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  • Billingham marks 40 years of history

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    UK camera bag manufacturer Billingham is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and its new 2013 catalogue highlights the development of its products released from 1973 to the present. Billingham was founded in 1973 in the West Midlands, in England. As well as an interesting overview of the company’s history, Billingham’s 2013 brochure also includes information about and specifications of all current models of bags and optional accessories along with details about the materials and construction methods used in the creation of its premium products. Click through for a link to the catalogue. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Samsung announces Wi-Fi-only version of Galaxy Camera

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    Samsung has announced a Wi-Fi-only version of its Galaxy Camera. It shares the same feature-set as the 3G and 4G versions announced last August, including a 21x, 23-481mmm equivalent zoom lens on the front with a 4.8″ touchscreen on the back. It runs Android 4.1 (known as Jelly Bean), the latest version of the operating system. There is currently no information on price or availability.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • HTC takes new approach to sensor tech in latest flagship phone

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    Much ado has been made about the sensor technology rumored to debut along with HTC’s newest handset launched today, the HTC One. While rumors of stacked sensors were predictably wide of the mark, HTC is taking a clever approach to improving camera phone quality by betting on fewer but larger pixels captured by a 4.0MP 1/3″ sensor, which are similar in size to those found in enthusiast compact cameras, and which HTC is calling ‘ultrapixels’. Combined with a fast F2.0 lens and optical image stabilization, the HTC One’s specs hold promise for better low-light photography – an area where mobile phones have fallen notoriously short. Click though for our detialed preview on Connect.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Olympus USA announces XZ-10 enthusiast compact

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    Olympus USA has announced the launch of the Stylus XZ-10 enthusiast compact, just three weeks after it was introduced to the rest of the world. A cheaper companion to the XZ-2, it’s built around a 26-130mm equivalent F1.8-2.7 lens, coupled with a 12MP 1/2.3″ type backlit CMOS sensor that offers ISOs up to 6400 and sensor-shift image stabilization. It can record 1080p Full HD movies with stereo sound, has a fixed 3″ 920k dot touch-sensitive LCD, and offers a full set of manual controls including a customizable round-lens control ring. It’ll be available from March 2013 at an estimated street price of $ 399.99.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Casio Europe announces EX-N5 and EX-N50 compact cameras

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    Casio Europe has announced the Exilim EX-N5 and EX-N50 16MP entry-level compact cameras. Both come with a similar feature set of the EX-ZS30 announced today, including 26-156mm equiv. optical zoom lenses, 2.7″ LCDs and a set of eight Art Shot filters. The cameras differ only in terms of finish – the EX-N50 features a textured pinstripe pattern on its front, while the EX-N5 comes with two-tone silver ring around the lens. There is currently no information on price and availability.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Nikon D5200 hands-on preview updated with menus, test data and samples

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    We’ve just added ten pages of content to our hands-on preview of the 24MP Nikon D5200, representing our progress so far towards the completion of a full review. As well as a complete breakdown of the options available in the camera’s menu system we’ve added our full complement of studio tests, including resolution, noise and dynamic range, and a small gallery of ‘real world’ samples. Click through for a link to the 16-page preview.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • India, Instagram and a smartphone

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    Photographer Misho Baranovic used a smartphone to document his recent project in India for NGO World Vision Australia. He found his smartphone the perfect tool for both recording the journey and sharing it with a worldwide audience in real time. In this article, Baranovic discusses the pros and cons of documentary photography with a camera phone, and offers tips for shooting with a mobile device when travelling abroad. Click through for the full article on connect.dpreview.com.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Casio Europe releases 20.1 MP Exilim EX-ZS20 camera

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    Casio Europe has launched the Exilim EX-ZS20 featuring a 20.1 MP CCD sensor. It comes with a a 6x 26-156mm optical zoom lens and a 2.7 inch LCD. The camera includes beginner-friendly features include a Premium Auto mode and a set of eight Art shot filters. The ZS20 will be available silver, black, purple, white, and pink at a price to be confirmed. Click through for the press release.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Report zooms in on giant camera resolution test charts throughout the US

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    Dozens of two-dimentional aerial photo calibration targets are scattered all across the United States, according to a report by the Center for Land Use Interpretation. Constructed mostly during the 1950s and 1960s, these large outdoor charts were used as ‘a platform to test, calibrate, and focus aerial cameras traveling at different speeds and altitudes.’ The report points out that although some of these ‘charts’ are still used for some optical camera testing and calibration, they are primarily relics of the past. Click through for more information, and images.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Computer History Museum shares original Adobe Photoshop source code

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    The source code of the original version of Adobe Photoshop has been made available by The Computer History Museum, based in California. Photoshop started off in the 1980s as a program called ‘Display’ written by Thomas Knoll, before being renamed ‘Photoshop’ in 1990 – the year that the first version of the software shipped to customers. The download, which is available for non-commercial use with the permission of Adobe, consists of around 128,000 lines of code. Click through for more details (and some nostalgia-inducing screenshots of Photoshop 1).

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)