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Custom SLR has announced the immediate availability of the M-Plate universal camera tripod plate. The M-Plate offers built-in Manfrotto RC2 and Arca-Swiss connections as well as attachment points for accessories. Produced with appreciation from the support of more than 400 Kickstarter backers and designed by a team of seasoned photographers, the M-Plate enables quick release from any tripod head and can attach multiple camera accessories onto a single plate.

Lensbaby announced the release of two new additions to its accessory product line, the Lensbaby Lens Cloth and the Lensbaby Lenspen Pro. The new products join existing accessories including the Lensbaby System Bag, Creative Aperture Kit 2, Macro Converters and others.

Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) today announced the next generation of its top-selling My Passport line of portable hard drives, offering consumers a  fresh new enclosure design and the first-ever 2 TB capacity in a portable drive. Now available in five popular colors: white, black, silver, blue, and red, with a range of capacities beginning from 500 GB, the new sleeker My Passport portable drives offer digital consumers an appealing array of storage options that reflect their personal style. Additionally, the new My Passport drives offer WD SmartWare™ automatic backup software and WD Security™ for password protection and hardware encryption.

MultiStitch (Patent Pending) is a professional photographic accessory that is intuitive and simple to use, works with Digital Backs and DSLRs, and is now available. MultiStitch lets photographers use their 4x5 cameras to shoot 2-over-2 image patterns for digital stitching, allowing true Large-Format digital capture. To learn more, visit www.multistitch.com.

Photogenic Professional Lighting has extended its popular rebates until May 15, 2012 on their popular models and kits from the Solair™, PowerLight®, and StudioMax® III series. With the rebates, consumers can save up to $250 on lighting and accessories.

A wider palette of creative options is now accessible to more shooters with the Alpha-57 camera, the newest addition to Sony’s popular line of A-mount cameras employing Translucent Mirror Technology.

A successor to Sony’s Alpha-55 camera, the Alpha-57 can shoot still images at up to 12 frames per second, capture full HD video at 60p, 60i or 24p frame rates and has a variety of creative modes including Auto Portrait Framing, a world’s first technology.