Slideshow Pro For Lightroom Revisited: "Two years ago we looked at this popular Lightroom plug-in. Since then many great enhancements have been made to the plug in. Watch this tutorial to learn more about this plug in.
Sandisk to begin shipping 32 GB microSDHC card: "
SanDisk will begin shipping the world's highest-capacity removable memory card for mobile phones - the 32 gigabyte microSDHC card. This new card allows you to store large volume of photos, videos or enough music to outlast 35 round-trip flights between San Francisco and New York before repeating a single song. The new 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card is available now on SanDisk.com U.S. and European e-commerce sites, with worldwide retail availability to follow next month. The card carries a retail price of $199.99..."
Adobe releases Lightroom 3 Beta update: "
Adobe has opened the second public beta of its Photoshop Lightoom 3 software for immediate download from its Adobe Labs site. Lightroom 3 will be based around a new processing engine and the second iteration adds luminance noise reduction to the color noise reduction options that appeared in the initial beta. The latest beta also supports tethered shooting for a number of Nikon and Canon DSLRs, enables importing and management of video files and improves overall functioning of the software."
(Via Digital Photography Review.)
Rummaging Around in the Lightroom Database: "One of the key benefits of using a program like Adobe Lightroom as part of your workflow is that it is built around a true database for cataloging your images. While most users are content to use that database solely through Lightroom itself, some of us are more curious about what's actually inside and what they can do with it. You can get in pretty deep writing your own queries, or if you skip to the end of this article, I'll point you to a free program that will do a lot of the work for you...."
Bibble Labs updates Bibble 5 Pro software: "
Bibble Labs has added support for the Canon EOS 550D and Olympus E-PL1 cameras to Bibble 5 Pro. Version 5.0.3 of the Raw processing software is available for immediate download via the Bibble Labs website."
(Via Digital Photography Review.)
Light Fare: The "Jarvie Window": "
Here's a new use for your ring flash.
Salt Lake City-based photographer Scott Jarvie made a unique set of portraits using a Ray Flash ring flash adapter and an 8mm fisheye lens.
Gimmicky? Perhaps. Fun and creative? Yup.
Cue the flood of imitators on Flickr in 3, 2, 1…
(Thanks much to Ben for the tip via the comments section.)
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(Via Strobist.)
Tamron develops SP 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di VC USD lens: "
Tamron has announced the development of a 70-300mm f/4-5.6 zoom lens featuring image stabilization and an ultrasonic auto-focus drive. The SP 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di VC USD is the company's first lens to feature its latest Ultrasonic Silent Drive (USD) autofocus motor, with full-time manual focus override. The optical design includes an element made from Extra-Low Dispersion (XLD) glass, said to have optical properties similar to fluorite. Designed for both full-frame and APS-C digital SLRs, the lens will be initially available in Nikon mount followed by Canon and Sony versions."
(Via Digital Photography Review.)
