photokina 2010 is One Big Photo Show :: Photos from Cologne, Germany

photokina is the world’s biggest and most prestigious photo show. Yes, it’s bigger than CES when it comes to photography and imaging. We’re talking one hall of equipment after another of everything photographic.photokina is held every two years in Cologne, Germany. There were over 180,000 attendees seeing the latest and [...] Read more »
Sigma SD15 Hits the Streets Running

The Sigma SD15 DSLR is now out on the streets and selling at just under $1000. Joining the Foveon X3 sensor cameras the 14-megapixel SD15 was shown at PMA 2010 where it received quite a bit of interest particularly from international members of the media. Improved noise control for ISO [...] Read more »
16 Videos :: Digging Into Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Adobe is now shipping Lightroom 3 software that was designed with professional and amateur photographers in mind. With LR3 you can organize, retouch, add special effects, and a whole lot more. If you’re already using Photoshop then it’s easy to discover just how the two fit together. Pro Photo Home [...] Read more »
Video Tutorials :: Getting to Know Photoshop CS5

With the recently announced Photoshop CS5 comes a plethora of new features, techniques, and approaches. If we were to point out our favorite new feature it would have to be the Content-Aware Fill. It’s easy now to work on eliminating distracting objects as well as work on your composition. But, [...] Read more »
Free :: Adobe Lens Profile Creator

Adobe has posted a free prerelease utility intended for the Photoshop family of products that gives you the power to create easy lens profiles. For example, many still love the look of that 20mm wide angle distortion. Should you want to correct it in the image Lens Profile Creator can [...] Read more »
In the Sandbox :: Fun Toy Cameras, Small Photoshop Effects & an iPhone Miniaturized Photo Effect

Stuck away in the drawers or on closet shelves may be some of your favorite toy cameras. The list includes that Holga, Diana, or Lomo. These are generally durable plastic Bakelite resin plastic that made it’s way into the manufacture of many a camera including that Kodak Brownie. What’s even more [...] Read more »
PocketWizard Releases Version 5.0 Firmware for MiniTT1™ and FlexTT5™

Elmsford NY – December 29, 2009 – PocketWizard launched the newest and most advanced firmware for the MiniTT1 Transmitter and FlexTT5 Transceiver. ControlTL™ Firmware Version 5.0 for Canon incorporates several new features, many performance improvements and new camera and flash compatibility. Now, with a simple download, customers who already own [...] Read more »
Canon 7D worse than Canon Rebel XSI?

Updated 11/21/09: There seems to be a lot of interest in this report. I have added the raw files below. Try the Raw converter test yourself. Download All Raw Files Plus a Few More (warning large 230mb zip file) Canon Rebel XSI (450D) vs. Canon 7D Raw Files Zipped Here [...] Read more »
Does the Olympus E-P2 Sound Good?
<br /> <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2216619/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2216619/">Does the Olympus E-P2 Sound Good?</a><span style="font-size:9px;" mce_style="font-size:9px;">(<a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com">opinion</a>)</span><br /> Read more »