Uccia Photography: 2010

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Pentax K-r Korejanai

Pentax are releasing a limited edition “Korejanai” version of the K-r DSLR in Japan. Just 100 sets of the special Korejanai K-r and a matching 35mm lens will be available in time for Christmas. It’s certainly a little more eye-catching than the usual sombre black…
Website: Pentax Japan Press Release

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New Polaroid Camera to Debut at CES 2011

Mark Goldstein | Film

A new Polaroid camera will be unveiled at the CES show in January. According to Engadget, they’ve receieved a press invite from Polaroid for the 6th of January which shows a new camera tantalisingly shrouded in darkness. Some simple Photoshop trickery reveals a slot in the bottom of the new Polaroid, hinting at a new instant camera.
Website: Engadget

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Nikon D7000 Firmware Upgrade for Video Spots

Mark Goldstein | Digital SLR Cameras

Nikon is about to release a new firmware upgrade for the D7000 DSLR to fix “noticeable bright spots with movie recording under certain conditions”. Owners have reported that the spots are particularly noticeable when recording movies of especially dark scenes or subjects. No date has yet been given for the release of what will be the first D7000 firmware upgrade.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

Perfect Photo Suite 5.5

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Software

onOne Software has released Perfect Photo Suite 5.5 for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Apple Aperture. With support for Photoshop CS5, CS4 and CS3, the Perfect Photo Suite 5.5 includes the company’s FocalPoint 2, PhotoTune 3, PhotoFrame 4.6, PhotoTools 2.6, MaskPro 4.1 and Perfect Resize 7 plug-ins (the last of which is the next generation of Genuine Fractals). Additionally, the new version allows photographers to use FocalPoint 2, PhotoTune 3, PhotoFrame 4.6 and Perfect Resize 7 directly within Lightroom and Aperture without the need for a separate host application. The new Perfect Photo Suite 5.5 is available immediately to owners of Plug-In Suite 5 as a free upgrade at the website below. New users may purchase Perfect Photo Suite 5.5 for $499.95.

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ARCA-SWISS Rm2d

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Digital, Film

Arca-Swiss has announced the Rm2d, a precision medium-format camera, which is smaller and lighter than the critically acclaimed Rm3d. Marketed as the camera for high-resolution hand-held photography, the Arca-Swiss Rm2d can take film magazines as well as digital backs, and is compatible with Arca-Swiss R-mount lenses ranging from 23mm to 250mm. The precision of the focusing device allows for repeatable settings with 15 micron accuracy (when mounted on a tripod, of course), and the camera also boasts a shift functionality that makes it well suited to architectural photography. Weighing in at a mera 700 grams without a lens or a film magazine / digital back, the Arca-Swiss Rm2d is available at a price of €3,090 + VAT.

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ElcomSoft Discovers Vulnerability in Canon’s Original Data Security System

Zoltan Arva-Toth | General

Accroding to net-security.org, ElcomSoft has discovered vulnerability in Canon’s Original Data Security System. The system, which is aimed at guaranteeing authenticity of photos captured with supported Canon cameras, uses secret keys to calculate authentication data. Researchers from ElcomSoft are now claiming they have been able to extract these secret keys and use them “for adding authenticity signatures to a set of manipulated digital images”, Net Security reports. ElcomSoft has alerted Canon to the problem.
Source: Net Security

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Times Square Photographs Wanted by New-York Historical Society

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Digital

The New-York Historical Society is soliciting digital photographs of contemporary Times Square from West 42nd to 47th Streets at Broadway or Seventh Avenue. Anyone from tourists to “serious amateurs” can send in their pictures that may include exterior architecture, outdoor portraits, group snapshots, billboards and advertisements and interior images of notable area buildings. Images should be at least 1,200 X 1,500 pixels, submitted in either GIF, JPG, or PNG format. Minor colour correction and/or cropping is acceptable as long as the original subject matter of the photograph remains intact. You have until 31 March 2011 to enter.

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iCorrect EditLab Pro 6.0

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Software

PictoColor Software has released iCorrect EditLab Pro 6.0 for Windows, an upgrade to its Photoshop plug-in for precise selective colour correction and colour editing. Product highlights include the ability to make both selective and global colour and exposure adjustments, advanced temperature based controls for colour balance correction, new 64-bit support on Windows, asvanced sharpeing and noise removal, shadow and highlight revovery on a global or hue-selective basis, and more. iCorrect EditLab Pro 6.0 may be purchased at PictoColor Software’s secure on-line store for $124.95 as a software download. Upgrades are $79.95.

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Face2Face 3D for iPhone

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Software

First Rodeo Software has released Face2Face 3D 1.0, billed as the first 3D face swapping and blending app available on iPhone and iPod touch. The app lets you swap and blend faces within your photos by manipulating 3D models of the faces using the touch interface of the iPhone.Unlike traditional 2D methods, which often make it look like a cutout head has been pasted onto a body, Face2Face’s 3D algorithms automatically determine and compensate for the orientation and shapes of the heads. “This allows for faces to be rotated away from the camera, and provides very convincing blends with the user required to position only a few points within the images,” the company said.Face2Face 3D 1.0 is $1.99 and available through the App Store in the Photography category.

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

TrueHDR 2.1 for iOS

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Software

A new version of TrueHDR is now available on the App Store. TrueHDR enables you to take two pictures at different exposures, and then takes the best features of each and merges them into one picture that has vivid colours and details in both the shadows and highlights. Version 2.1 offers a new “Natural” mode for taking HDR photos with realistic colours, fast processing, and low image noise. TrueHDR 2.1 is available at a price of $1.99.

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360 Panorama 3.0 for iPhone

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Software

Colorado-based Occipital has just introduced 360 Panorama 3.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Using 360 Panorama, users simply pan their camera and see the application “paint” the panoramic scene in front of them from live video. Moments later the panorama is ready to be saved, emailed or uploaded via Twitter. 360 Panorama 3.0 requires iOS 4.0 or later, and is temporarily on sale for $0.99 USD (normally $2.99) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photography category.

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