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Leica Camera AG has now released updated firmware for its M9 full-frame rangefinder camera, aiming to resolve an issue that's proven to be something of a thorn in its side for some time now.

Photographers shooting with the Leica M9 have had issues with their cameras locking up while writing images to the flash card in some circumstances, as described in a Leica release...

November 10, 2011 -- Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that its 3 digital cameras and 1 Digital Microscope System have been awarded the "iF design award 2012: iF product design award" and its 1 digital camera has been awarded "iF design award 2012: iF communication design award". The iF design award is globally prestigious award sponsored by...

Over the last month, we've been monitoring the devastating floods in Thailand, which have seen factories from major imaging companies including Canon, Nikon and Sony shuttered.

Even for brands that have no factories in affected areas, supply-chain issues are causing disruption, with companies such as shutter-mechanism manufacturer Nidec Copal facing interruptions in their...

Nikon Inc. has released several updates in the last few days, covering its ViewNX imaging application and two single-lens reflex cameras.

Nikon ViewNX 2.2.3 for Windows and Mac OS X corrects issues relating to files that had been saved using ViewNX 2 Ver. 2.2.1. ViewNX itself would display resolution incorrectly for these files, and other applications might crash on...

Adobe has today published new release candidate versions of its Lightroom and DNG Converter applications, as well as its Camera Raw plugin.

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 release candidate and Camera Raw 6.6 / DNG Converter 6.6 release candidates all add support for the same list of five camera models from four manufacturers, as well as including new profiles for 31...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., November 09 -- Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) has earned three Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Awards for the KODAK HERO 9.1 All-in-One Printer, KODAK PLAYFULL Waterproof Video Camera and KODAK PLAYSPORT Video Camera/Zx5. The awards were recently announced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), producer of the...

SECAUCUS, NJ (November 8, 2011) – Panasonic today announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for the Panasonic HDC-Z10000 camcorder.  Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the media to...

Pentax Ricoh Imaging Co. Ltd. has issued an update to SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0 for Pentax, the customized version of Ichikawa Soft Laboratory's imaging application that comes bundled with the Pentax Q compact system camera.

Release notes for SILKYPIX Developer Studio v3.0.0.3 include mention of two changes, which are applicable on both Windows and Mac OS X platforms....

DSLRs Market Leaders, CILCs Gaining Attention

(Weymouth, MA) November 9, 2011…In the short span of a few years, the digital interchangeable lens camera (DILC) market has undergone some significant changes. The most notable has been the evolution of the market into two segments: digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and compact interchangeable...

Ricoh Co. Ltd. has today announced a new firmware release for the ruggedized Ricoh PX compact camera, which was first announced last June.

The Ricoh PX couples a 16 megapixel CCD image sensor and Smooth Imaging Engine IV image processor with a 28-140mm equivalent, Ricoh branded 5x optical zoom lens. The PX's body is dustproof, waterproof to three meters, and impact...

ZINK Imaging Inc. and PLR IP Holdings, LLC--owner of the Polaroid brandname--have today announced immediate availability of the Z340 Instant Digital Camera, which was first unveiled last July.

Based around a 14 megapixel digital camera with a fixed focal length, autofocus lens of unknown specification, the Polaroid Z340 takes the company back to its roots by offering the...

PocketWizard Photo Products partners with SmugMug to create the first PocketWizard Photo Contest

So. Burlington, VT – November 8, 2011 – LPA Design, manufacturers of PocketWizard radios, the world leader in wireless control and synchronization of cameras, flash lighting and light meters, announces the “Make it Possible” Photo Contest. Starting today,...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., November 07 -- Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today that it has completed the sale of its Image Sensor Solutions (ISS) business to Platinum Equity in a move that will sharpen Kodak’s operational focus and strengthen its financial position.

While the financial details were not disclosed, Kodak will have continuing access to...

A fortnight ago, we reported on a developing story at Olympus Corp., parent company of Olympus America Inc., where newly-appointed president and chief executive officer Michael C. Woodford had been abruptly dismissed from both positions, just a fortnight after assuming the latter role.

Company chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa briefly resumed both roles before stepping down...

Perfect365 delivers 15 years of imaging experience in the first one-touch facial makeover app for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Facebook, and the Web

— 11/2/2011 — Fremont, California — Fremont, California – November 2, 2011. ArcSoft, Inc., the industry leading software provider of imaging technologies and applications, announced today Perfect365, a...

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Shutterstock Images LLC, a leading global provider of high-quality stock footage, stock photography, vectors and illustrations to creative professionals around the world, yesterday released its groundbreaking Shutterstock for iPad app, available for free download now in the Apple App Store (to access Shutterstock...

Adobe Systems Inc. has today announced availability of the latest versions of its Elements-series consumer image and video editing applications in the Mac App Store.

Announced in late September, Photoshop Elements 10 and Premiere Elements 10 have been available for a while now on both Windows and Mac OS X platforms, either direct from Adobe or at retail. Until yesterday,...

Panasonic announces the new firmware update program for the digital interchangeable lens system cameras DMC-GH2 of LUMIX G Micro System and for the GH2 bundled software PHOTOfunSTUDIO 6.0 BD Edition.

The new firmware programs will be available worldwide from the beginning of December at http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/.

The following...

Alongside its latest compact system camera, Panasonic has today announced the end result of a development process it first revealed last August: the Panasonic Lumix 3D1.

The Lumix DMC-3D1 bears quite some resemblance to Fuji's Real 3D cameras from 2009 and 2010, both externally, and in some areas of its feature-set, such as the ability to decouple its lens zooms so as to...