Nikon Coolpix S4000

“Those trading up from a camera phone will definitely like the optical zoom, the different autofocus options and the high-definition video recording capability, and will likely feel at home with the touchscreen interface.”

We’ve added a new Nikon Coolpix S4000 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

PhotographyBLOG has posted their review of the Nikon Coolpix S4000, an ultra compact digital camera with 12MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD), 4x wide-angle optical zoom (27-108mm equiv.), Scene Auto Selector, Smart Portrait, 3.0-in. Touch Panel LCD (460k-dot), and HD 720p movie @ 24fps.

You can read the full Nikon S4000 Review at: PhotographyBLOG.

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Samsung NX10

“The NX10 is a rather impressive little camera [with a] first-rate 18-55mm kit lens.”

We’ve added a new Samsung NX10 [Specs] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

Photo Radar has published their review of the Samsung NX10, a Digital Interchangeable Lens (DIL) camera with 14.6MP on an APS-C CMOS image sensor, 3.0-in. AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) display screen (614k-dot), VGA EVF (921k-dot), Smart AUTO, PASM, Scene modes, Smart [Dynamic] Range, Supersonic Dust Reduction, and HD movie 1280 x 720 @ 30fps with mono sound.

You can read the full Samsung NX10 review at: Photo Radar.

Winners Announced for 25th And/or Book Awards for the Best Photography and Best Moving Image Books of 2009

Thursday 29 April 2010

Oil by Edward Burtynsky (Steidl) and Eisenstein on the Audiovisual by Robert Robertson (I. B. Tauris) have won the 25th And/or Book Awards, the UK’s leading prizes for books published in the fields of photography and the moving image.

Best Photography Book (£5,000 prize)

Oil by Edward Burtynsky (Steidl)

Philippe Garner, chair of the Photography judging panel comments: “Edward Burtinsky’s Oil is ambitious in scale and message. He tells the social, political and ecological story of how oil has fuelled the mechanisation, and threatens the destruction of our world. The theme is highly topical; its telling is magisterial, haunting and highly effective. This is an important book.”

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The LOL [Laugh Out Loud] Project aims to capture 1000 pictures of laughing persons aged 4 to 99. But not just any laugh will do, only the defining moment when the subject bursts out in unstoppable laughter.

Why not start your own LOL Project? LOL Paris, LOL Toronto, etc.

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ICC Presents Creative Commons by Guillaume Cailleau

Contemporary video installation features public internet images of the ROM

(Toronto, Ontario – April 29, 2010) Online social media, photography and their impact on one’s perception of reality come together in the new site-specific video-sculpture Creative Commons, presented by the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), as part of this year’s Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival. Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Guillaume Cailleau uses 18 TV monitors to create a kinetic collage of images of the ROM that were drawn from thousands of free-to-use photographs available on the Internet. Creative Commons will be on display free of charge in the ROM’s Spirit House in the Lee-Chin Crystal from May 1 to 31, 2010.

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House Calls with my Camera: Social Documentary Portraits by Dr. Mark Nowaczynski

Powerful photos of seniors in need on display at the ROM

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents House Calls with my Camera, a poignant series of photo essays capturing the lives of the patients of Toronto physician Dr. Mark Nowaczynski. The 36 powerful photos taken by Dr. Nowacyznski, many of which are on display for the first time, document the hidden world of his house-bound patients, revealing the startling lack of medical and supportive home care services of this vulnerable population. House Calls with my Camera will be on display on Level 2 in the Hilary and Galen Weston Wing from May 15 to October 11, 2010.

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Sony DSC-WX1 Cyber-shot

“The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-WX1 is exactly what a luxury ultra-compact should be.”

We’ve added another Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

TrustedReviews has published their review of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1 with 10.2M resolution (1/2.4-in. CMOS) ultra compact digital camera with 5x optical zoom (24-120mm equiv.), optical Image Stabilization, 2.7-in. (230K dots) LCD, Easy Shooting Mode, iAUTO, iSCN, Intelligent AF, Sweep Panorama, Dynamic Range Optimizer, Continuous Shooting 10fps (10.2M full resolution), Anti Motion Blur mode, Handheld Twilight Mode, Face Detection, Smile Shutter Technology, Pet Mode, PHOTO MUSIC, and HD Movie 1280 x 720 @ 30fps.

You can read the Sony WX1 Review at: TrustedReviews.

POYi is announcing an annual $10,000 “Emerging Vision Incentive” to support a year-long project of an aspiring photojournalist. The first $10,000 award will be handed out in June.

Read the article at: PDNPulse.