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Press Release:

Leica presents an exclusive special edition of the LEICA D-LUX 4 Titanium. A further premium quality camera edition in an elegant finish. The LEICA D-LUX 4 Titanium now joins the special titanium limited editions of the LEICA M7 and LEICA MP and a titaniumcoloured LEICA M6 TTL as the first Leica digital camera with the satin finish of anodised titanium. This special version of the LEICA D-LUX 4 Titanium is limited to only 10,000 cameras worldwide. From January 2009, the camera will be available in a set together with a premium quality, titanium-coloured leather case.

The silver-grey of the LEICA D-LUX 4 Titanium has an unmistakeably exclusive look that makes this special edition an elegant collector’s piece with its own particular expression of luxury. The camera body of the titanium edition has a particularly luxurious look and feel, but still remains light and extremely resilient. Thus, the LEICA D-LUX 4 Titanium has a metal body that has been constructed with the same precision and attention to detail as the standard models, and the exclusive use of the highest quality materials in its construction guarantees users absolute reliability in every situation.

The technical features of the LEICA D-LUX 4 Titanium are identical to those of the standard models. For instance, the wide range of accessories for the LEICA D-LUX 4, such as the handgrip, the auxiliary finder or the LEICA CF 22 compact flash unit (available from February 2009) are all fully compatible with the titanium edition.

Press Release:

Alexandria, VA, USA (December 26, 2008) – Filter Forge, Inc. today released the long-awaited public beta of the Mac OS X version of Filter Forge, a high-end plugin for Adobe Photoshop allowing computer artists to build their own filters – seamless textures, visual effects, distortions, patterns, backgrounds, frames and more.

Starting December 26, the beta version of Filter Forge for Mac OS X is available at http://www.filterforge.com/download/?mac. The beta is open for anyone with a Mac – no registration required. The minimum system requirement is Mac OS X 10.4, on both Intel and PowerPC processors. Users who find and report bugs will be rewarded with free copies of Filter Forge, which will be granted after the Mac version becomes commercially available. For more information about the beta test, visit http://www.filterforge.com/download/mac-version.html

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HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX Imaging Systems Division is pleased to announce the launch of the PENTAX K-m white Lens Kit. Available in a limited quantity, this unique kit includes the popular PENTAX K-m digital SLR camera body and an interchangeable zoom lens, both finished in a matching brilliant white color.

Launched in October 2008 as an entry-class model aimed at new digital SLR photographers, the PENTAX K-m offers simple, user-friendly operation and an easy-to-maneuver compact, lightweight body. (more…)

Nikon Press Center show D3X sample images. You can see its on Nikon Site.

Press Release:

Nikon Corporation (Michio Kariya, President) is pleased to announce that a dedicated application, developed by Nikon for accessing and using Nikon’s photo storage and sharing site, my Picturetown, from Apple Inc.’s cellular iPhone, was released on December 23, 2008. This application will be available, free of charge, for download from Apple’s iTunes App Store.

Nikon’s photo storage and sharing site, my Picturetown, developed as a service to allow photographers to enjoy their photos anywhere and anytime, allows for the upload of photos from cameras or computers as well as the browsing and viewing of uploaded photos from computers and cellular telephones. Release of this iPhone application offers a new image browsing environment for cellular devices.

Major features

In addition to viewing photos they have uploaded, whether individually or by album, my Picturetown members can perform a number of operations using the iPhone touch panel, including moving photos and rotating photo display by rotating the iPhone itself. In addition, photos taken with the iPhone can be uploaded to my Picturetown.

Supported Devices

iPhone, iPod touch

Supported Device Firmware

iPhone 2.2

From Canon:

Thank you for using Canon products.

We have learned that some users of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera have identified two types of image quality phenomena that appear under certain shooting conditions.
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Panasonic is announcing a firmware update for the DMC-G1, Ver1.1. This firmware improves usability of the AE Lock and MF Assist features. Users can now make color adjustments to the LCD and the LVF (Live View Finder) as well. Additional performance updates are also included in this new firmware.

Panasonic invites all users of DMC-G1 to apply the updated firmware. The firmware will be available worldwide on 16th of December, 2008 at http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts.

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® 2.2 update includes these enhancements:

• Additional camera support for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon PowerShot G10, Panasonic DMC-LX3 and more
• Includes several corrections for issues introduced by the Lightroom 2.0 release

From One onOne software

The Plug-In Suite 4.2 is now available for download and purchase directly from our main site. If you already own the Plug-In Suite 4.0 or 4.1, you can download the Plug-In Suite 4.2 update as a free update. Included in the update are a few fixes for PhotoFrame 4 Professional Edition and a completely new version of Genuine Fractals 6 Professional Edition (previously this would have been under the Print Pro moniker).
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