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  • Fujifilm X-E1 preview extended

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    Just Posted: an extensive update to our Fujifilm X-E1 preview. With a sensor and imaging pipeline that is identical to the X-Pro1’s the X-E1 promises much of the X-Pro1’s fun in a more compact and affordable package. We’ve been working with a production sample X-E1 for a couple of weeks and we’ve been working towards a full review, which we hope to publish early in the new year. In the meantime we’ve added seven pages to the preview, including our studio test shots and a sample gallery. Click through for a link to the expanded preview, including our 49-image real-world sample gallery. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Carl Zeiss announces 2012 photo competition for users of its lenses

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    Carl Zeiss has announced its annual photo contest for images shot with one of its lenses. Any Zeiss lens is considered valid, from Nokia smartphones through Sony compacts, such as the RX100, to the company’s high-end interchangeable lenses. This year’s theme is ‘The moment that knows no limits’ and first prize is one of the company’s manual focus SLR and rangefinder lenses, with a variety of other Zeiss-branded prizes for runners-up. The contest runs on Flickr until January 15th.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Microsoft releases Camera Codec Pack with Raw support for 34 extra cameras

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    Microsoft has released an updated version of its Camera Codec Pack for Windows Vista, 7, 8 and RT. The latest update allows applications such as Windows Explorer, Windows Photo Viewer, Media Center, and Windows Photo Gallery to deal with Raw files from 34 additional cameras. The cameras include the Canon EOS M, Olympus OM-D E-M5 and Sony NEX-7.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Flickr brings much demanded updates to web interface and iOS app

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    Flickr has updated its web interface and released an updated version of its iOS app as it tries to reassert its relevance in a post-Instagram landscape. The refresh of the web interface sees the navigation bar at the top of the site get slimmer, to devote more page space to photos. The ‘Explore’ page has also been redesigned – taking on the full-width, large tiled design used in the ‘My Contacts’ page. Flickr has also updated its famously poor iOS app, adding processing filters and better discovery tools.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Just Posted: Sony Alpha SLT-A99 review

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    Just Posted: Our review of the Sony Alpha SLT-A99. The A99 is Sony’s flagship SLT camera – featuring a 24MP full-frame sensor and dual AF system, along with the level of build and direct control you’d expect from a range-topping model. We’ve put the A99 through its paces in a variety of situations, including an investigation of how its AF depth control performs in challenging shooting conditions. We’ve also looked at the advantages the SLT system and articulated screen bring to a camera at this level, as well as looking at their downsides. Click here to find out what we concluded.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Connect Review: Shooting with the Galaxy Camera

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    The Samsung Galaxy Camera is the the most serious attempt anyone’s yet made to build a truly connected camera. It’s essentially a hybrid of the company’s WB850F compact superzoom and its Galaxy SIII smartphone – combining the zoom range and larger sensor of the camera with the powerful processor, touch screen and Android operating system of the ‘phone. But how much extra capability does this bring? Mobile photographer Oliver Lang takes a look.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • BBC examines how fake photographs can change our memories

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    Manipulation of photographs is nothing new. For as long as cameras have existed, photographers have staged, retouched and combined images and passed them off as ‘real’. Sometimes for artistic purposes, sometimes for fun, but sometimes for more nefarious purposes. The BBC has published a fascinating article exploring the power that faked photographs have over us, and draws some alarming conclusions about our memories, and how easily they too can be manipulated. Click through for more information and a link to the full article. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Adobe releases Lightroom 4.3 and Adobe Camera Raw 7.3

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    Adobe has released Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 and Adobe Camera Raw 7.3. These are final versions of updates that were originally posted as ‘release candidates’ on the Adobe Labs site, and are available for immediate download. The latest versions provide RAW support for 13 additional cameras, including the Canon EOS 6D, Nikon D5200 and Sony DSC-RX1. The Mac version of Lightroom features a Develop module that supports Apple’s HiDPI mode, that makes the interface easier to read on the ‘Retina’ panels used on recent Macs. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • ‘It nearly killed me’ – Ex-Olympus CEO Woodford looks back on crisis

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    ‘It nearly killed me’ says Olympus CEO-turned-whistleblower Michael Woodford of writing about his dramatic exit from the Japanese company following his 2011 exposure of massive corporate mismanagement. In an interview with Amateur Photographer Magazine, Woodford describes the strain on his personal life, and the process of writing a book about the experience with lawyers poring over every word. He also tells of his intention to give to charity much of the £10M he was awarded for unfair dismissal. Click through for extracts from the interview (from Amateur Photographer).

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Apple Raw update brings support for 8 cameras, including Sony A99

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    Apple has issued Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.02, adding support for 8 cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11. The update includes support for many recently-announced cameras including the Sony Alpha SLT-A99, NEX-6, Olympus PEN E-PL5 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3, but does not yet support recent high-end Fujifilm models.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)