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Buyers' Guide: Enthusiast Raw-shooting compact camera roundup
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) &bull Dec 15, 2011
Christmas is just around the corner and if you're anything like me you'll be worrying about what gifts you need to buy. If you're thinking of buying a high-end compact camera there are a lot of different factors to consider. Do you want the most versatile zoom you can get, or would you be happy to compromise on zoom range for the sake of a faster maximum aperture? Will you be shooting in the camera's raw mode, and if so, how important is operational… Full Story »
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Receive 10% Off On Select Adobe Products In the North America Online Store
The Photoshop Blog &bull Dec 13, 2011
Receive 10% Off On Select Adobe Products In the North America Online StoreDecember 13, 2011Save 10% on select Adobe products with offer code BRIGHT10. Offer available through December 21, 2011. Visit PhotoshopSupport on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Visit onOne for full product descriptions. And if you decide to purchase one of their plugins, use our exclusive discount code - PSSPPT06 - for an additional 10% discount. Perfect Photo Suite 5.5 includes all of the onOne Software products and works with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture. Five of the products in the Suite even work as stand-alone applications now. Perfect… Full Story »
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Crowdsourcing Bullet Time
DIZPhotography.net - Do It Yourself Photography and Studio Lighting &bull Dec 12, 2011
Eeeeveryboy loves Bullet Time. Bullet Time is that magical moment in a movie when everything freezes and the camera makes a circle or a semi circle around an object. I guess it is called bullet time cuz the camera moves at the speed of a bullet. By now, you probably know that this effect is achieved with a battery of stills camera that will set you back a small house. To achieve… Full Story »
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High Speed Primer - Better Trigger And Cherry Drops
DIZPhotography.net - Do It Yourself Photography and Studio Lighting &bull Dec 12, 2011
After using the original trigger circuits for quite a while, I decided to make some improvements and to amalgamate the various devices into one, and to finally "hard wire" the whole lot. My excuse was that while I was incorporating the improvements I could rationalize the kit, but to be honest this was a bit of a vanity project. The finished control box is better, and much more versatile, and has enough knobs and switches to impress the unwary, but functionally the quick-and-easy separate circuits are just as good! Add a "gate-ready" lamp for the photo-gate (infra-red beam) triggers -… Full Story »
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How to Take Beautiful Bokeh Christmas Images [With 31 Stunning Examples]
Digital Photography School &bull Dec 12, 2011
It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas and in our forums I've noticed more and more great Christmas images being shared - some of which feature a technique that is always popular at this time of year - Bokeh… Full Story »
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NIK Plugins Special Pricing - 20% Off Products, $100 Off Complete Collection For Lightroom, $200 Off Ultimate Edition
The Photoshop Blog &bull Dec 12, 2011
Now is a great time to buy some of those fabulous NIK plugins. NIK will be running their annual Black Friday/Cyber Monday specials. USE PROMO CODE NIKPSS during checkout. The Complete Collection includes all of Nik Software's latest award-winning plug-in software titles for Aperture or Lightroom including: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, HDR Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 2, and Sharpener Pro 3.0. The Complete Collection Ultimate Edition includes all of Nik Software's latest award-winning plug-in software titles for Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture including: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, HDR Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex… Full Story »
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Fluid Mask Black Friday Special - 50% Off - Only $74.50
The Photoshop Blog &bull Dec 12, 2011
Our friends at Fluid Mask have given us a special exclusive Black Friday Discount. Simply add coupon code PSP.COM50 at checkout for a full 50% discount. The 4 1/2 out of 5 star review of Fluid Mask at MacWorld begins by saying that this "Photoshop plug-in takes the pain out of extracting backgrounds," and goes on to recommend the latest version, stating that "Fluid Mask is a very effective tool for separating objects from their backgrounds. It offers a variety of useful features for tackling almost any difficult image, from wispy hair to complex foliage. Online video tutorials and live… Full Story »
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Free Subtle Blue Grunge Textures From Bittbox
The Photoshop Blog &bull Dec 12, 2011
Free Subtle Blue Grunge Textures From BittboxDecember 07, 2011 More nice textures from Bittbox: These 5 hi-res blue grunge textures are very practical and recyclable. They can work as stand-alone textures or as part of a more complex texture-build. Each one is 30003800. Enjoy! How To Download The High Res Versions Some people have asked how to get the high res versions. Go to Bittbox, click on one of the images you like, and you'll be sent to Flickr. Once there, click again on the image you want. Now you'll be taken to a new page that will have a… Full Story »
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BenQ AE100
LetsGoDigital English Edition &bull Dec 9, 2011BenQ AE100 digital camera : BenQ announces the expansion of its digital cameras lineup with the BenQ AE100. This new digital camera, featuring a 14 megapixel sensor, aims to please young adults with its fun features as well as industry… Full Story »
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QA: Controlling the Sun When Using Flash - A Comparative Guide
Strobist &bull Dec 9, 2011
After Monday's post lighting a soccer player into the sun at a wide aperture, several questions came up via comments and Twitter about the relative benefits of doing this in different ways.Yes, there are different ways to do it --… Full Story »
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Travels in Chicago, Continued
The Online Photographer &bull Dec 7, 2011
After the football game, I had dinner with my brother, sister-in-law, and niece at a fine little restaurant called either Duck Fat or Fat Duck-it apparently hasn't quite made up its mind on the name yet. Which reminds me, I'll have something to say about my current portrait project in a day or two. Speaking of fat, later, Charlie and I chewed a lot of it (figuratively speaking) while exercising the cats with a laser pointer. They love that. The next day, Monday, I met Michael McCaskey and… Full Story »
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Nikon P7000: Numerous bugs squashed in new firmware
The Imaging Resource News Page &bull Dec 7, 2011
Nikon Inc. has released a new firmware update for its Coolpix P7000 digital camera that corrects a wide variety of bugs in the previous firmware version, issued almost exactly a year ago. Nikon P7000 v1.2 improves autofocus performance by both… Full Story »
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High Speed Primer - Low Cost Set-up
DIZPhotography.net - Do It Yourself Photography and Studio Lighting &bull Dec 5, 2011
On our last post we saw what high speed triggers are available, on this post we will build our first trigger and and take the very first high speed photo. I started doing high-speed photography after being wowed by images I saw on the Filckr. Images made by hobbyists like me. As a very experimental (purely for fun) activity, I wasn't about to commit large amounts of money to it. Turns out to be tremendous fun, so over the time since I started in the summer of 2008 I have have "upgraded" my triggers in that I have encased the… Full Story »
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So Do You Know What You're Shutter's Doing?
Digital ProTalk &bull Nov 30, 2011
I'm looking forward to having these long, last couple of days behind us. We leave for the plane in just a couple of hours and LaDawn and I are both looking forward to catching up with friends in Mexico and enjoying a little R these next couple of weeks. Anyway, our bags are packed and were ready to go. With my early wake-up call yet again today I got a chance to put a quick post together for you before we head out of town. It's a short one but I still think it gives you food for thought and… Full Story »
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Three Super Macro Rigs You Can Build At Home
DIZPhotography.net - Do It Yourself Photography and Studio Lighting &bull Nov 29, 2011
After posting the big Macro tutorial, I thought it would be interesting to see what extreme macroists (yea, it's a new word) use to get those super detailed shots. I was surprised by the amount of ingenuity compared to the… Full Story »
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Don't Forget Your Local Camera Shops
PhotoWalkPro &bull Nov 25, 2011
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday, filled with way too much turkey and pumpkin pie - or maybe that was just me. I know that many of you will be hitting the stores today and throughout the weekend,… Full Story »
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Nikon: new firmware for 1-mount zooms
The Imaging Resource News Page &bull Nov 22, 2011
Nikon Inc. has today issued firmware updates for three of its Nikon 1-mount lenses, which were announced last September alongside the J1 and V1 compact system cameras. The firmware covers all three zoom models in the series, all of which… Full Story »
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Free Textures - Hi-Res Fur And Feather Textures
The Photoshop Blog &bull Nov 21, 2011
Free Textures - Hi-Res Fur And Feather TexturesNovember 21, 2011 More free textures from Bittbox (these are really nice!): These 5 hi-res fur and feather textures come from scanning the materials used for creating fly fishing lures. How To Download The High Res Versions Some people have asked how to get the high res versions. Go to Bittbox, click on one of the images you like, and you'll be sent to Flickr. Once there, click again on the image you want. Now you'll be taken to a new page that will have a button that says "Actions" floating above the… Full Story »
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Nikon updates firmware for Nikkor 1 zoom lenses
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) &bull Nov 21, 2011
Nikon has released firmware updates for its Nikkor 1 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6, 30-100mm f/3.8-5.6 and 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 lenses. The 10-30mm and 30-100mm lenses are upgraded to firmware v1.02, which corrects a bug which causes an incorrect aperture value to be recorded.… Full Story »
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Nikon releases new firmware for Nikon 1 system zoom lenses
Rob Galbraith DPI &bull Nov 21, 2011Nikon has released firmware updates for three of the lenses in its Nikon 1 system. The new firmware addresses an instance in which photos could be blurry if taken immediately after the camera was shaken or moved, and affects the… Full Story »
