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  • New firmware: Speedlight SB-900 flash
    Nikon has released updated firmware for its SB-900 Speedlight flash strobe on its support website. The Nikon SB-900 was introduced in July 2008, and Nikon states that version 5.02 of firmware includes two changes as follows: "With uninterrupted shooting with the SB-900 set to i-TTL mode, images captured just before the flash ceased firing were sometimes overexposed. This issue has been resolved. By resolving this issue, metering precision has...

  • Newsletter Exclusive: 2008 Camera and Grab Bag Gift Guides!
    It's not too late to subscribe to our free newsletter in time to get Friday night's issue with our Holiday Gift Guides. In this week's issue, we've got another exclusive: our 2008 Holiday Gift Guides. Our Camera Gift Guide lists the top digital cameras in a wide range of categories with links to each review and the average street price. Our Grab Bag Gift Guide with everything from books to tripods, including lenses, batteries, bags, straps, f...

  • Canon: statement on rebate firm bankruptcy
    Canon USA has today released an official statement updating customers on how to proceed in the wake of rebate fulfilment company CPG's bankruptcy filing. The statement can be read in full on the Canon USA website. Instructions to customers holding rebate checks or intending to apply for rebates are as follows: "If you are holding or receive a rebate check for printer or video pr...

  • New focus in North American market for Microtek International, Inc.
    Los Angeles, CA -- November 20, 2008 -- Microtek, a world-leading manufacturer of digital imaging products, announced today a change in its sales strategy for digital imaging products in North America. For the North American market, Microtek is moving from an emphasis on selling a wide portfolio of consumer and professional scanners and digital imaging products to an exclusive emphasis on developing OEM relationships and vertical market opportunities....

  • InfoTrends Releases Landmark Study on Digital SLR Market
    (Weymouth, MA) November 13, 2008. . . According to new research from InfoTrends, Digital SLRs (DSLRs) are emerging as an area of rapid growth within the digital camera industry. Lower selling prices, a greater range of models, and better distribution have contributed to the growth in this market. Vendors and service providers that can provide solutions for how consumers connect, share, and create their images will realize success and future growth....

  • onOne Software Offers Free Holiday PhotoFrames
    New holiday frames, textures, layouts, backgrounds, and adornments available for all PhotoFrame 3 and 4 owners PORTLAND, Ore. -- November 20, 2008 -- onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of innovative software tools for photographers, today announced the availability of holiday-themed frames, textures, layouts, backgrounds, and adornments for their award-winning Photoshop plug-ins, PhotoFrame 3 and PhotoFrame 4. The new content adds the perfect...

  • Lucidiom APM Network Data Shows Brisk Sales for Creative Photo Products
    Personal Publishing Photo Products Pay Off in Tough Retail Climate Vienna, Va., Nov. 20, 2008 – Photo retailers offering a wide variety of creative photo products like photo books, calendars and folded cards are enjoying a strong fourth quarter despite a tough economic environment, according to the latest APM Network data from Lucidiom.  Year-over-year data for the month of October shows that photo book orders increased 576 percent...

  • Rebate fulfilment company files for bankruptcy
    CPG Marketing Co. Inc. and Continental Promotion Group Inc., two companies responsible for providing rebate fulfilment services to a wide range of companies, have this week filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to a report in the Tampa Bay Business Journal, the companies have together laid off 17 employees and have liabilities in the tens of millions of dollars. Our friends at the Digital Photography Review are reporting that among the co...

  • TDK Launches U.DMA 6-Compatible Industrial CompactFlash Cards and High-Reliability Solid State Drives of RA8 Series
    Embedding TDK GBDriver RA8 NAND controller makes possible high-speed, long-life, reliable CFG8A CompactFlash Cards and SDG8A series of HD-compatible Flash discs. November 17, 2008 - TDK Corporation announced today that it will begin sales in December 2008 of the CFG8A series of U.DMA 6-compatible CompactFlash (CF) cards and the SDG8A series of Parallel ATA (PATA) compatible solid state drives (SSD)for industrial applications with a maximum capacity...

  • Adobe Releases Configurator for Photoshop
    Build your own Photoshop Panels by simply drag-and-dropping commands, tools, etc. Adobe has released Adobe Configurator for Photoshop CS4, available immediately as a free download from Adobe Labs. Configurator, an open-source Adobe AIR-based application, allows users to create and share their own Photoshop interface panels that add on to the Flash Platform built into Photoshop CS4. These custom panels help users organize the Photoshop i...