http://reviews.photographyreview.com Digital Camera Reviews and Photography News Wed, 14 May 2008 20:36:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   KODAK Gallery Now Offering KODAK Digital Picture Frames and KODAK Picture Cards Preloaded With Your Favorite Gallery Photos Sharing pictures has never been easier—open the box, plug it in and enjoy the show!   EMERYVILLE, California, May 13 -- KODAK Gallery, a leading online photo service with 70 million members worldwide, today announced ... http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/kodak-gallery-preloaded-kodak-digital-picture-frames/ onOne Software Announces Availability of Essentials 2 Imaging Software for iPhoto iPhoto version features four easy-to-use tools for color correction, creative image blurring, frame and border effects and resizing for high quality large prints Portland, OR - May 12, 2008 - onOne Software, Inc., announces today the availability of Essentials 2 ... http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/onone-software-essentials-2-imaging-software-for-iphoto/ onOne Software’s New FocalPoint Software Plug-in is Now Available Easy to use plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements helps photographers selectively blur and/or vignette areas of an image Portland, OR (May 8, 2008) – onOne Software, Inc., announces today that its new software plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements – ... http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/onone-software-focalpoint-10-plug-in-for-adobe-photoshop-photoshop-elements/ Official Olympus E-520 Press Release >> Olympus E-520 Beta Sample Photos >> Olympus was kind enough to send me a pre-production E-520 and I've been playing with it for a few days now. Since it's a pre-production camera and the firmware isn't final yet, I can't really evaluate the camera's performance or ... http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/olympus-e-520-announcement-and-preview/ SONY LAUNCHES ‘EVERYDAY SMILES’ PHOTO CONTEST ON REUTERS.COM Winning Pictures to Be Featured on Digital Billboards in New York’s Times Square SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2008 – Sony Electronics and Reuters Media have teamed up to launch the “Everyday Smiles” photo contest on Reuters.com. Aspiring U.S. photographers are invited to submit photos ... http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/sony-%e2%80%9ceveryday-smiles%e2%80%9d-photo-contest-on-reuterscom/ OLYMPUS SUPER-WIDE-ANGLE ZOOM LENS CAPTURES MORE IN EVERY FRAME New Ultra-Wide-Angle Zoom Lens is Easy on the Back and the Wallet CENTER VALLEY, Pa., May 13, 2008 – Olympus has applied its optical expertise to develop the Zuiko Digital 18-36mm equivalent (ED 9-18mm Four Thirds) f4.0-f5.6, a super-wide-angle zoom lens covering a ... http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/olympus-zuiko-digital-18-36mm-equiv-ed-9-18mm-four-thirds-f40-f56-super-wide-angle-zoom-lens/ CANON U.S.A. TURNS PRINTING INTO PLAYTIME WITH TWO NEW COMPACT PHOTO PRINTERS New “Basket-Style” Photo Printer Blends Style With Convenience For All Ages LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., May 13, 2008 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging, announces two new additions to its line of compact photo printers: the radical SELPHY ... http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/canon-selphy-cp770-cp760-photo-printers/ Olympus E-420 - World's Smallest Digital SLR The 10-megapixel Olympus E-420 is currently the world's smallest digital SLR. It makes the Canon EOS Rebel XSi / 450D look positively chunky. Olympus recently sent us an E-420 for evaluation so I thought I'd get a short preview up while we work on ... http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/olympus-e-420-digital-slr-preview/ Applicable model: FinePix F100fd Detail of the update The firmware update Ver.1.02 incorporates the following issues. Reduce "pinkish-colored band" which may be rarely found in the left side edge of image when the image is shot at ISO 400 or shot without flash on "NATURAL & FLASH MODE". http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/fujifilm-finepix-f100fd-firmware-update-ver102/ Lexar's Professional UDMA card reader is a compact, collapsible memory card reader with slots for SecureDigital and CompactFlash memory cards. It has a USB 2.0 interface and can read the new UDMA CompactFlash cards as well as high-capacity SDHC SecureDigital memory cards. I've been using the Lexar Professional UDMA reader ... http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/lexar-professional-udma-usb-20-card-reader/