Unified Color Technologies, a high dynamic range imaging experts, today announced the latest upgrade to their famous HDR image editing software offerings, the standalone HDR software and HDR Expose 2, which allows photographers for creating most true to life HDR photos possible and 32 Float V2, a 32-bit HDR image editing plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. Most significant upgrades to both products include over 26 enhanced and new features, streamlined user interface and quicker processing speed. Built on Beyond RGB color technology platform of the company, both 32 Float V2 and HDR Expose separate a photo’s color component from luminosity component allowing photographers for adjusting each autonomously. With these enhancements, Unified Color Technologies has reengineered the base architecture for drastically enhancing performance and expanding programs’ tool sets for providing additional fine control over local and international tonal adjustments.  [...]

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 is a well designed, pocket sized and enthusiast oriented camera with interface that creative photographers can tailor to their liking. It offers fast performance, excellent raw image quality fused with veteran touchscreen or direct control hybrid interface of Panasonic making it a strong ILC choice. In recent years, the manufacturers back off from megapixel race for sake of photo quality and now, Panasonic is backing off from race toward miniaturization. The DMC-GX1 is the Panasonic’s latest addition to G-Series lineup. Realize high quality images from real to life details with excellent color reproduction, resolution and photo rendering. The 16.0 megapixel Live MOS sensor plays a vital role in high quality photo rendering. With dedicated circuit, which reads out signals with minimum noise, the noise level is drastically suppressed by over 66 percent. While shooting at high ISO setting, Signal to Noise value is enhanced by 200 percent than traditional  [...]

Nikon Corporation has taken an unusual step of upgrading the firmware of its discontinued Coolpix P7000, an enthusiast small camera. The Firmware V1.2 provides wide selection of bug fixes and enhancements ranging from enhanced autofocus targeting to connection of error, which means color temperature scale was reversed while correcting White Balance during in-camera Raw processing. You can download these updates from the Website of Nikon. The AF performance has been increased for more reliable focus acquisition on intended subject reducing number of cases, in which focus was not acquired. The self timer and auto bracketing can be enabled at same time. A problem which caused asterisk to be showed and continue to be displayed even when settings were reverted to default values, next to Vivid Picture Control option, while User Setting U3 was enabled has been determined. A problem with quite a  [...]

Canon Inc., a Japanese multinational corporation has unveiled the Elph 300 HS, a simple ultracompact device that offers excellent image quality, small compact design, fast performance, zoom and focus while recording and shoots 1080p video. For 2011, Canon snapped back with its backside illuminated CMOS sensors in all new Elph models. The all new Elph 300 HS is the smallest in its lineup and is just really a fun pocket camera. It is available for the price of $249.99 and comes equipped with 12-megapixel ½.3 backside illuminated CMOS sensor, 2.7 inch LCD screen that boasts 230K pixels, 5x zoom lens, file format support for JPEG/H.264, highest resolution of 4000 x 3000 pixels and 1920 x 1080 at 24 frames per second, storage media of SD/SDXC/SDHC cards and Eye-Fi SDHC/SD cards and bundled software of PhotoStitch 3.1 (Windows)/ ZoomBrowser EX 6.7; Map Utility 1.0 (Windows/Mac) and ImageBrowser 6.7/PhotoStitch 3.2 (Mac).

The Elph 300 HS’ ISO sensitivity ranges from Auto, 3200, 100, 1600, 200, 800 and 400, while some of the white balance modes include Auto, Underwater, Daylight, Custom, Cloudy, Fluorescent H, Tungsten and Fluorescent. There are plethora of recording modes such as Program, Auto, Kids & Pets, Portrait, High-speed Burst, Smart Shutter, Handheld Night Scene, Best Image Selection, Fish-eye Effect, Low Light, Toy Camera Effect, Miniature Effect, Super Vivid, Monochrome, Color Accent, Poster Effect, Beach, Color Swap, Foliage, Underwater, Fireworks, Snow, Stitch Assist, Long Shutter, Movie (Super Slow Motion, Standard and Miniature Effect) and Movie Digest. Some of the focus modes are Face Detection Autofocus, Tracking AF and Center Autofocus, while the metering modes are Multi, Spot and Center Weighted average. Color effects include Neutral, Vivid, Black & White, Sepia, Lighter Skin Tone, Positive Film, Vivid Blue, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Red, Vivid Green and Custom Color (contrast, sharpness, red, saturation, blue, green and skin tone).

Nikon Corporation has announced the SB-910, a flagship flashgun in its Speedlight range and replaces the SB-900, featuring simpler graphic user interface of less powerful SB-700. It comes with one of the more sophisticated thermal protection system that slows flash recycle time, rather than it simply shutting down from preventing overheating. It features hard filters to match tungsten and fluorescent lighting and automatically switches white balance of camera for matching the filter. The Nikon SB-910 will be offered from mid-December for the price of $549.95. This particular Speedlight model connects powerful control and flexibility for legendary creative lighting system. Building on the versatility of CLS (Creative Lighting System) of Nikon Corporation, the Nikon SB-910 integrates enhanced intuitive operating system along with GUI (graphic user interface). It is equipped with wide zoom range that covers most famous  [...]

Fujifilm has announced the X-S1, a premium grade superzoom compact camera, which is a part of high end X-Series cameras of the company and is equipped with 2/3-inch CMOS 12-megapixel sensor like X10 compact. In spite of its comparatively huge sensor, it manages to get 24-624mm 26X equivalent F2.8-5.6 zoom lens. It offers Raw shooting, 1,44m dot electronic viewfinder and rear LCD that boasts 460,000 pixels with rubberized metal dials and coating for emphasizing its premium Made in Japan grade. Its body features high quality feel and look with metal dials, superior handling characteristics and rubberized coating, which will surely appeal to discerning photo aficionado. The X-S1 provides powerful combination of rear LCD and top notch electronic viewfinder for ensuring viewing and composing photos is simple and quick, despite of lighting situations. Standard features on Fujifilm X-S1 include excellent finish and build quality with metal dials  [...]

Canon PowerShot S100 is the first digital Elph, tiny, stylish 2-megapixel point and shoot camera with 35mm equivalent lens that takes Compact Flash storage. It is a great little camera and worthy successor to the Editors’ Choice performance oriented point and shoot device, PowerShot S95 and offers longer zoom, sharp, fast lens, GPS, enhanced performance and photo quality, raw shooting support, very good low light performance, fast recycle time and sophisticated features. It is a small, highly developed device with enhanced HS System and f/2.0 lens. Based on 12.1 megapixel CMOS high sensitivity 1/1.7 type sensor, it provides ultrawide angle 24mm optical 5.0x zoom lens, 9.6 frames per second burst shooting, DIGIC 5 processor and maximum ISO of 6400 at full resolution. The Canon PowerShot S100 is a sophisticated consumer oriented point and shoot digital camera that has the power, aficionados and advanced users need to create outstanding photos. Like other  [...]