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London, November 4, 2011 -- Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging solutions, is pleased to confirm another successful sponsorship of London Fashion Week^[1] in September.

London Fashion Week is the biggest event on the British fashion calendar, drawing in more than 5,000 buyers and journalists and more than 200 UK and International designers.

As...

November 4, 2011 -- This is to advise you of the latest situations of submersion at Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a consolidated manufacturing subsidiary of Nikon Corporation in the Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province located in Central Thailand.

Damages
The 1st floor of all buildings at the premises continues to be submerged. Operation of the...

Canon's Cinema EOS C300 and C300 PL digital cinema cameras take the EOS camera series in an entirely new direction. We had the opportunity to interview Larry Thorpe, to get the inside story on these interesting cameras, and how they fit into the company's future plans.

While attending tonight's launch event for the new cameras--held on the glamorous Hollywood movie lot of...

Alongside the attention-grabbing debut of its new Cinema EOS C300 movie camera, Canon has also revealed development of a new video-capable DSLR. The new, as-yet unnamed SLR looks to have a 1D-series body, and is based around a 35mm full-frame CMOS image sensor. The EOS Movies-branded model will apparently be able to capture progressive-scan Motion JPEG 4K video at a rate of...

Canon Inc. has today announced the Cinema EOS C300, which takes the EOS series in a new direction with a design aimed specifically at filmmakers. Also revealed alongside the camera are five new lens models. 

Introduced by company chairman Fujio Mitarai at an exclusive event on the Hollywood movie lot of Paramount Pictures, which also included a speech from special guest...

New Lens Series Debuts with Seven Models and more in the wings

TOKYO, November 4, 2011/HOLLYWOOD, California, November 3, 2011—Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. today announced the introduction of seven new 4K EF Cinema Lenses, an all-new series of video cinematography lenses that, in addition to the company's current lineup of interchangeable EF...

Company's All-New Cinema Lens Lineup, Video Camcorders and Digital SLR Cameras to Leave No Story Untold

TOKYO, November 4, 2011/HOLLYWOOD, California, November 3, 2011—Canon Inc. today announced Canon's full-fledged entry into the motion picture production industry with the launch of the Cinema EOS System. Canon's new professional digital...

Mail-in rebate available in the U.S. only for MiniTT1® and FlexTT5® Wireless Flash Triggering System for Nikon

Elmsford, NY – (November 3, 2011) – MAC Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of professional photographic equipment, announces today a $25 mail-in rebate for U.S. customers that purchase a PocketWizard MiniTT1 and/or FlexTT5 radio...

Pentax Ricoh Imaging Co. has released new firmware for its Pentax Q compact system camera, as well as for two of its Q-mount lens models.

Announced back in June, the Pentax Q is the world's smallest interchangeable-lens digital camera, and like other compact system camera models, forgoes the requirement for a bulky reflex mirror box by forgoing a through-the-lens optical...

Ricoh Company, Ltd.'s GXR^(*1) compact digital camera won a silver award at the German Design Council's 2012 German Design Award.

The 2012 German Design Award is an influential international design awards event held annually since 2006 by the German Design Council, which was founded in 1953 with support of Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics and...

Calling all Premiere Pro editors; add Singular Software Presto to your workflow and create engaging presentation videos in just minutes

Vancouver, British Columbia – November 2, 2011 – Singular Software™, a developer of workflow automation applications for digital media, is pleased to announce the public beta of Singular Software Presto™ for OS X...

Hamburg, 02.November 2011 -- Just in time for the IFA launch, Rollei presents two new optimised slide and photo scanners: Rollei PDF-S 330 Pro and Rollei DF-S 390 Pro. With both scanners you can finally scan your old medium format slides and reminisce about times gone by!

The Rollei PDF-S 330 Pro boasts a 9 megapixel sensor and a scan resolution of...

Sony revamped their consumer compact system camera for 2011, producing a quite competent, attractive digital camera, the NEX-C3. Its body is well constructed, small, and light, but still has a good grip. With 16.2 megapixels and a 3-inch 921K display, the Sony NEX-C3 is designed to capture an image comparable to an SLR in significantly less space, and it does so admirably....

We're pretty late announcing the winners of our September Photo of the Day contest, but this time with good reason: There's a new (and wonderful) first prize, and we had to wait to announce the winners until the new printer was publicly announced.

In case you haven't guessed, this means that rather than the (excellent) Canon PIXMA Pro 9000 Mark II that was the previous...

ZiBond™ Direct Bonding Process Enables Pixel Scaling, Increased Yield And Lower Production Costs in Rapidly Growing Image Sensor Markets

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ziptronix Inc., the leading developer of direct bonding technology for advanced semiconductor applications, announced today that recent collaborations with major...

In 2008, Nikon introduced three new tilt-shift lenses: the 24mm, f/3.5, 45mm f/2.8 and 85mm f/2.8. Today we look at the Nikon 45mm f/2.8D ED PC-E Micro, not just a tilt-shift lens but a macro lens as well, providing 1:2 reproduction. We've put the 45mm lens through its paces in our test lab: click here for our review of the Nikkor 45mm f/2.8D ED PC-E Micro.

With an increasing number of still and video cameras able to capture 3D images, it makes sense that someone would create a way to view them other than via a television with 3D glasses. Fujifilm's latest viewer, the latest FinePix REAL 3D digital viewer is a small portable device that allows you to do just that, without having to tote around a special pair of glasses. Called...

How many ways can you say "speechless"?

Canon USA has been running an interesting campaign recently, looking at how differently various single-word assignments are interpreted by members of the VII Photo Agency. VII, pronounced "seven," is a collective of world-class photojournalists who've come together to create a common distribution hub for their work. Initially...

The Lumeo service offers educational videos like a surf photography workshop from renowned photographer Art Brewer to eager students around the world.

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lumeo, creator of the pro video format, today launched its website, www.lumeo.pro, offering pro videos and one-on-one coaching from world-renowned...