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Fujifilm FinePix S9000 Z




Fujifilm FinePix S9000 Z digital camera specifications

Announced 28-Jul-05

Format SLR-like
Price (street) US$659
Also known as Fujifilm FinePix S9500
Camera body
Release Status
Max resolution 3488 x 2616
Low resolution 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480
Image ratio w:h 4:3, 3:2
Effective pixels 9.1 million
Sensor photo detectors 9.2 million
Sensor size 1/1.6 "
Sensor type CCD
Colour filter array RGB
Sensor manufacturer Fujifilm SuperCCD V HR
ISO rating Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
Zoom wide (W) 28 mm
Zoom tele (T) 300 mm (10.7 x)
Digital zoom Yes, lower res only
Image stabilization No
Auto Focus Yes
Click for help Manual Focus Yes
Auto focus type Unknown
Normal focus range 50 cm
Macro focus range 1 cm
White balance override 7 positions plus manual
Aperture range F2.8 - F4.9
Min shutter 30 sec
Max shutter 1/4000 sec
Built-in Flash Yes, pop-up
Flash guide no. 5.6 m (18.3 ft) 6 m
External flash Yes, hot-shoe
Flash modes Auto, On, Red-eye reduction, Slow, Off
Exposure compensation -2.0 EV to +2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps
Metering 256 segment, CW-average, Spot, Multi-point
Aperture priority Yes
Shutter priority Yes
Focal length multiplier
Lens thread Yes
Movie Clips Yes, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 30 fps with audio
Remote control No
Tripod mount Yes
Self-timer 2 or 10 sec
Time-lapse recording No
Orientation sensor No
Storage types xD Picture Card & Compact Flash Type I or II
Storage included 16 MB xD Picture Card
Uncompressed format RAW
Compressed format JPEG (EXIF 2.2)
Quality Levels Basic, Normal, Fine
Viewfinder EVF
LCD 1.8 "
LCD Pixels 118,000
Playback zoom Yes
Video out Yes
USB Yes, 2.0
Firewire (IEEE 1394) No
Battery / Charger Yes
Battery AA NiMH (4) batteries included
Weight (inc. batteries) 745 g (26.3 oz)
Dimensions 128 x 93 x 129 mm (5 x 3.7 x 5.1 in)

 

Canon Digital Photo Professional 2.0.3 Updater for Windows and Mac OS X

Outline of the software

Digital Photo Professional 2.0.3 is software exclusively for editing and converting RAW images shot by EOS Digital cameras. Users of EOS Digital cameras can install Digital Photo Professional 2.0.3 by downloading Digital Photo Professional 2.0.3 Updater for Windows or Mac OS X.

Important

1. This software is exclusively for Windows XP and Windows 2000 or Mac OS X (10.2 - 10.4).
2. Please make sure that at least one of the following applications is installed in your computer before downloading Digital Photo Professional 2.0.3 Updater for Windows or Mac OS X.
- File Viewer Utility 1.1 - 1.3
- EOS Viewer Utility 1.0 - 1.2
- Digital Photo Professional 1.0/1.1/1.5/1.6.0/1.6.1/2.0.1
- RAW Image Task 1.2/2.0/2.2

Please note that if none of the above applications has been activated and Security Updates have been applied to your operating system, it may not be possible to install Digital Photo Professional 2.0.3, depending on the version of the Security Update.

3. Please note that to use the remote shooting function in Digital Photo Professional 2.0.3, EOS Capture 1.5 or later needs to be installed in your computer. (EOS Capture 1.5 can be downloaded from Canon's Web site.)

Changes from Digital Photo Professional 2.0.1

* In Picture Style, some of the setting item names were incorrect. Those names have been fixed as the following chart shows. Incorrect : B&W Correct: Monochrome
* In images taken with EOS 5D or EOS-1D, some of the color tones would be missing. This problem has been fixed.

 

ACDSee Pro Photo Manager Streamlines Professional Photography Workflow

New software that helps professional photographers confidently manage their photos to be unveiled at Booth #801 during PhotoPlus Expo

VICTORIA, British Columbia - Oct. 17, 2005 - ACD Systems International Inc. (TSX: ASA), today announced ACDSee(tm) Pro Photo Manager, the advanced version of its award-winning ACDSee photo management software. Developed specifically for the professional photographer, ACDSee Pro will be showcased from October 20-22 at PhotoPlus Expo in New York. ACDSee Pro delivers advanced functionality designed to streamline the workflow of professional photographers, while incorporating the viewing speed and organizing capabilities synonymous with ACDSee products.

ACDSee Pro is a single platform where professional photographers can view, process, edit, organize, catalog, publish and archive their growing digital photo collections. Key features include advanced workflow functionality, support for DNG (Digital Negative Specification) and the latest RAW formats, RAW processing capability, batch IPTC editing, powerful color management functionality and professional publishing options.

Accelerating Professional Workflow

Workflow functionality in ACDSee Pro includes advanced multi-step batch processing that streamlines common modifications into a single step that can be saved as a profile and used repeatedly. Visual photo tagging allows photographers to quickly sort preferred images during or upon completion of a photo shoot for fast selection and deletion. Photographers can also customize workspace layouts, toolbars, and tabs and categories to provide instant access to all the information they need.

The Latest File Support To Ensure Easy Access

ACDSee Pro helps ensure photographers will be able to access their image files in detail with full support for DNG, the first publicly available archival format for RAW files. ACDSee Pro also supports RAW formats from the latest models from major camera manufacturers, including Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, Konica Minolta, Olympus and Pentax. Additionally, photographers can leverage fully integrated IPTC support for interoperability with other software programs that support IPTC. Plus, by being able to quickly set the textual information embedded into groups of image files all at once, photographers will save valuable time during their daily workflow.

Detailed Control Over Every Image

Photographers can process their RAW images to adjust the white balance, exposure, shadows, brightness, contrast, noise, sharpness and optical lens distortion. ACDSee Pro also features powerful, versatile color management support for ICC color profiles, including the ability to set precise color specifications and synchronize color profiles on multiple monitors. Photographers can also take advantage of the higher dynamic range of 16 bits per channel images. Additional image control features include new filters, the Shadow/Highlight tool for exposure correction and advanced image comparison complete with histogram and exposure details display.

Share Photos Professionally

Photographers can easily add watermarks to their photographs to reflect copyright or company information. Professional HTML album templates are included, so photographers can choose a design, add contact information and place a company logo to match the look and feel of their business when presenting their photos via the Web. Photographers can also use ACDSee to print high-quality photos and contact sheets, create slide shows set to music and burn images to CD and DVD for presenting work to their clients.

"Our goal with ACDSee Pro is to enable professional photographers to spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens, doing what they do best - capturing great moments," said James Latham, vice president of marketing for ACD Systems. "ACDSee Pro reflects our commitment to providing specialized products that meet the advanced needs of professional photographers."

"With the introduction of ACDSee Pro, we offer photographers the ability to select a product that best suits their photo management needs," said Doug Vandekerkhove, chairman, chief executive officer and president of ACD Systems. "ACDSee 8 remains the choice for photography enthusiasts and hobbyists, while we expect ACDSee Pro to emerge as the preferred photo management software among professional photographers and advanced amateurs."

Visit the ACDSee Booth #801 during PhotoPlus Expo, October 20-22, for detailed information and product demonstrations, or visit www.acdseepro.com.

 

iView MediaPro 3

iView Multimedia has announced version 3 of its professional digital asset management software MediaPro. The pro package allows you to create customized and searchable catalogs and includes new features such as pro lightbox, added support for WMV, WMA RTF and web page files, XML import and export plus an enhanced interface. iView Media Pro 3 is available from November 1

iView's New MediaPro Speeds Creatives' Workflows



iView Multimedia today announced a new version of iView MediaPro, the award-winning, cross-platform digital asset management application. Designed for photographers and other creative professionals, MediaPro 3.0 delivers the world's most flexible and powerful professional workflow management solution.

Like earlier versions, MediaPro 3.0 helps users organize and manage a high volume and wide variety of digital files by creating customized, centralized and searchable catalogs.

Now, new features and enhancements simplify and speed up specific workflow tasks, including: importing, organizing, annotating, searching, distributing and archiving valuable digital assets.

New features include:

Pro Lightbox - This digitized version of the photographer's lightbox gives more powerful viewing options. In full screen mode, view up to four images side by side; compare and contrast; zoom and scroll to the same point on multiple images simultaneously; mark favorite selections; display histogram information for all images.

Streamlined Annotation Workflow - Provides more consistent annotation throughout your entire workflow, from import to export, via a user-defined controlled vocabulary (such as keywords). Support for industry standards IPTC/XMP Core and UNICODE means that annotations assigned in MediaPro can be read in other applications such as Adobe Photoshop, and you can use any language character set in annotations (such as Japanese).

Dynamic File Import Control - Create catalogs faster by batch renaming files, applying multiple annotations and copying media files to folders automatically on import. For example, images from a shoot can be stored into the right folder and batch renamed to fit a preferred filename format
directly on import. You can also batch import files from the Web directly into catalogs using the cURL technology for transferring files online.

New File Format Support - New file format support includes: WMV, WMA, Microsoft Word, RTF documents and archived Web page files.

XML Import and Export - Industry standard compliance helps protect your digital archive. MediaPro can now import XML and export catalogs to XML. For example, you can export a catalog and its metadata to XML formatted data and choose to change the XML structure, using XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation). You can also export XML files from iView MediaPro to other applications and create HTML or text documents.

Enhanced Interface - iView MediaPro has always excelled at responding to a user's requirements. Now you can customize your interface to display only the metadata fields you need while you're working and personalize IPTC terminology to fit your workflow. Also, you can save your catalog layout options as themes or use MediaPro's predefined themes.

Visual Search - Powerful catalog search/filter capabilities (including Boolean logic) are directly at your fingertips. Find the images you want more quickly, intuitively and efficiently without opening new windows in MediaPro or having to do multiple searches.

Advanced Web Gallery Options - MediaPro catalog publishing options are expanded. You have more flexibility in making Web galleries and integrating them with your existing Web site. Web Galleries are no longer limited to HTML tables. For example, create unique Web pages using other technologies, including Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Also, you can now upload exported
galleries directly to your Web server from MediaPro 3.0 via FTP.

Other new features and enhancements:

* E-mail files directly from a MediaPro catalog
* New progress indicators and status reports on import and batch functions
* Improved image conversion, including watermarking and embedding metadata
* Improved contact sheets, including headers, footers and file format
settings
* More powerful batch rename options, using metadata as variables in the
naming process
* Enhanced printing options and additional Web themes

 

Digital IXUS Wireless



Canon has today announced a new compact PowerShot model, the SD430, which becomes the first Canon model to feature build-in WiFi (802.11b). This model will be known simply as the Digital IXUS Wireless in Europe. This model is essentially identical as the SD450 but with the WiFi added (5 mp, 3x zoom). The camera kit also includes the 'WA-1N Wireless Print Adapter' which provides WiFi printing to PictBridge compatible printers. Options include the NB-4L battery (you may need a few of those).

Wireless (mostly WiFi) will be one of the 'buzz items' at PMA 2006, to me at least it's a solution looking for a problem. At home transfers will be no faster than dropping the camera in a USB dock, there is as yet no public infrastructure in place for 'out and about' transfers (and no built-in browser means it'll be difficult to login publicly) and when WiFi is enabled the small batteries in these compact cameras are likely to be sucked dry pretty quickly. There will of course be early adopters who will buy these models, personally I'd like to see manufacturers spending more R&D on important things like low-noise, high sensitivity sensors, better compact lenses, better automatic white balance and improved performance.

 

Сегодня Canon объявил о выходе новой компактной камеры из серии PowerShot (для Америки), которая станет первой камерой со встроенной функцией Wi-Fi (802.11b). В Европе эта модель будет называться просто Digital IXUS Wireless. По существу модель идентична Digital IXUS 55, но с добавлением WiFi (5Mp, 3x zoom). Комплектация камеры также включает WA-1N беспроводной адаптер для принтера, который позволяет беспроводную печать на PictBridge-совместимых принтерах. В опции входит аккумулятор NB-4L (вам может понадобиться такой).

Дальше приведено мнение веб-мастера сайта. Суть сводится к тому, что это всё понты и система будет жрать батарейки моментом и будут проблемы с отсутствием встроенного браузера. Он считает, что внимание разработчиков следует переключить с модных технологий на более специальные: снижение уровня шума, повышение разрешения, повышение качества оптики в мыльницах, улучшение автоматического баланса белого и производительности.

 

Canon EOS 20D/20Da firmware update v2.0.3

The second firmware update from Canon today relates to the EOS 20D and the astrophotography version of the same camera, the EOS 20Da. Firmware version 2.0.3 fixes the same two problems; one with the color temperature transmission that occurred when using the Speedlite 430EX and improves reliability when using CompactFlash cards.



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