Pentax DA 645 25mm f/4 lens announced again

By PR admin | Published: March 22, 2012

For some reason Pentax US decided to announce the D FA 645 25mm f/4 lens today. This lens has been listed at B&H since February 7th. Here is the full press release:

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Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta now available for download

By PR admin | Published: March 22, 2012

Photoshop CS6 Beta is now available for download at Adobe labs. Some of the highlights in the new version:

  • Content-Aware Patch — Patch images with greater control using the newest member of the Content-Aware family of technologies. Choose the sample area you want to use to create your patch, and then watch Content-Aware Patch magically blend pixels for a stunning result.
  • Blazingly fast performance and a modern UI — Experience unprecedented performance with the Mercury Graphics Engine, which gives you near-instant results when you edit with key tools such as Liquify, Puppet Warp, and Crop.* Plus, a refined, fresh, and elegant Photoshop interface features dark background options that make your images pop.
  • New and re-engineered design tools — Create superior designs fast. Get consistent formatting with type styles, create and apply custom strokes and dashed lines to shapes, quickly search layers, and much more.

The new Photoshop CS6 features are also presented in following YouTube videos:

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Canon mirrorless camera concept

By PR admin | Published: March 21, 2012

A reader sent me his concept renderings of a Canon mirrorless camera. I like the idea of the EVF being mounted over the hot shoe. For more images visit davidriesenberg.com.

Canon is the last hope for a full frame mirrorless camera, otherwise I think we have to wait few years until the next generation of mirrorless cameras. As of today, the only full frame mirrorless digital camera is the Leica M9.

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The camera that can take pictures around corners

By PR admin | Published: March 21, 2012

This video is an update on this post from 2010 about the MIT camera that can take pictures around corners.

Read more at Scientific American.

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Nauticam NA-GX1 underwater housing for Panasonic Lumix GX1

By PR admin | Published: March 21, 2012

Nauticam announced a new underwater housing for Panasonic Lumix GX1 camera with a depth rating of 100m. The US price is $1200 and will start shipping at the end of March, 2012.

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Pentax K-z?

By PR admin | Published: March 20, 2012

Just like the first banner, I don't know much about those images and how reliable this information is. At least we can now clearly see the model name in the top right corner: Pentax K-z.

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Adobe Photoshop CS6 sneak peek video #6 and #7

By PR admin | Published: March 19, 2012

Adobe Photoshop published CS6 sneak peek episode #6 and #7. The next video was created entirely in a future version of Photoshop:

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Polaroid to introduce a new series of sports video cameras

By PR admin | Published: March 19, 2012

Polaroid is expected to announce a new series of HD waterproof helmet/bike/surfboard/snowboard mounted video cameras. The basic specs are:

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