Minox announces the Rolleiflex AF 5.0 miniature digital camera. The only things that have grown in this replica of the world famous Rolleiflex 6×6 camera (scale 1:2) are its technical capabilities: an autofocus lens, a 1.1″ inch LCD monitor in the waist-level viewfinder as well as an image resolution of up to 5 megapixels. The provided 256 MB miniSD Card can store up to 250 pictures of the highest resolution. Featuring fine body detail in either classic black or a special “Italian red”, these miniature cameras draw all the attention…

Delkin burns 25GB in 23 minutes to last 200 years
Delkin launches Archival Gold Blu-ray (BD-R) recordable media, the first archival Blu-ray discs guaranteed to preserve your data safely for over 200 years. These new discs feature 4x write speed, enabling you to burn 25GB in only 23 minutes; that’s more data than data 5 DVDs or 33 CDs can store. These Gold (actually sliver colored) discs can be the answer if you’re shooting RAW and want to preserve your images for many generations to come. The discs are available in a single jewel case, a five disc binder, and a 10 or 25 disc spindle…

Sony announces versatile HVL-F58AM flash unit
Sony expands its a alpha system of accessories with the new HVL-F58AM flash unit. This new flash features a Quick Shift Bounce system. The flash head can pivot 90 degrees left and right on a horizontal axis in addition to the conventional up and down vertical adjustment, thus the camera and flash unit can keep the same orientation regardless of portrait or landscape shooting. A powerful performer, the flash unit features a maximum guide number of 58 at 105mm and ISO 100. The HVL-F58AM will ship in September for about $500…

Ricoh unveils 12 megapixel GX200 digital camera
Ricoh releases the 12 Megapixel GX200, successor to the compact digital camera introduced in April last year. The GX200 inherits popular features such as a 24 to 72 mm high-performance wide-angle optical zoom lens on a 25 mm thin body, and a removable tilting electronic viewfinder. The GX200 achieves increased resolution via its 12 megapixel CCD and noise reduction via its new image processing engine. The GX200 will be available in July for 499.99 euro, the model with electronic viewfinder included for 599.99 euro…

Optoma introduces new Pico Handheld projector
Optoma introduces world’s first Pico Handheld projector, this new four-ounce portable projector fits in your hand palm and is the ideal companion to portable media devices such as iPods, PDA’s, cell phones and digital cameras. Optoma’s Pico Projector utilizes the latest LED technology resulting in a colorful and vivid image. The small and powerful unit is based upon DLP technology assuring the highest possible contrast. The product will be available in Europe and Asia in late 2008, with a worldwide launch in 2009…

Mr Angry Overreaction Man Kicks Off
Fellow photographer, Jeremy Brooks has been assaulted by a man in the street for taking photographs in the street. Quoting Jeremy from his blog; This guy was on the corner of Stockton and Columbus in San Francisco yelling at a homeless man. Anger, conflict, drama sounds like a great shot to me. I crossed the [...]

Nikon releases Capture NX 2 photo editing software
Nikon releases the new Capture NX 2 photo editing software, an evolution of the Capture NX software released in 2006. Capture NX 2 introduces the all-new Selection Control Point tool, which allows you to carry out nearly any image adjustment to a specific area with just a point-and-click to make the selection. The new Auto Retouch Brush allows you to simply apply a few mouse strokes to clear away spots or other distractions that appear in a picture. Furthermore, the new software offers some additional “NEF only” functions…

Casio releases EX-Z9 firmware update ver. 1.02
Casio releases firmware update version 1.02 for the Exilim EX-Z9 digital camera. This new firmware update offers the following fixes and improvements: 1. Adds the support for 16GB SDHC memory cards. 2. Fixes a problem with scrolling of a displayed image. At the same time Casio releases a firmware update to correct on-screen text in certain geographic regions (Chinese Simplified and Traditional) for the models EX-S10, EX-Z20, EX-Z60, EX-Z100 and EX-Z200…

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