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- X-Rite Adobe CC offer
X-Rite Adobe CC offer - X-Rite are offering a free one year Adobe CC photography plan with certain product purchases (X-Rite i1Display Pro, i1Photographer Kit, ColorMunki Photographer Kit or i1Studio). - Meike 6-11mm zoom fisheye announced
Meike have announced a 6-11mm F3.5 zoom fisheye lens. In EF and F mounts for Canon and Nikon full frame cameras, giving a 180º field of view. - Three new Hasselblad XCD lenses
Three new XCD lenses and 1.7x converter launched for the Hasselblad X1D-50c camera. XCD 80mm F1.9, the XCD 65mm F2.8 and XCD 135mm F2.8 - Novoflex lens adapters for EOS R and Nikon Z
Novoflex announce a range of new lens adapters for manual lenses with Canon EOS R and Nikon Z mirrorless cameras. - Irix 150mm F2.8 Macro lens
Irix have announced a 150mm f/2.8 Macro 1:1 lens, designed for full frame cameras with the Nikon F, Canon EF, and Pentax K mount.
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- Review: Kaiser R60 LED Ring Light
Review of the Kaiser R60 LED Ring Light with 60 daylight LEDs from Fotospeed. Battery operated LED lighting giving up to 2300 lux at 30cm working distance - BenQ SW240 monitor hood SH240
Fitting the SH240 Monitor hood for the 24" BenQ SW240 wide gamut hardware calibrated monitor. Fits the monitor in landscape or portrait orientation. - Book Review: Mastering Macro Photography
Book Review: Mastering Macro Photography by David Taylor. Equipment, lighting and technique for photographing small things - Topaz AI Gigapixel V2
Topaz AI Gigapixel software is updated to V2. Improves GPU performance for image resizing and enlargement. 30 day trial available - Install Canon camera software without CD
Installing Canon camera software without the CD. What to do if you've lost your original CD and need to re-install software - Yes, I welcome EOS R
Why the Canon EOS R system will change my photography, but not just yet. How the RF lens mount and new lenses are what may make me change. How do you decide when to jump? - Peli 1535 Air Case review
Review of the Peli 1535 Air Case. A tough air carry on sized hard case for camera equipment. Tested with the TrekPak reconfigurable interior divider system - Book Review: Mastering Exposure
Book Review: Mastering Exposure by David Taylor. Looking at the basic principles of photographic exposure, shutter, aperture and ISO. A great starting point for moving away from camera auto modes. - Canon camera mounts and change
Canon camera mounts and change. Canon FD, EF, EF-S, EF-M and RF. How does it affect your photography and does it really matter. What does the RF mount mean for APS-C cameras - does anyone really keep their old 18-55 lenses?
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- A visit to IPEX 2010
Looking at some large printers from HP, Canon and others at the IPEX show - Keith visits IPEX 2010... what's new? - i1Profiler – New Profiling solution from X-Rite i1Profiler - New Profiling solution from X-Rite. product announcement
- DxO Optics Pro V6.2 update for Mac and PC
Short review of DxO optics Pro V6.2, showing improved noise handling and sharpness. Includes allowing more corrections for non supported lenses - Trade shows…
Keith Cooper looks back on a quick visit to the 2010 Focus on Imaging photography trade show in Birmingham at the NEC (now The Photography Show) - DxO Optics Pro updated for the Mac
DxO Optics Pro updated for the Mac, to work under OSX 10.3 - Looking at the Canon EOS 7D
First thoughts - Looking at the Canon EOS 7D, initial experiments and testing of Canon's top crop sensor camera, just loaned to me by Canon UK - Dealing with the world – running a site like this :-)
Dealing with the world - some of the issues facing us when running a web site like ours. What we try and do, how to help and thanks... - Is your camera good enough?
Quality standards for stock images - Is your camera good enough? Alamy have a list of cameras that they deem 'not worthy' - Canon updates the 1DMk3 to the 1D Mk4
News item: Canon updates the EOS 1D Mk3 to the EOS 1D Mk4 - camera features: 16.1MP APS-H (1.3x) sensor, 100 to 102k max ISO - Apple offers Matte screens at last…
When Apple offered Matte screens for laptops - time for a new MacBook Pro. Why do Apple insist that screens that double as a shaving mirror are best? - Reading the fine print – SWPP loses court case
The SWPP loses a UK court case where it tried to enforce a three month notice of cancellation requirement for membership. Why joining any 'professional' organisation for photographers should be a business led decision, and why it pays to enquire widely - ColorMunki software updated to V1.1
The X-rite colormunki software has been updated to version 1.1. Additional features and bug fixes in this free software update
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