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The Nikon COOLPIX P500: Ultra Zoom Personified
George Schaub  |  Nov 10, 2011  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2011  |  0 comments

The 12.1-megapixel Nikon COOLPIX P500 ($399.95, MSRP) is an integral lens camera with an incredible zoom range of 36x—that’s optical, not digital zoom and it gives you the equivalent angle of view of a wide-angle 22.5mm to a super tele of 810mm! The Zoom-Nikkor ED glass lens can also be used for “super close-ups” with a minimum focusing distance of 0.4”.

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Simply Color Lab’s Simply VIVID Prints
Press Release  |  Nov 10, 2011  |  0 comments
Simply Color Lab, Inc. announces its new line of 100% digital photos – Simply VIVID Prints. With bolder, more vibrant colors, the new line brings professional photographers a better, faster, less-expensive alternative to traditional prints.  And have the added benefit of being eco-friendly.

Simply Color Lab, Inc., which provides print services to professional photographers including canvas, paper prints, and press-printed products, will be adding to their paper prints line with Simply Vivid™ Prints. This new line of prints utilizes state-of-the-art printing processes and inks that allow the most bold, vibrant colors available in the industry. The larger color gamut and digital process offers better consistency and color accuracy and allows photographers to more accurately represent what was actually photographed without compromising color range as in the past.

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Denver Art Museum Presents Robert Adams Retrospective: Robert Adams: The Place We Live Opens September 25, 2011
Staff  |  Nov 09, 2011  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2011  |  0 comments
The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is the first US venue for Robert Adams: The Place We Live, A Retrospective Selection of Photographs. The exhibition will feature more than 200 black-and-white photos spanning Adams’s 45-year career, showcasing the artistic legacy of the American photographer and his longstanding engagement with the contemporary Western landscape. Adams lived and worked in Colorado for nearly 30 years. Many of his most acclaimed images were taken in the Rocky Mountain region and will strike a familiar chord with visitors. The exhibition, organized by the Yale University Art Gallery, will be on view September 25, 2011-January 2, 2012 in the museum’s Gallagher Family Gallery.
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Lowepro Expands Fastpack Series
Press Release  |  Nov 09, 2011  |  0 comments
Lowepro has expanded its Fastpack line with the release of the DSLR Video Fastpack AW series. This flexible, dual-compartment backpack is expressly designed for fast-moving multimedia photographers who rely on a diverse set-up of equipment to help them capture and deliver rich content.
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Canon EOS 60D: The Next Generation Takes A Turn In The Road
Joe Farace  |  Nov 08, 2011  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2011  |  3 comments

The generation of Canon EOS digital SLRs beginning with the 10D have been evolutionary, with each camera adding resolution and new features. The 60D continues in that vein but also takes a slightly different tack, adding some features from Canon’s own PowerShot series, bringing in functionality like a 3” flip-out LCD screen, and adding some creative effects that show how software is becoming an increasingly important part of any hardware offering. Each of these creative filters, including Soft Focus, Grainy Black and White, Toy Camera, and Miniature Effect, can be applied to a captured image creating a second “filtered” version, leaving the original file unaffected.

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Tenba Expands Discovery Collection
Press Release  |  Nov 08, 2011  |  0 comments
Tenba announced another expansion of its popular Discovery collection of lightweight professional-level camera bags. Tenba has added the new Top Load and Photo/Laptop Messenger bags to further broaden a product line that has been designed with active outdoor photographers in mind. The Discovery Top Load is a clean and simple carrying solution for a single DSLR camera body with a mid-size zoom lens, while the Discovery Messenger fits a larger multi-lens camera system plus a tablet or laptop computer up to 13 inches.
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Student Union: Room 620
Jay McCabe  |  Nov 07, 2011  |  First Published: Sep 01, 2011  |  0 comments
It’s a small magazine—51⁄2x41⁄4 inches, 16 black-and-white pages—handmade, unpretentious and totally engaging, charming even. Room 620 is published quarterly during the school year by the students in Joe Baltz’s third-year photography class at Joliet Central High.
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Talking Pictures
Survival
Staff  |  Nov 07, 2011  |  First Published: Sep 01, 2011  |  11 comments
While hiking an overlook at Capitol Reef National Park in Utah I came across this wonderful juniper tree as a storm was approaching. The tree’s gracefully gnarled and twisted bark tells a story of survival. The tree’s very existence is the result of surviving the storms that sweep across the ridge helping to form and shape it.
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Rogue Gels
Press Release  |  Nov 07, 2011  |  0 comments
ExpoImaging, Inc. announced availability of Rogue Gels, the newest addition to its Rogue Photographic Design line of products. Rogue Gel Kits offer photographers a choice of 20 dynamic color and correction filters to help create dramatic and theatrical lighting. Each kit includes a combination of 14 color effects gels, 5 color correction gels, and 1 diffusion gel inside a compact storage pouch with quick reference dividers to keep the gels safe and organized.
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Covering The Photo Beat: A Photo App, Lens Cap, And Inkjet Paper
C.A. Boylan  |  Nov 04, 2011  |  First Published: Sep 01, 2011  |  1 comments

Nik Software’s Snapseed is a photo application designed specifically for the iPad. It enables you to create amazing photos with a wide variety of filters and tools. Filter choices include Grunge, Vintage, and Drama. Snapseed features U Point technology in touch devices, bringing precise selective adjustments to change lighting, color, and more by simply touching and swiping the screen. Snapseed allows users to enhance, edit, and share their photos via social networks, e-mail, and even print via Apple’s AirPrint Wi-Fi printing standard. Snapseed for the iPad is available on the App Store (www.niksoftware.com/buysnapseedipad) for $4.99. Tutorial videos are available at: www.niksoftware.com/snapseed.

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