Canon today strengthens its EF-S series of lenses with the launch of a versatile new model: the . With an equivalent focal length of 29-320mm, the lens offers an 11x zoom range – making it a powerful, lightweight alternative to carrying multiple lenses.

The EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS is designed exclusively for use with EOS cameras featuring an EF-S lens mount – including the new EOS 50D, EOS 1000D, EOS 450D, and earlier models.

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Nikon D90 camera :

• Sample video
• Sample video II
• Sample images
• Sixteen page brochure

Nikon D90, First Digital SLR to Record Video!

Video capture in a digital SLR camera, it’s about time! YAHOO!!!! Congratulations, Nikon, for being the first manufacturer in the world to add 24 fps 1,280×720 pixel video to a D-SLR. Sure there are some limitations in the D90 compared to even a low-end video camera but just think of the possibilities—like shooting wildlife sequences with a 600mm f 4.0. Those of us who just dabble in video will now be able to repurpose still gear that has taken thousands of dollars and years to acquire for a new hobby.

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Sony’s New Cyber-shot T500 Offers Style and Substance With HD Video Clips

T500 Delivers Sparkling Stills and High Definition Video Clips to Go

BERLIN–(Marketwire - August 28, 2008) - IFA Berlin

–New HD movie mode captures high-quality HD video clips
- 10.1 effective megapixels
- Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with 5x optical zoom
-Extra-large 3.5-inch Clear Photo LCD Plus touchscreen
-Double Anti-blur with Optical SteadyShot and High Sensitivity
-HD Slide Show with Music shows videos and stills on LCD or connected HD TV

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London, UK, August 28th, 2008 Anthropics Technology announces a new batch-processing version of its Portrait Professional software. This innovation brings the successful Portrait Professional software to photographers who would benefit from retouching large volumes of portraits, for significant time saving and happier customers. The software will be demonstrated at PhotoKina and available for sale from October 2008.

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from Yanik Chauvin

Marketing is a neverending business. As soon as you win one client, you know it won’t be long before you need to pick up another. That’s why it makes sense to ensure that your marketing plan contains streams that are set up to bring in repeat business.

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First there was the snapshot, and then came video. Now there is Microsoft Photosynth, a new service from Microsoft Live Labs that goes far beyond how you now view, experience and share photos.

You can share or relive a vacation destination or explore a distant museum or landmark; with a digital camera and your own creativity and inspiration, you can use Photosynth to transform regular digital photos into a three-dimensional, 360-degree experience. Anybody who sees your “synth” is put right in your shoes, sharing in the same sense of exhilaration and wonder that you did at the time, with detail, clarity and scope impossible to achieve in conventional photos or videos.

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Noise is the bane of digital photographers. The best way to deal with noise is to try and avoid it in the first place. But sometimes you’re faced with shooting in available darkness and the only way to get the shot is to crank up the ISO. In this tutorial we’ll take a look at various techniques for dealing with noise.

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The New SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC Line Easily Supports ?Continuous Shooting Performance in Nikon’s New D90 Digital SLR Camera

TOKYO, JAPAN, August 27, 2008 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today set a new speed record of 30 megabytes per second1 for SD™ flash memory cards with the introduction of the SanDisk Extreme® III 30MB/s Edition line of SDHC™ Cards. The new cards, expected to be available worldwide in September in 4-gigabyte (GB)2, 8GB and 16GB capacities, are designed to deliver peak performance when used with the new digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, Nikon D90.

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