An 8GB SanDisk Extreme III SDHC card can store more than 4,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 16 hours of MPEG 4 video2.
The card has a read/write speed of 20 megabytes per second, thus providing rapid downloads to a personal computer.
The 8GB SDHC card will be packaged with a SanDisk MicroMate™ USB 2.0 Reader – a $20 value – so that users have a one-stop solution for capturing, storing and transferring their images.

“With the introduction of more cameras that can use SDHC, including the Nikon D80 and the Canon EOS-1D Mark II, the SanDisk Extreme III card is an ideal choice for those who want maximum dependability, durability and fast download speeds,” said Tanya Chuang, SanDisk’s director of retail product marketing for global imaging. “Also, since many of these cameras have extended video capabilities, the 8GB capacity provides users with storage for longer movie clips.”

All SanDisk Extreme III cards offer ESP Technology to streamline data transfer, RescuePRO® software to recover accidentally deleted files and images, a dedicated technical support telephone hotline and a limited lifetime warranty
cards are designed for shooting in extreme temperatures (-13 to 185 degrees Fahrenheit or -25 to 85 degrees Celsius), high altitudes and other demanding situations.

SanDisk’s ultra-portable, high-performance MicroMate SDHC Reader can rapidly move images from an SDHC card to a personal computer. It also reads standard SD as well as SDHC flash memory cards. The reader is being bundled with the 8GB SanDisk Extreme III SDHC card at no extra cost.

While the SDHC is expected to ship in the next 30 days, you might be interested in CF 8GB cards from ScanDisk:

Whenever you need to process your images you first must make sure that your monitor is well calibrated to obtain the best possible results in matter of color accuracy, white balance, exposure and contrast.
Datacolor Spyder3 is a new monitor calibration device (also called colorimeter) aimed at photographers needing the most accurate color for digital editing.

Spyder3Elite incorporates a new suite of features for increased accuracy and performance and enables users to calibrate multiple studio displays to a single target. Spyder3Studio combines the features of Spyder3Elite’s display calibration with a printer profiling tool providing a complete calibration package for the whole workflow, from monitor to hard copy. Spyder3 measurement device is 37 per cent smaller than its Spyder2 predecessor. Calibration time is cut by 29 per cent to five minutes, with re-calibration at only two and a half minutes, which is 64 per cent faster than the previous model.

The new Spyder3 colorimeter offers the only seven-detector colour engine on the market, with its 27mm aperture, the largest in its class, giving a greater screen sampling area and a 400 per cent increase in light sensitivity. In conjunction with the embedded ambient light sensor, which automatically measures surrounding ambient light levels even when stored in its cradle, Spyder3 enables users to achieve the most precise results when calibrating a display, or multiple displays matched to a single target. Spyder3’s optical design and colour engine enable calibration of the latest in wide gamut, LED backlight and AdobeRGB displays.

Spyder3 also introduces SpyderProof, a proofing function that lets users evaluate calibration results in before and after modes. Four quadrants of thematic images are displayed, targeting saturated colours, skin tones, gradients and black and white. Users can zoom in on any picture to assess highlights, shadow, colour or tonal response in greater detail, and softproof the images using custom profiles.
Spyder3Elite’s dual-mode software offers the choice of a walkthrough wizard guide or expert console to give advanced users full control of all settings. It is also the only device in its category able to calibrate front projectors. Unlimited, user-defined calibration targets for white point, gamma, white luminance and black luminance allow users to get the most from their digital workflow. Creatives using L-Star workflows can use Spyder3Elite’s patented L-Star compatible technologies as an alternative to typical gamma settings, enabling individual tonal response curves to be generated for open shadows and detailed highlights.

Coming with the Spider3Elite, Spider3Studio combines the features of Spyder3Elite’s display calibration with a printer profiling tool. Supplied with Datacolor’s 1005 Spectrocolorimeter and a colour calibration tile with tracking ruler for more accurate readings, Spyder3Studio produces professional-looking prints quickly and accurately, avoiding wasteful trial-and-error testing. Giving complete control over the digital workflow, Spyder3Studio means users can tailor colour management to their requirements from single-screen to complete studio solutions, as custom colour or black and white ICC profiles can be created and set up for individual printer and media selections.

Allot more informations and availability here.

Lightweight, Compact, Portable, Bendable, Wrappable, Grippable, and doesn’t require an elevated surface to take the perfect shot!!

Joby’s Gorillapod is a tripod designed for smaller, lightweight cameras that allows placement in a variety of places that traditional tripods just can’t manage. The tripod allows you to utilize the environment around you with the three flexible legs that can wrap around a variety of objects – like in the image below.

Each of the joints on the legs are able to bend and rotate 360 degrees. The base joints also have larger grips so the tripod can stand in the traditional manner without any slippage. It uses the traditional 1/4-inch screw and only weighs 1.5 ounces. Available for $25 through the Gorillapod website. You can get it in three sizes and many colors!

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From November 16 through to December 15 Think Tank Photo are giving away one of their camera bags every day.
It is easy to enter this random daily drawing. Simply enter your first name and email address into the form below. We will contact you if you are one of the lucky 30 winners. No purchase is necessary and you need to enter only once (duplicate entries will be eliminated). If your name isn’t pulled as a lucky winner one day, it is still eligible to be drawn on subsequent days. [Note: the Airport Security roller is not available as a prize.]

Think Tank Photo is a professional photography equipment manufacturer, creating innovative camera bags, camera cases, photo backpacks and beltpacks for Professional Photographers that use digital SLR cameras. By designing camera bags for speed and accessibility, we prepare a photographer to Be Ready “Before The Moment.”

Apply here: http://www.thinktankphoto.com/fall07/

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I told you a little while ago about a digital photo frame for your home. Well, that one looks good on the table, but, the “Pocket Album” I’m talking about now, it can be carried around. It is a digital keychain photo viewer with a 1.5-inch color LCD screen (contrast is adjustable for choosing your optimal viewing angle) that lets you carry up to 74 pictures within its 8MB internal memory (I which there could be more and I believe it’s possible with today’s technologie). You can have the favorite photos right in your pocket to share and relive your photo moments with friends wherever you go.

Photos can be viewed by scrolling manually or through an automatic photo sideshow with adjustable intervals. Pocket Album includes user-friendly Photo Viewer Software that can crop and rotate any photos you wish to transfer from the PC (connection is made with the USB cable), and then automatically resize the photos for optimal storage and display on the digital keychain. It is compatible with both Win and Mac.

Pocket Album runs on Lithium-ion batteries, which can be easily recharged with the included AC adapter, having up to 9 hours battery life.
Pocket Album digital keychain measures 2.2″ x 1.6″ x 0.5″ and weighs only 1.2 oz. It is available at a price of $39.95 in Black, Silver, and Blue color design.

Tags: pocket album, digital storage, photo storage, mobile photo album

Do you want/need a 18-250mm lens? You can win a Tamron AF18-250mm Di II All-In-One Zoom Lens during the Digital Scrapbooking Day, held in 2007 on November 3rd.
Digital Scrapbooking Day encourages scrapbookers, photographers, crafters, and genealogists to set aside some time to preserve, document, and archive their memories digitally. On this event, Tamron, a leading manufacturer of high power zoom lenses for digital SLR cameras, is sponsoring a giveaway of the popular Tamron AF18-250mm Di II All-In-One Zoom Lens.
The Tamron AF18-250mm Di II All-In-One Zoom Lens is a lightweight, compact, and ultimate high-power zoom lens designed for exclusive use with digital SLR cameras equipped with APS-C sized image sensors, such as Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sony DSLR models. Weighing just over 15 ounces, it is so remarkably lightweight that you will never have to (or want to) take it off the camera. It’s the ideal zoom lens for capturing all of your precious memories from first steps to soccer goals, from everyday moments to fabulous vacations.
The lens retails for $499, making this a valuable prize for any digital photographer/scrapbooker. Interested parties can enter to win the lens at http://www.tamron.com/lenses/digital_scrapbook07.asp , until the contest closes on 12/10/07. The winner will be selected randomly from all entries and notified by 12/12/07 via email.

Canon Pixma iP1800 photo printer is small enough to fit just about anyplace, measuring 6 x 17.4 x 9.3 inches. When setting it up you have to align the print heads manually (manual alignment involves printing an alignment page, picking the best-looking choices for each of several alignment samples, and then entering the settings in the printer driver) – if you don’t want so, you should look for a more expensive printer.

This printer from Canon is fast (around 2 min for a whole photo) and provides good quality ink prints. the text quality is good enough for most business needs, and certainly good enough for school (not too sharp), and, as for the graphics and pictures, in high-quality mode, and a tendency it can get as good as possible for a ink jet printer. In default mode you may get thin lines over the images.

You won’t notice any big problems in color rendering: rarely and only you use a magnifier you can see traces of colors in black and white prints and slight bluish shift in some photos.
The prints are water resistant even this is an ink printer I’m talking about, however, be careful not to scratch them. Canon claims they will resist fading for 100 years if kept in dark storage, as in an album; 30 years if kept behind glass; and 10 years if exposed to the air. iP1800 a great choice adequate quality, and the terrific performance at a low price.

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DA 18-250mm f/3.5-f/6.3 ED AL [IF] is a new interchangeable lens from Pentax (therefore, you should notice Pentax DA series is specifically designed for Pentax digital SLR cameras). The 14x super zoom lens features 27.5mm to 383mm (35mm equivalent) focal range and it is build upon 2 a-spherical optical elements in order to reduce aberration effects.

Compared to the other lenses in the Pentax product line, the new DA 18-250mm f/3.5-f/6.3 is not as compact as the DA 50-200mm f/4-f/5.6 ED, DA 12-24mm f/4.0 ED/AL [IF], or the DA Fish Eye 10-17mm f/3.5-f/4.5 ED [IF]. The Pentax 18-250mm lens weighs 1 pound and has an 3 x 3.4-inch body.
The minimum focusing distance is approx. 1.48-foot (0.45 meters) – based on mechanical Inner Focus (IF).

“Without the need for lens changes, it can be used for a wide variety of applications — ranging from such standard applications as landscape photography, snapshots, and portrait at frequently used focal lengths, to specialized applications like sports and wildlife photography at the super-telephoto range”.

The lens retails for $499.95 and will be available starting from October 2007.

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FP-5000 Fantasea underwater case is totally compatible with Nikon’s new Coolpix digital camera, the P5100. Depth rated to 60 meters/200 feet, this housing from Fantasea also features a new design and improved construction. The FP-5000 is ideal for outdoor and underwater photographers, who can now quickly access all Nikon Coolpix features for capturing fast action pictures easily and creatively. The FP-5000 housing has a double O-ring seal on all controls, anti-glare hood over LCD screen, and built-in diffuser. The FP-5000 also features a 46mm port ring thread for easy attachment of accessory lenses and filters.

Additional controls and features in the FP5000 include: Camera On/Off, Shutter Release, Zoom In/Out, Mode Dial, Command Dial, Function, Monitor, Playback, Menu, Delete, Timer, Focus, Flash, OK Button, Exposure Compensation.
As with all other Fantasea Camera Housings, in the event of accidental water leakage, the Coolpix camera inside is insured. This attractive additional protection is exclusive only to Fantasea Housings and provides the ultimate peace of mind for photographers, who want to be sure their cameras are adequately and safely protected during use in these rugged environments.

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On no, I’m not talking about an usual frame here: Transcend T.photo 710 is a new 7-inch digital photo frame, with a high-resolution 480×234 pixel display, is a frame that plays background music, and supports JPG, BMP and Motion-JPG formats – it’s digital!
It is highly configurable, has 1GB of internal memory, and is appropriate for display in your living room, bedroom or office – just about anywhere you would normally put a picture frame or calendar and clock – a black and gold frame that’s only 28mm deep.
The T.photo(tm) also lets you to set custom MP3 alarm clock sounds so you can wake up to your favorite song in the morning. During holidays like Christmas, New Year’s and Valentine’s Day, you can even choose special themes for your pictures. The remote gives you the option of selecting pictures to display from the T.photo’s onboard memory, flash media cards, or a USB flash drive, and also allows you to control its background music no matter what photo viewing mode you are in.
Product Features:
* 7” high-resolution (480 x 234) full color TFT display
* Compact remote control
* 1GB of built-in memory
* Supports SD, SDHC, MMC, MS, CF cards directly and miniSD, microSD, MS Duo, MS Pro Duo, M2 with adapters
* Hi-speed USB 2.0 for USB flash drives and connecting to a PC
* Landscape or Portrait positioning
* Wall mountable
* Slideshow, thumbnail, and photo-view modes
* Zoom/rotate functions
* Background music
* Motion JPEG playback
* Plays MP3, WMA, and WAV music files
* Built-in stereo speakers and headphone jack
* Picture Clock, alarm, and calendar with scheduling
* Seasonal frame themes (Christmas, New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, etc.)
* Supports 13 languages
* Two-year warranty, including one-year stuck pixel guarantee

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