creates-natural-light

New Image Sensor

  • Austrian researchers have developed a new kind of plastic sheet image sensor that is a flat, flexible and transparent.

Luxi iPhone Light Meter

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Sony’s patents for a 35mm f/1.8 full frame E-mount lens, fast 24mm mirrorless lens

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2013

Sony-35mm-f1.8-E-mount-full-frame-lens-patent

Sony filed a patent application (2013-37081) in Japan for a 35mm f/1.8 full frame E-mount lens. Another patent (2013-37080) describes a new 24mm f/1.8 and 24mm f/2.2 lenses for mirrorless APS-C based cameras.

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