New plug-in for Photoshop® and Aperture™ incorporates U Point® technology for precise selective sharpening Las Vegas, NV — September 4, 2008 (Photoshop World, Booth #321) — Nik Software today announced the latest version of its popular Sharpener Pro photographic plug-in for use with Adobe® Photoshop® and Apple® Aperture™. Designed for professionals and photo enthusiasts, Sharpener Pro 3.0 is the most advanced and powerful sharpening solution for photographers, eliminating the guesswork typically required for achieving superior and consistent results. Now featuring Nik Software's patented U Point technology, ... Read More

The Photowalk was a lot of fun and I had a hell of a time trying to pick a winner from the hundreds of images I had to go through. I eventually landed on this image from Maurice Naragon as the local winner for our group. Maurice's image went on to Scott Kelby who had to choose a winner from 273 entries. Unfortunately, Maurice was not one of the final winners but still, we all had a great time and we look ... Read More

Covering a huge range from 18mm to 200mm the new EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS makes for a great all-purpose lens. Compact, lightweight and a wide magnification range - this standard zoom lens features a wide focal length range from normal to telephoto equivalent to 29-320mm in the 35mm format. It features an Optical Image Stabilizer for up to 4-stops of effective correction even at full zoom. Since Canon's optical image stabilization system is in the lens, not in the camera, you can ... Read More

As expected, the replacement for the EOS 40D has been announced just prior to Photokina. The new EOS 50D is the top end of the "prosumer" market and has a number on improvements over the 40D which is just about a year old. Let's get right into it and see what this new camera is all about. Read More

We are happy to announce the release of our updated presets for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. The Dojo Essentials package now contains a few more presets and the existing presets have been tweaked slightly and compatibility with Lightroom 2.0 has been added. As before, the Dojo Essentials is a free set of Lightroom presets. Our second package, the Dojo Power Tools has gained a few new presets as well and several issues with existing presets have been fixed and compatibility with Lightroom 2.0 has ... Read More

While the odds of ever recovering a lost camera or memory card are probably still less than your odds of winning the lottery or getting struck by lightning, a new site offers a glimmer of hope and has helped almost a dozen people recover their lost memories already. If you have found a memory card or camera, please go to IFoundYourCamera.net and post some information and pictures from the camera and hopefully someone who lost it will be able to recover their ... Read More

When I saw the press release for the new Thinkpad W700 I thought the folks at Lenovo had finally lost their minds. This new monster laptop can't even be considered a laptop, it is truly a mobile workstation. With built-in color calibration of the monitor, built-in camera, built-in Wacom tablet, and enough horsepower to really be able to do ALL of your work on the road. This beast will even support the upcoming QuadCore Extreme processor. The W700 supports up to 8gb ... Read More

In-field backup units have gotten more and more sophisticated these days and the new ones from Epson are seriously top-of-the-line in features. The new units both sport 4", 640x480 (VGA) screen resolution and can display over 16.7 million colors. The P-6000 comes with an 80GB hard-disk drive while the P-7000 comes with a 160GB drive. Both feature a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connection that allows download speeds up to one third faster than the previous P-3000 and P-5000 models. The new displays cover 94% ... Read More

Wolverine Data  announces the most advanced GPS geographical tag accessory for your Nikon D200, D300, D2Hs, D2Xs, D3 or Fujifilm S5 Pro Photo! The Wolverine GEO is a GPS accessory that attaches to the latest Nikon or Fuji DSLR's to tag your exact location every time you take a picture. No need to guess where you took a picture, no need to manually associate each picture with location. The Wolverine GEO takes this burden away and map-tag your ... Read More

If you like Digg, Reddit, or StumbleUpon but want a site that is specific to photography. We have the answer for you. shutterSCOOP.com is a voting site dedicated to photography topics. Add new articles that you find around on the internet and submit them to the system. As other people vote the popular sites rise to the top. While there have been attempts to run sites like this in the past, none of them are actively being maintained anymore. Since shutterSCOOP.com is ... Read More