Sony PRS-505 eBook Reader

THE eBOOK STORE FROM SONY ANNOUNCES ACCESS TO MORE THAN 1 MILLION PUBLIC DOMAIN BOOKS FROM GOOGLE

eBook Store from Sony is Now the Largest Source for eBooks

SAN DIEGO, July 29, 2009 – The eBook Store from Sony, together with Google, today announced it is providing access to more than 1 million free public domain books – from classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island to biographies, historical texts, romance novels and hundreds of other genres. The announcement reinforces Sony’s commitment to providing consumers with the largest, most comprehensive selection of eBooks available. These titles, which Google has digitized as part of its Google Books project, are available in EPUB format and are optimized for current models of the Sony Reader Digital Book.

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Olympus E-P1

DPReview has published their review of the Olympus E-P1 [Specs], the world’s smallest Interchangeable Lens System camera which produces “image quality which is easily as good as most SLRs at a similar price point” with its 12.3MP resolution (on a 17.3 x 13.0 mm High Speed Live MOS Sensor), Sensor-shift Image Stabilization, Dust Reduction, an extra large 3.0-in. LCD (230K dots), HD Movie (1280×720 @ 30fps) with stereo sound, Intelligent AUTO (auto scene recognition), Scene Modes, Face Detection, Shadow Adjustment Technology, PASM modes, Shutter speed range of 60 – 1/4000 sec. plus Bulb (up to 30 min.), Continuous Shooting at 3fps, RAW file format, Digital Level, MF Assist, a hot shoe, Live View Autofocus system with real time focus, Multiple Exposure, six built-in Art Filters and ePortrait. In a welcomed change for an Olympus digital camera, the E-P1 uses the Secure Digital (SD / SDHC) memory cards.

Sony alpha DSLR-A380

PhotographyBLOG has posted their review (“doesn’t offer HD video“) of the Sony alpha DSLR-A380 [Specs], with 14.2MP resolution (on a 23.5 x 15.7 mm APS CCD Sensor), in-camera Sensor-shift Image Stabilization, Anti-Dust Technology, large tiltable 2.7-in. (230K dots) LCD, and a Quick AF Live View that uses lighting fast Phase-Detection auto focus.

Bing Summer Photo Contest 2009

Out of 9400 submissions, the winner of the Bing Home Page Contest to appear on August 3 is by… Jeremy J Somers with a lightning strike picture.