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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...

That’s where consumers want it, says Ecce Terram

Atlanta, GA / Oldenburg, Germany (12/13/2011). Ecce Terram, a globally active digital imaging solutions company with headquarters in Atlanta, GA and Oldenburg, Germany, has launched a new photo book app for Facebook. The white-label application enables members of the social network to create and order...

Jason deCaires Taylor uses Sigma lenses to photograph his work, raise awareness about threatened coral reefs

Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2011 – Sigma Corporation of America has teamed up with underwater photographer, sculptor and conservationist Jason deCaires Taylor to help photograph the artist’s oft-unseen work and share it with the world.

Taylor...

'Tis the season ... for big discounts from retailers!

There are always good deals to be found around the holidays, but this year, some of the camera deals we're seeing are really in the sit-up-and-take-notice category. Here's a selection from some of our affiliate partners that caught our eye:

From Adorama: 

Canon 5D Mark II Body only: $2099 = $400 off list

Canon 5D...

Nauticam: Innovation Underwater

Updated housing for Nikon D7000 features enhanced control access and HDMI connection compatibility.

Unveiled with great fanfare at the 2010 DEMA Show, the original NA-D7000 housing grew to be one Nauticam’s most successful offerings. A little over one year later, Nauticam is proud to announce an update that includes...

24-page workbook delivers key concepts and action steps to help photographers strategically map out their business growth and succeed in 2012

New York, NY, December 8, 2011 - PhotoShelter, the worldwide leader in photography portfolio websites, sales and marketing tools for photographers, today released The 2012 Photo Business Plan Workbook. This...

2011.12.9--The Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the Power Grip PG-31, specially designed for Sigma’s SD1 digital SLR, the camera that ensures high resolution and breathtaking image quality.

The PG-31 is a specially designed battery grip which upgrades the battery power of the SIGMA SD1 by holding two dedicated BP-21 battery...

Earlier today, we hosted a question and answer session to discuss the forthcoming Panasonic GX1 compact system camera, a model which we've put through its paces over the last couple of weeks. Although the Q&A's over now, it remains archived as part of our Panasonic GX1 hands-on preview, and is well worth a read if you couldn't make the live session.

To those of you who...

ColorMunki Display, i1Profiler and i1Profiler D2LionEdition software now available as free downloads

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., December 9, 2011 – X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ: XRIT), the world leader in color management, measurement and communication technologies, today announces the availability of several free downloadable software updates including...

Regular readers will have noticed the return of a popular feature to our news page, one which unfortunately wasn't ready quite in time for last month's cutover to the new page design.

We've just reinstated our Photo of the Day--with a renewed, more attractive design--front and center where it belongs, at the very top of the news page. We get a lot of really great images...

Leica Camera AG has this week introduced its new V-Lux 3 digital camera, a twelve megapixel model with a 24x optical zoom lens.

As with all of the company's fixed-lens digital cameras except the X-1, the Leica V-Lux 3 is a rebadged variant of another camera--specifically, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150, which we just reviewed a few weeks ago. Comparing the spec sheets for...

Sony USA has now issued a statement regarding availability of its Alpha NEX-7 compact system camera, whose production and delivery has been affected by widespread flooding in Thailand over the last couple of months.

According to the statement, customers who've pre-ordered the Sony NEX-7 should start receiving their cameras later this month, and while production capacity...

Seeking to make right on decades-old hidden losses, executives at Japan's Olympus Corp. created a complex web of financial transactions in Japan, Singapore, and Europe, moving bad assets off the company's books to shell companies, then returning funds to these companies through advisory fees and inflated acquisition costs, effectively correcting Olympus' own balance sheet...

Jhangle, Pingtung, Taiwan (Dec 5th 2011) -- Ohanaware, a family team specializing in intuitive photo editing software, are proud to announce the immediate release of their latest product "Fun Greetings". Fun Greetings is a user friendly Photo Greetings Card printing product for the Macintosh.

:: About Fun Greetings ::
Fun Greetings is a card printing...

Addition of A/V Capabilities Enable Comprehensive USB Solutions

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The USB-IF today announced its release of the USB-IF Audio/Video Device Class Specification. The specification supports the transfer of A/V data over USB to a wide variety of A/V devices, including cell phones, cameras, pico projectors, webcams, large...

Panasonic returns to its GF roots with the forthcoming GX1. We've put it through its paces over the last two weeks and generally came away impressed. Curious to learn more? Burning questions left unanswered on internet forums? Then join our Live Q&A on December the 12th at noon EST.

We've just posted a full set of test shots from a Samsung NX200 compact system camera, straight from the lab!

The NX200 is based around a new APS-C sized CMOS image sensor with a resolution of 20.3 megapixels, developed by Samsung, and offering sensitivity to a maximum of ISO 12,800 equivalent. The Samsung NX200's sensor offers swift seven frames-per-second burst shooting...

Innovative lens is lightweight, compact, and features a striking new form factor with two color options to suit the Sony mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera series design.

December 8, 2011, Commack, New York - Tamron Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of optical equipment, announced the introduction of an exciting new lens, the 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di...

XQD Introduces Industry Leading Performance

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The CompactFlash Association (CFA) is pleased to announce the release of the XQD specification as a new high performance memory card. This XQD specification is based on the PCI Express® specification, which provides a solid base for future performance scaling.

The CFA...