SAMSUNG ANNOUNCES NEW CAMCORDERS THAT PUT HD VIDEO RECORDING AND VIEWING IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND

SMX-K40 offers near full-HD upscaling and 65x Intelli-Zoom

Mississauga – July 15, 2009 – Samsung Electronics Canada today introduced a new camcorder that makes recording and viewing video in HD easy. The SMX-K40 records video in standard definition and upscales the footage to near full-HD when viewing through an HDMI output.

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Nik Software Adds Comprehensive Online Webinar Program to its Educational Offerings

Free summer webinars offer information, insights and tips on using Nik Software products

San Diego, CA (July 14, 2009) — Nik Software announces today its Summer 2009 Webinar schedule. These six free hour-long educational webinars, starting July 14th and continuing through mid-September, will cover a range of photography topics including weddings, wildlife, portraits, landscapes, and fine art while offering basic information, insights and tips on using all Nik Software’s award-winning image enhancing products. Additionally, the webinars enable attendees to pose questions to the live educators.

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PhotographyBLOG has published their review of the Olympus E-P1 [Specs], the world’s smallest Interchangeable Lens System camera and “the first Four Thirds camera to offer comparable quality to an APS-C DSLR,” with 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.

DigitalCameraReview has posted their review of the Nikon Coolpix S620 [Specs], a point-and-shoot digital camera with "the ability to capture stunning macro images" and featuring 12.2MP resolution (1/2.33-in. CCD), 4x wide-angle optical zoom (28-112mm equiv.), optical image stabilization, 2.7-in. LCD (230K dots), VGA movie (640×480) @ 30fps, D-Lighting, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix, Face-Priority AF, Smile Mode, and Scene Auto Selector.

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Photocrati has published their review of the Olympus E-P1 [Specs], the world’s smallest Interchangeable Lens System camera and a “classy imaging tool,” with 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.

Bob Atkins has published his review of the Canon T1i / 500D [Specs], "one of the best bargains in Canon’s (or anyone else’s) DSLR lineup" with 15.1MP resolution (on a 22.3 x 14.9 mm CMOS sensor), an extra large 3.0-in. high resolution (920K dots) LCD, Integrated Cleaning System, 9-point Phase Detection AF, Live View, PASM, Shutter Speed range of 30 – 1/4000 sec. plus Bulb, Continuous 3.4fps, and RAW file format.

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Olympus has admitted that its 50th Anniversary of the PEN digital YouTube movie was inspired by one “dokugyunyu” who posted his “A Wolf Loves Pork” stop-motion film about one month earlier:

Some of the comments we have read here suggest that we should mention the creator of “A wolf loves pork”, Mr Takeuchi Taijin.
While we were looking for a way to realise a story describing “a journey through time” based on printed images, we were inspired by Mr Taijin’s brilliant work. For this reason we intentionally quoted his work in our little movie while showing full respect to his original idea. We didnt mention his name because we did not want to do so without his prior agreement.
However after considering some of the comments posted here we have decided to add credits to him and his work, which we obviously absolutely love.