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There's nothing better than a Travel Zoom digital camera when you're on a trip. You can pack light and yet take comfort that you have the equivalent of at least a 300mm lens in your pocket, as well as a nice wide-angle lens. But picking the right Travel Zoom camera can be a hassle. What features are most important? How well do they work? Which will capture the best images?...

Nikon USA has today released updates to both of its imaging utilities, Capture NX and ViewNX, bringing new features and bugfixes aplenty.

Perhaps most significantly, Capture NX 2.3.0 adds native 64-bit support for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Mac OS X. ViewNX 2.2.5 continues to operate in 32-bit mode only, however.

Courtesy of Nikon, the full list of changes in Capture...

Japan's Ricoh Co. Ltd. has today announced new firmware for two of its fixed-lens camera models, the Ricoh GR Digital IV and Ricoh CX6.

Ricoh GR Digital v1.17 firmware includes four main changes. With the flash strobe set to Auto, images shot under backlit conditions should yield better results. The optional AF distance display now stops at the position of focus lock...

San Francisco-based Unified Color Technologies has announced updates to its flagship HDR imaging application and 32-bit Photoshop color editing plugin, as well as special launch pricing for both products valid through year's end.

HDR Expose 2 follows in the footsteps of last year's HDR Expose, and 32 Float v2 is an update of a Photoshop plugin that debuted a month later....

HDR enthusiasts and novices can now benefit from the fastest, most advanced HDR tools packaged in a simple-to-use, affordable yet highly creative application.

Paris, France – December 16, 2011 – Oloneo today announced the immediate availability of Oloneo HDRengine, the fastest and most accessible HDR application to easily create superior HDR photos....

Latest update supports the Leica Elmarit-S 30mm f/2.8 ASPH wide-angle lens

Solms, Germany (December 19, 2011) - Leica Camera AG continues its commitment to the ongoing development of the Leica S medium format system with a new firmware update, FW 1.0.2.0. This fifth firmware update is specially developed for the use of the camera with the new Leica...

The new version features enhanced stability and even faster processing speed.

Special 33% discount good through December 24, 2011.

December 19, 2011 - DxO Labs announces the immediate availability of DxO Optics Pro v7.1 for Mac and Windows. Both the Standard and Elite editions of version 7.1 support five additional cameras: the Sony Alpha 65, the...

Five Companies plan to jointly form 'Next Generation Secure Memory Initiative'

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SanDisk Corporation, Sony Corporation and Toshiba Corporation today announced that they have reached an agreement in principle to collaborate on a new content protection technology for flash...

Tired of burning CDs? Those DVDs filling up just as fast? Weary of stacking up external USB drives? It happens to everybody who takes digital photos.

Maybe you're looking for a portable, affordable storage solution that even has some data protection built in? We've found one for you.

Usually a solution like this is complicated and expensive. But CRU-DataPort has...

Multimedia Leader Offers Consumers an Exclusive Preview of the New Dimension in Photography Workflow Software

Taipei, Taiwan—December 15, 2011—CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) today unveiled a new public beta program of its industry-leading photo workflow software, PhotoDirector 3. PhotoDirector 3 Beta can be downloaded for free and includes a wide array of...

Leica Camera AG has today released updated firmware for its D-LUX 5 and D-LUX 5 Titanium digital cameras, following in the footsteps of that released by partner company Panasonic for its LX5 digital camera a little over three months ago.

Firmware v2.0 for the D-LUX 5 looks to exactly mirror that for the DMC-LX5, making a number of changes to add new features and improve...

One of the perks of our job is getting to talk with the top people at camera companies. Yesterday, Panasonic representatives from the US and Japan visited IR HQ. Among other things, we discussed the state of the mirrorless market and got answers to some of our readers’ burning questions about the GH2 and the recently announced GX1 that we collected in our Live Q&A.

We...

Sony Electronics Inc. has released new firmware for its early NEX-series camera and camcorder models that adds support for the company's unique Translucent Mirror-based Alpha mount adapter, the Sony LA-EA2.

In full, the list of camera and camcorder models launched prior to October 2011 which are receiving the new firmware include the NEX-3, NEX-5, NEX-C3, and NEX-VG10....

Hamburg, December 2011 -- Rollei continues its Powerflex series: the Powerflex 400 is the latest entry-level model from Rollei. Standard equipment includes a 5x zoom lens and a 2.7-inch LCD screen with 230,000-pixel resolution. A larger 25mm wide-angle lens in 35-mm format helps to produce sharp images even at long distances. With its ultra-slim,...

"Share your heart-touching 'photo movie'."

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sony Digital Network Applications, Inc.(SDNA) today announced the release of photo movie creator HD, an android tablet application that turns your photos into a special, heart-touching movie and allows you to share "photo movie" with your friends and family with a simple operation.

Our lens review on SLRgear.com today is the Canon 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM, one of Canon's L-class wonders. At $11,000 it's certainly no casual purchase, but the money buys you the best of what Canon has to offer: class-leading optics, a handfull of switches and control options, everything you need for the best telephoto experience possible - including the suitcase to carry...

Olympus Imaging America Inc. has today announced its first M. Zuiko lens model for Micro Four Thirds cameras to include a power zoom feature.

The Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ lens offers 35mm-equivalent focal lengths from 24 to 100mm, controlled using an electromagnetic zoom mechanism with variable speed control, which is said to be near-silent. It...

Adobe has today finalized the latest updates to its Lightroom and DNG Converter applications, as well as its Camera Raw plugin, all of which were issued as release candidate versions a little over a month ago.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw 6.6 / DNG Converter 6.6 all add support for the same list of ten camera models from eight manufacturers, as well as...

Oberkochen, Germany-based Carl Zeiss AG has today announced its 2011 Carl Zeiss Photo Contest, which is open to anybody shooting with Zeiss lenses.

Running for a month, from December 15 2011 to January 15 2012, the contest offers some pretty great prizes. The first prize winner gets their choice of ZEISS SLR lens with a special engraving, along with a Carl Zeiss T* UV...