Arriving in Cologne a few days ago, we took a walk in the Melaten cemetery across the street. The large Friedhof was populated, to our surprise, by a flock of wild parrots that screeched overhead as they flew from one tree to another. But what really caught our attention was the stonework. Many of the large headstones were decorated with monumental angels. We took a few snapshots of the Angels of... (More)

Pasini on 'kina - the reports continue

08:33 EDT - Live reports continue to come in from Photokina 2006, courtesy of Imaging Resource roving reporter Mike Pasini.

In his Tuesday report Mike looked at products on the booths of Fujifilm, Hasselblad, Lensbaby, Leica, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung, Sigma and more. Wednesday's report included DxO Labs, Joby (makers of the Gorilla Pod), Lowepro, Nik Software and Vertus (the folks behind the Fluid Mask plugin for Photoshop). As usual, there's plenty of photos to help you vicariously experience the show for yourself.... (More)

Hasselblad: 48mm full-frame DSLR

08:12 EDT - Rounding out its Photokina announcements, Hasselblad has unveiled a new medium format digital SLR that sets a rather impressive record.

The Hasselblad H3D is available in two variants, with resolutions of 22 or 39 megapixels, and is the world's first 48mm full-frame DSLR. Yes, you read that right - that's a 48mm x 36mm image sensor that's twice the size of a 35mm film frame. Pricing hasn't been publicly announced yet, but the Hasselblad H3D is said to be available immediately worldwide, with an upgrade program in place for owners... (More)

Hasselblad: Two new film scanners

07:12 EDT - Among its Photokina announcements, Hasselblad has announced two new drum-based film scanners that are soon to ship.

The Hasselblad Flextight X1 and X5 are closely related, both being PC / Mac compatible, Firewire-connected units with 3 x 8000 pixel CCD sensors and a Rodenstock lens. The X1 is the cheaper of the two, with a pricetag of €9,500 and the ability to scan positive / negative film at 6300 dpi optical resolution, and a 60MB/minute scan speed. The X5 adds A4 reflective scanning, a batch / slide feeder,... (More)