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4.5mm F2.8 EX DC CIRCULAR FISHEYE HSM The first 180 degree circular fisheye lens designed specifically for APS-C size digital SLR cameras Fast F2.8 maximum aperture making it ideal for low light photography Minimum focusing distance of 13.5cm and a maximum magnification of 1:6 SLD glass minimizes color aberration Equipped with HSM with full-time manual focus override Equisolid angle projection method is possible for art and scientific use The...

10mm F2.8 EX DC FISHEYE HSM Fisheye lens designed specifically for APS-C digital SLR cameras 13.5cm minimum focusing distance and 1:3.3 maximum magnification allows close up photography Equipped with HSM allowing full-time manual focus override Equisolid angle projection system is possible for art and scientific use The Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of the new 10mm F2.8 EX DC FISHEYE HSM lens. This autofocus fisheye...

Hamrick Software, the developer of VueScan, the most widely used scanning software, has released VueScan 8.4.46 with full support for Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov 14,2007 -- Hamrick Software, the developer of VueScan, the most widely used scanning software in the world, has released its latest version 8.4.46 - with full support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. There is also support for five new Epson scanners. VueScan has now been...

Learn How to Use Lightroom Efficiently SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Rocky Nook's newest book, Managing Your Photographic Workflow with Photoshop Lightroom, guides the new user through Photoshop Lightroom 1.2, which has more power under the hood than the previous versions, and a little more complexity than one would expect from its fairly straightforward user interface. With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, a new generation of software tools has arrived....

LightZone 3.2 Adds Powerful Photo Editing Capabilities to Apple's New Operating System PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Light Crafts, creator of award-winning LightZone photo editing software, today released version 3.2 of LightZone. The updated version of the software is fully compatible with the new Apple OS X Leopard operating system, giving users of Apple's newest Mac operating system the innovative and powerful photo editing capabilities of LightZone. The...

New Subscription Service Makes it Easy to Turn a Passion for Photography into a Business SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Nov. 12 -- Zenfolio, the company empowering photographers to turn their passion into a business, today announced the immediate release of Zenfolio Premium, a new subscription package that lets users create a fully-functional Web store with customizable look-and-feel and flexible price lists. Based in Silicon Valley, Zenfolio provides a photo...

xTrain™ offers world-class online video training ranging in topics from Photoshop® for Baby Boomers to Professional Digital Arts Dallas, TX (November 12, 2007) - xTrain.com, a leader in online video training for media, arts, and design announces six new course titles and classes open for immediate enrollment. Each course is designed and produced exclusively for xTrain.com and features world-class instructors and clearly defined learning...

Leica has released firmware version 1.110 for the Leica M8 digital rangefinder camera. This firmware update adds the following improvements:6 Bit lens codes for Summarit-M lenses 35, 50, 75 and 90 mm Time shortened between pre-flash and main flash in M-TTL mode with flashes LEICA SF24 D and SCA compatible flashguns Function of the central setting wheel on the camera back improved (unintentional scrolling of the menu now prevented) Battery capacity...

Version 1.1.2 of the iPod Touch software is now available, adding among other things the ability to create and edit events directly from the device.

Sony has confirmed that its pending PS3 controller that brings back the rumble pack will be fully backwards compatible with compatible PS2 games.

Sony will be the first to release a Blu-ray Disc movie title using new technical specifications, including a feature that memorizes all the content that has already been accessed on the disc.

This 200 IPsec tunnel VPN dual WAN router has strong hardware, but lacks firmware to make the best use of it.

ClearSpeed demonstrated teraflop performance in a 1U server space yesterday at Supercomputing '07.  Comprised of approximatley ten e620 boards in a box, sustainable teraflop levels of performance can now be achieved for less than $100,000.

Timed to correspond with the five-year anniversary of Xbox Live, Microsoft has announced it will begin adding original Xbox titles to the Xbox 360's Live Marketplace for users to download to their hard drive.