Flickr to Renew its Photo-sharing Interface

Flickr, one of the greatest social networking dedicated for photo sharing, has planned to renew its interface. The change will include a new photo view and new photo upload interface.

New PocketWizard Plus III Announced

LPA Design, manufacturers of PocketWizard Photo Products, has just announced its new PocketWizard Plus III transceiver. It is expected to be a feature-packed, easy-to-use solution for remote flash and camera triggering.

“Our goals in designing the new Plus III were simple:  It needed to do more, cost less and offer the same reliability and simplicity as [...]

New Canon 500mm & 600mm Lenses to be Available in May

In a brief statement, Canon USA has announced that its two new super-telephoto lenses will be available in May 2012. The EF L-series lenses were unveiled about a year ago (February 2011) shortly before eartquake and tsunami struck Japan.
Due to wide devastation caused by the natural disaster, the availability of new Canon EF 500mm f/4L [...]

Former Olympus President Arrested

The former president of scandal-wracked Olympus has been arrested in Tokyo over a massive financial cover-up at the firm, Japanese media reported yesterday. Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, who has been named as a key player in a scheme to shift US$ 1.7 billion of losses from the camera-maker’s balance sheets, was taken into custody for questioning, several [...]

Sneak Peek of Photoshop CS6

Adobe has released a kind of teaser video in YouTube teasing its Content Aware technology which will be discovered in the next Photoshop CS6. Some comments consider the new Content Aware Fill/Move tool very impressive.
Straight from Photoshop Senior Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes, this video shares how to seamlessly move or remove an object from [...]

Scalado Remove Smoothly Eliminates Unwanted Objects from Your Photo

The “Remove” software, is a revolutionary technology which helps users automatically eliminate unwanted objects from the already-captured photos.

Testimony of the Woman Photographed in the 2012 World Press Photo of the Year

This week, Fatima Al-Qaws, the woman in black veil in Aranda’s photo, comes giving her testimony on what she was doing as well as on the winning image itself. The winning image was taken on October 15, 2011; Fatima was embracing her wounded son, Zayed Al-Qaws (18) in a field hospital.

Nikon to Launch Another New DSLR in 2012

Nikon is now confirming that the company will launch another new DSLR in 2012. Though not mentioning the series or types, Nikon promises that the new DSLR to come will be an improvement to the existing qualities.

Toward Sony & Canon Threats, Panasonic Plans High-end Compact Camera

To face a tougher competition in compact system camera (CSC), Panasonic seems to have to move fast to restructure its CSC line-up. “I want Panasonic to be known for very high-quality cameras, and we are currently restructuring the range of products that we offer to include a very high-end model,” Ichiro Kitao, Director of Panasonic’s [...]

Barbie Photo Fashion: Camera Built in Dolls

Mattel—the worldwide toys manufacturer—is planning to launch a new Barbie doll series built with camera in the body. Named Barbie Photo Fashion, Mattel will feature a 5 MP camera in the doll’s back.